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5 votes
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Swedes typically stop living with their parents earlier than anywhere else in Europe – but can leaving home at a young age have a dark side?
5 votes -
Voting policy questions
I tend to be generous with votes if I like specific posters and want to encourage them. I like to assume that's ok, but is there an official take on that? And what about people who are likely to...
I tend to be generous with votes if I like specific posters and want to encourage them. I like to assume that's ok, but is there an official take on that?
And what about people who are likely to share an IP address with me? I'm on a small node with fewer than 200 users, and at least 2 or 3 come here (got invited by one). I don't necessarily know them but will that look like alt accts boosting votes? Is there a whitelist or something like that for verified individuals on the same address maybe?
9 votes -
Trump has defected to the autocrats
6 votes -
Boss of holiday firm bans bigots
8 votes -
‘Matrix 4’ officially a go with Keanu Reeves, Carrie-Anne Moss and Lana Wachowski
35 votes -
Mount and Blade 2 Bannerlords – Twenty-eight minutes of gameplay with the developers
5 votes -
Miso Film Norge has partly lifted the curtain on its latest scripted venture, the teen revenge-thriller 'Tainted'
4 votes -
Donald Trump has cancelled a state visit to Denmark after the nation's prime minister said Greenland was not for sale
16 votes -
Yubico releases the first Lightning security key for iPhones
8 votes -
Chicken Parmigiana (Good Eats: The Return)
12 votes -
A young mayor makes the case for a guaranteed income
11 votes -
Taylor Swift plans to re-record her back catalog to regain control of her masters
12 votes -
Tom Waits - Tom Traubert's Blues "Waltzing Matilda" (2013)
5 votes -
1968 Democratic National Convention Chicago police riots
4 votes -
Cavetown - Taking Care of Things (2018)
3 votes -
What's the Difference between... heirloom, beefsteak, plum, grape, cherry, and cocktail tomatoes?
11 votes -
Tech billionaires haven’t killed Burning Man’s anti-capitalist spirit—but influencers might
6 votes -
On this day in 1791, the only successful slave uprising in history began
13 votes -
The pros, cons, and possibilities of virtual idols
3 votes -
The missing link that wasn’t
3 votes -
How artist imposters and fake songs sneak onto streaming services
4 votes -
The first eight Olympic athletes in sport climbing
4 votes -
You can’t deny people their rights and be nice about it
17 votes -
O Maidens in Your Savage Season and “Not Like Other Girls” Syndrome
5 votes -
The inclusive languages used by the English NHS
10 votes -
Caesar as King? (45 to 44 B.C.E.)
10 votes -
Interview with Valve about their upcoming Steam China project, curation and exclusivity
7 votes -
Dissecting A Dweet: Parallax Mountains (Analyzing a 140 byte JavaScript demo)
3 votes -
WebAssembly Interface Types
6 votes -
Turbo, An Improved Rainbow Colormap for Visualization
7 votes -
Nintendo Switch Indie World Showcase - August 19, 2019
5 votes -
The new Nintendo Switch review: The updated Tegra X1 tested in depth
10 votes -
Forty rebuttals to the media’s smears of Julian Assange – by someone who was actually there
8 votes -
What do you think the first sentence of this poem means? | Fiddler Jones by Edgar Lee Masters
THE EARTH keeps some vibration going There in your heart, and that is you. And if the people find you can fiddle, Why, fiddle you must, for all your life. What do you see, a harvest of clover? Or...
THE EARTH keeps some vibration going
There in your heart, and that is you.
And if the people find you can fiddle,
Why, fiddle you must, for all your life.
What do you see, a harvest of clover?
Or a meadow to walk through to the river?
The wind’s in the corn; you rub your hands
For beeves hereafter ready for market;
Or else you hear the rustle of skirts
Like the girls when dancing at Little Grove.
To Cooney Potter a pillar of dust
Or whirling leaves meant ruinous drouth;
They looked to me like Red-Head Sammy
Stepping it off, to “Toor-a-Loor.”
How could I till my forty acres
Not to speak of getting more,
With a medley of horns, bassoons and piccolos
Stirred in my brain by crows and robins
And the creak of a wind-mill—only these?
And I never started to plow in my life
That some one did not stop in the road
And take me away to a dance or picnic.
I ended up with forty acres;
I ended up with a broken fiddle—
And a broken laugh, and a thousand memories,
And not a single regret.I've always loved this poem. To me, it's about a man, loved by many, that recognizes his responsibilities, but can't help but forgo them to go and have fun with friends and loved ones (in short, anyways). The first line, however, has always intrigued me, and I can never land on a meaning for it. I think it's basically saying that in your heart is your true character (your soul), and that will never change. Or maybe it's saying that everyone has that "vibration" in their heart that yearns for enjoyment. What do you think?
4 votes -
Bond 25 title revealed: No Time to Die
@007: Daniel Craig returns as James Bond, 007 in... NO TIME TO DIE. Out in the UK on 3 April 2020 and 8 April 2020 in the US. #Bond25 #NoTimeToDie https://t.co/qxYEnMhk2s
7 votes -
How the Daguerreotype started a Victorian black market for pornography in London
7 votes -
Flaws in cellphone evidence prompt review of 10,000 verdicts in Denmark
8 votes -
Bolsonaro was ridiculed on social media after criticising Norway for whaling techniques which the country does not use
13 votes -
Pensioner has been savaged by a crocodile that once belonged to Cuban leader Fidel Castro at a Swedish aquarium
5 votes -
Indonesia deploys troops to West Papua region as protests spread
4 votes -
I don't understand internet comments sometimes (reading comments on Aaron Swartz)
So I'm just browsing the internet when I should be asleep, and naturally I'm on Reddit. I've read a couple of topics about Aaron Swartz. Comments that get heavily upvoted are things like "the...
So I'm just browsing the internet when I should be asleep, and naturally I'm on Reddit. I've read a couple of topics about Aaron Swartz. Comments that get heavily upvoted are things like "the prosecution didn't kill him. he did." ... why does nobody realize this is an incredibly callous thing to say? What the fuck is wrong with people? Why is this acceptable? You'd think more people would take his side or at least be sympathetic.
5 votes -
George Pell loses appeal against child sex abuse convictions, may lose Order of Australia honour
8 votes -
Meritocracy prizes achievement above all else, turning life into an endless competition and making everyone—even the rich—miserable
11 votes -
Nordics seek common stance on climate after talks in Iceland
6 votes -
Disney-Sony standoff ends Marvel Studios and Kevin Feige’s involvement in ‘Spider-Man’
9 votes -
Mount & Blade II | Early Access March 2020
10 votes -
Kerbal Space Program 2 | Cinematic announce trailer
23 votes -
VietDoom pre-alpha footage
5 votes -
Movie Monday Free Talk
Thanks to @dubteedub for doing this up until now, let's bring em back :) Have you watched any movies recently you want to discuss? Any movies that you'd like to recommend or are hyped about? Feel...
Thanks to @dubteedub for doing this up until now, let's bring em back :)
Have you watched any movies recently you want to discuss? Any movies that you'd like to recommend or are hyped about? Feel free to discuss anything here!
Spoilers are okay, just give fair warning so people who care about them can participate too.
10 votes