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18 votes
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‘Dune’ sequel greenlighted by Legendary and Warner Bros
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Crypto investors are bidding to touch a 1,784-pound tungsten cube once a year
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Taking the warts off C, with Andrew Kelley, creator of the Zig programming language
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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?
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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.
7 votes -
Against the Stoics, Skeptics, Epicureans, and Buddhists
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brian david gilbert - AAAH!BBA (2021)
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The first thing we do, let's kill all the leaf blowers
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The collective MSCHF bought an Andy Warhol, created 999 replicas, and is now selling each for $250. The catch: you'll never know which one is real.
19 votes -
California nut crimes
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Germany’s promising plan to bring conspiracy theorists back from the brink
7 votes -
Throwing good money after bad car infrastructure
10 votes -
The anatomy of Portal - How Portal's puzzles trick you into being smart
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Announcing Tildes' Make Something Month (Timasomo) for 2021!
What is Timasomo? Timasomo is "Tildes' Make Something Month": a creative community challenge that takes place in the month of November. It was inspired by NaNoWriMo, the National Novel Writing...
What is Timasomo?
Timasomo is "Tildes' Make Something Month": a creative community challenge that takes place in the month of November. It was inspired by NaNoWriMo, the National Novel Writing Month. This is Timasomo’s third year running!
You can see the threads for previous Timasomos using the timasomo tag. Here are the final showcase threads from past years featuring participants' creative works:
Timasomo 2020 Showcase
Timasomo 2019 ShowcaseWhat are the rules?
Timasomo is self-driven and its goals are self-selected. On November 1st, participants will commit to a creative project (or projects) that they plan to complete within the month of November. There is no restriction on the methods/products of creativity: writing, painting, code, food, photos, crafts, songs -- if it's creative expression for you, it works for Timasomo!
Though most will be participating individually, collaborations are welcome too!
What is the schedule?
Timasomo begins November 1st and ends November 30th. All creative output towards your goal(s) should be confined to this time. This week prior to the start of November is for planning, and there will be a few days at the beginning of December given to "finishing touches" before we have our final thread, which will be a showcase of all the completed works. Below are the dates that I will be posting weekly threads:
Monday, October 25, 2021: Announcement/Planning Thread
Monday, November 1, 2021: Roll Call Thread
Monday, November 8, 2021: Update Thread #1
Monday, November 15, 2021: Update Thread #2
Monday, November 22, 2021: Update Thread #3
Monday, November 29, 2021: Final Update Thread
Monday, December 6, 2021: Timasomo Showcase ThreadCan I participate?
Yes! Timasomo is open to anyone on Tildes! The greater Tildes community is also encouraged to participate in discussion threads even if you are not actively working towards a creative goal. This is meant to be an inclusive community event -- all are welcome! If you are interested in participating but do not have a Tildes login, please e-mail the invite request address here for an invite to the community.
This announcement is posted in ~tildes.
All Timasomo process threads will be hosted in ~creative.
The final Timasomo Showcase thread will be posted in ~talk.If you wish to participate or follow the proceedings, please make sure you are subscribed to ~creative.
If you wish to view the showcase, please make sure you are subscribed to ~talk.Do I have to share my creation(s) publicly?
Tildes is a privacy-respecting site, and you are not obligated to share your creation here if you do not want to. We'd still love to hear about it though, if you're willing to share process and details!
How do I enter?
Participants will formally announce their plans to enter into Timasomo on November 1st in the Roll Call thread posted in ~creative.
What if I have ideas for how to run the event?
Please share them here! I am facilitating the event, but I am completely open to feedback and suggestions to make this the best event possible. I want this to be Tildes' event, not kfwyre's!
This Thread: Planning!
This year I'm rolling the announcement and planning thread into one. Feel free to use this thread to post ideas, give feedback on others' ideas, set up collaborations, and ask any questions you have. Everything in here is non-committal -- you won't be officially entering until the Roll Call thread is posted, so this is just a big community brainstorm.
Also, please do NOT start work yet! Planning and other preparations are allowed before the first (e.g. acquiring supplies/materials), but save the creative process for the 1st!
I'm looking forward to another great round of awesome projects!
28 votes -
The highway where trucks work like electric trains
9 votes -
Ministry of violence: Corporal punishment, evangelical Christians, and the doctrine of obedience
8 votes -
Nearly 500 Mesoamerican monuments revealed by laser mapping—many for the first time
5 votes -
Scientists used a tiny brain implant to help a blind teacher see letters again
6 votes -
Tolerance by Accident, Trust by Design
3 votes -
Interactive Double Pendulum Playground
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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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What have you been eating, drinking, and cooking?
What food and drinks have you been enjoying (or not enjoying) recently? Have you cooked or created anything interesting? Tell us about it!
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Age of Empires IV - The IGN review
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Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of October 25
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.
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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!
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Spooky books or short stories?
I often re-read The Legend of Sleepy Hollow around Halloween time. If you haven't read the original (published in 1819), it's a really fun read, with great descriptions of (obviously somewhat...
I often re-read The Legend of Sleepy Hollow around Halloween time. If you haven't read the original (published in 1819), it's a really fun read, with great descriptions of (obviously somewhat fictionalized) life in a town on the banks of the Hudson River in 1790.
What other short stories or books would you recommend for the Halloween season?
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Weekly coronavirus-related chat, questions, and minor updates - week of October 25
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!
7 votes -
Critical race theory and moral panic
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Illinois stuns No. 7 Penn State in NCAA's first 9-overtime game
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Bill 2 is "the most transphobic bill ever proposed in Quebec," activist says
5 votes -
What is Day of the Dead?
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Swedish former professional golfer Fredrik Andersson Hed has died of cancer aged 49
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Illiberal “soft power”
6 votes -
I spent forty-four years studying retirement. Then I retired
9 votes -
We look at a fascinating object loaned to the Royal Society - a Campbell-Stokes sunshine recorder
3 votes -
Despite having just 5.8% sales, over 38% of bug reports for the game "ΔV: Rings of Saturn" come from the Linux community
32 votes -
Tove Styrke – Start Walking (2022)
4 votes -
US west coast braces for ‘atmospheric river’ as huge storm brews
12 votes -
Welcome to Arrakis - Dune lore explained
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What's something that should be polled or surveyed more often?
Firstly, it seems pretty clear polling Hispanic/Latino people as one unified populace isn't working well, given how Cuban Americans have a large presence in the Republican party instead of the...
Firstly, it seems pretty clear polling Hispanic/Latino people as one unified populace isn't working well, given how Cuban Americans have a large presence in the Republican party instead of the Democratic one and that ignoring the race of the people polled is likely very unhelpful and means statements made about Hispanic people probably don't apply to all or maybe most of them.
Secondly, while polling is largely associated with politics, I think it isn't the only place that it could be useful. For example, a large question in many relationship-related subreddits and is if something you do or would like to do is normal, and I think polling on what people want/would want from people they would partner with would be good. (Although this might be more a semi-pragmatic thing, given that a lot of this talking seems to think "normal" and "ok" are the same, which is not really true.)
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Drawing with light: How photos were made a century ago
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Evaluating the effectiveness of deplatforming as a moderation strategy on Twitter
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Guns, ammo, accountability: Hollywood munitions experts grapple with ‘Rust’ tragedy
6 votes -
Trader Joe wrote a memoir - The book is a sort of “Kitchen Confidential” for the grocery business, but without the drugs or rage
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Fraudsters cloned company director’s voice in $35 million bank heist, police find
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Good blessings
4 votes -
Space-related applications of Forth (1998)
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How do cars fare in crash tests they're not specifically optimized for?
8 votes -
Angèle - Bruxelles, Je t’aime (2021)
3 votes