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4 votes
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Why authors are so angry about the Internet Archive’s Emergency Library
10 votes -
Tina Fey, Mike Schur, and thirty-five more TV writers on what their characters would do in a pandemic
9 votes -
In Other Waters | Launch trailer
5 votes -
An examination of Zoom's encryption and potential areas of concern in their infrastructure, including the transmission of meeting encryption keys through China
6 votes -
Documentaries as advertising: Corporate interests turn to indie docs for influence; audiences in the dark
7 votes -
Exploring nature-inspired robot agility
5 votes -
April is canceled
30 votes -
Chemists at some of the biggest legal cannabis companies are after an elusive prize: a predictable, reliable product
9 votes -
Don't record topic history by submitters within the first 5 minutes of posting?
Quick one for the Gitlab: Just how comment submitters get a few minutes of breathing room to make adjustments and edits to their comment before an indication the comment has been edited appears,...
Quick one for the Gitlab:
Just how comment submitters get a few minutes of breathing room to make adjustments and edits to their comment before an indication the comment has been edited appears, it'd be nice if the topic history which records title adjustments/tag changes/tilde moves doesn't record history by submitters just after posting?
Usually, I'll forget to add a tag or two, or decide the title can be appropriately clarified further within a minute or two of submitting. Today I made a particularly egregious mistake which is now recorded for all time (and further documented here!) by submitting that post to ~tildes initially!
Usually, edits by the post submitter within the first few minutes aren't of particular consequence, so recording them is a bit much, in my view. This would generally dovetail well with the notion that Tildes discards information if it isn't needed. Thoughts?
9 votes -
Belle (Little Town) - Sharon Luxenburg (Cover)
4 votes -
Social distancing is going to get darker
3 votes -
Kurt Rosenwinkel - Casio Vanguard (2017)
4 votes -
Singapore: Most workplaces to close, schools will move to full home-based learning from next week
4 votes -
What's a good way to learn how to maintain my own computer hardware?
I have two computers (a desktop and a laptop) that broke down just before my city entered a lockdown. Being able to assemble and fix my own computer hardware is something I have always wanted to...
I have two computers (a desktop and a laptop) that broke down just before my city entered a lockdown. Being able to assemble and fix my own computer hardware is something I have always wanted to do, and if I knew that I would probably not be using a borrowed Macbook Air right now.
I have no immediate need to provide any maintenance services, nor do I require a primer in electronics or anything too advanced. Just enough to know how to assemble and disassemble a machine, identify and fix the most obvious issues without breaking anything.
I tend to learn better from sequential and structure learning materials, preferably in text/images form. But videos are also welcomed. I know the names of the things and what they are, but I don't really know how to put things together in practice.
Suggestions? :)
13 votes -
US lost 701,000 jobs in March; much worse to come
8 votes -
Venezuelan patrol ship sunk itself after ramming a cruise liner with a reinforced hull
9 votes -
What’s a virus, anyway? Part 1: The bare-bones basics.
7 votes -
Norway wealth fund lost record $113 billion in stock slump – fund faces first forced asset sales for crisis fiscal spending
7 votes -
What happened to subscribe/unsubscribe on the groups page?
I remember there being subscribe/unsubscribe buttons on https://tildes.net/groups By default new accounts are subscribed to every group, earlier I could just goto that page and unsubscribe from...
I remember there being subscribe/unsubscribe buttons on https://tildes.net/groups
By default new accounts are subscribed to every group, earlier I could just goto that page and unsubscribe from groups I'm uninterested in. Looks like now you have to goto each group page and unsubscribe there.
11 votes -
Blue skies smilin' at me; conserving a Henry Ranger seascape
5 votes -
VIZ Media Europe rebrands as Crunchyroll
@crunchyrollbiz: We are now Crunchyroll! > https://t.co/LNhMyTZ0y9
6 votes -
Spring 2020 Anime Preview Guide - ANN
5 votes -
Farmworkers, mostly undocumented, become "essential" during pandemic
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Daily coronavirus-related chat, questions, and minor updates - April 2
This thread is posted daily, and is intended as a place for more-casual discussion of the coronavirus and questions/updates that may not warrant their own dedicated topics. Tell us about what the...
This thread is posted daily, and is intended as a place for more-casual discussion of the coronavirus and questions/updates that may not warrant their own dedicated topics. Tell us about what the situation is like where you live!
8 votes -
Even in the coronavirus pandemic, the Japanese likely won't stay home until Shinzo Abe makes them
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What have you been cooking during quarantine?
Have you had extra time on your hands to try something new? Are you down to your last three cans of food and getting really creative? Please provide recipes if you can!
16 votes -
Pinball FX3 Care Package: Nine free tables available through April 8
4 votes -
British love for health service could make or break Boris Johnson
7 votes -
New York unemployment fund nears insolvency as claims skyrocket
11 votes -
Big companies raise record sums from bond market in dash for cash
4 votes -
Jeff Bezos’ space company is pressuring employees to launch a tourist rocket during the pandemic
7 votes -
Be able to make account registered date private
I would like to be able to choose if your registered date is public or private in setting
8 votes -
Apple has acquired the Dark Sky weather app - Android version and website will shut down on July 1, API active through end of 2021
41 votes -
HBO will stream 500 hours of free programming in the US, including full seasons of ‘Veep,’ ‘The Sopranos,’ ‘Silicon Valley’
17 votes -
Bread recipes
I think many of us are discovering or rediscovering a love of baking recently. I thought it would be fun if we shared bread recipes!
9 votes -
Webtoon offering a free month of Crunchyroll to promote Tower of God
4 votes -
Overflowing oil tanks have traders eyeing rail cars for storage
7 votes -
US banks warn of 'utter chaos' in new small business lending program
9 votes -
FDA relaxes blood donation guidelines for gay men and others
8 votes -
SoftBank won’t buy $3 billion in WeWork stock
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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?
7 votes -
Inside the story of how H-E-B planned for the pandemic
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Tildes' Backlog Burner Event: Shrink your unread books list this April!
What is this? First off, this is NOT an April Fool (I promise!). I know that many of us will be stuck at home for this month, I know that many of us could likely use something to pull our...
What is this?
First off, this is NOT an April Fool (I promise!). I know that many of us will be stuck at home for this month, I know that many of us could likely use something to pull our attention away from the news, and I know that many of us have accumulated quite the to-read list of books. As such, I'm thinking it could be fun for us to tackle those lists together and collectively clean up our clutter! Let's all burn through our backlogs!
The goal isn't necessarily to completely clear them, just to put a dent in them.
How does it work?
Your "backlog" is all those books you've been meaning to get around to read, but never have yet! For the purposes of this event, an item can be removed from your backlog in one of three ways:
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Finished: you completed the book
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Moved On: you tried it out, but it didn't hold your interest or wasn't for you
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Removed: you are choosing to remove this from your backlog without reading it, likely because it no longer interests you, but really for any reason at all
Use this thread to talk about your backlogs, plan for the month, and once you start reading, inform us of any backlog downsizing and their associated categories. Give us a list of the books you removed. Tell us why you moved on from what you were just reading. Gush about how a particular item held your interest long enough to see it through. The goal of this isn't to read every book you own; it's to explore what you already have in the way that's best, and most meaningful, for you. If you're not enjoying a book, dump it and move on!
If you're not sure what you might write, take a look at a previous backlog post for games to get an idea. Also if you want to keep track of statistics or anything else like that, go for it!
What's the timeline?
I will post an update thread weekly, each Wednesday, for the four weeks of April. At the end of the month, I think it would be neat to tally how many collective books we all removed from our backlogs, as well as what the best finds were from our collective digging into our libraries. I expect we'll turn up some good hidden gems, as well as interesting insights.
Each week, I'll also include some "focus" areas which can help narrow down choices for what to read. Those are just recommendations for fun, however. Read whatever you like, whenever you like, however you like! If it's in your backlog, then it's automatically a good choice!
Do I need to sign up?
You don't have to do anything to officially join or participate in the event other than post in these threads! Participate in whatever way works for you. Also, because this is ongoing, it is okay to make more than one top-level post if you're updating the thread with new information.
Focuses for Week 1:
- Books that have been on your to-read list for more than a year
- Books that have single-word titles
- Books that are less than 200 pages
Let's burn through these backlogs!
Meta Note: I am also running this same event for ~games as well. I am not active in the other media-focused communities on Tildes, but I encourage someone(s) to pick this up and run it concurrently for ~movies, ~tv, ~anime, and/or ~music (and any other places you think it might fit). I like the idea of it being sitewide, with people participating in their media format(s) of choice. Any runners for those groups have my full permission to steal this wholesale, tweak it for their target group, and post it there.
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Astartes - Part Five
6 votes -
Despite having the highest death toll so far, Italy's coronavirus deaths are far higher than reported, with thousands dying but never being tested
8 votes -
Operation red herring | YouTube geographic
3 votes -
2020 BAFTA Games Awards winners announced - Outer Wilds wins Best Game
6 votes -
Icelandic farming union has been surprised by the enthusiastic response to its appeal for volunteers to help sick farmers out during the Covid-19 outbreak
7 votes -
As with any other poison, viruses are usually deadlier in larger amounts
3 votes