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3 votes
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The rise of Calamari, fueled by Rhode Island’s dirty politics
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Everyone is framing 5G as a "race", but nobody seems to be able to explain why it matters who wins
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Steam Spring Cleaning Event - Games free to try and on sale + tasks and projects for playing games in your collection
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A basic wiki system is now available for groups
Friday afternoon just before an American long weekend probably isn't the best time for me to announce a major update, but oh well, I'm doing it anyway: There is now a basic wiki system available,...
Friday afternoon just before an American long weekend probably isn't the best time for me to announce a major update, but oh well, I'm doing it anyway:
There is now a basic wiki system available, with each group being able to have its own set of pages. I think this should help a lot for letting people collaborate on information through the site itself. @deing has been running an unofficial wiki (thanks!), but having it natively on the site should be much easier for people to find and help edit, so hopefully we can transfer over most or all of that content.
As always, a number of aspects are pretty rough and I'm sure I'll keep tweaking it over the next little while as I see how it starts to be used, but it should be decent enough to get started with. Various things to know about it:
- As of right now, permission to create and edit wiki pages must be granted manually. So if you'd like to get involved with editing wiki pages, please either comment here and say so or send me a message and I can give you permissions.
- The editing history is being stored in git, which will give us a lot of neat functionality for "free". You don't need to know anything about git at all (or even know what it is)—it's all done internally, but it means that I can do things like sync the wiki pages to GitLab and take advantage of their existing interface to display changes, page histories, etc. instead of needing to duplicate all of those functions from scratch (which might be nice to do someday anyway, but it's neat to have them all already with this method).
- Unlike other content you post to Tildes (such as your comments) which remain your own, contributions to the wiki will be licensed under Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike, in order to allow others to edit, reproduce, and so on. This is explained prominently on the wiki editing pages, and I'll update the Terms of Use shortly to reflect this as well.
- I'm going to duplicate all the pages from the Tildes Docs site into the ~tildes.official wiki. This will allow people to be able to contribute changes to the docs without needing to figure out all the pieces for making changes to that repo directly. It won't update automatically or anything (and I wouldn't want it to), but I'll review any changes made through the site wiki and move them onto the Docs site.
I think that should cover the main points, but let me know if you have questions. Also, it's been a while, so I've topped everyone back up with 10 invites again. Thanks!
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Canada’s saddest grow-op: My humiliating adventures in growing marijuana
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~lgbt now has a wiki page for support organisations: please help compile additional resources for it
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It’s time to end horse racing for good
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AMD announced Ryzen 3000
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‘Booksmart’ is the movie you wish had eisted when you were a teen
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Shichuan Mapo Tofu: Culinary Institute of America's recipe vs traditional
4 votes -
Disney's new 'Aladdin,' starring Will Smith, is a mostly pale imitation of the original
10 votes -
An (even more) inconvenient truth: Why carbon credits for forest preservation may be worse than nothing
7 votes -
Metadata Investigation: Inside Hacking Team
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The contested Confederate roots of Memorial Day: More than two dozen US cities claim to the be the “birthplace of Memorial Day"
7 votes -
Macron humbled in France as exit polls show Le Pen win
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Jane Jacobs and the death and life of American planning
6 votes -
How phonies and self-promoters came to rule the world
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MLS Week 13: All Matches Discussion
Vancouver @ NYRB LA Galaxy @ Orlando Atlanta @ RSL Montreal @ LAFC NYCFC @ Chicago FC Dallas @ Vancouver DC United @ New England Portland @ Philadelphia NYRB @ FC Cincinnati Houston @ MNUFC...
Vancouver @ NYRB
LA Galaxy @ Orlando
Atlanta @ RSL
Montreal @ LAFC
NYCFC @ Chicago
FC Dallas @ Vancouver
DC United @ New England
Portland @ Philadelphia
NYRB @ FC Cincinnati
Houston @ MNUFC
Columbus @ Colorado
Seattle @ Sporting KC
San Jose @ Toronto5 votes -
Vietnam culled a further 500,000 pigs over the past two weeks to tackle an outbreak of African swine fever, taking the total killed so far to 1.7 million
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Nationalists surge in EU Parliament, but pro-EU parties remain dominant
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Thousands pour through gates to ride Sydney's first driverless trains
Thousands pour through gates to ride Sydney's first driverless trains What this article fails to mention is that there have been teething problems.
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The birth of science in a darkened room: The father of modern optics could not have succeeded had he not feigned madness
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Huawei ejected from Wi-Fi Alliance, SD Association, and other standards groups
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Bart Starr, iconic Green Bay Packers quarterback, has died at 85
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In my opinion, censorship is a bad way to combat hate speech.
(Let me make this clear before you continue reading, I don't know any good solutions) Recently, all over the internet, I feel like I am seeing more and more companies filtering out content that...
(Let me make this clear before you continue reading, I don't know any good solutions)
Recently, all over the internet, I feel like I am seeing more and more companies filtering out content that are considered hate speech. I personally do not like this for two reasons.
- I think it is a band-aid solution. People who have their voice taken away from themselves are not suddenly going to change their mind.
- In a way, it is a form of removing freedom of speech. Now, I understand that a lot of the companies that are censoring hate speech are doing it primarily for the sake of sponsors, but I mean this in a more broad scope.
- It is effectively hiding societal problems.
I think one argument for the increased censorship is: even if it doesn't combat hate speech, it stops the spreading of hate speech. By spreading, I mean more people believing that hate speech. Though at first this could be a good idea, I think it is the wrong way to go about it. I really don't know what exactly is the right way to deal with this issue. Maybe more inclusion of different communities? Maybe education? Learn how to think critically?
Here are a couple other things I have been thinking about, but I am not too sure about. I do not know if they are true or not, but if any of you could provide more insight, I would like to know more:
- Hate speech is actually lower than ever. The reason why some people feel like it is higher is because the hate speech is entering to people's bubbles through the internet. Before the internet, there was still that kind of talk, it was just in a different medium.
- Though not hate speech, but in a way related, with Anti-vax, the people who are most susceptible to converting to an anti-vaxxer, are parents. A lot of times these are the people who didn't grow up with the internet, the way they view the internet is not exactly how younger people view the internet. There is more doubt in what we see online between younger people than older.
And I have had people say I must be a white upper class person to have these kinds of opinions. No. I am not white. Not upper class. I have dealt with racism in one way or another for all of my childhood, less so as an adult.
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A look at VotingWorks, a nonprofit developing what it hopes will be “a publicly owned operating system for democracy"
10 votes -
A botched decolonization: Inside Cameroon’s civil war
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Social media is the death of love: a GoT introspective
So, in a nutshell, the writing quality and character development declined a lot in the last season ... except I mostly didn't notice (or mind), until I started reading online about how much - and...
So, in a nutshell, the writing quality and character development declined a lot in the last season ... except I mostly didn't notice (or mind), until I started reading online about how much - and why - everyone else hated the last season.
I got as far as S08 Ep03 (the White Walker battle) without reading any online commentary, critiques, etc. On my own, I did feel some characters' activities/behaviors were a bit 'off', but I still loved the episode overall (except literally too dark, hard to see some scenes).
Then a friend commented on some disappointing thing in the episode, and how 'everyone' was bitching about it. I started reading online ... and that's when I started seeing the flaws in the last season.
Granted, even if I had stayed offline, just watched it myself, there probably still would have been things that pissed me off ... Euron's magical dragon ambush, the whole Missandei capture/murder thing, and Dany embracing the Dark Side. I can't imagine I would have overlooked those.
But, by reading everyone else's gripes online, watching bitter youtube reviews, etc., the last 3 episodes sucked a lot more for me, because I saw all the flaws, many of which I would have missed.
So, to sum up, I blame all y'all for ruining GoT for me.
Thoughts?
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What are some of the smaller communities that you enjoy?
Heya! The question is rather straightforward. Even though I said smaller, size doesn't really matter for this - the focus is more on the community aspect rather than it being small. Here's my...
Heya!
The question is rather straightforward. Even though I said smaller, size doesn't really matter for this - the focus is more on the community aspect rather than it being small. Here's my non-exhaustive list (in no particular order):
- Tildes - This is unsurprising. It's definitely large for a "small" community, but it's managed to preserve it's culture very well, which is rather impressive. It's cozy and has high quality discussion.
- Various Discord servers and IRC channels. This one is harder to pinpoint, to be honest. As far as IRC channels/Discord servers goes, some of the more niche gaming ones are probably some of the nicest environments. IRC-wise, I really haven't managed to find any particularly active ones, outside of the ones for the next list member...
- tilde.town and probably the larger tildeverse. Not affiliated with Tildes, but generally just... a nice place to be. It's rather quiet a lot of the time, but their main IRC channel is, frankly, quite great. When it's active.
- A lot of Mastodon instances, although of course not all. The fediverse is generally a nice place to be, although politics on there is kind of mushy and one sided. Genuine interactions on there, however, are extremely common and sorting by the global timeline is quite nice (most of the time.)
- rateyourmusic is a nice community of those who are passionate about music. It's quite nice overall, though.
There's definitely a lot I've missed out, mainly because I probably don't know about them.
So, what are some of the smaller (or not) communities that you enjoy?
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The Who worked hard to climb the mountain of rock, and they planted one of their biggest flags fifty years ago with the release of Tommy
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What have you been listening to this week?
@Whom asked me to cover this post for today. What have you been listening to this week? You don't need to do a 6000 word review if you don't want to, but please write something! If you've just...
@Whom asked me to cover this post for today.
What have you been listening to this week? You don't need to do a 6000 word review if you don't want to, but please write something! If you've just picked up some music, please update on that as well, we'd love to see your hauls :)
Feel free to give recs or discuss anything about each others' listening habits.
You can make a chart if you use last.fm:
http://www.tapmusic.net/lastfm/
Remember that linking directly to your image will update with your future listening, make sure to reupload to somewhere like imgur if you'd like it to remain what you have at the time of posting.
13 votes -
Could Barcelona’s plan to push out cars and build superblocks work in the US?
11 votes -
Politico 2019 European elections seat projections
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When you leave your old job on good terms, you want to ensure a smooth transition to make life easier for your replacement. This succession planning checklist can help you to hand over the reins.
14 votes -
Facebook acknowledges Pelosi video is faked but declines to delete it
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'Earthworm dilemma' has climate scientists racing to keep up
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This week's album and EP releases
Here's a list of a things that came out in this past week, up through Friday. Of course, there's no way to be completely comprehensive with this and I avoided including things where information...
Here's a list of a things that came out in this past week, up through Friday. Of course, there's no way to be completely comprehensive with this and I avoided including things where information was too lacking, so feel free to mention anything that isn't on here that you think is worth mentioning. Beyond that, if you have any thoughts of any of these albums, it would be great to hear them :)
Artist Title Genre(s) Song Links Amyl and The Sniffers Amyl and The Sniffers Garage Punk, Punk Rock Song.link Andreya Triana Life in Colour Neo-Soul Song.link BAYNK Someone's II Indietronica Song.link Beast Coast Escape From New York Hardcore Hip Hop Song.link Black Mountain Destroyer Psychedelic Rock Song.link Blu & Exile True & Livin West Coast Hip Hop, Conscious Hip Hop Song.link Budokan Boys Dad Is Bad Experimental Song.link Cate Le Bon Reward Art Pop, Neo-Psychedelia Song.link Cold Showers Motionless Post-Punk Song.link Collie Buddz Hybrid Dancehall Song.link Deathspell Omega The Furnaces of Palingenesia Black Metal Song.link Dounia Not Good for the Ego EP Alternative R&B Song.link Duncan Lloyd (of Maxïmo Park) Outside Notion Lo-Fi Indie, Indie Pop Song.link Earth Full Upon Her Burning Lips Psychedelic Rock, Drone Song.link Faye Webster Atlanta Millionaires Club Alt-Country, Country Soul Song.link Fleshgod Apocalypse Veleno Symphonic Metal, Death Metal Song.link Flying Lotus Flamagra Nu Jazz, Glitch Hop Song.link GOT7 Spinning Top: Between Security and Insecurity K-Pop Song.link Guards Modern Hymns Indie Pop Song.link Hayden Thorpe (of Wild Beasts) Diviner Art Pop, Ambient Pop Song.link Honeyblood In Plain Sight Indie Rock, Indie Pop Song.link IRAH Diamond Grid Dream Pop, Trip Hop Song.link ISA Debut Album Pop Song.link J-E-T-S ZOOSPA Wonky, UK Bass Song.link Justin Townes Earle The Saint of Lost Causes Singer/Songwriter, Americana, Blues Song.link Kim Jae Hwan Another EP K-Pop Song.link Lovelyz Once Upon A Time EP K-Pop Song.link Luke Sanger Ancient Pathways Electronic Song.link Mavis Staples We Get By Southern Soul, Deep Soul Song.link - Spotify Middle Kids New Songs For Old Problems EP Indie Rock, Noise Pop Song.link Montana of 300 Views From The Generals Helmet Drill, Pop Rap Song.link Morrissey California Son Chamber Pop, Art Pop Song.link NCT 127 We Are Superhuman K-Pop, Dance-Pop Song.link Octave One Locus Of Control EP Detroit Techno Song.link Orla Gartland Why Am I Like This? EP Indie Folk, Folk Pop Song.link Petrol Girls Cut & Stitch Riot Grrrl, Post-Hardcore Song.link Pronoun I’ll Show You Stronger Indie Pop, Indie Rock Song.link Ramin Djawadi Game of Thrones: Season 8 (Music from the HBO Series) Orchestral Song.link Sebadoh Act Surprised Indie Rock Song.link Shay Lia Dangerous Contemporary R&B Song.link Steve Lacy Apollo XXI Neo Soul Song.link Steve Marino Fluff Indie Folk Song.link Sting My Songs Pop Rock Song.link Stray Cats 40 Rockabilly Song.link Swimming Tapes Morningside Indie Pop, Jangle Pop Song.link The 1975 Notes on a Conditional Form Art Pop Official The Aggrolites Reggae Now! Skinhead Reggae Song.link The Amazons Future Dust Indie Rock, Alternative Rock Song.link The Lonely Island The Unauthorized Bash Brothers Experience Comedy Rap Netflix - Spotify The Waterboys Where The Action Is Heartland Rock, Pop Rock Song.link Thompson Egbo-Egbo The Offering Jazz Song.link Toebow Themes Indie Pop, Psychedelic Pop Song.link Trudy And The Romance Sandman Indie Pop Song.link YG 4REAL 4REAL Trap Rap Song.link whenyoung Reasons To Dream Indie Pop Song.link
Notes:
The Waterboys - Where The Action Is || Deluxe album linked
Sting - My Songs || Deluxe album linked
Octave One - Locus Of Control || song.link says single, but it's EP
Mavis Staples - We Get By || song.link spotify link is to single... linked spotify to album too
Fleshgod Apocalypse - Veleno || Deluxe album linked
The 1975 - Notes on a Conditional Form || No song.link... official site instead
YG - 4REAL 4REAL || No "parental advisory" version linked... so NSFW
The Lonely Island - The Unauthorized Bash Brothers Experience || no song.link, spotify and netflix instead10 votes -
Seeking recommendations for infosec podcasts
I have been listening to "Darknet Diaries" and it's a great podcast, but I am looking for more. Maybe more technical. Does anyone have any good recommendations? Thanks! Edit: if you are like me,...
I have been listening to "Darknet Diaries" and it's a great podcast, but I am looking for more. Maybe more technical.
Does anyone have any good recommendations? Thanks!
Edit: if you are like me, and learning about this stuff, here is an interesting and hilarious episode of mini-stories from Darknet Diaries: https://darknetdiaries.com/episode/22/
8 votes -
Beer archaeologists are reviving ancient ales — with some strange results
14 votes -
SpaceX’s new Raptor rocket engine is a methane fueled full flow staged combustion cycle engine
15 votes -
India’s Muslims quiver in the new dawn of an emboldened Narendra Modi
10 votes -
Water stays in the pipes longer in shrinking cities – a challenge for public health
5 votes -
Cordel - São João (2019)
4 votes -
On Everest, traffic isn’t just inconvenient. It can be deadly. (Multiple climber deaths due to overcrowding at the summit)
13 votes -
Starlink - Low latency satellite internet
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Papua New Guinea prime minister quits after weeks of turmoil
6 votes -
The new recycling is called 'recommerce’
4 votes -
I oversaw the US nuclear power industry. Now I think it should be banned.
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HOMESHAKE - Serious (2017)
4 votes