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7 votes
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Alienated, alone and angry: What the digital revolution really did to us
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How do bullets work in video games?
7 votes -
The Christmas Eve plot to blow up Napoleon
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What are you doing this week?
This topic is part of a weekly series. It is meant to be a place for users to discuss their week. If you have any plans, goals, accomplishments, or even failures, whether they be personal or work...
This topic is part of a weekly series. It is meant to be a place for users to discuss their week.
If you have any plans, goals, accomplishments, or even failures, whether they be personal or work related, I'd love to hear about them. This is a place for casual discussion about your week, past, present, and future.
A list of all previous topics in this series can be found here.
So, what (or how) are you doing this week?
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Tildes' Steam Game Gifting Group is now open, with a holiday event!
Not-So-Secret Santa Is Live! Sign-ups for the group itself will NOT close and will continue to be available on an invite-only basis. IMPORTANT EDIT: It is more than okay to join the group even if...
Not-So-Secret Santa Is Live!
Sign-ups for the group itself will NOT close and will continue to be available on an invite-only basis.
IMPORTANT EDIT: It is more than okay to join the group even if you do NOT intend to gift games to others! Please join if you want to receive games. Gifters love to have an eager audience to gift to!
For certain events (such as Not-So-Secret Santa) gifting is necessary for those choosing to participate, but these are always optional. Membership in the group and accepting freely given gifts requires no burden of gifting on your behalf.
ALSO IMPORTANT EDIT: Not-So-Secret Santa has a buy-in of under $5 USD. Though gifters can certainly choose to gift a more expensive game if they prefer, each participant is including at least one game on their wishlist that is less than $5 USD in order to minimize the people who are priced out of participating.
With @Deimos's permission, I have started the Tildes' Steam Game Gifting Group and am beginning its first event: Not-So-Secret Santa!
In proper Tildes' fashion the group is invite-only at the moment, so if you would like to join, please reply here or PM me with a link to your Steam profile or your Steam username. I'll have to friend you to send you the invite, but you don't need to keep me on your friends' list after you've accepted it if you don't want to (I promise I won't mind!).
I envision the group being used for specific events (like Not-So-Secret Santa), random giveaways, and group-limited lotteries (using the platform Steamgifts).
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Dead Cells - The Legacy Update - All previous major versions of the game are now available, using Steam's "betas" system
4 votes -
Mitch McConnell has less power to shape the impeachment trial than Democrats think
13 votes -
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.
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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
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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
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Komsomolsk - Chiornyj Kvadrat ([Malevich's] Black Square) (2019)
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JK Rowling's Maya Forstater tweets support hostile work environments, not free speech
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Day 23: Category Six
Today's problem description: https://adventofcode.com/2019/day/23 Join the Tildes private leaderboard! You can do that on this page, by entering join code 730956-de85ce0c. Please post your...
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python
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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
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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
Today's problem description: https://adventofcode.com/2019/day/10 Join the Tildes private leaderboard! You can do that on this page, by entering join code 730956-de85ce0c. Please post your...
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python
with any of the "short names" listed in this page of supported languages):<details> <summary>Part 1</summary> ```python Your code here. ``` </details>
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
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Day 15: Oxygen System
Today's problem description: https://adventofcode.com/2019/day/15 Join the Tildes private leaderboard! You can do that on this page, by entering join code 730956-de85ce0c. Please post your...
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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>
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Day 22: Slam Shuffle
Today's problem description: https://adventofcode.com/2019/day/22 Join the Tildes private leaderboard! You can do that on this page, by entering join code 730956-de85ce0c. Please post your...
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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
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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