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27 votes
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Twelve badass sci-fi and fantasy female heroes written by women
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What creative projects have you been working on?
This topic is part of a series. It is meant to be a place for users to discuss creative projects they have been working on. Projects can be personal, professional, physical, digital, or even just...
This topic is part of a series. It is meant to be a place for users to discuss creative projects they have been working on.
Projects can be personal, professional, physical, digital, or even just ideas.
If you have any creative projects that you have been working on or want to eventually work on, this is a place for discussing those.
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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?
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Weekly megathread for news/updates/discussion of Russian invasion of Ukraine - May 25
This thread is posted weekly on Thursday - please try to post relevant content in here, such as news, updates, opinion articles, etc. Especially significant updates may warrant a separate topic,...
This thread is posted weekly on Thursday - please try to post relevant content in here, such as news, updates, opinion articles, etc. Especially significant updates may warrant a separate topic, but most should be posted here.
If you'd like to help support Ukraine, please visit the official site at https://help.gov.ua/ - an official portal for those who want to provide humanitarian or financial assistance to people of Ukraine, businesses or the government at the times of resistance against the Russian aggression.
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Danish painters in the 19th century may have turned to an unusual source for some of their supplies: breweries
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Why do car companies keep so many bees?
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How do you decide if a piece of music is good?
There're maybe 2 aspects to the question: what makes you prefer a certain genre over another? and within that genre, what criteria makes you think one piece performs better than another? I get...
There're maybe 2 aspects to the question: what makes you prefer a certain genre over another? and within that genre, what criteria makes you think one piece performs better than another?
I get that this is a very subjective and probably subconscious thing. Just curious to see how everyone would describe their own tastes.
For me I'm not much of a music person, most music I found were just soundtracks from films or videogames. So I guess the music is good if the film/game is good. Listening is a way to put me back into the moods of the scenes it came from.
Edit: I also listen to meme songs a lot so I guess I like them for just being funny, which is not a very musically relevant criteria I suppose
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Where do you see the future of IT going?
So, what's the hottest new thing in IT today, what's that coolest new tech which might prove to be a goldmine some years down the line? The way PCs, websites, databases, programming languages,...
So, what's the hottest new thing in IT today, what's that coolest new tech which might prove to be a goldmine some years down the line? The way PCs, websites, databases, programming languages, etc. used to be in the 90s or mobile computing used to be in 00s? Early 00s gave us many a goodies in terms of open source innovations, be it Web Technologies, Linux advancement and propagation through the masses or FOSS software like Wordpress and Drupal, or even the general attitude and awareness about FOSS. Bitcoin also deserves a notable mention here, whether you love it or hate it.
But today, I think IT no longer has that spark it once had. People keep mulling around AI, ML and Data Science but these are still decades old concepts, and whatever number crunching or coding the engineers are doing somehow doesn't seem to reach the masses? People get so enthusiastic about ChatGPT, but at the end of the day it's just another software like a zillion others. I deem it at par with something like Wordpress, probably even lesser. I'm yet to see any major adoption or industry usage for it.
Is it the case that IT has reached some kind of saturation point? Everything that could have been innovated, at least the low hanging fruits, has already been innovated? What do you think about this?
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The Faroe Islands' annual whale hunt has begun, sparking condemnation from animal rights groups – though it remains a complex cultural issue
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Super Mario Bros. Theme Song - Bandura and Accordion Cover (2023)
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Why do recipe writers lie and lie and lie about how long it takes to caramelize onions?
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Tina Turner, unstoppable superstar whose hits included ‘What’s Love Got to Do With It,’ dead at 83
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Planet of Lana review: A gorgeous sci-fi tale that shoots for the stars …and just about gets there
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Generate a secure password using lyrics from Kenny Loggins. It's funny and useful!
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Megathread #10 for news/updates/discussion of AI chatbots and image generators
The discussion continues. Here is the previous thread.
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What programming/technical projects have you been working on?
This is a recurring post to discuss programming or other technical projects that we've been working on. Tell us about one of your recent projects, either at work or personal projects. What's...
This is a recurring post to discuss programming or other technical projects that we've been working on. Tell us about one of your recent projects, either at work or personal projects. What's interesting about it? Are you having trouble with anything?
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Problemista | Official trailer
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Patching Salt Lake 2002 to run on modern systems
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Midweek Movie Free Talk
Have you watched any movies recently you want to discuss? Any films 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 movies recently you want to discuss? Any films 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.
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Comcast introduces NOW TV as a cable alternative
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The Flash | Final trailer
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What are we in the golden age of?
What areas of human activity are currently experiencing a time of great advancement or a remarkable surge in quality? This is a call for positivity, if possible please refrain from irony or...
What areas of human activity are currently experiencing a time of great advancement or a remarkable surge in quality?
This is a call for positivity, if possible please refrain from irony or backhanded pessimism such as "We are in the golden age of assholes" or something.
Thanks ;)
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Social media and youth mental health - The US Surgeon General’s Advisory
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Fallen Leaves / Kuolleet Lehdet | Trailer
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Why it took thirteen years to engineer the Taco Bell Crunchwrap
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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?2 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.
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Ableton Push 3
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I set out on a journey to the high north of Greenland to meet the Inuit communities that brave the harshest winters in the world
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Netflix buys ‘May December,’ starring Natalie Portman and Julianne Moore, for $11 million following buzzy Cannes debut
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Another update to Kagi plans - More searches and unlimited AI interactions for subscribers
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Brazil sends thousands of Venezuelan migrants to country's rich southern states
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Norway beat Canada 3-2 at the 2023 IIHF World Championship – only the second win ever for the Norwegians against the Canadians
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Using computers more freely and safely
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The little-known unintended consequence of recycling plastics
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Ray Stevenson, actor in the Thor movies, ‘RRR,’ 'Punisher: War Zone' and 'Rome' dies at 58
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At the University of California San Diego, there's the Shake Table; an earthquake simulator with the heaviest payload capacity in the world
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The Color Purple | Official trailer
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Some SanDisk Extreme SSDs are wiping people’s data
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Zara Larsson – End Of Time (2023)
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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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Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of May 22
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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Why 95% of Denmark's Jews survived the Holocaust
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Why suicide rates are dropping around the world
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Vinícius Júnior calls LaLiga and Spain racist for chants after sending-off
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How I designed Fruit Ninja
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Alan Wake II will launch for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, and PC via Epic Games Store in October, according to Alan Wake voice actor Matthew Porretta
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Facebook owner Meta hit with record €1.2bn fine over EU-US data transfers
22 votes