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Thai boy dies at 13 after kickboxing fight, fuelling debate over children's bouts
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Rilo Kiley - Accidntel Deth
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Magano - Montinho (2017)
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Czech PM's future hangs in balance after son's kidnap claims
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Bill Godbout, a legend in the S-100 community, perished in the Camp wildfire
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Monetochka - Kazhdyj Raz (Every Time) (2018)
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In northern Japan, orchardists harness the power of the sun to sear images of good fortune—and the occasional face of a celebrity—onto apples
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A generation in Japan faces a lonely death
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PUBG coming to PS4 on December 7
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What are you reading these days? #6
What are you reading currently? Fiction or non-fiction, any genre, any language! Tell us what you're reading, and talk a bit about it. Notes: Do any one of you follow any literary magazines? How...
What are you reading currently? Fiction or non-fiction, any genre, any language! Tell us what you're reading, and talk a bit about it.
Notes: Do any one of you follow any literary magazines? How do you follow fresh pieces of literature, and grab hold of them "fresh out of the oven"?
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Sony is using the open-source emulator PCSX ReARMed for the PlayStation Classic
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Ex-detainee describes torture in China's Xinjiang re-education camp
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SRE mastery: Designing and developing for uptime
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Pokémon: Detective Pikachu | Trailer
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What is a childish thing you still do while being an adult?
When running up the stairs in my house, I run as if I'm a four-legged monkey.
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The Curious Animosity of Fred and Ethel Mertz
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If there was a giant meteor hurtling at the earth, and the end was near, what would you regret having not done?
I’ll go first: I had this thought a few years ago, and for me it was my desire to write and perform music. Yes, I wanted to be a “rock star” in a way. I had a bit of skill, and some song ideas,...
I’ll go first:
I had this thought a few years ago, and for me it was my desire to write and perform music. Yes, I wanted to be a “rock star” in a way. I had a bit of skill, and some song ideas, while at the same time the idea of putting my soul out in front of everyone scared the crap out of me. I have major stage fright.
So.. being the nerdy control freak that I am, I started my own Open Mic night at a friend’s bar. For many weeks I drove all of my audio gear there, I hosted lots of amazing people.. and eventually I performed. I played and sang my three songs. People loved it, but all the while my lips turned blue due to lack of normal breathing, and I certainly never made eye contact with the crowd more than once. That night I felt like I accomplished my goal, and learned my limits. Mission accomplished, I am now ready for the theoretical end.
Would you have any regrets in a similar thought experiment?
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Programming Challenge: Shape detection.
The programming challenges have kind of come to a grinding halt recently. I think it's time to get another challenge started! Given a grid of symbols, representing a simple binary state of...
The programming challenges have kind of come to a grinding halt recently. I think it's time to get another challenge started!
Given a grid of symbols, representing a simple binary state of "filled" or "unfilled", determine whether or not a square is present on the grid. Squares must be 2x2 in size or larger, must be completely solid (i.e. all symbols in the NxN space are "filled"), and must not be directly adjacent to any other filled spaces.
Example, where
0
is "empty" and1
is "filled":000000 011100 011100 011100 000010 // Returns true.
000000 011100 011100 011110 000000 // Returns false.
000000 011100 010100 011100 000000 // Returns false.
For those who want a greater challenge, try any of the following:
- Get a count of all squares.
- Detect squares that are touching (but not as a rectangle).
- Detect other specific shapes like triangles or circles (you will need to be creative).
- If doing (1) and (3), count shapes separately based on type.
- Detect shapes within unfilled space as well (a checkerboard pattern is a great use case).
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Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Gauntlet | Official trailer
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Doctor Who S11E06 'The Demons of the Punjab' discussion thread
What did you think of this week's episode of 'Doctor Who'? Previous discussions: Doctor Who S11E05 'The Tsuranga Conundrum' Doctor Who S11E04 'Arachnids in the UK' Doctor Who S11E01 'The Woman Who...
What did you think of this week's episode of 'Doctor Who'?
Previous discussions:
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A couple who named their baby after Adolf Hitler have been found guilty of being members of a banned terrorist group.
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The Art Institute of Chicago has put 50,000 (+) high-res images from their collection online
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‘Amazing Grace’ film review: Aretha Franklin lives in this resplendent gospel concert film
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How bicycles have changed in the last twenty-five years
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How we turned our apartment block into a community
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This week in Anime: week 45 of 2018
Sorry guys, been awfully busy this week so I hadn't really taken the time to watch this week's anime How do? Since we're currently lacking native spoiler tags, I'd ask all of you to follow this...
Sorry guys, been awfully busy this week so I hadn't really taken the time to watch this week's anime
How do?
Since we're currently lacking native spoiler tags, I'd ask all of you to follow this scheme:
Post a top level comment with the title and episode number of the anime you want to talk about like this
**JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Vento Aureo - Episode 1**
Then reply to those top level comments with your thoughts. This way people who haven't seen something yet or plan on binge watching once all the episodes are out can simply collapase the top level comment to not get spoiled ^.^What do?
Simply post, discuss or joke about any currently airing anime you want. For Anime you've been watching that aren't currently airing refer to Cleb's weekly thread.
When do?
But what if the anime I want to talk about hasn't aired yet?
No problem, just post a comment here once the episode has aired, these threads aren't meant to last one single day.
Archive
Archives of these threads can be found at the unofficial wiki
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Stan Lee, Marvel Comics' real-life superhero, dies at 95
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Opinion: Palmer Luckey was fired from Facebook because of losing the the $500 million IP lawsuit to ZeniMax, not his politics
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I collected my plastic waste for a year, and learned the truth about recycling
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Tetris Effect and the evolution of Tetris
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Why Computers Can't Count Sometimes | Tom Scott (The Basics Season 2 Episode 2)
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Moons around 'rogue planets' could sustain life — no solar system required
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Binary skin - Exploring Japan’s virtual YouTuber phenomenon
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European Soccer - This week results (11.12.2018) - *Includes Champions League and Europa League matches*
Champions League - Matchweek 4 Match Score Statistics Group A Atlético Madrid-Borussia Dortmund 2-0 33' Saul, 80' Griezmann A. Monaco-Club Brugge KV 0-4 12', 17'(Pen) Vanaken H., 24' Wesley, 85'...
Champions League - Matchweek 4
Match Score Statistics Group A Atlético Madrid-Borussia Dortmund 2-0 33' Saul, 80' Griezmann A. Monaco-Club Brugge KV 0-4 12', 17'(Pen) Vanaken H., 24' Wesley, 85' Vormer R. Group B Inter-Barcelona 1-1 87' Icardi M.; 83' Malcolm Tottenham-PSV 2-1 78', 89' Kane H.; 2' de Jong L. Group C FK Crvena zvezda-Liverpool 2-0 22', 29' Pavkov M. Napoli-PSG 1-1 63'(Pen) Insigne L.; 45+2' Bernat J. Group D FC Porto-Lokomotiv Moscow 4-1 2' Herrera H., 42' Marega M., 67' Corona J., 90+3' Otavio; 59' Farfan J. Schalke04-Galatasaray 2-0 4' Burgstaller G., 57' Uth M. Group E Bayern Munich-AEK Athens FC 2-0 31'(Pen), 71' Lewandowski R. Benfica-Ajax 1-1 29' Jonas; 61' Tadic D. Group F Lyon-Hoffenheim 2-2 19' Fekir N., 28' Ndombele T.; 65' Kramaric A., 90+2' Kaderabek P. Manchester City-Shakhtar Donetsk 6-0 13' Silva D., 24'(Pen), 72'(Pen), 90+2' Gabriel Jesus, 49' Sterling R., 73' Gundogan I. Group G CSKA Moscow-AS Roma 1-2 50' Sigurdsson A.; 4' Manolas K., 59' Pellegrini Lo. Plzen-Real Madrid 0-5 21', 37' Benzema K., 23' Caseimiro, 40' Bale G., 67' Kroos T. Group H Juventus-Manchester Utd 1-2 65' Ronaldo C.; 86' Mata J., 90'(OG) Bonucci L. Valencia-Young Boys 3-1 14'. 42' Mina S., 56' Soler C.; 37' Assale R. Europa League - Matchweek 4
Match Score Statistics Group A Bayer Leverkusen-Zurich 1-0 60' Jedvaj T. Ludogorets-AEK Larnaca 0-0 Group B Celtic-RB Leipzig 2-1 11' Tierney K., 79' Edouard O.; 78' Augustin J. Rosenborg-Salzburg 2-5 52' Adegbenro S., 62' Jensen M.; 6', 19', 45' Minamino T., 37' Gubrandsen F., 57'(OG) Hovland E. Group C Bordeaux-Zenit Petersburg 1-1 35'(Pen) Kamano F.; 72' Zabolotnyi A. Slavia Prague-FC Copenhagen 0-0 Group D Dinamo Zagreb-Trnava 3-1 22' Gojak A., 36'(OG) Kadlec A., 79' Orsic M.; 63' Chanturishvili V. Fenerbahce-Anderlecht 2-0 71' Valbuena M., 74' Frey M. Group E Arsenal-Sporting 0-0 Vorskla Poltava-Qarabag 0-1 13'(Pen) Abdullayev A. Group F Betis-AC Milan 1-1 12' Lo Celso G.; 62' Suso Olympiakos Piraeus-Dudelange 5-1 6' Torosidis V., 15', 36' Fortounis K., 26' Christodoulopoulos L., 71' Hassan A.; 69' Sinani D. Group G Rapid Vienna-Villarreal 0-0 Spartak Moscow-Rangers 4-3 22' Melgarejo L., 35'(OG) Goldson C., 58' Adriano L., 59' Hanni S.; 5'(OG) Eremenko R., 27' Candeias D., 41' Middleton G. Group H Apollon-Eintracht Frankfurt 2-3 71', 90+4'(Pen) Zelaya E.; 17' Jovic L., 55' Haller S., 58' Gacinovic M. Lazio-Marseille 2-1 45+1' Parolo M., 55' Correa J.; 60' Thauvin F. Group I Genk-Besiktas 1-1 87' Berge S.; 16' Quaresma R. Malmo FF-Sarpsborg 08 1-1 67' Antonsson M.; 63' Mortensen P. Group J Akhisar Genclik Spor-Sevilla 2-3 52' Manu E., 78' Ayik O.; 12' Nolito, 38' Muriel L., 87'(Pen) Banega E. Krasnodar-Standard Liege 2-1 79' Suleymanov M., 82' Wanderson M.; 19' Cercela-Gonzalez M. Group K Dynamo Kyiv-Rennes 3-1 13' Verbic B., 68' Mykolenko V., 72' Shaparenko M.; 89' Siebatcheu T. FC Astana-Jablonec 2-1 18' Pedro Henrique, 88' Postnikov E.; 41'(OG) Zainurdinov B. Group L BATE-Chelsea 0-1 53' Giroud O. MOL Vidi-PAOK 1-0 50' Milanov G. English Premier League - Matchweek 12
Match Score Statistics Arsenal-Wolves 1-1 86' Mkhitaryan H.; 13' Cavaleiro I. Cardiff-Brighton 2-1 28' Paterson C., 90' Bamba S.; 6' Dunk L. Chelsea-Everton 0-0 Crystal Palace-Tottenham 0-1 66' Foyth J. Huddersfield-West Ham 1-1 6' Pritchard A.; 74' Anderson F. Leicester-Burnley 0-0 Liverpool-Fulham 2-0 41' Salah M., 53' Shaquiri X. Manchester City-Manchester Utd 3-1 12' Silva D., 48' Aguero S., 86' Gundogan I.; 58'(Pen) Martial A. Newcastle-Bournemouth 2-1 7', 40' Rondon S.; 45+6' Lerma J. Southampton-Watford 1-1 20' Gabbiadini M.; 82' Holebas J. LaLiga - Matchweek 12
Match Score Statistics Alaves-Huesca 2-1 40' Jony, 67' Sobrino R.; 34' Gomez M. Atlético Madrid-Athetic Bilbao 3-2 61' Thomas, 80' Rodrigo, 90+1' Godin D.; 36', 64' Williams I. Barcelona-Betis 3-4 68'(Pen), 90+2' Messi L., 79' Vidal A.; 20' Junior F., 34' Joaquin, 71' Lo Celso G., 83' Canales S. Celta Vigo-Real Madrid 2-4 61' Mallo H., 90+4' Mendez B.; 23' Benzema K., 56'(OG) Cabral G., 93'(Pen) Ramos S., 90+1' Ceballos D. Getafe-Valencia 0-1 81'(Pen) Parejo D. Girona-Leganes 0-0 Levante-Real Sociedad 1-3 4' Chema; 73' Hernandez T., 77' Juanmi, 83' Oyarzabal M. Rayo Vallecano-Villarreal 2-2 45' De Tomas R., 65' Garcia A.; 33' Chukwueze S., 80' Sansone N. Sevilla-Espanyol 2-1 70' Mercado G., 89' Ben Yedder W.; 38' Iglesias B. Valladolid-Eibar 0-0 Serie A - Matchweek 12
Match Score Statistics AC Milan-Juventus 0-2 8' Mandzukic M., 81' Ronaldo C. AS Roma-Sampdoria 4-1 19' Jesus J., 59' Schick P., 72', 90+3' El Sharaarawy S.; 89' Defrel Atalanta-Inter 4-1 9' Hateboer H., 62' Mancini G., 88' Djisiti B., 90+4' Gomez A.; 47'(Pen) Icardi M. Chievo-Bologna 2-2 20'(Pen) Meggiorini R., 45' Obi J.; 3' Santander F., 56' Orsolini R. Empoli-Udinese 2-1 41' Zajc M., 51' Caputo F.; 81' Pussetto I. Frosinone-Fiorentina 1-1 89' Pinamonti A.; 47' Benassi M. Genoa-Napoli 1-2 20' Kouame C.; 62' Ruiz F., 86ì(OG) Biraschi D. Sassuolo-Lazio 1-1 15' Ferrari G, 8' Parolo M. Spal-Cagliari 2-2 3' Petagna A., 71' Antenucci M.; 73' Pavoletti L., 76' Ionita A. Torino-Parma 1-2 37' Baselli D.; 9' Gervinho, 25' Inglese R. Bundesliga - Matchweek 11
Match Score Statistics Borussia Dortmund-Bayern Munich 3-2 49', 67' Reus M., 73' Alcacer P.; 26', 52' Lewandowski R. Dusseldorf-Hertha Berlin 4-1 50' Lisami T., 63' Hennings R., 84', 90+2' Raman B.; 88' Selke D. Eintracht Frankfurt-Schalke04 3-0 61', 73' Jovic, 80' Haller S. Freiburg-Mainz 1-3 72' Sallai R.; 6' Gbamin J., 18' Mateta J., 75' Onisiwo K. Hannover-Wolfsburg 2-1 31' Maina L.; 62'(Pen) Bebou I.; 82'(Pen) Weghorst W. Hoffenheim-Augsburg 2-1 65' Kramaric A., 84' Nelson R.; 69' Finnbogason A. Nurnberg-Stuttgart 0-2 68' Baumgartl T., 82' Thommy E. RB Leipzig-Bayer Leverkusen 3-0 68' Klostermann L., 27', 85' Poulsen Y. Werder Bremen-Borussia Monchengladbach 1-3 59' Sahin N.; 39', 48' 52' Plea A. Ligue 1 - Matchweek 13
Match Score Statistics Angers-Montpellier 1-0 69' Thomas R. Bordeaux-Caen 0-0 Guingamp-Lyon 2-4 22', 78'(Pen) Thuram M.; 63' Aouar H., 67', 73' Depay M., 84' Cornet M. Lille-Strasbourg 0-0 Marseille-Dijon 2-0 45+2' Ocampos L., 84' Rami A. Monaco-PSG 0-4 4', 11', 53' Cavani E., 64'(Pen) Neymar Nimes-Nice 0-1 61' Attal Y. Rennes-Nantes 1-1 8' Johansson J.; 16' Sala E. Saint Etienne-Reims 2-0 1' Debuchy M., 39' Khazri W. Toulouse-Amiens 0-1 28' Blin A. 5 votes -
Microsoft is acquiring Obsidian Entertainment and inXile Entertainment
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Katharine Viner: 'The Guardian's reader funding model is working. It's inspiring'
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Why are we still teaching reading the wrong way?
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Pigpen Radio Selectors - Bristol cannabis club bun'fire special
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Little Big - Faradenza
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Strawberry needle contamination: Accused woman motivated by spite, court hears
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Tech Talk: What's the make & model of your current phone? What do you like about it? Dislike? What phones have you owned in the past?
Following on from the Tildes 0.5 year survey in which 72% of users stated they used an Android device, and 24% used an iOS device, I thought it'd be fun to ask people in a longform manner to talk...
Following on from the Tildes 0.5 year survey in which 72% of users stated they used an Android device, and 24% used an iOS device, I thought it'd be fun to ask people in a longform manner to talk about their current phone, and their dislikes & likes about it. What has your upgrade history been like?
I'm currently utilising an iPhone XS (no "Max") in 256GB. This is my first phone upgrade where I've felt like the changes are a step sideways rather than forwards from what I've previously experienced. The minimal bezels are very nice, and once you understand how the iOS experience fits into the overall vision for Apple's phone lineup, the notch becomes an immediately obvious choice—a design compromise for the time being until we can place the sensor array under the display.
Face ID is acceptable. It fails a bit more often than Touch ID ever did, but it fails in different situations, and also works better in others. For a first generation iteration it's acceptable; if it can get more diverse with time and work better in extreme sunlight and at wider angles, it'll become definitively better than a fingerprint scanner.
I talked a bit about the OLED display in the XS in this comment here, where I can distinguish the pentile crosshatching pattern, and again, I feel that the OLED is a case of better in some situations, worse in others. The inky blacks are fantastic, but the dark ghosting is a compromise I'm less happy with. Apple's IPS LCD panels are so good, they had a high bar to meet here.
The camera is again truly fantastic; not enough to ever make me consider selling my Sony mirrorless, but the computational photography aspects makes taking challenging photos more of a breeze than ever before.
Finally, after living with a plus-sized phone for the past 4 years, a step back to a smaller form factor with a similar sized screen is a breath of fresh air—I can finally tie my shoelaces up with my phone in my jean pockets again.
The watch & AirPods & continuity integrations will keep me happy in the Apple ecosystem for a while yet, but I'd need to see a very compelling new feature of aspect to a future phone to upgrade in the next 2 years at this point. Phones are lasting longer than ever before, as they should, and Apple knows this.
Previously I've owned
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iPhone 7 Plus, Jet Black 256GB. The Jet Black finish coupled with the weightier frame & thicker body definitely resulted in this feeling like the most polished iPhone 6-style design to date. Runner up for my favourite phone. Further more the P3-gamut display significantly improved image quality. I wasn't happy enough with the iPhone X to consider an upgrade.
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iPhone 6 Plus, Silver 128GB. Might be my least favourite phone of all time? Too thin, slippery, suffered from bendgate; and had display issues which gave it a bad rap. Touch ID was cool; however.
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iPhone 4, Black. Might be my favourite phone of all time, purely from a design standpoint? Utilising the steel frame around the edge of the phone as an antenna was completely unheard of back then and truly a fantastic design innovation. The sandwiched glass profile was both a fingerprint magnet and truly gorgeous; and the Retina display was breathtaking. I'd love to see a return to this design profile.
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iPhone 3G. My first phone. I distinctly remember jailbreaking this device to change the cellular provider name in the top left corner & enable some extremely low quality video recording; this was also the good old days of fantastic games like Tap Tap Revenge.
How about you?
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A history of Odessa in ten dishes
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Should the press boycott Trump? Political strategists weigh in
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Personal Panopticons - A key product of ubiquitous surveillance is people who are comfortable with it
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Bitwarden Completes Third-party Security Audit
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Theresa May imposes new layer of secrecy on Brexit legal advice
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DNA testing reveals baffling bird is three species in one
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Would it make sense to make the default activity period be a function of the recent activity on the site, and in each group?
I am a bit lazy, and I also seem to like the default 3 day filter on the activity feed... but, sometimes a person less lazy than I responds to a topic of mine which is older that 3 days. These are...
I am a bit lazy, and I also seem to like the default 3 day filter on the activity feed... but, sometimes a person less lazy than I responds to a topic of mine which is older that 3 days. These are usually good responses. These folks clearly played with the time filter. Other users are missing out on these responses.
I agree that a 3 day filter may be the ideal filter at the normal activity level of Tildes at large, at this point. But Tildes is still really fluctuating in activity, as may other sites based on the codebase. This may be an even bigger issue in specific groups.
Would there be any workable and beneficial way to make the default time filter a function of recent activity? This may apply to the main feed, and each group feed. This would help in site/group times of low activity, and might scale to the much higher activity of the future.. does this make any sense at all?
Would it be better to make the default time filter a function of activity, instead of a arbitrary setting which an admin selected?
Edit: the list box label might default to a dynamic “recent”, or similar, and then still have the other options of “last 1 hour, last 12 hours,” etc...
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Using Wi-Fi to “see” behind closed doors is easier than anyone thought
12 votes