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7 votes
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The National Library of Scotland has digitized the first eight editions of the Encyclopaedia Britannica, issued between 1768 and 1860
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Coronavirus bills: It’s April 1. How will I pay rent, mortgage, car loan, etc.?
6 votes -
How Donald Trump plans on spinning 200,000 coronavirus deaths as a win
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Bill Gates: Here’s how to make up for lost time on covid-19
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Daily coronavirus-related chat, questions, and minor updates - April 1
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!
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Megathread: April Fools' Day 2020 on the internet
It's already started a little, but over the next day or so, the internet will be filled with jokes, pranks, fake "announcements" from companies, fun interactive activities, games, and so on. A lot...
It's already started a little, but over the next day or so, the internet will be filled with jokes, pranks, fake "announcements" from companies, fun interactive activities, games, and so on. A lot of these can be quite clever and interesting so I think posting about them in general is fine, but in the interest of preventing them from completely taking over Tildes, let's try to keep as many of them restricted to this thread as possible. Ideally, a separate top-level comment for each individual item would be good.
If something particularly discussion-worthy comes up (like an ARG or activity that a lot of people want to talk about), a separate thread is reasonable, but please make sure it has the "april fools day" tag. That way, if anyone wants to avoid seeing the April Fools' Day threads, they can use the topic tag filters and filter that tag out.
The above text was taken from last year's April Fools megathread, so I figured we continue with the same idea this year. :)
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Down to earth, present or near-future, science or science fiction stories featuring space?
I just finished binging The Habitat, the awesome podcast about NASA's simulated mission to Mars. And I'm feeling the urge to read something along those lines: fiction or true stories and indulge...
I just finished binging The Habitat, the awesome podcast about NASA's simulated mission to Mars. And I'm feeling the urge to read something along those lines: fiction or true stories and indulge my fascination with space (and things coming from it) and how that relates to contemporary imagination.
Any suggestions?
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What are your favorite real-world April Fools pranks (not that online 'toilet internet' stuff)?
With April Fools day upon us, what are your favorite pranks?
11 votes -
What have you been cooking during quarantine?
Have you had extra time on your hands to try something new? Are you down to your last three cans of food and getting really creative? Please provide recipes if you can!
16 votes -
Norway's hazmat booksellers – two Oslo bookshop owners deliver books wearing full hazmat suits and gas masks in order to raise local awareness
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Drop 2 Guitar Voicings
This is mostly a test to see how well this will show up, but I'm experimenting with some text-based (I guess UTF-8) chord diagrams. If anyone plays guitar and/or has some feedback, feel free to...
This is mostly a test to see how well this will show up, but I'm experimenting with some text-based (I guess UTF-8) chord diagrams. If anyone plays guitar and/or has some feedback, feel free to chime in.
These are drop 2 chord voicings on the top 4 strings of a standard-tuned guitar. Arranged vertically, with each shape representing each chord piece. The gaps are for clarity, but each line ought to be successive and the patterns repeat themselves.
Edit: Well, it seems some of the symbols aren't rendered at a fixed-width. Though, they are in the font in my editor. Hm. I guess that's what I get for using symbols for an unintended purpose.
EditEdit: Oh, I see. Firefox is using three different fonts to render the symbols. SF Mono is my default monospace font, and it only renders the
◊symbol. It falls back to Courier New for○and Segoe UI Symbol for the rest. Interesting.▢ = Root △ = Major 3rd ▽ = Minor 3rd ○ = Perfect 5th ◎ = Diminished 5th ◊ = Major 7th ◇ = Minor 7th ◈ = Diminished 7th Major 7 Drop 2 Voicings Top 4 EADGBe ------ ||||○▢ ||◊△|| ||▢||| |||||| |||○◊△ ||||▢| ||△||| |||||○ |||◊|| ||○▢△| |||||| |||||◊ ------ ||||○▢ ||◊△|| etc... Dominant 7 Drop 2 Voicings Top 4 EADGBe ------ ||◇|○▢ |||△|| ||▢||| ||||◇| |||○|△ ||||▢| ||△||| |||◇|○ |||||| ||○▢△| |||||◇ |||||| ------ ||◇|○▢ |||△|| etc... Minor 7 Drop 2 Voicings Top 4 EADGBe ------ ||◇▽○▢ |||||| ||▢||| ||||◇▽ |||○|| ||▽|▢| |||||| |||◇|○ ||||▽| ||○▢|| |||||◇ |||||| ------ ||◇▽○▢ |||||| etc... Half-diminished 7 Drop 2 Voicings Top 4 EADGBe ------ ||||◎| ||◇▽|▢ |||||| ||▢||| |||◎◇▽ |||||| ||▽|▢| |||||◎ |||◇|| ||◎|▽| |||▢|| |||||◇ ------ ||||◎| ||◇△|▢ |||||| etc...7 votes -
A major medical staffing company just slashed benefits for doctors and nurses fighting coronavirus
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Do we suffer ‘behavioural fatigue’ for pandemic prevention measures?
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Mike Pence task force freezes foreign coronavirus aid amid US backlash
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AWA Studios launches digital version of comics with WEBTOON
4 votes -
Blood banks narrowly averted a supply crisis. But they’re ‘worried about four weeks from now.’
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vim_cubed
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William Deresiewicz: Solitude and leadership
7 votes -
Walmart amps up its virus response for workers
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The US is betting that being furloughed is better than being fired for 600,000 workers
9 votes -
UN Report: Shared responsibility, global solidarity: Responding to the socio-economic impacts of COVID-19
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Why you should not put garlic in your vagina, as a treatment for yeast or anything else
@Jennifer Gunter: Why you should not put garlic in your vagina.A thread.Garlic contains allicin, in THE LAB it MAY have antifungal (i.e. anti yeast) properties. This is in a lab, not even in mice. Just a dish of cells. Your vagina is not a dish of cells. #vaginaisanogarliczone 1/8
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Starship users guide
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Calls grow for Germany-wide use of face masks
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MacOS Catalina 10.15.4 has mysterious SSH issues, possibly linked to using a port greater than 8192
10 votes -
Number of long-term care facilities with COVID-19 cases tops 400 nationwide
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San Francisco Bay Area doctors see flatter curve after two weeks of social isolation
10 votes -
Ozark life - A photo essay of the intimate beauty of daily life in rural Arkansas
6 votes -
Good Company | Early Access launch trailer
6 votes -
While some cities free people from jail and stop arrests, others are much more business as usual
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Zoom's explosion in popularity is shining a bright spotlight on the service's privacy and data-collection practices
15 votes -
Apple has acquired the Dark Sky weather app - Android version and website will shut down on July 1, API active through end of 2021
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Whole Foods employees in the US are staging a nationwide "sick-out"
16 votes -
Humble Conquer COVID-19 Bundle
34 votes -
Dolly Parton will read children's books at bedtime on social media
13 votes -
How to spark a victory mask movement in your community
6 votes -
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?3 votes -
AMA Announcement: u/MetArtScroll will do an AMA in ~test tomorrow as specified in the post
Who: u/MetArtScroll (my main account) Where: ~test, Edit: more specifically, here When: April 1, 2020, between 17:23 GMT and 18:37 GMT ( 19:23 to 20:37 CEST, +1 02:08 to +1 03:22 Eucla Time, +1...
Who: u/MetArtScroll (my main account)
Where: ~test, Edit: more specifically, here
When: April 1, 2020, between 17:23 GMT and 18:37 GMT
(
19:23 to 20:37 CEST,
+1 02:08 to +1 03:22 Eucla Time,
+1 07:08 to +1 08:22 Chatham Islands Time,
+1 01:23 to +1 02:37 CST,
22:53 to +1 00:07 IST,
14:23 to 15:37 BRT,
+1 02:23 to +1 03:37 JST,
20:23 to 21:37 IDT,
+1 04:23 to +1 05:37 AEDT,
13:23 to 14:37 EDT
)why this time period1 vote -
More details emerge on Mario Switch remasters – Sunshine, Galaxy and more to be re-released as special anniversary collection
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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 -
Guy Fieri and National Restaurant Association launch relief fund
5 votes -
Risk of Rain 2 gets its fourth major content update, including Artifacts, a UI overhaul, a new stage and more
13 votes -
Africa’s biggest city on lockdown to curb virus in Nigeria
4 votes -
Las Vegas parking lot turned into 'homeless shelter' with social distancing markers
7 votes -
Exective branch non-compliance with law
5 votes -
Finland's center-left government gave its blessing to majority state-owned Fortum's strategy to cut emissions, but promised to push the company further
4 votes -
Thoughts on recruiting
7 votes -
COVID-19 cases reported on both US aircraft carriers in western Pacific
8 votes -
Agent57: Outperforming the human Atari benchmark
7 votes