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6 votes
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Apple and Google partner on COVID-19 contact tracing technology
14 votes -
For eleven years, the Soviet Union had no weekends
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Aggressive testing, contact tracing, cooked meals: How the Indian state of Kerala flattened its coronavirus curve
5 votes -
Pandemic sparks American tech workers' interest in unions
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Let's talk gaming on Linux
Assorted questions. As always, don't feel like you have to treat them like a quiz and answer them one-by-one (though you certainly can), but more like jumping off points for discussing whatever...
Assorted questions. As always, don't feel like you have to treat them like a quiz and answer them one-by-one (though you certainly can), but more like jumping off points for discussing whatever you feel is relevant:
- Who here games on Linux?
- How long have you been doing it?
- What is your setup like? Full-time Linux? Dual booting? GPU Passthrough?
- Which distro do you use, and why? Did gaming-related factors have an influence on that choice at all?
- What are some of the positives about gaming on Linux?
- What are some of the drawbacks/frustrations?
- What are some of your favorite native Linux games?
- What are your thoughts on the main gaming platforms' support or lack thereof for Linux?
- Do you personally feel a friction between open source philosophy and playing closed-source games?
- Do you think that Valve's Proton initiative is a help or hindrance for Linux gaming?
Share anything else you feel is relevant as well. I'm mostly interested in hearing what other people's experiences are.
Also, I debated whether to put this in ~games or ~tech and ultimately decided on the former, but if it's better placed in ~tech I'm fine with that.
26 votes -
COVID-19 and circuits of capital
2 votes -
Sting, Jimmy Fallon, and the Roots perform 'Don't Stand So Close to Me' remotely, using a creative mix of household tools and real instruments
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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.
7 votes -
That discomfort you’re feeling is grief
8 votes -
Awakening volcanic region in Iceland could cause disruption for centuries – Reykjanes peninsula's last active period started in 10th century and lasted 300 years
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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!
8 votes -
The 501 Developer Manifesto
8 votes -
What’s really holding women back?
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Daily coronavirus-related chat, questions, and minor updates - April 10
This thread is posted daily, 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 daily, 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!
3 votes -
Lucie Arnaz on ‘Will and Grace’ tribute: ‘We Love Lucy’ proves ‘healing power of laughter’
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What do you guys think about socialism or other utopias?
Is socialism achievable in our lifetimes? I'm M/29/India. I haven't read Marx or Kropotkin. 1 Honestly, at some point you have to ask yourself: if our economic system doesn't secure public health...
Is socialism achievable in our lifetimes? I'm M/29/India. I haven't read Marx or Kropotkin.
1 Honestly, at some point you have to ask yourself: if our economic system doesn't secure public health and well-being, and doesn't protect and regenerate ecology, then what's actually the point?
2 This economic crisis is revealing that the main reason we all have to work for wages isn't just to buy the things we need, but to pay rents and debts - in other words, to give money to the holders of capital.
If capitalism is preventing a large majority of human population from leading happy and dignified lives, then why can't we change the economic system?
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[SOLVED] How to cast internet videos to my Chromecast? (It's not as simple as it seems!)
Recently, I've been posting here about all sorts of theatre that's available for streaming during the pandemic lockdown. Sounds like fun! But when I actually try to watch some of it... I'm having...
Recently, I've been posting here about all sorts of theatre that's available for streaming during the pandemic lockdown. Sounds like fun! But when I actually try to watch some of it... I'm having technical problems.
My Lenovo Yoga tablet won't cast from Chrome. At all. The option just doesn't exist in the Chrome browser on the tablet. The only way to cast anything is to open an app - but the videos I want to watch are on a webpage. In Chrome. Which doesn't have a casting option. Not helpful!
So I go to my desktop computer. It can cast from Chrome to Chromecast. But the result is video only, because "casting tab audio is not supported on this device." I tried Googling that error message, but I ended up getting flummoxed. The Google Help pages don't even mention this error, and other tech blogs are too complex for me to understand.
The Chromecast works fine. It accepts input (with sound) from other sources. It's just webpages (like YouTube.com and Vimeo.com) I'm having trouble with. I managed to watch one video last week, but I had to resort to installing the YouTube app to make it work. But not all the videos are on YouTube.
Any ideas?
7 votes -
Norway's largest mobile operator, Telenor, is collaborating with the Norwegian Institute of Public Health to help them track the spread of the coronavirus
6 votes -
More than thirty million years ago, monkeys rafted across the Atlantic to South America
12 votes -
Nature to join open-access Plan S, publisher says
10 votes -
US Federal Reserve treads cautiously into municipal market with loan lifeline
5 votes -
Phyllis Lyon, LGBTQ rights pioneer, dies at age 95
6 votes -
Why this is unlike the Great Depression (better & worse)
8 votes -
The global dollar short squeeze
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Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey donates $1 billion for COVID-19 relief worldwide
13 votes -
Cloudflare moves from reCAPTCHA to hCaptcha
22 votes -
NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden warns governments are using the coronavirus to build 'the architecture of oppression'
14 votes -
BlackBerry says Chinese government hackers stole world's sensitive data for ten years
7 votes -
5G coronavirus conspiracy theory fueled by coordinated effort
6 votes -
UK PM Boris Johnson out of intensive care but remains in hospital
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Political discussion here seems to be really bad. Is it even possible for it to be good?
I think it's clear that all tildes political discussion leads to intractable arguments. Considering tildes was created to foster high quality discussion, I was wondering if it's even possible to...
I think it's clear that all tildes political discussion leads to intractable arguments. Considering tildes was created to foster high quality discussion, I was wondering if it's even possible to have nuanced political discussions online. In person discussions work for me because I have base levels of respect for all the people I talk to, but that's quite difficult to get online. Are we doomed to snark and condescension filled megathreads, or is there a better way to structure the conversations? Are there additional political ground rules that need to be set up?
43 votes -
The Cantillon Effect: Why Wall Street gets a bailout and you don't
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Twitter removes privacy option, and shows why we need strong privacy laws
17 votes -
New report released for MH370 search by the Independent Research Group
6 votes -
The Growlers - Social Man (2019)
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Project 88: A crowdsourced shot-for-shot fan remake of Back To The Future 2
5 votes -
IntelliJ IDEA 2020.1: Java 14, dataflow analysis assistance in the debugger, LightEdit mode, and more
4 votes -
Pastry chef, Claire Saffitz, attempts to make gourmet Cadbury Creme Eggs | Gourmet Makes
13 votes -
A breakdown and comparison of the animation in the original opening cutscene of Final Fantasy VII and the new version in the remake
5 votes -
The weirdly enduring appeal of Weird Al Yankovic
7 votes -
Time to upgrade the mic in your home office
6 votes -
Ultimate Writer: An open digital typewriter
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Corona-AI project asks DreamLab app users to help create ‘virtual supercomputer’ to assist in COVID-19 research efforts
5 votes -
Why I’m not making COVID19 visualizations, and why you (probably) shouldn’t either
4 votes -
twenty one pilots - Level of Concern (2020)
7 votes -
Amsterdam to embrace 'doughnut' model to mend post-coronavirus economy
11 votes -
Just around the corner: Sustainability developments to give you hope
5 votes -
As Coca-Cola’s popularity spread in the United States in the 1920s, rabbis around the country asked, is Coke kosher?
9 votes -
98% of all animal species on Earth have a PR problem. That’s bad news for everyone. [Warning: insect images]
7 votes