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6 votes
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Internet 2021: Here's what the new year will (and won't) bring
5 votes -
Google Maps' moat is evaporating
7 votes -
What cultural touchstone movies have totally passed you by?
I just caught part of one of the newer Terminator movies as I was flicking through channels on TV, and I was only able to identify it because a scene with a visibly 60-plus Arnold Schwarzenegger...
I just caught part of one of the newer Terminator movies as I was flicking through channels on TV, and I was only able to identify it because a scene with a visibly 60-plus Arnold Schwarzenegger made me realize he probably hasn't acted in a decade and a half otherwise. I've never seen any of the Terminator movies... a fact which never fails to elicit shocked responses in movie conversations. I've also never watched any of the Alien, Indiana Jones, or Harry Potter franchises, am yet to watch any of the Shreks (despite one of my exes quoting them all the time and telling me she basically learned most of her life lessons from them), nor any of the Toy Story movies. I think the only Pixar movie I've ever watched is Up. I do mix up Pixar and Dreamworks all the time, so that whole debate between the two goes over my head, but I know I've never found Nemo or seen Frozen, or practically any of the others.
Obviously this is most egregious for stuff that's been released during your lifetime, or maybe adulthood, but feel free to include whatever you've never been particularly convinced you've missed out on, from any era.
19 votes -
'Demon Slayer' becomes Japan's highest-grossing film of all time
11 votes -
Explore Indigenous futurisms with these science fiction and fantasy books by indigenous authors
8 votes -
I compared all the Goodreads alternatives so you don't have to
33 votes -
What did you do this weekend?
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 weekend. Did you make any plans? Take a trip? Do nothing at...
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 weekend. Did you make any plans? Take a trip? Do nothing at all? Tell us about it!
9 votes -
Los Angeles Department of Public Health urges film industry vigilance to help contain COVID-19
7 votes -
What the hole is going on? The very real, totally bizarre bucatini shortage of 2020.
11 votes -
What gifts did you give this year?
Now that the holiday season is nearly over, I figured it is a good time to share the gifts that we gave this year. If there is a particular reason why you gave what you did, please share! Edit:...
Now that the holiday season is nearly over, I figured it is a good time to share the gifts that we gave this year. If there is a particular reason why you gave what you did, please share!
Edit: Going to plug USPS's Operation Santa. I plan to participate next year since it seems pretty direct with the giving. Found out about it way too late this year!
15 votes -
The life in The Simpsons is no longer attainable
22 votes -
Nanotechnology for plant genetic engineering
6 votes -
US to allow small drones to fly over people and at night
13 votes -
When looking at the parent of a reply, the parent cannot be collapsed
When I click on the "x comments" in the upper right to see responses to my previous posts, it lists out any unread comments to my posts. If I click on the "Parent" link to see my original comment...
When I click on the "x comments" in the upper right to see responses to my previous posts, it lists out any unread comments to my posts. If I click on the "Parent" link to see my original comment and the reply, I can collapse the reply, but not the parent. This seems like a bug. I can collapse the grandparent, and it all goes away, but I'd expect to be able to collapse the parent as well.
9 votes -
Mixing reality and fantasy, computer-generated virtual influencers thrive amid the pandemic
7 votes -
Battles - Tonto (2007)
6 votes -
'12 Monkeys' was Brad Pitt's career-defining performance
5 votes -
Exceptionally well-preserved thermopolium, a Roman-era fast-food stall, unearthed in Pompeii
16 votes -
When every set looks like Contagion: Inside Hollywood's pandemic year
6 votes -
Two acre vertical farm run by AI and robots out-produces 720-acre flat farm
21 votes -
What have you been watching / reading this week? (Anime/Manga)
What have you been watching and reading this week? You don't need to give us a whole essay if you don't want to, but please write something! Feel free to talk about something you saw that was...
What have you been watching and reading this week? You don't need to give us a whole essay if you don't want to, but please write something! Feel free to talk about something you saw that was cool, something that was bad, ask for recommendations, or anything else you can think of.
If you want to, feel free to find the thing you're talking about and link to its pages on Anilist, MAL, or any other database you use!
5 votes -
Washington’s secret to the perfect Zoom bookshelf? Buy it wholesale.
18 votes -
After 3.5 years of development, Buttplug, the open source intimate haptics controls library, has arrived at its v1 release
21 votes -
My mommies and me
7 votes -
Day 24: Lobby Layout
Today's problem description: https://adventofcode.com/2020/day/24 Join the Tildes private leaderboard! You can do that on this page, by entering join code 730956-de85ce0c. Please post your...
Today's problem description: https://adventofcode.com/2020/day/24
Join the Tildes private leaderboard! You can do that on this page, by entering join code
730956-de85ce0c
.Please post your solutions in your own top-level comment. Here's a template you can copy-paste into your comment to format it nicely, with the code collapsed by default inside an expandable section with syntax highlighting (you can replace
python
with any of the "short names" listed in this page of supported languages):<details> <summary>Part 1</summary> ```python Your code here. ``` </details>
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Fortnightly Programming Q&A Thread
General Programming Q&A thread! Ask any questions about programming, answer the questions of other users, or post suggestions for future threads. Don't forget to format your code using the triple...
General Programming Q&A thread! Ask any questions about programming, answer the questions of other users, or post suggestions for future threads.
Don't forget to format your code using the triple backticks or tildes:
Here is my schema: ```sql CREATE TABLE article_to_warehouse ( article_id INTEGER , warehouse_id INTEGER ) ; ``` How do I add a `UNIQUE` constraint?
10 votes -
Spill your RPG character's secrets that the other party members don't know!
I'll start: the party knows my character is a veteran of the war between the elves and the humans, but they don't know that she was duped into helping develop a type of biological warfare and...
I'll start: the party knows my character is a veteran of the war between the elves and the humans, but they don't know that she was duped into helping develop a type of biological warfare and becoming an accessory to war crimes.
What are you hiding?
18 votes -
Hallucinogen - Trancespotter (1997)
4 votes -
The JRPG startup cost, part 3 - An analysis of how long it takes to reach various gameplay milestones in classic JRPGs
6 votes -
One town, four elements – Ytterby in Sweden is famous for being the single richest source of elemental discoveries in the world
5 votes -
NPR's best books of 2020
13 votes -
Email accounts belonging to Finnish MPs were compromised during a cyberattack on the country's parliament in the autumn
6 votes -
Penelope Scott - rät (2020)
4 votes -
Heatwave - Always and Forever (live)
4 votes -
Stig Severinsen sets new Guinness world record in Mexico – the longest distance swam underwater with one breath (in open water) now set at 202m
10 votes -
Bill Frisell: NYGF Red Sofa Concert - full episode (2020)
5 votes -
It turns out
7 votes -
Let's build a computer in Conway's Game of Life ⠠⠵
4 votes -
Why I don't believe in encrypted mail providers anymore
14 votes -
Playboi Carti - Whole Lotta Red (2020)
5 votes -
Is college still worth it?
11 votes -
Korean fusion project sets the new world record of twenty second long operation at 100 million degrees
14 votes -
How police are “breaking phone encryption”
21 votes -
Systems design explains the world: volume 1
10 votes -
The butteriest popcorn, movie theater style (but using real butter)
7 votes -
Why 'accidental Americans' are desperate to give up their US citizenship
10 votes -
Weekly coronavirus-related chat, questions, and minor updates - week of December 21
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!
12 votes -
The ethical challenges of connecting our brains to computers
9 votes -
Amid coronavirus outbreaks, migrants face the starkest of choices: Risking their lives in US detention or returning home to the dangers they fled
8 votes