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9 votes
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NCAA football official: "We’re going to have positive cases on every single team in the SEC. That’s a given. And we can’t prevent it."
9 votes -
Germany has woken up to a problem of far-right extremism in its elite special forces. But the threat of neo-Nazi infiltration of state institutions is much broader
12 votes -
Digital Vintage Sound: Modeling Analog Synthesizers with the Wolfram Language and System Modeler
4 votes -
The fall of Netflix (Lack of comfort food TV)
9 votes -
Explaining the urban-rural political divide: Why do Democrats so often concentrate in cities?
6 votes -
The main Invidious (YouTube frontend) instance is shutting down and Omar Roth is stepping down as project owner
22 votes -
Alanis Morissette: Ablaze (TV Debut on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon)
4 votes -
Facebook showed this ad to 95% women. Is that a problem?
15 votes -
Dispersion causes discohesion
2 votes -
D&D and racism 4: Arguments
6 votes -
Go team publishes draft design proposals for a new read-only filesystem interface and a standard way to embed files into Go binaries
2 votes -
Fleischer Studios taught Superman to quit leaping and fly
5 votes -
What have we learned about KSP 2 with the "Show and Tell" trailer?
4 votes -
Marble League 2020: 5M Sprint
4 votes -
New techniques are helping medical researchers develop new anti-cancer drugs and gain a better understanding of how existing ones work
5 votes -
Reconstructing ballroom history: Older generations vs. today
5 votes -
Why can’t we just hold classes outdoors instead?
11 votes -
UAE starts operations at Arab world's first nuclear power plant
4 votes -
Bitwarden review
11 votes -
Ratchet and Clank all 4 one OST; Friendship through Firepower
4 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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Denmark is a liberal paradise for many people, but the reality is very different for immigrants
20 votes -
Microsoft Flight Simulator PC hands-on: A generational leap in graphical realism
16 votes -
What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them?
What have you been playing lately? Discussion about video games and board games are both welcome. Please don't just make a list of titles, give some thoughts about the game(s) as well.
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"We could see this tsunami of people coming": Inside the world of intensive care units
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Logic
5 votes -
Onslaught TD / belated RIP
There was a flash game I used to really enjoy called Onslaught2 Tower Defense. http://onslaught.playr.co.uk/ I remember it had a unique combo-mechanic which I've never seen replicated since. Over...
There was a flash game I used to really enjoy called Onslaught2 Tower Defense.
I remember it had a unique combo-mechanic which I've never seen replicated since.
Over the years, I've often wondered about these games I used to spend so much time with, what their developers got involved in later and expected to eventually discover a developer who got started making a flash games that I used to enjoy.
Tonight, I was curious enough to revisit this game and decided to dig a little bit in order to learn about the developer's current work. I found his website linked on his newgrounds profile. The site references the game and a bunch of other services - it looks like a time capsule. Googling the name on that blog, I discovered that he passed away in 2011.
https://forstaff.leeds.ac.uk/news/article/2032/gabriel_gaby_vanhegan
RIP Gaby, I wish I could have seen what you might have done.
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Apple surpasses Saudi Aramco to become world’s most valuable company
12 votes -
Mort Garson - This Is My Beloved (2020)
3 votes -
Do you (still) use IRC?
I'm just curious how many people still use IRC (Internet Relay Chat) here. And if you use it, what do you use it for? Is there anything (server/channels, etc) that you would recommend to others? I...
I'm just curious how many people still use IRC (Internet Relay Chat) here. And if you use it, what do you use it for? Is there anything (server/channels, etc) that you would recommend to others?
I use it a bit, mostly for casual chatting on tildeverse.org servers, the SDF server, or on Freenode. On Freenode, I also use it when I need to interact with FOSS developers who use IRC as one of their main forms of support.
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Fear of depths
4 votes -
Is religion a flawed play-style for humans and if so, why did it arise in the first place? (Feat. TierZoo)
2 votes -
Google to remove Danish music from YouTube
12 votes -
What can we do to support voter turnout in the US elections this fall?
There is an important election in the United States this fall, and we've all heard a lot of concern expressed about efforts to suppress the vote. Under the shadow of all the other issues we're...
There is an important election in the United States this fall, and we've all heard a lot of concern expressed about efforts to suppress the vote. Under the shadow of all the other issues we're currently facing as a society, I know a lot of people who are asking "what concrete actions can I take to make a difference?" It seems like helping to get out the vote is one very important action.
So here's a question to the Tildes community: what suggestions do you have about how we (as individuals) can help get out the vote this fall? Big or small, donating money or doing physical work -- what can we do?
15 votes -
Spotify CEO talks Covid-19, artist incomes and podcasting
4 votes -
What dark matter is (probably) not
6 votes -
Preparing for the next hurricane: Storm trackers and other survival tools
5 votes -
US Congress made Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google CEOs sweat during antitrust enforcement hearing
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Former GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain dies after battle with coronavirus
29 votes -
How WW2 made Spain do everything later
4 votes -
The Turkish century; part 2: The journey of the Turkish Republic
4 votes -
You want to see my data? I thought we were friends
18 votes -
Mask off: Crisis and struggle in the pandemic
6 votes -
Racism in the USA is higher among white Christians than among the nonreligious. That's no coincidence
28 votes -
Discontents: "New collective effort by an amazing group of Substack writers and podcasters"
2 votes -
US congressional antitrust hearing with the the CEOs of Amazon, Google, Apple, and Facebook
4 votes -
Seeking good anti-malware to replace AVG Free
Hi. AVG's been bugging me with reminders to renew my subscription recently, but I don't have the money for that. I've been using AVG Free for years, but each time I trial the full edition it seems...
Hi. AVG's been bugging me with reminders to renew my subscription recently, but I don't have the money for that. I've been using AVG Free for years, but each time I trial the full edition it seems to install as a separate program, and then I have to manually revert back to the free version once the trial's up. The only other anti-malware I use is MalwareBytes (free again).
I'm not too worried about using a VPN, and have been advised to avoid the free ones anyway. I'd really just like a decent alternative to AVG Free that won't mess with my Steam games or pester me to upgrade several times a day. I have almost no experience with other anti-malware programs, so I'd rather ask people in the know for advice than just install something straight away and find out that it does one of the aforementioned annoying things.
...Should I use a free VPN? I'm trying to save as much of my scant moolah as I can, and I do occasionally torrent things, but the free ones are allegedly a little shady.
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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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Cheap/small alternative to the guitar
Being cooped up inside has made me realize how much time I spend in front of screens, for work and for play. I think it would be healthy for me to try to find something that's not screen related...
Being cooped up inside has made me realize how much time I spend in front of screens, for work and for play. I think it would be healthy for me to try to find something that's not screen related to do but remain socially distant, and I think learning to play an instrument would be a good candidate.
The problem is, I don't know which one to learn. When I was in middle/early high school I played the drum set, but having moved out on my own I certainly don't have the space for that anymore. I also thought about the recorder, since people play cool medieval music on it, but I'd rather not subject my neighbors to the shrill monstrosity that is someone learning to play recorder. I like the type of music that can be played on a guitar, but ideally I'd like something physically smaller, and perhaps a little more interesting. Also, for social distancing's sake, it would be ideal if it was an instrument where it is possible to teach oneself how to play.
Am I overcomplicating things and should just learn guitar? Are there any instruments that hit inexpensive, self teachable, small, and can be used in music in ways similar to a guitar?
13 votes