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13 votes
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SpaceX Falcon 9 landing burn
9 votes -
Speedrunning is plagued with cheating, and technological advances are making it more and more difficult to detect
11 votes -
When to stop paying for that subscription gift
4 votes -
Book nooks: Take a look behind the 'small doors to imaginary spaces' within bookshelves
6 votes -
The most important invention of the 20th century: Transistors
7 votes -
What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them?
What have you been playing lately? Discussion about video games and board games are both welcome. Please don't just make a list of titles, give some thoughts about the game(s) as well.
13 votes -
What are some good questions for self-reflection?
With the year and decade coming to an end, I wanted to do a self interview/reflection. I'm basically looking for questions that address the past, present and future. Questions that help reflect or...
With the year and decade coming to an end, I wanted to do a self interview/reflection. I'm basically looking for questions that address the past, present and future. Questions that help reflect or set goals are nice, but anything goes really. This was inspired by Vanity Fair's yearly interview with Billie Eilish, but I also love reflecting on the past and need for structure by setting goals for the future. Plus what better time to do this with the new year and decade coming up?
What I'd like to do is ask myself these questions on a yearly basis, but this one might be longer as I'd put questions that will address things 5 & 10 years from now.
13 votes -
Hong Kong protesters are using apps to avoid restaurants they suspect are pro-China
10 votes -
Untitled Mental Health I
I'm not quite like you A few words and that's it The façade fades Crumbles The carefully constructed mood dies Coping mechanisms defeated The castle is compromised A strong exterior only goes so...
I'm not quite like you A few words and that's it The façade fades Crumbles The carefully constructed mood dies Coping mechanisms defeated The castle is compromised A strong exterior only goes so far Each word pulls stones from the foundation Fragile walls, fragile heart I retreat to my secret home Away from the swords and arrows and fire No one can reach me here Safe and quiet and in control Equally secure, equally secluded
19 votes -
Komsomolsk - Chiornyj Kvadrat ([Malevich's] Black Square) (2019)
5 votes -
JK Rowling's Maya Forstater tweets support hostile work environments, not free speech
27 votes -
Day 23: Category Six
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with any of the "short names" listed in this page of supported languages):<details> <summary>Part 1</summary> ```python Your code here. ``` </details>
5 votes -
Fact-check: Five claims about thorium made by Andrew Yang
13 votes -
Boeing's Starliner Capsule lands safely in New Mexico after OFT mission anomaly
8 votes -
The performance advancements of the Radeon open-source OpenGL/Vulkan drivers over 2019
8 votes -
Portland’s Eem unites bold Thai flavors with Texas-style barbecue
3 votes -
At a Jewish bakery, desperate demand for Hanukkah doughnuts: 15,000 to 18,000 during the eight-day holiday
5 votes -
What happened to giant Ekranoplans?
12 votes -
How to escape a supernova: Stellar engines
7 votes -
What programming/technical projects have you been working on?
This is a recurring post to discuss programming or other technical projects that we've been working on. Tell us about one of your recent projects, either at work or personal projects. What's...
This is a recurring post to discuss programming or other technical projects that we've been working on. Tell us about one of your recent projects, either at work or personal projects. What's interesting about it? Are you having trouble with anything?
11 votes -
What we know about you when you click on this article—Vox has a pretty typical privacy policy. That doesn’t make it great.
11 votes -
Sixteen significant gaming industry figures talk about some of the major trends and changes in gaming over the last decade
10 votes -
AirPods Pro Bluetooth audio latency analysis
7 votes -
Day 10: Monitoring Station
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8 votes -
'We thought it was a prank': Girl, six, finds China prisoner plea in Tesco charity card
14 votes -
Turn an MRE into a three-course meal? | Emmy makes a Meal-Ready-to-Eat fancy
8 votes -
Snow machines and fleece blankets: Inside the ski industry's battle with climate change
4 votes -
Redbox is selling off its video game stock at steep discounts (COD:MW - $29.99, Death Stranding - $24.99)
12 votes -
Why WeWork went wrong
5 votes -
Day 15: Oxygen System
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6 votes -
Day 22: Slam Shuffle
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6 votes -
FDA approves ebola vaccine with 100% effectiveness
13 votes -
The law that helped the internet flourish now undermines democracy
8 votes -
India suspends internet and phone services in some parts of the country to quell protests over new citizenship law that excludes Muslims
21 votes -
Boeing’s push to make training profitable may have left 737 Max pilots unprepared
6 votes -
Osteopathic physician Joseph Mercola, who has made millions selling natural health products, has contributed more than 40% of the funding ($2.9M) for a prominent anti-vaccine group
9 votes -
Only 15% of the Basecamp operations budget is spent on Ruby
6 votes -
The Mandalorian | S01E07: The Reckoning
Didn't see a post yet so thought I'd make one. An old rival extends an invitation for The Mandalorian to make peace. Previous: S01E01+2 S01E03 S01E04 S01E05 S01E06
11 votes -
Part 1 of an investigation into a network of fake Facebook accounts with AI-generated profile photos, being used to promote TheBL.com
17 votes -
The art of dying
10 votes -
What if the nuke was never invented?
4 votes -
Cloudflare: First Half 2019 Transparency Report and an Update on a Warrant Canary
18 votes -
The time when capitalism went too far
4 votes -
"Mapping Imaginary Cities" by Mouse Reeve
4 votes -
Day 14: Space Stoichiometry
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8 votes -
What are you reading these days?
What are you reading currently? Fiction or non-fiction or poetry, any genre, any language! Tell us what you're reading, and talk about it a bit. Previous topics Previous topics are listed in the wiki.
14 votes -
2019 Superlatives
As we come to the close of another year, I thought it would be a neat idea for people to give their picks for the Best/Worst/Most/Least [something] of 2019. Think of these like awards, although...
As we come to the close of another year, I thought it would be a neat idea for people to give their picks for the
Best/Worst/Most/Least [something]
of 2019. Think of these like awards, although some of them are not necessarily in categories people would want to win.There are no limits and no criteria. Examples:
Best Meme
Worst Tweet
Most Pretentious Startup
Least Surprising Box Office BombAnything is fair game -- do whatever you want! Get creative and have fun! Winners can be people, places, or things -- all 2019 nouns are eligible!
While I'm intending this to be mostly for fun, it's okay to give serious ones too, so if you want to tell me about, say, the legit Best Movie or the Most Transformative Hashtag of 2019, be my guest.
Make sure you don't just drop your award winners' names in the thread. Be sure to explain why they're deserving of their title.
Also, it's okay for one category to be awarded with more than one winner, so if someone else has already given their pick for, say, Best Season Finale, and you feel strongly that another deserves the win, add your pick and explain your thinking!
21 votes -
I'm freaking out and need advice
My mother died last month and I've been thinking of leaving my father's house ever since then. I initially thought I'd be okay with doing that, regardless of whether or not my father would object,...
My mother died last month and I've been thinking of leaving my father's house ever since then. I initially thought I'd be okay with doing that, regardless of whether or not my father would object, but he talked with me last night saying he'd be okay if I left and now I'm FREAKING OUT.
Background: I'm 23 and living in Houston, Texas. I have an older brother who lives in Dallas who offered to take me in, but it wouldn't be very permanent as he plans on leaving the country for a trip next year and will be gone for some time. I also have a friend from high school who offered me a room, but she lives in Seattle and was fired from her job. No one else who is close to me is able to offer me a place to stay.
My concerns: I dropped out of college. I was planning on going back but then my mother died and that plan was put on hold, so I don't have any marketable skills (I've only ever worked in retail). I also don't have a job lined up anywhere else. I've never had to take on so many bills at one time and therefore I don't know much about budgeting.
I'd like to leave, but where I am it's secure and comfy. Maybe it's finally time I pushed myself out of my comfort zone and start taking control of my own life, but I don't want to risk my safety and finances on a crazy idea.
I welcome any and all advice, and thanks for reading.
edit: changed a word
27 votes -
We recapped the whole decade - A three-part attempt to figure out what made the ’10s the ’10s
9 votes