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6 votes
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Social contagion: How China's rapid development created the conditions for an epidemic
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James Warburton - Midnight Movements
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Twenty-two studies, across ideological differences, agree: Medicare for All saves money
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RegEx Roman Numerals
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Baldur's Gate 3 | Worldwide reveal at PAX East 2020
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Cameo is the logical endpoint of modern celebrity-obsessed culture and interaction—a perfect storm of convenience, access, and affordability
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Linux is a subpar choice for professional video editing
I don't wanna get into a heated discussion, so let me make something very clear: for a regular user, video editing on Linux is probably fine. That is just not my use case. I'm used to a degree of...
I don't wanna get into a heated discussion, so let me make something very clear: for a regular user, video editing on Linux is probably fine.
That is just not my use case.
I'm used to a degree of freedom, choice, and stability that, right now, Linux does not provide in that area.
I'm a film major who has worked as a professional video editor for many years and editing video on anything that is not nearly as good, reliable and precise as Adobe Premiere feels like torture.
But even being very flexible regarding features and requirements, after trying all the regular suggestions, as professional tools, and with all the respect I can muster, they are just unusable for me.
I need a reliable program in which I can throw any format without worrying about constant crashes, but Linux options are all either extremely limited, unstable or both! Before anyone asks: I tried multiple programs, in different versions and installation methods, on entirely different hardware and unaffiliated distributions.
Kdenlive resembles professional-grade software but constantly crashes at the simplest operations. DaVinci Resolve seems like a good bet but is a nightmare just to install and equally crashy when/if I'm able to do so (last time I had to manually edit the install script following the instructions of some random forum post. This did not cause a good impression. And audio didn't work), and I'm not willing to use something so finicky if Linux doesn't get primary support.
Besides, Blackmagic Design only provides a few pieces of the puzzle. Professional video editing requires a whole stack of integrated software. Both Windows and Mac OS have this, Linux has not.
There's also the issue of GPU acceleration.
I'm not saying FOSS developers owe me anything, nor that they have done a bad job with programs like OpenShot, Pitivi, Blender, whatever. I'm just saying that, regrettably, I'll probably have
to installput Windows on dual-boot on my machine in the next few days.16 votes -
Are social networks polarizing? A Q&A with Ezra Klein | The Interface with Casey Newton, Issue #464, Feb 27
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Night Runner - Magnum Bullets (ft. Dan Avidan) (2017)
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Controversial plans for a third runway at Heathrow Airport have been thrown into doubt after a court ruling
8 votes -
Celtic suffered a shock Europa League last-32 exit after three goals in the final seven minutes of a dramatic defeat by FC Köpenhamn
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Trump faces his 'Chernobyl moment' after slashing pandemic defences to the bone
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Borderlands 3: Steam release March 13, second DLC March 26 (with trailer), and spring 2020 roadmap
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Designing mobile apps for one-handed usage when larger screens mean that not everywhere is reachable
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Japanese Prime Minister asks all elementary, middle and high schools nationwide to close until late March to help control the spread of COVID-19
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Maquette | Reveal trailer
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Hatari feat. Bashar Murad - Klefi / Samed (Chamber / Steadfast) (2019)
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Ndemic Creations' statement on the removal of Plague Inc. from the China App Store
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Increment Magazine, issue 12: software architecture
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From Nelson's apple to beef wellington: How war changes the way we eat
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Printing’s not dead: The $35 billion fight over ink cartridges
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AI War 2's first expansion has been released: The Spire Rises - A retrospective of updates since the game's launch
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There’s an entire industry dedicated to making foods crispy
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Immigrants from over twenty countries are taking part in a program that will help them develop, set up, and operate a food truck specialising in food from their home countries
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Charleston Democratic debate Discussion thread
New debate, new thread. (Unfortunately somewhat late as the debate was streamed right at the time I wrote this post.) The debate was being live streamed in CBS's channel in YouTube. Twitter is one...
New debate, new thread. (Unfortunately somewhat late as the debate was streamed right at the time I wrote this post.)
The debate was being live streamed in CBS's channel in YouTube.
Twitter is one of the debate partners so expect a few questions from there.
The south Carolina primaries are due February 29th and there willl be no more debates until after super tuesday so this debate is pretty important.
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Norway's sovereign wealth fund made a 19.9% return on investment last year, earning a record 1.69 trillion Norwegian crowns ($180 billion)
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Clearing up some myths around e-cigarettes
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Changing e-mail and cleaning up my Internet presence
I'm trying to clean up my internet presence and move away from at least Facebook and Google. I've come a long way with deleting my Facebook and it's now basically an empty shell for messaging....
I'm trying to clean up my internet presence and move away from at least Facebook and Google. I've come a long way with deleting my Facebook and it's now basically an empty shell for messaging. I've installed Signal and will start the grooming process with my friends and family now. If you have some solid arguments for the change regular ol' folks can understand please share them with me because as we all know "privacy" just isn't enough.
Next phase is the big one...Google or basically G-mail.
1. Is there any way to get an complete overview of where you've used your e-mail for a service online?
2. What e-mail would you recommend?
2a. I'm OK with paying a bit for overall quality, security and equally important UX!
2b. I don't use any other relevant Google products like Drive etc. It's just regular e-mail and sign in credentials for other services I basically need3. I use a Mac, iPhone and iCloud. Is iCloud a problem? IF this needs to change it HAS to be an "easy" switch and not like setting up a server for myself. Because it won't happen and I'm not skilled enough.
I would very much appreciate your input :)
EDIT: Thank you all for your thorough comments!
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Reddit's 2019 Transparency Report
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Finnish Customs sits on millions in seized cryptocurrencies – agency doesn't want to see €15m in bitcoin seized years ago be returned to criminals
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Derek Murphy investigates marathon runners whose times seem suspicious, which led him to the case of a seventy-year-old doctor named Frank Meza
9 votes -
Visa grants Coinbase power to issue Bitcoin debit cards
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AnimeJapan 2020 cancelled due to COVID-19 Coronavirus concerns
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Sinx for dumb data aggregation
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Police are warning parents a Bristol protest Greta Thunberg is due to join has 'grown so large' it is unlikely usual safety measures will be adequate
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Chinese car sales down 92%
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On the supply of, and demand for, US treasury debt
3 votes -
Clive Cussler, bestselling adventure novelist, dies aged 88
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Hosni Mubarak, Egypt’s autocratic former president who ruled with an iron fist for three decades before being toppled during the Arab spring protests in 2011, has died aged 91
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Coronavirus outbreak changes how scientists communicate
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Moss Landing battery storage project approved
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How to crack every nut
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Are you giving up anything for Lent?
I'm finally giving up Reddit and trying to do the traditional catholic "fast" which is 2 small snacks and 1 meal a day during lent. I recently learned about the Black Fast which is a sort of...
I'm finally giving up Reddit and trying to do the traditional catholic "fast" which is 2 small snacks and 1 meal a day during lent. I recently learned about the Black Fast which is a sort of Pescatarian vegan-ish, one meal a day fast which looks interesting. I might try it on Fridays but being coeliacs would make it more challenging.
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/r/WallStreetBets and how it came to be a force in the stock market
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Covid-19 could mark the end of affluence politics in the USA, as the possibility of a global pandemic reveals the inability to make and distribute the things people need
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Fear not the long road - After fourteen years of work, Black Mesa 1.0 will launch on March 5, 2020
22 votes -
Harvey Weinstein guilty of rape, sexual assault, but acquitted of predatory sexual assault
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The current state of Shonen Jump - 2020
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Leaked document shows how big companies buy credit card data on millions of Americans
13 votes