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6 votes
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I worry for my teenage boys – the beauty standards for young men are out of control
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Who else gets concerned about random things at inappropriate times?
This question really came to mind to me about last week when I was hanging out with some friends. I always noticed it as a part of my personality but I never really thought about it as in depth as...
This question really came to mind to me about last week when I was hanging out with some friends. I always noticed it as a part of my personality but I never really thought about it as in depth as I have recently. That night I immediately got concerned to the point of it ruining my evening about the following things:
- We're running out of helium in the world
- Where is my birth certificate
- The old VHS tapes of my childhood and important moments in my family are slowly degrading but I can't digitise them until I go home to my parents and that's not for at least half a year, will they hold up that long?
- There's too much space junk
- I used so much plastic just cooking dinner this one evening for my friends, imagine how much gets bought and consumed worldwide
- Some languages are going to die out and there's nothing I can do about it
- Are the rhinos doing ok?
- What's my blood type and am I allergic to anything?
Does anyone else suffer from this idiosyncracy? If so, what are some things that concern you or what are some other things that I can be concerned about?
EDIT: This turned dark, I thought I was just sharing some lighthearted fun and now I have schizophrenia, OCD and should talk to a therapist... jeez louise
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Where can I find collected wisdom from Silicon Valley?
I am talking about advice such as "make incremental improvements" and "ship the minimum viable product." Is there a name for this kind of advice - advice related to software and tech. I am looking...
I am talking about advice such as "make incremental improvements" and "ship the minimum viable product."
Is there a name for this kind of advice - advice related to software and tech.
I am looking to make a compilation.
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Climate change activist Greta Thunberg says she is trademarking her name and the #FridaysForFuture movement to stop people from impersonating her
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Famed Medallion Fund “Stretches . . . Explanation to the Limit,” Professor Claims
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Amateur astronomers have helped discover a new kind of northern lights, known as dunes
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Why Republicans are suddenly in a rush to regulate every trans kid’s puberty
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From Danish dinner to Inter Milan move – how Tottenham Hotspur lost control in the Christian Eriksen transfer saga
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Fitness Weekly Discussion
What have you been doing lately for your own fitness? Try out any new programs or exercises? Have any questions for others about your training? Want to vent about poor behavior in the gym? Started...
What have you been doing lately for your own fitness? Try out any new programs or exercises? Have any questions for others about your training? Want to vent about poor behavior in the gym? Started a new diet or have a new recipe you want to share? Anything else health and wellness related?
4 votes -
How 'namaste' flew away from us
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Police have launched an investigation after art thieves in the Swedish capital stole pieces by Spanish surrealist Salvador Dali
4 votes -
US Congressional Budget Office annual report projects continued economic growth, but federal deficits and debts reaching levels not seen since just after World War II
8 votes -
Misteramazing doesn't understand music theory
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Copenhagen fashion week announces radical sustainability goals – hopes to transform it into a platform for advocacy with tough new environmental requirements for participants
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My Chemical Romance announce full reunion tour
6 votes -
Australians wanting to take part in the government’s evacuation plan out of Wuhan may have to pay $1000 in order to get to Christmas Island
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Komodo ActiveState IDE Now Free
5 votes -
Facebook to pay $550 million to settle a class-action lawsuit over its use of facial recognition technology in Illinois
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SolarRoof.Cool — A crash course on Tesla's Solarglass roof, Powerwall, and sustainable energy systems, from the perspective of an owner.
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Do you use Github Actions for continuous integration?
I recently came across an article about setting up automated builds (installation, code quality check, running tests) using Github Actions. I've since found a few more articles excitedly promoting...
I recently came across an article about setting up automated builds (installation, code quality check, running tests) using Github Actions. I've since found a few more articles excitedly promoting the feature and, from my personal testing, it seems to work quite well.
I was wondering if others had begun using this feature for their own projects, or had tried it and disliked it and used something else. Is there any broader community consensus towards which tasks it's best-suited for and when to use something more robust?
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'Utter chaos': Coronavirus exposes China healthcare weaknesses
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Victoria's Attorney-General Jill Hennessy has written to Australia's governor-general, asking him to overturn men’s rights activist Bettina Arndt's Order of Australia
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YouTube: bad? - Shannon Strucci's musing on YouTube, fan toxicity, issues with takedowns, and the ups and downs of a YouTube career
5 votes -
The Pedestrian - Launch trailer
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Jupyter Notebooks in the IDE: Visual Studio Code versus PyCharm
4 votes -
MoviePass and its parent company have both filed for bankruptcy and will liquidate their assets
6 votes -
A Guardian investigation of 218,100 Facebook ads reveals how the Trump campaign’s sophisticated social media machine targets conservative voters
12 votes -
Why do cartoon villains speak in foreign accents?
7 votes -
First images from the National Science Foundation's Inouye Solar Telescope show the surface of the sun at the highest resolution ever
8 votes -
Upcycle Windows 7
25 votes -
The Big Dig jazz show, episode 7: The Spy Who Funked Me
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A disturbing number of people think Coronavirus is related to Corona Beer
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NPR is asking the State Department to explain its decision to deny an NPR reporter press credentials to travel with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on an upcoming trip to Europe
9 votes -
Why was Singapore kicked out of Malaysia?
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On the 200th anniversary of his death, George III’s collection of more than 3,000 military maps, views and prints in the Royal Collection have been made publicly available online
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An adult’s guide to social skills, for those who were never taught
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How sustainable is a solar powered website?
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The fight to make bad jobs better
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Why are drink coasters flat?
A drink coaster goes under a glass or cup, and is intended to catch any condensation or spillage from the glass, to protect the tabletop underneath. But most coasters are flat.* Any liquid that...
A drink coaster goes under a glass or cup, and is intended to catch any condensation or spillage from the glass, to protect the tabletop underneath.
But most coasters are flat.* Any liquid that gathers on them can roll off the edges onto the table. Some coasters are made of a water-absorbing material, like cardboard or cork, but some are made of materials that repel water, like metal or ceramic or plastic.
I ask this because I recently discovered a small coaster-like tray with an upraised lip around the edge. Strictly speaking, it's not a coaster, but it's exactly the right size to be used as a coaster - and, with the upraised lip around the edge, it actually prevents liquid from escaping onto the table.
So why are coasters flat?
(I bought some of the lipped not-coasters to use as coasters. This design makes sense to me. And they happen to look nice as well.)
* It was only while researching coasters online prior to making this post that I discovered that some coasters have lips. Every coaster I've seen in real life is flat.
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Visualizing disinformation networks on Twitter: Watch six decade-long disinformation operations unfold in six minutes
4 votes -
Designing the simulation of the wild and wonderful Planet Zoo
3 votes -
Scroll: A subscription service partnered with major websites that removes ads and many trackers, and pays sites based on your usage
24 votes -
What are your hobbies?
What sort of things do you do for fun and entertainment?
43 votes -
You want to reduce the carbon footprint of your food? Focus on what you eat, not whether your food is local.
9 votes -
Godot 3.2 has been released
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NICE choses not to recommend esketamine for treatment resistant depression
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Create a logline
Per @mrbig: What is a logline?: a brief summary (25 to 40 words) of a story for film, television or book that states the central conflict and an emotional "hook", with the purpose of stimulating...
Per @mrbig:
What is a logline?: a brief summary (25 to 40 words) of a story for film, television or book that states the central conflict and an emotional "hook", with the purpose of stimulating interest (Wikipedia).
A logline is evaluated not exactly for what a story is (since it does not contain a complete story), but for what it can be. Suggestions usually seek to maximize the dramatic potential of the idea.
Create a Logline, and you can chose to reply to others with your interpretation of how their stories would go.
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Cod war tensions with Iceland – British trawlers, bunched together as they are, make easy prey for Icelandic gunboats in 1976
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Jumpshot, a subsidiary of antivirus company Avast, is selling users' web browsing data to many of the world's biggest companies
30 votes