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8 votes
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Geto Boys - Mind Playing Tricks On Me (1991)
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Brexit stage left: Spending cuts and British strategic denial
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Sheever's story
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Personal Wikis
I have been looking for some software where I can brain dump all the things I need to remember on a constant basis so I can easily find it again in the future. A personal wiki basically. I am...
I have been looking for some software where I can brain dump all the things I need to remember on a constant basis so I can easily find it again in the future. A personal wiki basically. I am wondering what any of you tilderians are using?
The things I am looking for:
Absolute requirements:
- Open Source: I want to be in control of the data myself, and I want to be able to hack on it myself as the need arises.
- Self Hostable: Goes hand-in-hand with with open sourceness, I want the data to live on the server in my apartment, under my own control.
- An API of some sort so I can programmatically add/read/modify data.
Nice to haves:
- Revision history of some sort.
- Common/simple data format for easy backup and longevity.
- Web interface, with mobile compatibility.
- Lightweight as possible, so I can run it on a low powered server.
Does anything know anything like that?
Options I have heard of:
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Hawaii braces for Hurricane Lane, now a category 5
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Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord - Six minutes of gameplay
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Venezuela and Trinidad struck by massive, 7.3 magnitude earthquake
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How do you get better at being creative?
I'm starting a new phase in my life and with that, quite a few shifts in personality/hobbies. The big hobby that I've started to get into is filmmaking. I feel really comfortable and confident in...
I'm starting a new phase in my life and with that, quite a few shifts in personality/hobbies. The big hobby that I've started to get into is filmmaking. I feel really comfortable and confident in the technical aspect, such as cameras and all the equipment used to make good films.
The huge part that I've struggled with and continue to struggle with though is writing and creativity in general. I feel like I'm in some sort of restraint when it comes to my personal creativity since I suppressed a lot of my emotions when I was younger and now that's coming back to haunt me. I don't know how to "break free" from said restraints to become more creative again. Sometimes there have been little bursts of creativity that I've had sometimes after waking up as a remnant from dreams or potentially just the recovery of sleep but I don't know how to capitalize on it.
Do y'all have any recommendations on how to become more creative or just to be able to come up with ideas more easily?
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Only you can prevent gross, smelly fatbergs from clogging up city sewers, says inspector
7 votes -
Stefan Karl Stefansson, 'LazyTown's' Robbie Rotten actor, dies aged 43
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World's largest shipping company heads into Arctic as global warming opens the way
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China’s new frontiers in dystopian tech
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Is there a way to quickly get to users or do I have type their name out in a comment or post?
Thanks
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What is the collective term for Tildes users?
Digg->Diggers Reddit->Redditors Tildes->Tildoes? Tillies? Tilbros? Just curious if there was a consensus on it in some previous discussions?
12 votes -
Facebook is rating the trustworthiness of its users on a scale from zero to 1
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Fox News violates Poland's holocaust law with reference to "Polish death camp"
14 votes -
Michael Cohen's lawyer says he's completely flipped and will give evidence that US President Donald Trump colluded with Russia
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'We The Animals' Becomes A Film, And The Author Approves
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No Man's Sky NEXT: Your experiences, or lack thereof
So recently, No Man's Sky has put out probably their biggest update yet. Prominently featuring Multiplayer, Cargo Freighters, and many QoL changes, Hello Games is determined not to drop their baby...
So recently, No Man's Sky has put out probably their biggest update yet. Prominently featuring Multiplayer, Cargo Freighters, and many QoL changes, Hello Games is determined not to drop their baby just yet. Has anyone been having more fun since the update? Less fun? Did anyone pick it up because of the update? How are your guys' adventures going?
14 votes -
US vows to grant few waivers on Iran sanctions
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Should we enforce an "article" tag?
I don't know if it seems too pedantic but I feel like it would be much more convenient to tag any posts linked to articles as such, so that people could focus in on or filter out articles at their...
I don't know if it seems too pedantic but I feel like it would be much more convenient to tag any posts linked to articles as such, so that people could focus in on or filter out articles at their convenience. Personally, I never read articles people post unless the subject matter greatly intrigues me, and in that case, I've read it because of reasons beyond it being an article. I think it'd be a pretty easily enforceable thing, as we have tagmods now and tagging articles (if anybody forgets) would be simple and quick.
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US deports former Nazi concentration camp guard, 95, to Germany
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How One Guy Hacked BlackHat 2018
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Can dogfish save Cape Cod fisheries?
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Coaching humans out of static thinking
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Mexico says deal with US on NAFTA issues may be 'hours' away
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The Correspondant - A different business model for organizations producing journalism.
I just watched an interesting This Week in Startups interview with the CEO of a nascent but successful new "news" organization from the Netherlands called De Correspondent. They are launching a...
I just watched an interesting This Week in Startups interview with the CEO of a nascent but successful new "news" organization from the Netherlands called De Correspondent. They are launching a new US-based company called The Correspondent, which has some high profile supporters. This list includes Nate Silver, William Julius Wilson, Rosanne Cash, and some others.
Their business model allows them to attract high-quality journalists by optimizing for journalistic integrity and independence. They have around 60,000 members paying around $70 per year in the Netherlands. They do no advertising business and are a for-profit corp with a dividend cap of 5% to make themselves unattractive to VC-type investors. The CEO claims they "ignore the news," meaning that they try to avoid the sound-bite quips that can be very distracting. They do not report on individual's scandals, instead focusing on systemic issues.
Journalists are required to share their stories with the members as they are developing. Stories are not guarded secrets while in development unlike traditional news organizations. This allows members to contribute to the stories via a form of curated crowdsourcing. For example, they reached out to members when doing a story on Shell, and found a few members who had access to the company which led to discovery of Shell's own internal Inconvenient Truth type video which was made in 1991.
The CEO also mentioned that he always includes a developer or designer in story discussions so that the latest investigation and presentation tools can be used on a story from day one.
Please take a look at the links and let me know what you think of this model, and its chances in the US market. I am pretty excited for anyone trying anything new in this space. What do you think? Would you pay for something like this?
Edit: I'm not sure if there is a better ~group for this topic, please move it if there is. Also, formatting, phrasing, and clarity.
Here is a direct link to the CEO's Medium account with more information.
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'Gun factory' uncovered on Hailsham industrial estate
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Prisoners striking in seventeen US states over prison conditions
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Added buttons to collapse all reply comments and expand all comments
Another open-source contribution, this time from Jeff Kayser. There are now two buttons at the top of the comments section, next to the header that says "X comments". The minus button will...
Another open-source contribution, this time from Jeff Kayser.
There are now two buttons at the top of the comments section, next to the header that says "X comments". The minus button will collapse all the reply comments, leaving only the top-level comments expanded, and the plus button will uncollapse any comments that have been collapsed.
This lets you browse the comments in kind of the "opposite" way of normal—instead of collapsing the conversations you don't want to read, you start out with only the top-level comments visible, and can un-collapse responses if you want to read more.
There will probably be some more work done along these lines in the future. A user setting would probably be nice so that reply comments are always collapsed by default, if that's what you prefer. And I'd also like to see the collapsed comments say how many comments there are in that chain, since right now there's not really any way to tell how large of a discussion you might be un-collapsing.
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Nvidia announces RTX 2000 GPU series with ‘six times more performance’ and ray-tracing
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Feature request to add an option for polls to topics
It would be very nice to have an option for multiple choice polls in topics so that the comments remain in-depth while giving people the chance to give their input on simple questions.
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Do you sometimes get upset about Reddit's petty downvoting?
They say downvotes don't mean anything. But I disagree. To me, it feels like a stranger coming up to you on the street, slapping you in the face and walking off. All the while you don't even know...
They say downvotes don't mean anything. But I disagree. To me, it feels like a stranger coming up to you on the street, slapping you in the face and walking off. All the while you don't even know why and just stare in confusion.
Like, I'd get it if the person was being rude, or impolite, or aggressive, or insulting, or racist, or misogynistic... Hell, even a very bad joke. But simple, innocent comments just casually sharing an opinion or a personal experience just get so aggressively downvoted. Why?
The particular sub that inspired me to make this post is r/android. Very simple comments without presenting judgement or making claims... just sharing their personal experience on a smaller topic about a certain phone will get a downvote. Why? As if to tell this person that their experience is wrong? That this didn't happen? I don't get it.
And this extends to the whole community, or at least most of it. It's just so toxic, immature and petty. Like, if you hate what someone said so much, why not at least tell them, so maybe they won't do it again or at least so they know why they're getting spat on the face.
But the lack of explanation and the mere booing from a faceless crowd is just so hearbreaking. Like, this is how crowds behave. That's why lynchings and mass rapes in war times are a thing. And it's just such a shameful aspect of the human character.
On Tildes, if you don't agree with someone, you cannot just downvote them to shut them up and hide their comment for others to see. No, rather, you have to tell them how it is you think they're wrong. And, while this has the potential of leading to nasty arguments, it also has the potential of leading to productive discussions.
How many of those comments that you often see downvoted are just innocent remarks that were completely misinterpreted by a first person and then the Hivemind just took it from there?
I mean, even if someone is saying something that is downright not true, but their tone doesn't come off as aggressive or rude, why downvote them instead of telling them? A downvote won't send them a notification. So they're likely to move on with life without knowing that that thing they think is true isn't. If you tell them, however, you can help this person learn something and combat misinformation.
By replying to this person, you're giving them a chance to better explain themselves. It's a lot less hostile, while being more productive and positive.
Plus, if upsetting and trolling people is what they want (like those few “professional reddit trolls” who just try to amass downvotes instead of upvotes) then they're out of luck in here. If their comment is obvious trolling, they'll just get ignored. Or well, maybe they do upset someone and get a heated discussion, but without the fishing for downvotes.
People cannot just downvote you to prove you wrong and go about their day feeling all superior and righteous. They have to tell you how they think you're wrong (or how they think your comment is irrelevant or how they don't like it) and in doing so expose their views up for external judgement.
The lack is probably the main reason that attracted me to Tildes.
By the way, I'm mostly referring to discussions way down in the thread between two people. I mean, how petty and aggressive do you have to be to downvote someone on an inactive thread just two minutes after they added their comment and just before you reply to them? I mean that way you're making it clear that it was you who downvoted them. So you're intentionally setting up a hostile atmosphere before the discussion even starts. That's just so toxic and emotionally draining.
How do you feel about downvotes on Reddit and their lack on Tildes?
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What's the most unusual place you've used Tildes from?
I was browsing on my phone in rural Norway earlier today. Anyone got anything particularly crazy?
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Kelsey Lu — itis isin itisnt
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Episode 2 of The Big Dig (my new jazz radio show) is now available
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What upcoming games or updates are you excited about?
I can't wait for Bannerlord to come out, it can't get here soon enough. It always seems to be delayed so my hopes of seeing it anytime soon are thin.
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If Vanuatu can ban single-use plastics, so can the other commonwealth countries. Op-ed by Ralph Regenvanu, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Vanuatu
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Soft Cell release Northern Lights, first new song in fifteen years
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My Vitriol - Always: Your Way (2001)
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Red, yellow, pink and green: How the world’s languages name the rainbow
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Central Africa's first major video games studio, Kiro'o, trains young Cameroonians to navigate obstacles in real-life business
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Stephen Hawking on what makes a good theory and the quest for a Theory of Everything
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World attention will today focus on Zimbabwe when the Constitutional Court hears the petition lodged by Nelson Chamisa in his bid to overturn President Mnangagwa’s victory in the July 30 elections
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Guacamelee! 2 | Launch trailer
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After a year of rising tensions, protesters tear down Confederate statue on UNC campus
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It’s not all in your mind: How meditation affects the brain to help you stress less
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Does eSports content belong in ~games or ~sports?
This post is meant to provoke a discussion and possibly find a resolution or at least set an expectation as far as where to post esports content. I don't really have an opinion either way but...
This post is meant to provoke a discussion and possibly find a resolution or at least set an expectation as far as where to post esports content.
I don't really have an opinion either way but would like to discuss the topic, because it seems like not setting an expectation might lead to similar content being posted to one or the other of the two communities when all the content would be prefered in one community to make finding things easier.
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What style of parent are you? It affects how much your children remember.
10 votes