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3 votes
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Theses on libertarian municipalism
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What is your experience with jailbreaking your e-reader?
I spent some time yesterday using the guide by KOReader to jailbreak my kindle PW. What features do you use if you've jailbroken it? Do you find it has changed how you read?
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Interest in a weekly discussion thread?
This idea came to me last night when I was reading the post over on ~movies asking a similar question. I'm an avid user of ~music and I like to participate in the weekly "what have you been...
This idea came to me last night when I was reading the post over on ~movies asking a similar question. I'm an avid user of ~music and I like to participate in the weekly "what have you been listening to" threads along with the Listening Club when possible, and I was wondering if something similar could be applied to another media group, and since I love anime and manga, my first thought was this one.
Basically my questions here are:
Would a weekly "what have you been reading/watching" thread be something you would participate in?
Secondly:
Would you prefer it be something more casual-based, or would you prefer it to be people writing reviews for things they've been viewing?
I think that one of the ways to spur more interest in media groups is weekly/monthly/whatever interval discussion threads and I'd also just personally like to see what other people here are thinking of the things they're currently watching or reading.
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Beer, drinking water and fish: Tiny plastic is everywhere
10 votes -
The million-dollar brownstone that no one owned
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Is hosting the Olympic Games or World Cup good for the host country?
Trying out an experiment in Oxford-style debating on Tildes. General rules: Top-level comments should explicitly state pro or con. Take a position and defend it. If you want to "on the one...
Trying out an experiment in Oxford-style debating on Tildes.
General rules:
- Top-level comments should explicitly state pro or con. Take a position and defend it. If you want to "on the one hand...on the other hand..." do it in replies to the top-level comments.
- Link to sources. This is where we can actually do better than an in-person Oxford debate.
- Keep it civil. Seriously. I've picked a bit of a softball topic for this first round, so it shouldn't be too hard, but if this works well we should be able to expand it to more controversial topics.
- Don't feel obligated to argue the position you personally believe in. Making a strong argument for a position you don't necessarily believe strongly is excellent practice in critical thinking. If you're undecided, flip a coin, and argue the Pro side for heads and the Con side for tails.
For the initial topic I wanted to find something just polarizing enough to make a good debate, but also a bit off-the-beaten path from most internet arguments:
Resolved: hosting the Olympic Games or World Cup is a net benefit for the host country
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~hobbies wiki page is up.
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Thoughts on agile and scrum
When I started working with development teams 3 years ago, I started learning all about agile and scrum. I'm currently a product manager working with two dev teams that loosely follow scrum. Since...
When I started working with development teams 3 years ago, I started learning all about agile and scrum. I'm currently a product manager working with two dev teams that loosely follow scrum. Since we don't have an official scrum master, I somewhat fill that role too. I've done my best to learn as much as I can about it and so far I'm a big fan. However I feel like most of the things I hear about it are from the scrum and agile community, which means I don't hear too many negatives. What's your experience with these been and if you were in the right position, how would you try to structure people to produce software?
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Tokyo Chronos VR visual novel's Kickstarter campaign reaches goal
5 votes -
X Japan to Perform 1st Large-Scale Concert in 8 Years (3-day concert run in Chiba, September 28-30)
3 votes -
Toxic masculinity: Helping men understand the impact of their behaviour
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Black Mirror S1E03 "The Entire History of You" discussion thread
Previous episode | Index thread | Next episode Black Mirror Season 1 Episode 3 - The Entire History of You In the near future, everyone has access to a memory implant that records everything...
Previous episode | Index thread | Next episode
Black Mirror Season 1 Episode 3 - The Entire History of You
In the near future, everyone has access to a memory implant that records everything humans do, see and hear.
Warning: this thread contains spoilers about this episode! If you haven't seen it yet, please watch it and come back to this thread later.
You can talk about past episodes, but please don't discuss future episodes in this thread!
This is the last episode of season 1. I hope everyone is enjoying it so far!
If you don't know what to say, here are some questions to get the discussion started:
- How does the title relate to the episode itself?
- Are there any similarities between real life events and the episode?
- Are there any references or easter eggs in the episode, such as references to past episodes?
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Black Mirror S1E01 "The National Anthem" discussion thread
Index thread | Next episode Black Mirror Season 1 Episode 1 - The National Anthem Prime Minister Michael Callow faces a shocking dilemma when Princess Susannah, a much-loved member of the Royal...
Black Mirror Season 1 Episode 1 - The National Anthem
Prime Minister Michael Callow faces a shocking dilemma when Princess Susannah, a much-loved member of the Royal Family, is kidnapped.
Warning: this thread contains spoilers about this episode! If you haven't seen it yet, please watch it and come back to this thread later.
You can talk about past episodes, but please don't discuss future episodes in this thread!
If you don't know what to say, here are some questions to get the discussion started:
- How does the title relate to the episode itself?
- Are there any similarities between real life events and the episode?
- Are there any references or easter eggs in the episode, such as references to past episodes?
33 votes -
God of War (PS4) update to launch today. Here are the changes! New Game+ is what I'm personally after
7 votes -
The engineer who designed the Genoa bridge that collapsed and killed forty-three people warned of its corrosion risk thirty-nine years ago
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Malcolm Turnbull has beaten Peter Dutton 48-35 in a snap Liberal leadership spill
The news: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-08-21/liberals-leadership-challenge-declared/10146574 A live feed:...
The news: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-08-21/liberals-leadership-challenge-declared/10146574
A live feed: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-08-21/politics-live-malcolm-turnbull-in-partyroom-meeting/10146280
Some background: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-08-20/malcom-turnbull-leadership-crisis-explained/10139208
7 votes -
Rrose - Emboli (2016)
3 votes -
Ramona Falls - Melectric [Alternative / Indie]
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Appendix F: Personal observations on the reliability of the Shuttle
4 votes -
Who are the Sikhs and what are their beliefs?
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How the internet has changed dating
6 votes -
America’s invisible pot addicts
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Blind loyalty - How a social network is redefining the future of corporate culture
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Doc & Merle Watson -- Rock, Salt & Nails [1979.09.21 - Finney Chapel]
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New Orleans becomes first city in Southern US to axe court fees for delinquent youths
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As atmospheric CO² increases plants use less water but it's not all good news
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Proposal: Weekly neologism thread
I'm a terrible writer, in part because I've got that epistemophiliac adoration for obscure, archaic or onomatopoeic words, word-play, and more pedantry than most audiences can bear. That being...
I'm a terrible writer, in part because I've got that epistemophiliac adoration for obscure, archaic or onomatopoeic words, word-play, and more pedantry than most audiences can bear.
That being said, I think it would be a fun exercise to create and justify new words. A broad range of examples can be found here.
I'm suggesting this both to give serious writers new tools, and as a light-hearted lower-but-not-low effort community-building exercise to include those who don't consider themselves writers yet.
Rules:
- Any subject matter, though I'd prefer we kept this SFW.
- The "logos", or rationale, of the neologism should need little explanation, or be presented in the context of usage, e.g. "asshat", "we're not leaving town, we're staycationing this year."
- English language is not required - if you can make a logical creole word and provide English justification, that's fine.
- Please Google to ensure originality.
- Puns are going to happen. If that's a problem for you, please refrain from complaint unless you feel there's unnecessary cruelty outside the bounds of Tildes' terms of use.
Here's a starter:
mortlifting - abusing the occasion of a celebrity's death to make an unrelated political point.
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Paul Bocuse cooking poulet au gros sel
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A jury convicted a doctor of raping a patient at a hospital — and sentenced him to probation
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'Disgrace and shame': Alan Moore points to Boris Johnson in Grenfell fire comic
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Cross-border aquifers are a ticking time bomb for US-Mexico relations
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‘The last time I held her’: How a homeless musician reclaimed the love of his life
6 votes -
How a 1907 football team became mascots for vegetarianism
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When a Music Legend Dies, How Does Today’s Mostly Automated Radio React?
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What's your opinion on using cheats/mods to boost progress in extremely grindy games, ie: GTA5 Online?
I've been using mods on GTA online for a couple of weeks now just to skip the grind. I hate cheating but I hate fucking grinding, especially with the minimal hours I have to play each week.
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Woodleigh Research Facility - Heilige Seidhr
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Indie Highlights - 20.08.2018 (Nintendo Switch)
5 votes -
Why the left is so afraid of Jordan Peterson
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Bent - K.i.s.s.e.s (2009)
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Weekly Writing Prompt Group - Week 0 - Open Voting for the Weekly Prompt
This is week 0 of the Weekly Writing Prompt Group (WWPG). After asking about interest, I've decided to try running this. This is week 0, so I'm trying to see what works and what doesn't. Feel free...
This is week 0 of the Weekly Writing Prompt Group (WWPG). After asking about interest, I've decided to try running this. This is week 0, so I'm trying to see what works and what doesn't. Feel free to make suggestions!
Vote for the prompt you like most by adding a 'vote' to the prompt in the comments. Writers and non-writers, are encouraged to vote:
The Necronaut:
Who is the traveler in the after life? What do they see? Why are they there? Are they alone or part of a team? Was this an accident? or an organized, international endeavor?An Audience of None:
Who is the performer? What are they performing? Are they truly alone? Is there a watcher after all?The Road Trip:
Are they going towards or away from something? How are they getting there? What happens if they arrive? What happens if they return?Vote closes tomorrow, Tuesday, Aug 21, 10AM EST.
Submissions will be accepted on Wednesday, Aug 29, EST (~9 days).The questions are only meant to help you get started. Make it happy or sad, adventure or horror, romance or tragedy. Go where you want. Don't feel constrained by what may seem to be the obvious response to the prompt.
This will be different from other writing prompts in three ways:
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You are encouraged to take your time with the prompt. After a prompt has been chosen, I will post another thread after a week for submissions to that week's prompt.
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I will personally read and provide feedback to every submission in the submission thread. It will be more than just a "good job" or acknowledgement. I will highlight things I liked, didn't like, how I think things could be improved etc.
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Selection of the prompt is open to everyone, even non-participants. I hope this will encourage the greater tildes community to follow the WWPG and to participate by reading and commenting on the creative works of the writers.
What I feel separates this style of prompt from others is that it encourages writers to let their ideas breathe and it provides a creative outlet for writers who may be intimidated by the faster nature of other writing prompts.
Another aspect that I feel makes this unique is the promise of feedback. I believe that if you take the time to really work on something, you should get something back. To make this possible, there are some things that I need from you:
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The submission must be completely original. In the future I may post more fan-fictiony prompts, but I want to encourage brand new ideas from the writers.
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Keep the length of your submissions between 1000 and 2000 words. This is to make it easier for me to read (as we continue I may extend the length). This should also keep you well within the 50,000 character limit.
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Avoid shopping large tracts of your writing as the goal is provide new works on the submission date. However, feel free to brainstorm ideas.
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Make sure to properly format to tildes. Feel free to also post your stories to your personal blogs etc., but I will only provide feedback for work posted in tildes.
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Malcolm Turnbull removes all climate change targets from energy policy in fresh bid to save leadership
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I wrote a screenplay but I wasn't sure if it was going anywhere. So I'm turning it into a web "graphic novel".
14 votes -
Bloodbath live in 2008 at PartySan Open Air
4 votes -
Island birds would likely beat their mainland relatives in a battle of wits
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Bumper-Sticker Computer Science
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Advice on Google's OKR Framework
I've hard a lot of great results using Google's OKR (Objectives and Key Results) framework in my roles leading technical and product teams. I've been tasked with bringing this framework across my...
I've hard a lot of great results using Google's OKR (Objectives and Key Results) framework in my roles leading technical and product teams. I've been tasked with bringing this framework across my organization, including to teams like marketing and business development.
My main issue recently has been around defining the key results of the projects that our teams are going to be pursuing. All of the advice I've gotten in the past has been to ensure that KRs are quantitative, NOT qualitative. This has been at odds with some of the projects the marketing and business teams are planning on working on. These are projects like...
- create a new marketing plan given the new budget constraints
- audit the distribution process to increase our information about the retail sales process
The push back I am getting is along the lines of "when I create the new marketing plan, the project will be complete, and therefore it's just whether or not I finished the plan that matters." i.e. if the objective is finished then the project is a success. My point of view is that ALL projects should have metrics attached to them, and if we can't measure the progress then we cannot show the added value to the business as a result of our effort.
The natural response is: what metrics would you attribute to projects like these? And THAT'S where I could use help. Coming from a product/tech background, my understanding of marketing, biz, and operations leaves something to be desired.
For the marketing plan, I suggested a metric could be to reduce the monthly marketing budget from $current to $future. For the distribution audit, I suggest we track the # of insights/recommendations we produced as a result of the audit. The pushback was that these metrics "didn't really matter" and that "how can we set a goal on insights - even one good insight could be worth a lot, but I could come up with 4 crappy insights just to achieve a numerical goal."
I'm a bit at a loss. I understand their point of view, and I really feel in my heart that we need to be pursuing measurable KRs. Do you have any advice?
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Jawar Mohammed's red-carpet return signals Ethiopia's political sea change
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Which headphones do you recommend below 100€?
I'm looking into the ATH-M40X, which seems to be the best below 100€, but i would like to know other tilders opinion :) EDIT: preference to over ear and portable (portable is not a key feature...
I'm looking into the ATH-M40X, which seems to be the best below 100€, but i would like to know other tilders opinion :)
EDIT: preference to over ear and portable (portable is not a key feature that i'm looking, but it would be nice to be easy to carry around)
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Moderators of Reddit, tell us about your experiences in fostering quality discussion and content (or failures to do so)
Since the moderator community here is quite large, I figure we would have quite alot of interesting perspectives over here in Tildes. Feel free to chip in even if you're not a moderator, or god...
Since the moderator community here is quite large, I figure we would have quite alot of interesting perspectives over here in Tildes. Feel free to chip in even if you're not a moderator, or god forbid, moderate such subs as T_D. Having a range of perspectives is, as always, the most valuable aspect of any discussion.
Here are some baseline questions to get you started:-
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Did your subreddit take strict measures to maintain quality ala r/AskHistorians, or was it a karmic free-for-all like r/aww?
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Do you think the model was an appropriate fit for your sub? Was it successful?
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What were the challenges faced in trying to maintain a certain quality standard (or not maintaining one at all)?
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Will any of the lessons learnt on Reddit be applicable here in Tildes?
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