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13 votes
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The Music vs. the Moment: On "Criticism" and attempting to get a clear look at Kamasi Washington's 'Heaven and Earth'
8 votes -
Space junk mission deploys from the International Space Station
9 votes -
Recycling a plastic soda bottle
6 votes -
Episode 1 of Life is Strange 2 will release on September 27, 2018
@lifeisstrange: Episode 1 of #LifeisStrange2 will release on September 27th 2018. Further information about @DONTNOD_Ent's #LifeisStrange2 will be revealed this August. https://t.co/Jml0977VS1
13 votes -
Ral Enekai, living up to her nickname "Lady Wukong" (by Salvamakoto for me)
3 votes -
Inside a heist of American chip designs, as China bids for tech power
7 votes -
Pagan Altar - Rising of the Dark Lord (2006)
2 votes -
Americans lack emergency savings but more say they aren't worried about it, survey finds
9 votes -
The trouble with Johnny Depp
14 votes -
The Seige and Recapture of easter Ghouta, Syria
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What do you think of the Cybersecurity Humble Bundle?
19 votes -
Daily Tildes discussion - nothing in particular
It's a bit late on a Friday and I didn't have anything in particular I wanted to bring up today, so let's just use the thread today as a sort of general feedback/questions/discussion area. If...
It's a bit late on a Friday and I didn't have anything in particular I wanted to bring up today, so let's just use the thread today as a sort of general feedback/questions/discussion area.
If there's anything you wanted to ask about or give feedback on but didn't want to start a thread about it, feel free. You're always welcome to send me a private message with anything as well, I don't mind at all.
As always, thanks for being here, and have a good weekend!
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Any Linux-only gamers? Share your experience!
Where do you guys buy games from? I like the fact that Valve's been pushing Linux recently but I just feel wrong for buying games that need a client to be played, so I stick with GOG, even though...
Where do you guys buy games from? I like the fact that Valve's been pushing Linux recently but I just feel wrong for buying games that need a client to be played, so I stick with GOG, even though there are no plans to bring GOG Galaxy to Linux any time soon. Thoughts?
23 votes -
Medical appointment booking app HealthEngine sharing clients' personal information with lawyers
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Daily Tildes discussion - title editing
Pretty straightforward topic today, but I think it's worth discussing briefly at least. I'm able to edit users' titles now (and the edit will be logged in the Topic Log in the sidebar). In the...
Pretty straightforward topic today, but I think it's worth discussing briefly at least. I'm able to edit users' titles now (and the edit will be logged in the Topic Log in the sidebar). In the future, this ability will probably also be extended to others, both allowing users to edit their own titles, as well as giving others the ability to do it (will probably be tied into the trust system).
So the question is: when should titles be edited? It's nice for me to be able to fix typos or other mistakes, remove spoilers if that comes up, and also remove (or at least reduce) editorialization when that's an issue. Are there any other cases where I should (or shouldn't) edit titles?
Along with all of the other docs that need to be written, maybe a sort of "what makes a good title?" section in the submission guidelines would be good as well, so if you have any thoughts on that please feel free to post them.
37 votes -
What has been the biggest decision of your life so far?
Would you decide differently, if you got the chance?
24 votes -
Metal Gear Solid V tips and tricks
Hey guys. I got MGSV on Xbox games with gold last month and I've been absolutely LOVING it but I'm not super creative with the game mechanics and I'm trying to branch out. They don't tell you too...
Hey guys. I got MGSV on Xbox games with gold last month and I've been absolutely LOVING it but I'm not super creative with the game mechanics and I'm trying to branch out. They don't tell you too many advanced techniques, at least with how far I've been. I try to mainly go non-lethal with the occasional rocket blast (I'm addicted to Fulton capturing soldiers), but I would love to hear some stories and tricks you have used to great effect!
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Any predictions for The Winds of Winter?
Not the release date (last intel: not in 2018, that's all we know), but the content. What's going to happen? Who's going to die? Here are my brief guesses for some of the main characters: Jon:...
Not the release date (last intel: not in 2018, that's all we know), but the content. What's going to happen? Who's going to die? Here are my brief guesses for some of the main characters:
Jon: Inhabits Ghost for a while after his human body's death (like Varamyr in the ADWD prologue), then gets resurrected by Melisandre. GRRM has said he always found it cheap that Gandalf returned hardly the worse for wear in LOTR, so I'm interested to see how Jon's different. In the show he seems slightly more carpe-diem, but it also seems like the show has mostly forgotten about it.
Stannis: Takes Winterfell (look up the Night Lamp theory if you're not familiar with it) from the Freys and Boltons, and holds onto it against an eventual siege by the Others.
Bran: The show has probably disproven this, but I still think he becomes a prisoner of the Others next to his uncle Benjen, because the Others can't kill a Stark for some reason.
Sansa: I think Harry the Heir turns out to be a nightmare, but Sansa learns to deal with him and use the power of the Vale to help the Starks in their fight to retake Winterfell.
Arya: I think she comes back to Winterfell and gives the gift of mercy to her mother, after seeing what she's become.
Daenerys: I think she'll have a longer experience taking over the Dothraki than in the show, and she'll fly west across Essos, laying waste to the free cities and setting the slaves free. In Westeros it will be completely unclear to everyone whether she's mad or not.
Tyrion: I think he will continue to fall into moral decay and after becoming a close advisor to Dany will encourage her "fire and blood" side. (Especially since she's his aunt!)
Theon: Something about "what is dead may never die, but rises again harder and stronger" makes me think he's coming back as a wight.
Victarion: Blows the horn and dies from it.
Cersei: I think Jaime will kill her, and fairly early on. I think Aegon will have the role she had in the most recent seasons of the show.
Jaime: I think he survives the confrontation with Lady Stoneheart and, disillusioned with both her and Cersei, leaves high society to lead the Brotherhood Without Banners.
Brienne: Someone has to die with Lady Stoneheart, right?
Aegon: I think he successfully conquers King's Landing. He'll eventually die by foolhardiness, but probably not for a while.
What do you all think? Anyone I'm forgetting?
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Formula 1 French Grand Prix Results
Pos. Driver Team Time/Ret. 1 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 01:30:11.39 2 Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing +7.090s 3 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari +25.888s 4 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull Racing +34.736s 5 Sebastian...
Pos. Driver Team Time/Ret. 1 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 01:30:11.39 2 Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing +7.090s 3 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari +25.888s 4 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull Racing +34.736s 5 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari +61.935s 6 Kevin Magnussen Haas +79.364s 7 Valtteri Bottas Mercedes +80.632s 8 Carlos Sainz Renault +87.184s 9 Nico Hulkenberg Renault +91.989s 10 Charles Leclerc Sauber +93.873s 11 Romain Grosjean Haas +1 lap 12 Stoffel Vandoorne McLaren +1 lap 13 Marcus Ericsson Sauber +1 lap 14 Brendon Hartley Toro Rosso +1 lap 15 Sergey Sirotkin Williams +1 lap 16 Fernando Alonso McLaren DNF 17 Lance Stroll Williams DNF NC Sergio Perez Force India DNF NC Esteban Ocon Force India DNF NC Pierre Gasly Toro Rosso DNF
Fastest Lap Time Avg.Speed Valtteri Bottas 01:34.23 223.201
Driver of the Day Sebastian Vettel 7 votes -
In a Heartbeat (animated short)
5 votes -
Why Beans Were an Ancient Emblem of Death
8 votes -
What currently makes you happy?
Tomorrow is weekend, I'm looking forward to meet some friends that I haven't seen in quite some time :)
24 votes -
Comedian Sam Kinison's first appearance on Letterman
7 votes -
The Gorillaz - The Now Now (2018)
5 votes -
'The Expanse' co-author Daniel Abraham tells the inside story about sci-fi books, TV … and politics
8 votes -
What's your favorite "treat yourself" meal?
What I mean by "treat yourself" is something which makes you happy, not just something which satisfies an urge. We all get days where we just want to gulp down a nice plate of spaghetti but what...
What I mean by "treat yourself" is something which makes you happy, not just something which satisfies an urge. We all get days where we just want to gulp down a nice plate of spaghetti but what meal do you prepare/buy for yourself when you really want to eat something special?
22 votes -
The Sydney Mardi Gras is officially 40, but it nearly didn't turn 25
2 votes -
The Pineapple Thief - No Man's Land (2016)
3 votes -
A day in the life of a Kabul emergency room
13 votes -
Thomash - multi culti Japan mixtape
5 votes -
In Turkish election, jailed candidate seeks presidency and to keep Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's party below majority in parliament
14 votes -
BMW joins Airbus in Brexit warning
8 votes -
U.S. government reunites 522 children removed under 'zero tolerance'
9 votes -
The eel trader reviving an old Amsterdam tradition
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Voltaire and the Buddha: How the French Enlightenment thinker prefigured an approach now familiar in the West
5 votes -
In huge privacy win, US Supreme Court rules warrant needed to slurp folks' location data
16 votes -
Venezuela crisis: UN says security forces killed hundreds
12 votes -
Hiroshima - a 1946 piece exploring how six survivors experienced the atomic bombing and its aftermath
9 votes -
Divergence and curl | Fluid flow with complex functions, part one
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~music Listening Club 1 - OK Computer
Here it is, the first album of our listening club: OK Computer by Radiohead. This is the first of the odd week classic-focused posts, and you get get further details on this project here. I'll...
Here it is, the first album of our listening club: OK Computer by Radiohead. This is the first of the odd week classic-focused posts, and you get get further details on this project here. I'll stop spamming ~music with posts about this now, we'll only have one a week from here on out.
Here's the place to discuss your thoughts on the record, your history with it or the band, and basically talk about whatever you want to that goes along with OK Computer. Remember that this is intended to be a slow moving thing, feel free to take your time and comment at any point in the week!
If you'd like to stream the album, it can be found on most streaming platforms here.
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Vote on next week's album here, we currently have a 7 way tie that needs to be broken!
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Railway estimates 230,000 gallons of oil spilled into floodwaters after Iowa derailment
8 votes -
The Strokes - Reptilia (2003)
6 votes -
The ACLU retreats from free expression
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Don't know if we've got any MMA fans here but the UFC just uploaded one of the best fights of recent memory: Max Holloway vs Ricardo Lamas
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How do you log your reads?
Personally I've become less and less fond of Goodreads but there doesn't seem to be many good alternatives. Plus the app is not great. Does anyone know any open source/free alternatives?
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What are you working on this weekend?
This is a thread to discuss what projects you're working on this weekend. (I've basically stolen this idea from Lobste.rs.)
15 votes -
Terminator 6 to be direct Terminator 2 sequel
14 votes -
Phoenix - Napolean Says (3.14)
3 votes -
China just handed the world a 111-million-ton trash problem
17 votes