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6 votes
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Billed as the most secure phone on the planet, An0m became a viral sensation in the underworld. There was just one problem for anyone using it for criminal means: it was run by the police
14 votes -
Hawkeye | Official trailer
12 votes -
Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of September 13
This thread is posted weekly - please try to post all relevant US political content in here, such as news, updates, opinion articles, etc. Extremely significant events may warrant a separate...
This thread is posted weekly - please try to post all relevant US political content in here, such as news, updates, opinion articles, etc. Extremely significant events may warrant a separate topic, but almost all should be posted in here.
This is an inherently political thread; please try to avoid antagonistic arguments and bickering matches. Comment threads that devolve into unproductive arguments may be removed so that the overall topic is able to continue.
6 votes -
Behind the scenes with Formula E’s television production team
4 votes -
Why things fall off cranes
6 votes -
Why many cities suck (but Dutch cities don’t)
8 votes -
Board games: A price breakdown
8 votes -
Norwegian polls show Arbeiderpartiet is on course to replace PM Erna Solberg's coalition – would need support from Rødt and Miljøpartiet De Grønne to secure a majority
6 votes -
Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands | Official gameplay reveal trailer
6 votes -
What's a hidden health issue you live with?
Airing private health matters can often be seen as impolite or embarrassing, but the older I get, the more I realize nearly everyone has at least one thing (and often more) that they're having to...
Airing private health matters can often be seen as impolite or embarrassing, but the older I get, the more I realize nearly everyone has at least one thing (and often more) that they're having to deal with silently or behind closed doors.
What's a hidden health issue you have to manage?
What is it like for you?
How does it affect your life?
What do you want other people to understand about it?
Do you share this with other people? Why or why not?Share only what you're comfortable with.
18 votes -
Hyperbolica devlog #6: Pushing Unity to its limits
5 votes -
Can progressives be convinced that genetics matters?
15 votes -
President Biden's COVID-19 plan - Includes a requirement for all employers with 100+ employees to ensure their workers are vaccinated or tested weekly
31 votes -
The history of tie-dye
6 votes -
Netflix to release JoJo part 6 in monthly installments
5 votes -
Ninjababy | Trailer
3 votes -
Norwegians head to the polls on Sept. 13 in a parliamentary election that has centered on the issue of whether saving the planet is worth stopping the fossil fuel gravy train
23 votes -
Apple / iOS rant
Having been on Android since day 1, I've had to pick up an iphone for work purposes recently. It's a great, high end one. The hardware is clearly fantastic. But the software. How do people put up...
Having been on Android since day 1, I've had to pick up an iphone for work purposes recently. It's a great, high end one. The hardware is clearly fantastic.
But the software. How do people put up with this? I've been trying to get accustomed to it, but it's so clearly lackluster.
Aside from a plethora of minor issues I've been encountering, what's most unbelievable to me is how clear the lock-in is all over the place.
Things like the story about all browsers having to use the Safari view really seep out, for example I can't change the launcher/home screen to something that doesn't suck (lets me position things around and doesn't have the display density of a toddler's typewriter).
And then it was a chore to even figure out how to disable iMessage (unpopular in Europe) so I'm only sending sms via the .. sms app.
Incompatibilities all over the place. Hotspot sharing doesn't work across my 6T and iPhone, it looks like iOS hotspots are again some kind of proprietary crap. Pictures and videos being in not quite standard formats. AirPods sound quality only being decent in the Apple ecosystem as well; couldn't release an Android app to support whatever Bluetooth enhancements they're doing?
And of course, the Lightning connectors which only exist in the apple ecosystem. I agree they feel better than usb-c even, but, more of those same incompatibilities.
It almost feels like a parallel universe where everything works slightly differently, and doesn't quite have as many freedoms.
I can't deny there's some nice things in there. I actually like Safari's hold-preview for example. I also appreciate the very fine grained permission system and warnings such as "such and such app has been accessing location in the background a lot". And FaceID is really well built. But, whew, i do not know how so many people swear by it.
Some things are just different and that's okay, but some things are shockingly inferior and incompatible Just Because, and that feels super insulting 🙃
Thanks for hearing my rant.
21 votes -
Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of September 6
This thread is posted weekly - please try to post all relevant US political content in here, such as news, updates, opinion articles, etc. Extremely significant events may warrant a separate...
This thread is posted weekly - please try to post all relevant US political content in here, such as news, updates, opinion articles, etc. Extremely significant events may warrant a separate topic, but almost all should be posted in here.
This is an inherently political thread; please try to avoid antagonistic arguments and bickering matches. Comment threads that devolve into unproductive arguments may be removed so that the overall topic is able to continue.
7 votes -
Andrew Yang to launch a third party
15 votes -
China's media cracks down on 'effeminate' styles
8 votes -
China’s regulators said to slow their approval of new online games, as Beijing’s campaign against gaming addiction heats up
6 votes -
In the Afghanistan countryside, the endless killing of civilians turned women against the occupiers who claimed to be helping them
11 votes -
Grand Sumo Preview: September 2021
6 votes -
Two chefs try to make a meal out of bananas | Mystery Menu
7 votes -
Is chess a sport?
11 votes -
The Roe baby
19 votes -
Westworld (1973) and its source code
6 votes -
There is no algorithm for truth (presentation by Tom Scott)
7 votes -
My introduction to chessboxing, I think it's an engaging enough example to introduce the sport to you all with as well
5 votes -
Joon Moon - Feel It (Acoustic Session) (2021)
3 votes -
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.
6 votes -
Don't Look Up | Official teaser trailer
10 votes -
Ghost - Enter Sandman (2021)
5 votes -
Weekly coronavirus-related chat, questions, and minor updates - week of September 6
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!
9 votes -
PlayStation Showcase 2021
6 votes -
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.
5 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!
5 votes -
The 'Shoulder Check' problem, or when snippets of LGBT life feel out of place to others in fiction
9 votes -
Hands-on with Facebook and Ray-Ban’s first pair of smart glasses
9 votes -
Someone dead ruined my life ... again. (Tiffany follow-up)
32 votes -
El Salvador’s new bitcoin wallets could cost Western Union $400 million a year
15 votes -
C'mon C'mon | Official trailer
8 votes -
Steve Conte - Rain (1998)
5 votes -
The nation’s first regenerative dairy works with nature to heal the soil—at scale
7 votes -
Sex can relieve nasal congestion, and other work honored by 2021 Ig Nobels
17 votes -
The last glimpses of California's vanishing hippie utopias
12 votes -
Crash Bandicoot dev on optimizing for the PlayStation | War Stories
12 votes -
The enduring mystery of Jack the Ripper
5 votes