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7 votes
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Ex-owners of polluting Italian steel plant convicted
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Weekly coronavirus-related chat, questions, and minor updates - week of May 31
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!
10 votes -
Minecraft removes decade-old 4chan shoutout
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Woman in the woods: A study of resilience in does and other female creatures
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The long, strange life of the world’s oldest naked mole rat
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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!
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I need help with a story that involves math
I'm creating the concept for a story called The Little Differences. It's about an accountant that, one day, out of the blue, notices that a certain calculation is producing a slightly wrong...
I'm creating the concept for a story called The Little Differences. It's about an accountant that, one day, out of the blue, notices that a certain calculation is producing a slightly wrong result. Barely noticeable, nothing world-changing,
He runs it on the computer, tries different software, a physical calculator... everything gives a result that's a little off. When he checks on paper himself, he gets the correct result. But, to his surprise, everyone else tells him that he's the one that's off, and that the incorrect result is actually perfectly sound.
I need something that makes sense, mathematically. The weird result must be something that really is wrong, and not just something that programs sometimes get wrong (I don't want it to be explained at all... I mean, the reason why it is occurring must not be something easily reducible to some well-known malfunction). But it must also be minor enough for someone to miss, something that wouldn't really cause much trouble in the real world (is that possible? IDK).
Lastly: it must be something that I'm able to explain (on some level) to a non-math reader.
So, Tildes math wizzes, what you suggest? :D
17 votes -
The military’s mobile nuclear reactor prototype is set to begin taking shape
11 votes -
The tyranny of time
5 votes -
You can help rebuild Notre Dame by sponsoring a statue
5 votes -
How 60,000 metric tons of salt are harvested from one of the world’s saltiest lakes
7 votes -
Neil Gaiman defends Sandman show casting nonbinary, Black actors
16 votes -
Heads up! The cardiovascular secrets of giraffes
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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?
5 votes -
Tiananmen square: Hong Kong vigil organiser arrested on 32nd anniversary
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Plans for an artificial island to house 35,000 people and protect the port of Copenhagen from rising sea levels have been approved by Danish MPs
8 votes -
Indie bundle for Palestinian aid - Donate $5 for access to games from 800+ devs
10 votes -
Roadrunner: A film about Anthony Bourdain | Official trailer
12 votes -
Amazon devices in the US will automatically join the Amazon Sidewalk mesh network and start sharing internet with neighbors on June 10th, unless opted out
30 votes -
It's vital Sony maintains its PlayStation 4 support
7 votes -
Alon Mor - Long Awaited Journey (2017)
3 votes -
Reflections on the OVH datacenter fire, and the consequences it had for the Pijul project
6 votes -
Uyghur tribunal
6 votes -
Report: Quantic Dream executives cry, ask if they can lie during recent court appearance
8 votes -
The end of "The End of San Francisco"
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Looking for a new high chair. What would you recommend?
The last time I posted on tildes, I got some really helpful suggestions on a mop for my floors. Now I'm looking for a new high chair for my daughter. She's nearly 6 months old, so we're about to...
The last time I posted on tildes, I got some really helpful suggestions on a mop for my floors. Now I'm looking for a new high chair for my daughter. She's nearly 6 months old, so we're about to start her on solid foods but gave away our older son's high chair a while back when he started sitting in a regular chair (and because it was terrible).
The main requirement is that it's easy to clean, but it also has to support a younger baby sitting in one for the first time. Our last high chair (Graco brand) almost seemed like it was designed to have as many difficult-to-reach crevices as possible where crumbs could get pulverized into.
What do you think?
6 votes -
US finds no evidence of alien technology in flying objects, but can’t rule it out, either
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What have you been listening to this week?
What have you been listening to this week? You don't need to do a 6000 word review if you don't want to, but please write something! If you've just picked up some music, please update on that as...
What have you been listening to this week? You don't need to do a 6000 word review if you don't want to, but please write something! If you've just picked up some music, please update on that as well, we'd love to see your hauls :)
Feel free to give recs or discuss anything about each others' listening habits.
You can make a chart if you use last.fm:
http://www.tapmusic.net/lastfm/
Remember that linking directly to your image will update with your future listening, make sure to reupload to somewhere like imgur if you'd like it to remain what you have at the time of posting.
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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!
8 votes -
Why there are now so many shortages (It's not COVID)
5 votes -
Jubël – Dumb (2021)
5 votes -
Supreme Court reins in definition of crime under controversial hacking law
12 votes -
Cores that don’t count
8 votes -
The Sparks Brothers | Official trailer
4 votes -
DeepMind reportedly lost a yearslong bid to win more independence from Google
8 votes -
Naomi Osaka withdraws from French Open, takes break from tennis, one day after tennis’ Grand Slams threatened disqualification or suspension if she continued to skip press conferences
23 votes -
How Twitter turned Kimmy Schmidt into a ‘KKK Queen’
14 votes -
Linda Pastan: Ethics
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Tiki & The Hotstuff – La Morena (2021)
4 votes -
Chick-fil-A’s profits are being used to push anti-trans state laws and kill the Equality Act
22 votes -
The Big Push - Watch Out (2021)
4 votes -
Stack Overflow has been acquired by Prosus for $1.8 billion
20 votes -
The perpetual discourse over who comes to Pride, and what they look like, explained
10 votes -
Denmark is set to adopt legislation enabling it to open asylum centres outside Europe where applicants would be sent to live
6 votes -
Comic artists are waging a war, and we joined the frontlines
5 votes -
The protagonist problem
13 votes -
NASA has selected two new missions to study Venus, expected to launch in 2028 - 2030
16 votes -
Ottawa says it's not liable for cultural damage caused by Kamloops residential school: court documents
9 votes -
Study seeks origins of ghost nets that haunt Hawaii’s shores
5 votes