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Copyright bots and classical musicians are fighting online. The bots are winning
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Umurangi Generation - Launch trailer
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Education without loans
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Perfect Dark: The oral history of an N64 classic
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The mobile testing gotchas you need to know about
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Weekly coronavirus-related chat, questions, and minor updates - week of May 18
This thread is posted weekly, 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 weekly, 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!
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China drops word 'peaceful' in latest push for Taiwan 'reunification'
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Biden asks Amy Klobuchar to undergo vetting as possible running mate
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CNBC reporter makes fake news website with plagiarized content, gets approved by ad tech companies
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One country, two monetary systems
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Under cover of capital gains, the hyper-rich have been getting richer than we thought: the earnings of the top 0.1% grew 50% more from 1996 to 2018 than previously measured
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Reggae Roast Soundsystem - Turn Up The Heat (2020)
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Joe Biden answers the web's most searched questions | WIRED Autocomplete Interview
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Gareth Pearson - Black Mountain Rag (2020)
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The Babe Rainbow - Eureka / Alan Chadwick's Garden (2018)
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Gopass - The team password manager
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Anime: Where to start?
I have Hulu, Netflix, Amazon Prime, and Showtime. Possibly Disney+ soon too, but I'm guessing Disney doesn't do a ton of anime (other than Spirited Away? Does that count?). I'm looking for a good...
I have Hulu, Netflix, Amazon Prime, and Showtime. Possibly Disney+ soon too, but I'm guessing Disney doesn't do a ton of anime (other than Spirited Away? Does that count?).
I'm looking for a good anime show to start watching - I'm brand new to the medium. I've seen guides here and there, but there are so. many. options. so I've had decision paralysis choosing which to watch first.
I guess I'm looking for a bingeable show that's funny and has feel-good characters, but I'm not set on anything specifically. Some, but not a ton, action would be good too I guess. I'm also fine starting off with a lesser-known show if there's a good one!
Thanks in advance!
Edit: Thanks to whoever moved this to ~anime - didn't know it was a thing! It's been a while since I've been on Tildes so I forgot exactly how it worked.
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Freaky ‘active’ object in Jupiter’s orbit is first of its kind seen by astronomers
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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has instructed civil servants to make plans to end UK's reliance on China for vital medical supplies and other strategic imports
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The case for an "Escalation" label for political threads
This is a follow up to the thread from a few days ago, and specifically my comment in that thread regarding the use of a "Escalation" label. As many users identified in that topic, political...
This is a follow up to the thread from a few days ago, and specifically my comment in that thread regarding the use of a "Escalation" label.
As many users identified in that topic, political discussion on Tildes has the potential to become very heated, very quickly, and often the standards of discussion on these topics is below what we expect elsewhere on Tildes. In that thread, many suggestions were offered in order to remedy the situation, including banning overt political content entirely, more liberal moderation by @Deimos, more liberal usage by the community of labels, addition of new labels, and more. All of these solutions have their advantages and disadvantages, but I want to talk about the one I believe would be the most effective and least disruptive to the site as is: addition of new labels.
Right now, there are two main tags that might be used on a comment that is seen as falling short of Tildes's standards: noise and malice. Users seem to have some variation in how they interpret how each tag should be used, but it seems like there is at least some agreement on the 'noise' tag being used for comments that are clearly low effort. Users seem to have more hesitation to use the 'Malice' tag, however. While it is sometimes clear when a comment is hostile or malicious, this is not always the case. Argumentative is not always hostile, and sometimes topics are naturally contentious. One takeaway from that thread (for me) is that labeling something as malice confers a judgement on intent, and users are not always comfortable doing this as it can be difficult to tell if someone truly meant to be malicious. But in political threads, the intent matters less than the effect a comment has in a discussion. Someone can not be acting maliciously, but still be clearly making the situation worse. This is the point of an 'Escalation' label.
An "Escalation" label should be applied to comments that have made the situation worse.
Furthermore, an "Escalation" label would not only affect the sorting of a comment or thread, but has the potential to halt the discussion if there is too much escalation in a short amount of time. Here is what I envision:
Define the heat of a comment (as in, "ohhh this conversation is getting heated") as follows:
H = k*n ∑ Ni / di
where k is a tuning constant, n is the number of escalation tags given to the comment in question, and the sum ranges over the comment's direct ancestors and descendants in the thread with Ni being the number of "Escalation" labels given to the other comment and di is the distance from the current comment to that other comment. Here is an example thread:
. ├── A ├── C0 │ └── C1 (N=1) │ └── C2 (N=0) │ └── C3 (N=2) │ └── C4 (N=1) └── B0 └── B1
The heat of comment C3 would then be
H = k*2 (1/2 + 1) = 3k
Finally, define the heat H(T) of a thread T to be the sum of the heats of its comments. My proposal is that if the heat of a given thread surpasses some threshold value Hc, replies are locked in that thread only. This essentially shuts down extremely heated conversations before they get out of control and cause an entire topic to be locked.
The above definition can obviously be modified, but it has a few good properties that I think should be retained.
- It takes into account the relative positions of comments. A thread that is 20 comments long that has a comment with 1 "Escalation" at the beginning, midpoint, and end is probably a better and more controlled situation than a thread with 3 "Escalation" labels in a row.
- One extremely heated comment (n is large) that generates many okay or slightly heated replies (n~1) is oftentimes just as bad as many comments that each escalate a bit (a long chain of comments, each with n~1).
- It considers a the whole thread as opposed to on a comment by comment basis. If there is only one person in a thread posting heated comments, even if the replies are measured and reasonable, there is a good chance that thread is not producing a worthwhile discussion. If that one problem user stays problematic too long, eventually the heat of the thread will surpass the threshold and the chain will be locked.
I am sure there are disadvantages that I am not thinking of right now, but I truly think a system like this could be beneficial if implemented and used by Tildes. Furthermore, if two people are genuinely interested in the discussion and want it to continue, it is in their interest to avoid posting comments that get generate a high heat score so that the thread doesn't become locked. If they are not interested and keep escalating anyway, that conversation probably shouldn't continue.
I am interested in your thoughts on this idea. However, I don't intend for this topic to become a repeat of many of the suggestions and comments in the thread linked at the beginning - I don't mean to reignite that discussion.
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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.
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Food Escapades & Curry Fridays ! Tesco Real Food's Chicken korma recipe
this week's curry was a simple chicken korma recipe I made that I found on tesco foods' website, last place I'd expect to get a recipe for a curry hah. I'm quite happy with this experience because...
this week's curry was a simple chicken korma recipe I made that I found on tesco foods' website, last place I'd expect to get a recipe for a curry hah. I'm quite happy with this experience because it's the first time in a while I've had significant leftovers after eating one of these, which means I totally ate less than I usually do. In fact, we had leftovers for over 2 more breakfasts left ! It makes me happy because I'm trying to lose a bit of weight out here... means I'm doing the good first step :P Anyhow, as it comes for the recipe, it was a quite simple recipe with not a lot of complexity to the spice mix. I do believe the added 'extra spices' it tells you to add at the bottom are real crucial for it to be extra delicious comparatively to what it would've been with just the main spices. One thing I did have to change tho was the usage of Chicken drumsticks instead of breasts as the recipe calls for, which ended up being alright as well. Honestly chicken dishes can pretty easily interchange the cut of chicken without it affecting the quality of the dish much, which is pretty great ! Another touch I found quite appealing was the use of toasted flaked almonds as a garnish, the crunchiness of the almonds made for a real nice textural contrast. Overall a simple dish and pretty by the books I think, but that doesn't mean it's any bad ! Def recommend if you're in the mood for something simple.
Picture of the dish: https://imgur.com/a/L7Ix8T9
Recipe: https://realfood.tesco.com/recipes/chicken-korma-curry.htmlQuestion of the day: Any recent culinary discoveries you'd think people should know more about?
Have a great day and STAY SAFE ! <3
Tomi, your friendly neighbourhood marshmallow~10 votes -
Grandmother ordered to delete Facebook photos under GDPR
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EU ambassador says Australia played 'bad cop' to Europe's 'good cop' to get coronavirus motion up
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Man who filmed Ahmaud Arbery video charged with murder
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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?
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Most watched American TV series 1951 – 2019
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She gets calls and texts meant for Elon Musk. Some are pretty weird
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Artifact Beta 2.0 - A peek at the state of the beta and what's still being worked on
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Why conservative intellectuals like Viktor Orbán
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Hungary votes to end legal recognition of transgender people
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Steam has added a "Play Next" shelf to the Library, using machine-learning to try to suggest which games you own that you should try next
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The system failed the test of Trump: The story of the recent years is of institutions that were unable to constrain the presidency
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What have you crowdfunded, and how has it turned out?
What things -- big or small, successful or not-- have you put your money towards in hopes of bringing them to light? Tell us the story of why you chose to support them and whether or not you feel...
What things -- big or small, successful or not-- have you put your money towards in hopes of bringing them to light? Tell us the story of why you chose to support them and whether or not you feel your contribution was worth it to you in the end.
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Epic Games Store - Grand Theft Auto V available for free + Mega Sale including $10 off most games $14.99+
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America’s deadly obsession with intellectual property: Privatizing life-saving technology like vaccines and clean energy is bad both for the coronavirus and the climate crisis
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Searching for scalar dark matter using compact mechanical resonators: Resonators could access a broad segment of previously unprobed parameter space
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Scientists unravel challenge in improving fusion performance
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Ahmaud Arbery was lynched: He was killed in the street by White men. That’s how lynchings work
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The Joe Rogan Experience podcast will be exclusive to Spotify later this year, with a multi-year deal
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Few US prisoners have been released since beginning of the pandemic: Nearly 3/4s of those held at jails are pretrial--meaning thousands of legally innocent individuals face a potential death sentence
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During Michigan's COVID-19 response, anti-social distancing protests were promoted by a small set of activists linked to the 2012-era, anti-union so-called "right-to-work" movement
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How vodka ruined Russia
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Why are Africa's coronavirus successes being overlooked? Examples of innovation aren’t getting the fanfare they would do if they emerged from Europe or the US
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How white backlash controls American progress: Backlash dynamics are one of the defining patterns of the country’s history
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Scientists say social distancing has worked really well to reduce coronavirus's spread: new study finds measures saved thirty-five million Americans from contracting the virus
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How America is victim-blaming the coronavirus dead: As racism warps the US pandemic response, a health crisis has escalated into a culture war
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The pandemic has pushed Biden to the left. How far will he go?
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People are worried about BlackRock
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