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12 votes
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The Codeless Code, Case #66: Porpoise
2 votes -
On mob justice in Nigeria
7 votes -
Raide, the artist and director of Katawa Shoujo, Analogue: A Hate Story and other VNs, dies
14 votes -
TrojanNet – A simple yet effective attack on machine learning models
5 votes -
A vaccine reality check: So much hope is riding on a breakthrough, but a vaccine is only the beginning of the end
16 votes -
What's the color of an atom?
2 votes -
We experienced the first West End show staged with social distancing. Here's what it was like.
4 votes -
The Bronze Age Collapse (approximately 1200 BCE)
7 votes -
The Numidian Cavalry | Units of History
4 votes -
Survey of 760 US museums shows extreme financial distress from the pandemic, with almost all reporting that they have a year or less of financial operating reserves remaining
9 votes -
Heroes Orchestra - Heroes of Might and Magic 3 Orchestral Concert
4 votes -
Being born in the 80s is the only thing that makes me realize how life with no constant connection existed and is possible
15 votes -
The Legend of Korra is coming to Netflix on August 14th in the US
@NX: She's the avatar, you've gotta deal with it. The Legend of Korra is coming to Netflix on August 14th in the US. pic.twitter.com/r16aGudm7s
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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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What are the best books you've read on the topic of racism?
There are a ton of recommendation lists out there right now, each with a ton of titles. While it's nice to see that the topic is being addressed by so many different voices and from so many...
There are a ton of recommendation lists out there right now, each with a ton of titles. While it's nice to see that the topic is being addressed by so many different voices and from so many different angles, it can also make it so that it's difficult to know where to start or where to go next.
I'm curious as to which books about racism people here would recommend. Please share not only what the books you've chosen are about specifically, but why you are choosing to recommend them.
16 votes -
Taylor Swift - Folklore (2020)
16 votes -
Incumbent Polish president Andrzej Duda narrowly beats Trzaskowski in presidential vote
9 votes -
The Church of Sweden has more female than male priests for the first time – a sign of huge strides for gender equality since women were first allowed to be ordained in 1960
8 votes -
Lawyers demand US Military stop violating free speech on Twitch
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Have you ever been 'ahead of the curve' when it comes to realizing/predicting something?
This is a pretty open-ended question, can be about politics, business, technology, culture, most things really. Only requirement is that what you thought was gonna happen actually happened because...
This is a pretty open-ended question, can be about politics, business, technology, culture, most things really. Only requirement is that what you thought was gonna happen actually happened because obviously there is a lot of stuff that will happen in the future if problems keep being dismissed by dumb people.
If my title is not clear, someone claiming letting social media be run by the same ads that run television is a recipe for disaster in 2010 is someone ahead of the curve (by a lot, obviously).
In my case, a teacher once asked me to write a satire paper/ficticious news article or something, I wrote about anti-democracy protests in Brazil. 2-3 years later, there were anti democracy protests, although most of the details were either missed or wrong.
20 votes -
The importance of resisting excessive government surveillance
5 votes -
ARM is for sale and Nvidia’s interested, Apple isn’t
7 votes -
No longer in shadows, Pentagon’s UFO unit will make some findings public
10 votes -
The war between alt.tasteless and rec.pets.cats
20 votes -
How the Democratic party went from being the party of slavery and white supremacy to electing Barack Obama
5 votes -
The Perennials - On Our Way (2017)
3 votes -
You can finally see your home team play baseball on a streaming service--but not all teams offer the same choices
2 votes -
What single-purpose, minimalistic web or mobile apps do you like?
I'm a big fan of simple, well-designed, single-purpose apps and would love to find more! A few to start: Pomofocus - pomodoro timer Tube - bare-bones Youtube search Typehut - simple publishing
11 votes -
Brazilian General Data Protection Law – Overview and implications
4 votes -
Let's window shop for French fairytale homes
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How important is protecting our data from companies like Google?
I was a supporter of Andrew Yang while he was running for president. His policies appealed to me a lot. One I supported because it made sense to me; personal data as a property right. I’ve thought...
I was a supporter of Andrew Yang while he was running for president. His policies appealed to me a lot. One I supported because it made sense to me; personal data as a property right. I’ve thought about it more and I don’t see how a company like Google using my data negatively affects me. What are the negative repercussions I experience when a company uses my information like that? Are there alternatives that would protect my data more that are actually decent? I’d love to receive some explanation for this!
21 votes -
How Southern socialites rewrote civil war history
3 votes -
The great climate migration has begun
19 votes -
Donald Trump is putting on a show in Portland; the president is deploying the kind of performative authoritarianism that Vladimir Putin pioneered
13 votes -
Perfecting roast chicken, the French way, using "poach-and-roast"
6 votes -
At the 1948 Olympics in bombed-out London, a Dutch track star named Fanny Blankers-Koen forever changed women's sports
5 votes -
Facebook has an internal simulation of the site populated entirely by bots that they're using to test the effects of possible changes
8 votes -
ID@Xbox Summer Game Fest demo event showcases 70+ games
3 votes -
Washington DC's NFL team will go by "Washington Football Team" for 2020 season
8 votes -
What did you do this week?
As part of a weekly series, these topics are a place for users to casually discuss the things they did — or didn't do — during their week. Did you accomplish any goals? Suffer a failure? Do...
As part of a weekly series, these topics are a place for users to casually discuss the things they did — or didn't do — during their week. Did you accomplish any goals? Suffer a failure? Do nothing at all? Tell us about it!
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Stephen Colbert interviews Mary Trump on her new book
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What are some good non-political spaces on the internet?
Every sub on Reddit seems so runover with politics, technology/programming/linux subs are so overriden with whatever new idiot bill the american government is trying to pass. Are there any decent...
Every sub on Reddit seems so runover with politics, technology/programming/linux subs are so overriden with whatever new idiot bill the american government is trying to pass. Are there any decent niche subs on the rise right now? Most of the ones that make it on /r/all are all kinda trash and feel like theres some agenda behind the posts
8 votes -
Terry Tao on what makes good mathematical notation
4 votes -
Bread, how did they make it? Part I: Farmers!
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Researchers say they have found the world's earliest confirmed case of smallpox, revealing the disease was widespread across northern Europe during the Viking age
3 votes -
What gets you out of bed?
Responsibilities can be hard sometimes. Sometimes, we aren't acknowledged for our efforts. What gets you out of bed? What's the narrative you have with yourself as you stare at the ceiling as your...
Responsibilities can be hard sometimes. Sometimes, we aren't acknowledged for our efforts.
What gets you out of bed? What's the narrative you have with yourself as you stare at the ceiling as your alarm jingles? On a side note: What your alarm sound? Is it as brutal as a bullhorn? Or do you prefer something calm, like trickling water?
Related: How do you prefer to be acknowledged at home or compensated at work? Do financial incentives get you going or do you prefer thoughtful gifts or do you look forward speaking with a coworker you get along with?
I've had 3 "adult" jobs. With each job, I've been getting less and less financial compensation (yeah, I know, I'm going the wrong way!). However, with every job, I'm getting happier/more content. I'm not sure if it's related to the financial compensation or just me learning more about myself. I remember working 24/7 at my highest compensation. I had to have my work phone on me at all times, getting phone calls at any time of day (coworkers) and night (contractors). At my second "adult" job, I found that my interpersonal relationship with my coworker(s) made me happier. I'd get out of bed and say "oh, can't wait to tell 'x' about this dream I had" or a new recipe I tried. It also helped that my second job was something I found important (I was an engineer who worked on reducing energy and water consumption for apartment complexes), and the majority of my coworkers felt the same. The job I'm currently in falls right in line with what I studied in school. I work for a consultant company in the wastewater infrastructure field. I'm happy to even have gotten this opportunity. I see it as very important. However, since I work in the field of poo, many of my coworkers and contractors I work with seem very jaded and only has financial compensation in mind. It's hard to be surrounded by that type of attitude. One coworker mentioned that "it's not like people want to work in sewage" and I said "actually, I studied it in school. I just never was able to get my foot in the door until now and I feel lucky that it happened." Don't get me wrong, the work is hard and there are days one gets exhausted and it ALWAYS stinks. But it's important. It effects the health of people and the environment if it isn't done right. Yeah, I'm rambling. I'm just trying to say I thrive off the attitude of people around me. Interpersonal relationships, for me, are better than financial compensation. Don't get me wrong.. pay me fairly, but I'm not going to be bummed if I don't get a huge raise every year. The pay check doesn't get me to work, the people do.
25 votes -
News 39 by Mitchie M (featuring Hatsune Miku) (2015)
5 votes -
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?
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"Am I bisexual?" - A guide to dating women for the first time in adulthood
7 votes