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Science fiction writer Ursula K. Le Guin made Schrödinger’s cat famous
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Dagny – Hate Being Alone (2024)
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Ursula K. Le Guin's home will become a writers residency
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A Texas corporate lawyer got mad about illegal evictions—and did something about it
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$2.70 supermarket wine wins gold medal at international wine contest
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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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Asylum seekers from Mauritania are settling in Cincinnati as immigration to the United States has soared
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Do I need an airtight mason jar for overnight oatmeal?
I am not at home and presently I don't have any airtight container. Most of the suggestion online are about using a airtight container. Can't I use a bowl and cover it with plastic wrapper and...
I am not at home and presently I don't have any airtight container. Most of the suggestion online are about using a airtight container.
Can't I use a bowl and cover it with plastic wrapper and then put it in refrigerator?
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Buoyed by regulatory vacuums, Silicon Valley is building a booming online wellness market that aims to leave the doctor’s office behind
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Foreign interference probe exposes links to “witting” lawmakers in Ottawa
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Weekly Israel-Hamas war megathread - week of June 10
This thread is posted weekly - please try to post all relevant Israel-Hamas war 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 Israel-Hamas war 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.
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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Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of June 10
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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Movie of the Week #33 - Ravenous
Next horror film is the cannibal horror movie Ravenous from 1999 directed by Antonia Bird starring Guy Pearce in the leading role. IMDb Letterboxd Wikipedia Since this is the month of horror...
Next horror film is the cannibal horror movie Ravenous from 1999 directed by Antonia Bird starring Guy Pearce in the leading role.
Since this is the month of horror movies, did you find it scary, unsettling, creepy, eerie, spooky or horrifying?
The rest of the schedule for June is:
- 17th: X (2022)
- 24th: The Exorcist (1973)
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Recent French research indicates that certain food emulsifiers may increase the risk of type 2 diabetes
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2024 European election results
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Painting stolen from Chatsworth House forty-five years ago discovered at auction
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Emmanuel Macron dissolves French parliament after EU defeat, calls election
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Formula 1 Canadian Grand Prix 2024 - Results
Oh hey, I'm back! Sorry for not doing a post-race report for Monaco. I straight-up forgot about the report. Was hardly a race, anyway. But Canada, Oh, Canada...Now that was a race! All weekend,...
Oh hey, I'm back! Sorry for not doing a post-race report for Monaco. I straight-up forgot about the report. Was hardly a race, anyway.
But Canada, Oh, Canada...Now that was a race! All weekend, the rain (and even hail) had been causing chaos, and the rain delivered even more on Sunday. Around Lap 32, I realized that we still we had half a race to go! At one point early in the race, KMag had cut his way through the field to P4/P5 on Wets while everyone else was on Inters, but as the track dried, he wasn't able to keep it. Still ended up P11, 7 places up from where he started.
Unfortunately, not a great weekend for Ferrari, both starting just outside of the top 10, and then both cars retiring during the race. And I don't quite understand what Leclerc and the strategists were doing switching to Hards right as the rain was coming back to the track.
But otherwise, a great weekend for Mercedes and McLaren, though they had to work for it. But in the end, we return back to the Dutch and Austrian national anthems.
Next race:
Spanish Grand Prix
Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya
Sunday, June 23Provisional Race Results -- SPOILER
POS NO DRIVER CAR LAPS TIME/RETIRED PTS 1 1 Max Verstappen RED BULL RACING HONDA RBPT 70 1:45:47.927 25 2 4 Lando Norris MCLAREN MERCEDES 70 +3.879s 18 3 63 George Russell MERCEDES 70 +4.317s 15 4 44 Lewis Hamilton MERCEDES 70 +4.915s 13 5 81 Oscar Piastri MCLAREN MERCEDES 70 +10.199s 10 6 14 Fernando Alonso ASTON MARTIN ARAMCO MERCEDES 70 +17.510s 8 7 18 Lance Stroll ASTON MARTIN ARAMCO MERCEDES 70 +23.625s 6 8 3 Daniel Ricciardo RB HONDA RBPT 70 +28.672s 4 9 10 Pierre Gasly ALPINE RENAULT 70 +30.021s 2 10 31 Esteban Ocon ALPINE RENAULT 70 +30.313s 1 11 27 Nico Hulkenberg HAAS FERRARI 70 +30.824s 0 12 20 Kevin Magnussen HAAS FERRARI 70 +31.253s 0 13 77 Valtteri Bottas KICK SAUBER FERRARI 70 +40.487s 0 14 22 Yuki Tsunoda RB HONDA RBPT 70 +52.694s 0 15 24 Zhou Guanyu KICK SAUBER FERRARI 69 +1 lap 0 NC 55 Carlos Sainz FERRARI 52 DNF 0 NC 23 Alexander Albon WILLIAMS MERCEDES 52 DNF 0 NC 11 Sergio Perez RED BULL RACING HONDA RBPT 51 DNF 0 NC 16 Charles Leclerc FERRARI 40 DNF 0 NC 2 Logan Sargeant WILLIAMS MERCEDES 23 DNF 0 Fastest Lap: Lewis Hamilton
Source: F1.com
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In the 1600s Sweden was a great military power – why did they decline?
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Why is the Sonic comic so controversial?
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UI/UX Design for web dev
Does anyone have any good resources, books or otherwise, in regards do good design for web dev? I'm a self taught full stack dev who just can't really make things look "pretty". They are...
Does anyone have any good resources, books or otherwise, in regards do good design for web dev? I'm a self taught full stack dev who just can't really make things look "pretty". They are functional, but..that's about it. I know CSS, but maybe I just don't have an eye for it?
Any suggestions would be great, thanks.
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BenQ W1110 3D DLP
Hi people, I have the chance to pick up an unused BenQ W1110 (BenQ HT2050 in the U.S). I don't have any interest in 4k nor 3d, I only need it for 1080p blu ray. It's listed at 200 EUR. Do you...
Hi people,
I have the chance to pick up an unused BenQ W1110 (BenQ HT2050 in the U.S). I don't have any interest in 4k nor 3d, I only need it for 1080p blu ray. It's listed at 200 EUR. Do you think it's a fair price for what I need? Bulb life is only 2,500 hours, but replacements are 100 EUR or so, so not so steep. Anyone out there recommend I hold off? Know of other options? I'd be happy to spend around 600-700 EUR for the right unit. The only primary considerations are that it can produce 1080p, and is quiet (important).
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DeGoogling 2024: Replacing Photos, Gmail, and Search
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How late is too late for a house party?
I did it. I called the police with a very kind noise complaint. A house party down the street was going at 0130. I typically wouldn't care, but this was so loud that I could ask siri what a song...
I did it. I called the police with a very kind noise complaint. A house party down the street was going at 0130. I typically wouldn't care, but this was so loud that I could ask siri what a song was and it told me. The house is three houses away, across the street, on the next block.
For fellow party-poopers, how late did you let it go before you did something?
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IKEA has been accused of contributing to the rapid deterioration of Romania's biologically rich forests – campaigners say suppliers benefitting from corrupt environment in the country
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Ramses II’s long-lost sarcophagus has finally been identified
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This Miami luxury condo is burying crystals in its building foundation to create good ‘vibes’
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Save Point: A game deal roundup for the week of June 9
Add awesome game deals to this topic as they come up over the course of the week! Alternately, ask about a given game deal if you want the community’s opinions: e.g. “What games from this bundle...
Add awesome game deals to this topic as they come up over the course of the week!
Alternately, ask about a given game deal if you want the community’s opinions: e.g. “What games from this bundle are most worth my attention?”
Rules:
- No grey market sales
- No affiliate links
If posting a sale, it is strongly encouraged that you share why you think the available game/games are worthwhile.
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PCG Random Number Party Tricks
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Alan Wake 2: Night Springs | Expansion launch trailer
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Weekly thread for casual chat and photos of pets
This is the place for casual discussion about our pets. Photos are welcome, show us your pet(s) and tell us about them!
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England concluded preparations for UEFA Euro 2024 with a dismal performance in friendly defeat by Iceland at Wembley
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CodeAid: A classroom deployment of an LLM-based programming assistant
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Romance Writers of America has filed for bankruptcy. What’s next?
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Magnus Carlsen has won his sixth Norway Chess title, with Ju Wenjun taking the women's title after a classical win against her great rival Lei Tingjie
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The Sydler π/4 polyhedron. The shape that should be impossible.
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PIPE DREAM | Trailer
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The origin of every European country's name
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Alexander Zverev powers past out-of-sorts Casper Ruud to set up Carlos Alcaraz showdown in 2024 French Open final
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Trackmania’s Deep Dip 2 has finally been beaten!
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What do you think is the mindset of the banally evil?
There was a question on reddit about whether rich people ever think about all the poor and starving people who are suffering while they live in luxury. It got me thinking about the "rich" more...
There was a question on reddit about whether rich people ever think about all the poor and starving people who are suffering while they live in luxury. It got me thinking about the "rich" more broadly, as many of the people like me who are on the internet are part of the global 1% if not the local.
I think a lot of rich people dont like to think about the idea that maybe the truly morally right thing to do would be to give up all their money and work a day job like everyone else.
So they try to avoid thinking about it at all to avoid having to constantly feel guilty about not doing the thing they know is right. Making a contribution to helping others just opens you up to other people or even your own conscience saying you could be doing more, and youll never be able to do enough to fully justify not doing so. Or alternatively you can embrace selfishness and give up on constantly trying to be a better person and never have to think about it again.
Maybe its easy to look at some billionaire and say they could lose 1/2 their money and not notice any change in their lifestyle, so they should be considered morally contemptable for not even offering a fraction of that when it could make such a difference for so many. But somewhere between that and living in poverty, there has got to be some line where your right to take care of yourself and your right to try and invest in your own future stops outweighing the shame of allowing the evils of the world to go unchallenged.
Then there is a fuzzy region around that line where its ambiguous whether you are doing enough good in the world or if you should feel morally compelled to change how you are living your life. And I think its probable the for a lot of people the place where they envision all their dreams coming true is somewhere on the negative end of the spectrum. So if your dream is to be a famous movie star, for example, at some point that dream might not be compatible with your moral imoerative to oppose classism.
Personally I hate having to work an office job. If I got the chance to make a fortune Id build a cabin in the woods and have food delivered to me and never have to deal with anything ever again. But doing so would be selfish. So I guess if I ever had the opportunity Id be corrupted by riches in a heartbeat. Which is kind of a downer of an ending to this line of thought.
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Team Fortress 2: Nobody's home
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Denmark PM Mette Frederiksen is said to have been left "shocked" after being struck by a man while walking in the centre of Copenhagen
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Jan. 6 rioter caught in a woman’s Bumble dating sting sentenced to prison in US
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Summer Game Fest 2024
Figured it would be easier to just set up a mega thread. @phoenixrises posted a good resource with the Games Recap website, but I was unsure if people were going to use it to discuss trailers or...
Figured it would be easier to just set up a mega thread. @phoenixrises posted a good resource with the Games Recap website, but I was unsure if people were going to use it to discuss trailers or not.
Games Shown
Lego Horizon Adventures
No More Room In Hell 2
Harry Potter Quidditch Champions
CUFFBUST
Star Wars Outlaws
Neva
Sid Meier's Civilization VII
Black Myth: Wukong
Once Human
Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2
Metaphor: ReFantazio
Batman: Arkham Shadow - VR game
Street Fighter 6 Season 2 DLC
Tears of Metal
Dragon Ball: Sparking! ZERO
Delta Force: Hawk Ops
FATAL FURY: City of the Wolves
Battle Crush
Mecha BREAK
Blumhouse Games compilation trailer
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Rita's Rewind
Deer & Boy
Kingdom Come: Deliverance II
Slitterhead
Killer Bean
Cairn
Wanderstop
Unknown 9: Awakening
Enotria: The Last Song
The First Descendant
Outersloth Funded Games - Games being funded by Among Us money.
SONIC X SHADOW GENERATIONS
Dune: Awakening
Battle Aces
The Finals Season 3
Alan Wake 2 DLC Expansion "Night Springs"
New world: Aeternum
Honkai: Star Rail - Art of Dreaming
Dark & Darker
Kunistu-Gami: Path of the Goddess
Hyper Light Breaker
Party Animals
skate. - Long trailer to say they've basically got nothing to show.
Palworld - Sakurajima Update
Valorant - Console Trailer
Squad Busters - Live action trailer with no gameplay (for a mobile game?)
Monster Hunter Wilds
Phantom Blade Zero24 votes -
Former astronaut William Anders, who took iconic Earthrise photo, killed in Washington plane crash
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Taskmaster NZ Series 3, Episode 1 - 'F*** golf.' | Full episode
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Career advice: specializing in niche tech stack vs. finishing first degree
Hello all, was inspired to fish for responses after seeing another user request resume feedback. Apologies if the background is on the longer side. TLDR: Dropped out 10 years ago; have only a high...
Hello all, was inspired to fish for responses after seeing another user request resume feedback. Apologies if the background is on the longer side.
TLDR: Dropped out 10 years ago; have only a high school degree and university transfer credits. Conflicted between finishing my degree online while working full time, vs. specializing in a niche tech stack (Salesforce) via current employment. Looking for any input because I'm prone to decision paralysis.
Background
I'm in a really weird place currently in terms of long term career track. I dropped out of college for computer science a decade ago. The school was a private for-profit (yikes) and I couldn't transfer any credits out. Either way, I was aimless, so I enrolled at a local community college with the intent of transferring to a state 4-year, earn my bachelor's, and figure things out from there. A connection at the community college helped me find full-time employment in a help desk role, so I paused my studies.That help desk role turned into a weird application analyst/developer position that involved configuring applications using a low code platform. I taught myself Python and some super basic React while there, and my crowning achievement was making a hideous set of Python scripts that ended up replacing an automation program that the company couldn't get working anyways. When my boss at that job moved to a new company, he contacted me in the next year to fill a systems analyst position, which in practice was learning Salesforce administration and whatever else third party tech tools the company decides to adopt for projects. I've been here for 1.5 years now. The pay is not amazing for HCOL, but I'm still living with family and the work is fully remote so I'm not complaining.
The best part, actually, is that there's a lot of room for career growth with actual on the job experience... if I teach myself Salesforce development. There's a few other people on my team who all stumbled into Salesforce admin tasks like myself, but none have a CS background so I've already taken on and delivered on some tasks that would previously have gone to a consultant.
I don't know how many folks here work with Salesforce development, but my research tells me that it's a locked ecosystem, incredibly flooded on the entry level by people holding certificates from Salesforce, and a different enough beast from traditional software engineering that X years as a Salesforce developer won't exactly translate to X years of experience when trying to pivot to a software dev role. I already had a difficult time getting any responses back when I tried to apply to junior software dev roles during the pandemic - which could be my resume, but I'm sure the lack of a degree and primary work experience being on low code platforms were not helpful. Either way, the thought of relying on Salesforce for breadwinning is... not something I am "above" by any means, but does trigger a bit of anxiety for the future.
The second option would be to go through some reputable online degree program like WGU or CSU Monterey Bay's CS Online. I've actually been slowly earning credits to transfer to the latter, but I've never been a great self-paced learner. I read that these programs are perfect for people working full time, but I absolutely do not fit the bill for the type of student who can blitz through WGU's program in a year. So both would take me maybe two years to complete if I start in 2025, which is something to the tune of $15-20k USD. I can afford this, but it's not exactly a drop in the bucket either. Dropping work to attend in-person at lower costs at a local university unfortunately is not an option.
If I were driven and disciplined enough, I could do both - learning SF dev on my own time and applying it to work, while also earning my degree - but I'll be honest and say that's just a recipe for disaster. I know me; if I had even a fraction of the discipline required to make that work, I'd have upskilled out of here years back when pandemic hiring at tech companies were at an all time high. That train has come and gone, though.
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