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5 votes
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Google employees protest secret work on censored search engine for China
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Quantum physics observed in photosynthesis and could lead the way to greatly improved solar technologies
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Where are all the aliens? | Stephen Webb
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Jack Dorsey says he’s rethinking the core of how Twitter works
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Intel Graphics teases first PC graphics card for 2020
@intelgraphics: We will set our graphics free. #SIGGRAPH2018 https://t.co/vAoSe4WgZX
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Barracking, sheilas and shouts: How the Irish influenced Australian English
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The science behind the Roundup lawsuit
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Think - Aretha Franklin (feat. The Blues Brothers)
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A landmark ruling that has granted a casual worker annual leave entitlements has sparked warnings from unions and employer groups that a clearer definition of casual employment is needed.
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What would you think of completely supressing user invites?
By user invites I mean the invites that are given to Tildes' users which they then can give out to their friends. Personally, I think more often than not they're sort of gifted to strangers online...
By user invites I mean the invites that are given to Tildes' users which they then can give out to their friends. Personally, I think more often than not they're sort of gifted to strangers online without much consideration or deliberance behind the decision. And the user receiving it hasn't done much to “earn” it.
Now, I'm sorry if this sounds like an obnoxious case of gatekeeping. But I think there's a certain beauty to checking the sub daily waiting for the next official round of invites. And that's the kind of user I'd want to interact with, rather than someone who just accidentally stumbled upon r/tildes, opened the sub, found an invite thread active and got one without having even read the docs page.
What do you think?
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1,160 miles in eleven days: A grand tour with the Alfa Romeo Stelvio Quadrifoglio
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US to more than double the number of Marines in Norway, strengthening defenses along the border with Russia
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Location of settings
Should the settings link be accessable from all sidebars instead of only being accessable by clicking on the username link and then the sidebar?
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Thoughts on restricting tags?
Often when I go to post, I have to check first what the most commonly used tag is for the thing I want to post. There is quite a bit of tag duplication/proliferation. Granted, this could also be...
Often when I go to post, I have to check first what the most commonly used tag is for the thing I want to post. There is quite a bit of tag duplication/proliferation. Granted, this could also be dealt with in part by suggesting tags as the user types, but:
What do you think about having a specific set of tags to choose from, and when there are a handful of posts about a specific topic, new tags are added by administrators? This is essentially the way Lobsters works, and I think it works pretty well.
On one hand, this could reduce tag proliferation, but on the other hand, it could also corral people into only posting about certain topics that are sufficiently similar to existing tags.
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At what point is a post too old?
I wanted to make another post asking about podcast recommendations. I last asked this 3 months ago, is it worth just reviving discussion on that post, or at this point is it better to just make a...
I wanted to make another post asking about podcast recommendations. I last asked this 3 months ago, is it worth just reviving discussion on that post, or at this point is it better to just make a new post?
I know Tildes values long-lasting discussion, but when a post is that old, isn't there value in starting over, especially since there are a lot of new people who haven't answered before and might benefit from a bit more visibility on their answers?
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Car Seat Headrest - Bodys (2011)
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Hotter, drier summers in Australia mean longer fire seasons – and urban sprawl into bushland is putting more people at risk
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What are some of the best free MOOC classes you have taken just for fun instead of career advancement?
I enjoy taking free MOOC online classes. What are some of the best ones you have taken recently purely for fun instead of career advancement? I really enjoyed taking this one on electronic...
I enjoy taking free MOOC online classes. What are some of the best ones you have taken recently purely for fun instead of career advancement? I really enjoyed taking this one on electronic literature: https://www.edx.org/course/electronic-literature-davidsonx-d004x
I also greatly enjoyed one on superheroes and pop culture: https://www.edx.org/course/rise-superheroes-impact-pop-culture-smithsonianx-popx1-5x
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Terrorist attacks are quietly declining around the world
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New Zealand bans home sales to most foreigners: 'It's not a right, it's a privilege'
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Schrödinger's rapist
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Nope, those aren't mailboxes: Paris rolls out sidewalk urinals
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Companies waved the Pride flag but gaming is still far from queer inclusive
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The current state of Shonen Jump in 2018
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The great African regreening: Millions of 'magical' new trees bring renewal
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King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard (2018)
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Elves and Aliens
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Amazon in running to acquire the Landmark Theatres movie chain
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Google Needs To Come Clean About Its Chinese Plans
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Average Canadian house sold for CAD$481,500 last month, up 1% in past year
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Hospitals scrap surgeries, Venezuelans forgo showers as taps run dry
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Dugout Loop
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Chefs remember Joël Robuchon, the world’s most Michelin-starred chef
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Evidence of a hydrogen wall at the edge of the heliosphere from New Horizons
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Why public banks are suddenly popular
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Culinary diplomacy: The surprising reason there are so many Thai restaurants in the US
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Where even Walmart won’t go: How Dollar General took over rural America
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The JPEG Committee is “exploring Blockchain” to put DRM into JPEG
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Flaws of an undead genre - What's wrong with point and click adventures?
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Little Dragon - Full Performance (Live on KEXP) (2018)
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Elon Musk’s funding for Tesla wasn’t so secure
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How music was made on Super Nintendo
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Canada doesn’t have an inheritance tax. For the sake of democracy, that needs to change.
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Punctuation that failed to make its mark
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$100 million was once big money for a start-up. Now, it’s common
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The Genius (2013-2015): The best reality TV show ever made
The premise is like Survivor: don't get eliminated. The thirteen contestants vie for immunity and each week's loser gets axed. The games are mostly board game-style gambling -- from...
The premise is like Survivor: don't get eliminated. The thirteen contestants vie for immunity and each week's loser gets axed. The games are mostly board game-style gambling -- from straightforward poker derivatives to deckbuilding.
The show is completely unscripted and the cast is a mixture of minor celebrities, professional game players, and -- in seasons three and four -- ordinary folks from the general public.
The show's marketing material describes the show as an investigation of what genius is. There's a case to be made for this -- the games are diverse, well-designed, and the gameplay onscreen is always interesting. You'll be constantly saying to yourself "I didn't think of that," even the second or third time you watch the show. There's often more than one way to win each game.
What the show does well is presenting mundane reality TV dilemmas psychologically. The show takes place in a kind of liminal space where it isn't clear who's going to become the monster and how. There's lighter stuff and camaderie -- on-camera shtick like hugging and bowing and begging, eating delicious food. Sometimes, there's a little bit of sexism.
It ends in something continually getting worse, and nobody's ever sure exactly what. It usually takes more than one episode for someone to pinpoint what it is. A lot of the tension comes from how the first time something strange happens, it's OK or you excuse it as a coincidence -- and the second or third time it happens, your fear of confirmation bias makes it so you're still not entirely sure if it's a pattern. The show spends a lot of time on this precipice.
The people on The Genius are abnormal. Some of them play the games weird and some are weird themselves -- some of them have learned to hide their biggest character flaws and some of them haven't. At the most extreme it's like sitting next to someone on the bus who snores loud, but not loud enough to make you give up your seat, and then he shoves his hand down your throat.
You can view the first season here, subtitled in English: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpwIgWPfNvc . Most of the fans consider Episode 2 a very strong episode, so you should watch at least until that, or skip to it if you're impatient.
If all the psychodrama stuff I mentioned sounds appealing to you, skip to season 2, the darkest season. Unfortunately, the later seasons aren't on YouTube, but you can find them in a lot of places: https://www.reddit.com/r/TheGenius/comments/5s7eh9/the_genius_s2_s3_and_society_game_file_links/
I've been rabidly evangelizing this show to all my real life friends for years. Please ask any questions that will lead to you watching it! (PS: To those who've seen it, please don't post spoilers in this thread!)
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We need to talk about how Grindr is affecting gay men’s mental health
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Spinach Puffs from The Emperor's New Groove | Binging with Babish
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The crazy high stakes facing Hollywood rom-com Crazy Rich Asians
7 votes