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4 votes
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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?
13 votes -
California solar mandate, gas bans take effect in 2020: what you need to know
8 votes -
How to track President Trump (tracking of government employees using cell phones)
23 votes -
Fotografiska breathes life into historic New York landmark – Swedish photography museum's first global outpost is taking shape in the former Church Missions House
5 votes -
Martin Ødegaard poised for Real Madrid return in June 2020 – Norwegian has been one of the stand-out players in the first half of the 2019-20 LaLiga season
4 votes -
What skill were you once good at that is now completely irrelevant?
E.g. changing a typewriter ribbon, changing the oil in your car.
27 votes -
Japan's births decline to lowest number on record
11 votes -
Les Rallizes Dénudés (裸のラリーズ) - Enter the Mirror (1987)
7 votes -
Sweden in global spotlight with interest rate move – Riksbank has ended a period of negative rates but will other central banks around the world now follow suit?
3 votes -
Author and Norway princess's ex-husband Ari Behn dies aged 47
5 votes -
New tourism ad for Australia: "Matesong" featuring Kylie Minogue
I just discovered this new tourist advertisement for Australia. It's sung (mostly) by Kylie Minogue, and aimed directly at a British (English?) audience. As an Aussie, I found a few moments in...
I just discovered this new tourist advertisement for Australia. It's sung (mostly) by Kylie Minogue, and aimed directly at a British (English?) audience.
As an Aussie, I found a few moments in this ad to smile at.
6 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 -
Gwoyeu Romatzyh
6 votes -
Why Japan celebrates Christmas with KFC
15 votes -
The 2019 Tildes Census
56 votes -
Miserable Christmas Day: Typhoon Phanfone kills at least sixteen in Philippines
5 votes -
Don Norman: Technology first, needs last
5 votes -
The hiding place: Inside the world's first long-term storage facilty for highly radioactive nuclear waste
10 votes -
Blue house
Blue house Foundation exposed Brown threadbare carpet White counters fadded dull Wallpaper curled and yellow Still it's theirs Contentment abounds
9 votes -
Big Pun - Brave in the heart (2000)
3 votes -
Some level of autotagging?
(Emphasis on Some.) Could there be a rudimentary auto-tagging system for automatically scraped stats? (Auto-tagging video content as videos, music artists by their names, long...
(Emphasis on Some.)
Could there be a rudimentary auto-tagging system for automatically scraped stats? (Auto-tagging video content as
videos
, music artists by their names, long reads/watches,individual blogs and YouTube channels?) It could serve as a QoL feature and save some taggers and forgetful posters some time (I almost always forget to tag my videos accordingly and they're only tagged because someone remembers to, which is way too menial a tag to still need be added by humans.)11 votes -
Russia 'successfully tests' its unplugged internet
21 votes -
Dan Harmon and Justin Roiland should make an action movie
From Community to House of Cosbys to Rick and Morty, Dan Harmon made a name for himself as a comedy genius. IDK much about Justin Rowland, but I assume he's at least partly responsible for some of...
From Community to House of Cosbys to Rick and Morty, Dan Harmon made a name for himself as a comedy genius. IDK much about Justin Rowland, but I assume he's at least partly responsible for some of the most brilliant moments of Rick and Morty, and I'm not just talking about the jokes. Among other episodes, The Wedding Squanchers, The Rickshank Redemption, Pickle Rick, Rickmancing the Stone and Look Who's Purging Now show great mastering of how action scenes are supposed to work. They ally irreverence, great rhythm and creative use of violence to make delicious gory spectacles. Unlike the increasingly incomprehensible movie brawls of today (I'm looking at you, Marvel...), their battles can be just as fast, but their choreographs are dramatic and easy to follow while retaining a great degree of complexity.
Dan Harmon and his team have a lot to teach to Hollywood.
5 votes -
Firefighters in Australia say situation 'out of control' as Prime Minister denies request for emergency aid
14 votes -
For these species, their biological sex is the most consequential trait. (Extreme sexual dimorphism)
6 votes -
Soviets in Afhghanistan: The invasion that changed everything
5 votes -
The 2010s were another lost decade on climate change
19 votes -
Judith van Waterkant presents „Loveletters To The Baltic Sea“ Afterhour Sounds Podcast Nr.181
4 votes -
How do you feel about safer kitchen knives?
Kitchen knives are frequently used to stab people. This results in serious injury or often death. Most stabbing murders are perpetrated with kitchen knives, reflecting the huge numbers of knives...
Kitchen knives are frequently used to stab people. This results in serious injury or often death. Most stabbing murders are perpetrated with kitchen knives, reflecting the huge numbers of knives available (most homes have one), and where most murders happen (in the home). (I'm talking about UK here).
Kitchen knives have a cutting edge and usually a sharp piercing point. There's nothing that can be done to make the cutting edge safer. But we can look at the pointy tip.
Pointy tips are useful, but we tend to find that only professional chefs or experienced home cooks use them. Most people cooking at home don't use or need such a pointy tip.
There are some companies releasing knives without the pointy tip, and I'm interested to know what you think.
https://twitter.com/JohnHMCrichton/status/1209095901102387200?s=20
13 votes -
The debate over America’s drug-pricing system is built on myths
7 votes -
Preparation for the 2019ish Tildes Census 2: Electric Boogaloo
Hello everyone, it's me again, that guy who can't create online forms reliably. As some people might've noticed, the last attempt backfired on me in two ways: The form itself was... Lacking, as...
Hello everyone, it's me again, that guy who can't create online forms reliably.
As some people might've noticed, the last attempt backfired on me in two ways:
- The form itself was... Lacking, as numerous comments told me
- The wonderful, privacy conscious form creating site I used physically broke after about 70 responses, meaning I lost the entirety of the data collected thus far and any future response. As I couldn't view the responses individually either, this means that the previous attempt was a complete failure.Please hurl your insults at me in the PMs to not clutter these comments.
This has lead me to create a new form on a new site: JotForms. As this is commercial site, it shouldn't break after a handful of replies and also is still privacy conscious. They do not save any data as the recipient of the data (me) is declared as the controller. Be assured that I will use all collected data solely for the census (i.e creating fancy graphs and analysing it).
The only positive aspect here is that at least I got to address valuable feedback you guys gave me. I've updated the political section and expanded the work and education section. I'm sure it can still be improved though.
The currently only problem I have is that on the free tier of JotForms, you're limited to 100 submissions, which we'll surely exceed based on the numbers of the last census. Buying the premium for one month (actually subscribing and then cancelling it) would cost me USD 19. That's not the world to me, but would you guys be fine with me appending a paypal link to send some voluntary donations my way if you think I'm doing a good job? I don't want to make a profit, I'd just like to recoup the cost.
Currently, the form is still in editing, you can view a picture of it's current form here. Nothing is set in stone, and I'm open to all suggestions.
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Day 25: Cryostasis
Today's problem description: https://adventofcode.com/2019/day/25 Join the Tildes private leaderboard! You can do that on this page, by entering join code 730956-de85ce0c. Please post your...
Today's problem description: https://adventofcode.com/2019/day/25
Join the Tildes private leaderboard! You can do that on this page, by entering join code
730956-de85ce0c
.Please post your solutions in your own top-level comment. Here's a template you can copy-paste into your comment to format it nicely, with the code collapsed by default inside an expandable section with syntax highlighting (you can replace
python
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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Intermissions for modern movies - what are your thoughts?
It seems that movies are getting longer and longer nowadays, and some people (like me) are incapable of holding their bladder for more than 1.5-2 hours, especially when movie-theater-sized drinks...
It seems that movies are getting longer and longer nowadays, and some people (like me) are incapable of holding their bladder for more than 1.5-2 hours, especially when movie-theater-sized drinks are involved. So this got me thinking: is it time to bring back the movie intermission?
I'm curious:
- Are you for or against the idea of longer movies having an intermission? Why or why not?
- How do you think adding an intermission to the movies would affect the experience? And how might it affect the film industry and the films themselves?
24 votes -
Mike Bloomberg exploited prison labor to make 2020 Presidential campaign phone calls
23 votes -
TV Tuesdays Free Talk
Have you watched any TV shows recently you want to discuss? Any shows you want to recommend or are hyped about? Feel free to discuss anything here. Please just try to provide fair warning of...
Have you watched any TV shows recently you want to discuss? Any shows you want to recommend or are hyped about? Feel free to discuss anything here.
Please just try to provide fair warning of spoilers if you can.
7 votes -
The Texas Railroad Commission centennial documentary (1991)
3 votes -
2019 in review: The year in math and computer science
6 votes -
Sort by controversial
16 votes -
2019 in Light Novels - Isekai lull and romcom resurgence
5 votes -
Deep-sea mining and the race to the bottom of the ocean
9 votes -
The Original IBM PC 5150 - The story of the world's most influential computer
4 votes -
My Business Card Runs Linux
17 votes -
Messaging app ToTok has been removed from the Apple and Google app stores following claims the United Arab Emirates government was using it to spy on people
12 votes -
Many Japanese children refuse to go to school
16 votes -
Cartoonist draws a happy ending for twins that he accidentally put on the "naughty list"
7 votes -
Film: The reason some of the past was in HD
13 votes -
Tracking flight details while in the air
8 votes -
Day 24: Planet of Discord
Today's problem description: https://adventofcode.com/2019/day/24 Join the Tildes private leaderboard! You can do that on this page, by entering join code 730956-de85ce0c. Please post your...
Today's problem description: https://adventofcode.com/2019/day/24
Join the Tildes private leaderboard! You can do that on this page, by entering join code
730956-de85ce0c
.Please post your solutions in your own top-level comment. Here's a template you can copy-paste into your comment to format it nicely, with the code collapsed by default inside an expandable section with syntax highlighting (you can replace
python
with any of the "short names" listed in this page of supported languages):<details> <summary>Part 1</summary> ```python Your code here. ``` </details>
4 votes -
Chris Morocco recreates Paul Hollywood's Cornish Pasties from taste | Reverse Engineering
6 votes