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4 votes
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Implementation of some sort of mini-referencing system
I think it would be rather cool and suited to tildes style of conversation to have some sort of referencing system built into markdown that is similar to Wikipedia's. Users can format a link so...
I think it would be rather cool and suited to tildes style of conversation to have some sort of referencing system built into markdown that is similar to Wikipedia's. Users can format a link so that it appears as a superscript number in the main bulk of the text and then also appears at the bottom of the post automatically after being posted in the classic number referencing style. It could look something like this, where the webpage title would be given as well next to the page and cutoff after a certain amount of characters (please excuse my terrible paint skills). This is clearly not a necessity as we could still just use standard square and normal brackets to insert links, but I think it would be rather nifty to have a built in system that automatically creates a mini list of references, especially if the user writes a rather long, well thought out argument that might require more than a few citations.
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I really like the comment box being at the bottom
There. I said it. when discussions get bigger as the site grows I will probably want some tools to manage that but I really like the very unsubtle poke towards reading over writing.
30 votes -
Antonis Goussis - Once Upon A Time In A Bar (2018)
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Quickest way to learn C# before placement begins
I am a university student who has just finished (survived is probably a more accurate word) third year and am going to begin a placement year at a programming company at the very start of July. I...
I am a university student who has just finished (survived is probably a more accurate word) third year and am going to begin a placement year at a programming company at the very start of July. I have been told that I will primarily be coding in C#, and that they will also teach me coding on the job, however I would like to get some form of a head start prior. I've already done some basic C++ beforehand, but I know that C# is slightly different and was wondering if anyone could suggest some resources that would not only teach me C# properly but also quickly. Like I mentioned previously, the place I am working at does not require me to know how to code properly, but it would be nice to have some footing before the placement starts. Additionally, I am also hoping that it will impress them so that my chances of landing a graduate job with them after my fourth year are increased!
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E3 2108 - EA post discussion thread
Trailers Battlefield 5 Official Multiplayer Trailer FIFA 19 Official Reveal Trailer with UEFA Champions League Origin Access Premier: Official Reveal Trailer Unravel Two Official Reveal trailer...
Trailers
Thoughts?
7 votes -
OpenBSD pledge and unveil [security] [system calls]
4 votes -
The mad king who ruled nothing
9 votes -
The lost gay episode of Star Trek
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Any way to save a post?
One of the features that I use on Reddit is the 'save' button. I like to be able to return to a post a day (or two) later and see where the discussion went after I first looked at the comments...
One of the features that I use on Reddit is the 'save' button. I like to be able to return to a post a day (or two) later and see where the discussion went after I first looked at the comments section. Is this functionality going to be implemented into Tildes as well?
Save button: https://i.imgur.com/eVBA839.png
13 votes -
Toxic danger to boys when men fail to step up
5 votes -
Attorney-General backs laws forcing Australian priests to break confession over child abuse
4 votes -
"Sakura Sakura", a Traditional Japanese Folk Song
3 votes -
Some post-it note drawings I've been doing lately.
18 votes -
Reverse emulating the NES to give it SUPER POWERS!
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Suggestion: ability to have multiple subscription groups
Haven't been on much for a few days, so this may have been discussed, but I think it would be really nice to have the ability to have multiple subscription groups per user (I'd be happy to work on...
Haven't been on much for a few days, so this may have been discussed, but I think it would be really nice to have the ability to have multiple subscription groups per user (I'd be happy to work on this once the code is open-sourced if people are interested).
The reason I suggest this is that I was realizing earlier that sometimes when I log in I'm just looking for computing, tech, and science stuff while at other times I'm looking to engage in some longer conversation about current events. I think it would be very nice to be able to have multiple subscription groups so that, depending on what I'm looking for during a given visit to the site, I could focus on that but still change it to something else easily next time I come online.
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What are your favorite songs/albums to sing/hum/whistle along to?
My favorite album is The Complete Ella in Berlin: Mack The Knife [Live].
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What are your favorite songs for the gym and cardio?
I'm always on the lookout for more tracks to add to my gym mix. Here are a few from mine that I think work well, with YouTube links. This is rock-heavy; I do love hip-hop and R&B in my gym mix,...
I'm always on the lookout for more tracks to add to my gym mix. Here are a few from mine that I think work well, with YouTube links. This is rock-heavy; I do love hip-hop and R&B in my gym mix, but everything I have there is really well known.
- Julian Casablancas - 11th Dimension
- Robyn - Hang With Me
- Nielson Hubbard - Captain of the Teenagers
- The Wombats - Tokyo (Vampires and Wolves)
- Teenage Fanclub - Is This Music? (instrumental)
- Steriogram - Walkie Talkie Man
- The Go! Team - Huddle Formation (Original UK Version)
- Korn - Word Up
- Bad Religion - Stranger Than Fiction
- Rob Bailey & The Hustle Standard - Hungry
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Research finds tipping point for large-scale social change
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Tildes E3 Bingo?
So, it seems bingo cards of hype or disappointment have become all the rage nowadays, and with E3 coming up in a few days I was wondering is Tildes wanted to make their own hype/disappointment...
So, it seems bingo cards of hype or disappointment have become all the rage nowadays, and with E3 coming up in a few days I was wondering is Tildes wanted to make their own hype/disappointment bingo card. Feel free to chime in with suggestions.
Here's a few:
"Microsoft does something actually cool." - wishful thinking, but I love my xbox and just want to see it flourish.
"Video Game movie announcement that doesn't look like shit" - how hard can this be?
"Sony gets exclusive content" - this is just me being bitter about the exclusive dlc in PS4 Destiny.
"God of War sequel" - I know it's guaranteed to happen at some point, but it would be hype if they dropped some sort of teaser or something even though it's incredibly early.
"0 charisma presenters" - why can't these studios just hire someone to hype them up?
"Awful fucking 'gamer' dialogue" - you know what I'm talking about. Just look up E3 last year with Anthem.
"Over-focusing on a lack of microtransactions" - this point is gonna be over sold so hard because of Battlefront.
12 votes -
Details on the first Game of Thrones prequel pilot ordered by HBO
14 votes -
A pilot study conducted on r/politics on Reddit found that removing downvote buttons did not offer substantial benefits
11 votes -
Suggestion: Tildes.Bugs
The title says it all. As of now we have no bug reporting function besides e-mail. Maybe we could use another subgroup of tildes for that.
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Anthony Bourdain - Last full interview
5 votes -
Odds shorten on a Turnbull backflip to a spring poll
2 votes -
Anyone else watching Killing Eve?
I've truly enjoyed the season and may rewatch it soon. Anyone else up to date or binging?
6 votes -
Meet the people who still use Myspace: 'It's given me so much joy'
6 votes -
Let's see some WoW posts. With this update to Night Elf guards, what do you think of the concept of heritage armor for non-allied races?
4 votes -
Minor visual bug when submitting an invalid link
7 votes -
The Feelies - On the Roof (1986)
4 votes -
Great website to keep track of all the stuff happening at E3 without having to watch all the conferences
11 votes -
Why should any non-Euro companies care about the GDPR?
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Suggestion: Search functionality
I'd like to suggest site search as a Tildes feature. It would be useful to know if a topic has already been discussed by people on the site. For instance I don't know if a search feature has...
I'd like to suggest site search as a Tildes feature. It would be useful to know if a topic has already been discussed by people on the site. For instance I don't know if a search feature has already been discussed.
Or perhaps I noticed a topic I wanted to follow up on later that I can't find now. Or I there was a reply that said something interesting I wanted reference, etc...
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Any concerts?
Any concerts you guys plan on going to/went to within the last/next few months? Last Friday there was a Kendrick Lamar concert I went to, it was pretty fun, although there were a lot of "odd"...
Any concerts you guys plan on going to/went to within the last/next few months? Last Friday there was a Kendrick Lamar concert I went to, it was pretty fun, although there were a lot of "odd" people there. This Friday I'm going to attend a Journey/Def Leppard concert. I also plan on seeing Pouya this summer, he's an underground rapper that I like, I also want to go to an Iron Maiden concert in Germany with a close friend but I'm not sure if I should spend the money at the moment.
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News Desk Updated!
A few weeks ago I posted a project I was working on to read news from the command line. I incorporated the suggestions given in that thread (license, requirements.txt, etc), incorporated...
A few weeks ago I posted a project I was working on to read news from the command line. I incorporated the suggestions given in that thread (license, requirements.txt, etc), incorporated suggestions I've received elsewhere, and added a few features.
Here's the updated link: News Desk
Any feedback would be much appreciated!
Edit: And a specific point for feedback. I store the user's API key in
~/.nd_config/key
which I think is a step up from requiring the user to set their key as an environment variable (which is how I had it originally). Still though, is there some way I can not store the key in plaintext and still have it in a format that is readable by the computer and can be used to verify API access?7 votes -
The Garage Raccoon guy sent this to me
5 votes -
Anthony Bourdain and the power of telling the truth
10 votes -
America's 'gay wedding cake' court decision and what it means for Australia
4 votes -
How do you model complicated or tricky problems to solve them? What benefit do you get from using that model?
Everyone has their own way of visualizing a problem they're working on, and every strategy has some reason for being used. Some people prefer text (e.g. pseudocode) while others prefer diagrams,...
Everyone has their own way of visualizing a problem they're working on, and every strategy has some reason for being used. Some people prefer text (e.g. pseudocode) while others prefer diagrams, for example. What do you use to make problems easier to approach, conceptualize, and solve? Why that particular strategy rather than some other one? What kind of practical implementations of your strategy exemplifies the benefits of your strategy for modeling the problem?
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Donald Glover as Willy Wonka? Fictional characters' changing races
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Why do everyone care about privacy so much?
Let's take Google, for example. Google tracks where you physically are - why are some people so much against it? It doesn't hurt me, google just uses it to serve me personalized ads. Why are...
Let's take Google, for example. Google tracks where you physically are - why are some people so much against it? It doesn't hurt me, google just uses it to serve me personalized ads. Why are people so concerned about it?
Google even tracks, which websites do I visit - again, why should I care? When I want to browse anonymously, I use VPN. If I wanted to do something illegal, I guess I won't use google at all and install tor? I'm not sure what should I do in that case, but I'm sure, there are ways to get away from google's sight when people need to.
I don't understand, why some people fight for internet privacy so much. Could someone help me to understand it? What's your opinion on privacy and internet tracking?
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How to Protect Tildes From Subjugation by Propaganda
Right now it seems like a pretty happy and active alpha community. But even if you set aside all the Russian-bought advertising during the last US election, all social media sites currently have a...
Right now it seems like a pretty happy and active alpha community.
But even if you set aside all the Russian-bought advertising during the last US election, all social media sites currently have a problem with propaganda. You can call it by other names: hail corporate, shills, AstroTurf, bot armies, sockpuppets, etc. But it eats quality discourse, kills genuine community, and at the most extreme can serve to radicalize the young and marginalized.
What pieces of Tildes are currently in place or planned fight this scourge of digital communication? What are the pitfalls and what are the successes you've seen? Because I believe if we ignore this eventuality, something really special will die.
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Daily Tildes discussion - future daily Tildes discussions
Sorry this is so late today, I had to go out and do some things, and didn't get back until much later than I was expecting. Since it's so late, I'm just going to do a simple one, and save my...
Sorry this is so late today, I had to go out and do some things, and didn't get back until much later than I was expecting. Since it's so late, I'm just going to do a simple one, and save my original planned topic for tomorrow or Monday:
What other topics do you think would be good to discuss in these daily posts? Are there particular mechanics, plans, concerns that you'd like to see covered?
29 votes -
Paper Aeroplanes - Race You Home (2015)
2 votes -
Space station could be split to aid privatization, new NASA chief says
4 votes -
The Subnational Human Development Index: Moving beyond country-level averages
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Suggestion: Show Edit History of posts
Can we get an Edit history on posts (also potentially comments). This is sparked by a post a few days ago in which a poster asked a question about people's standpoints on gay marriage and then...
Can we get an Edit history on posts (also potentially comments).
This is sparked by a post a few days ago in which a poster asked a question about people's standpoints on gay marriage and then published their standpoint as well, heavily against gay marriage.
I made my comment here questioning them on their standpoint and they edited their post without any evidence, making it look like I was jumping to conclusions.
Post history would prevent this kind of thing and would also equip commenters with the ability to see what OP has changed.
Please let me know if you agree or disagree for whatever reason, I am interested to hear other people's thoughts.
Edit: The poster in my comment link was banned shortly after that post. Linked by @Jedi here.
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LGBTQ activists block Tel Aviv Pride March: 'There is no pride in occupation'
9 votes -
CRA scammer comes to woman's door with handcuffs
5 votes -
First Man | Official trailer
7 votes