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14 votes
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There have been thirty-eight statewide elections during the pandemic. Here's how they went
5 votes -
How compulsory unionization makes us more free
9 votes -
Outbreak hits Norway cruise ship MS Roald Amundsen – traveling from port to port along Norway's western coast, the virus may not have been contained onboard
11 votes -
WA's Hutt River Province, Australia's oldest micronation, set to rejoin the Commonwealth
6 votes -
Coronavirus: Iran cover-up of deaths revealed by data leak
13 votes -
Why did the spaceX crew return to earth so soon?
So I’m just sitting here wondering why they returned so soon, 2 months Doesn’t seem like a very long time considering the money and preparation involved. I did a quick search to try and find the...
So I’m just sitting here wondering why they returned so soon, 2 months Doesn’t seem like a very long time considering the money and preparation involved.
I did a quick search to try and find the answer without any luck, so wondering if anyone on here can shed some light on the reason.
23 votes -
The meaning of death
4 votes -
Koffee - Lockdown (2020)
6 votes -
Tailwind CSS: From Side-Project Byproduct to Multi-Million Dollar Business
5 votes -
Marble League 2020: Funnel
7 votes -
Skate Warrior 1992, 1999, 2020
6 votes -
Favorite "elevator/waiting/lobby" songs?
So far I've posted 2 songs of this type, being: Ratchet and Clank - All 4 one OST; Friendship through firepower (Tildes thread) (Youtube link) (The song that plays when you're buying guns/in the...
So far I've posted 2 songs of this type, being:
Ratchet and Clank - All 4 one OST; Friendship through firepower (Tildes thread) (Youtube link)
(The song that plays when you're buying guns/in the gun lobby of the game)
Reimagine the game OST; Intemissionary position (Tildes thread) (Youtube link)
(Played during... an intermission in the game. This should be clear enough.)
These are both songs from games, but obviously it doesn't need to be from just games.
7 votes -
Data isn't just being collected from your phone. It's being used to score you
22 votes -
Actor Wilford Brimley passed away at 85
9 votes -
The science of user experience: How to use cognitive science in modern software development
3 votes -
The Last of Us Part 2 review
4 votes -
Owners of a US B&B have removed a Norwegian flag from outside their business after being accused of promoting racism from people who thought it was a Confederate flag
17 votes -
questions - a site for identifying some (mostly tech related) things you don’t know
10 votes -
Melbourne placed under stage four coronavirus lockdown, stage three for rest of Victoria, as State of Disaster declared
17 votes -
There's something about Casey
3 votes -
The mysterious case of man who can read letters—but not numbers—exposes roots of consciousness
15 votes -
Digital Vintage Sound: Modeling Analog Synthesizers with the Wolfram Language and System Modeler
4 votes -
Anti-Putin protest in Russia’s far east attracts thousands for a fourth weekend
9 votes -
Explaining the urban-rural political divide: Why do Democrats so often concentrate in cities?
6 votes -
Alanis Morissette: Ablaze (TV Debut on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon)
4 votes -
The main Invidious (YouTube frontend) instance is shutting down and Omar Roth is stepping down as project owner
22 votes -
Dispersion causes discohesion
2 votes -
With Obama saying "the filibuster is a 'Jim Crow relic' ”, it’s looking more and more like Democrats will abolish the filibuster if they win back the Senate
21 votes -
A survival guide for living in the simulation
9 votes -
Fleischer Studios taught Superman to quit leaping and fly
5 votes -
What have we learned about KSP 2 with the "Show and Tell" trailer?
4 votes -
The fall of Netflix (Lack of comfort food TV)
9 votes -
Marble League 2020: 5M Sprint
4 votes -
New techniques are helping medical researchers develop new anti-cancer drugs and gain a better understanding of how existing ones work
5 votes -
UAE starts operations at Arab world's first nuclear power plant
4 votes -
Ratchet and Clank all 4 one OST; Friendship through Firepower
4 votes -
Reduction of screentime leading to positive changes in daily life
Hi, I think I have mentioned it here a few times, but I (used to) spend A LOT of time on my phone. I’ve tried to reduce it in the past with more or less success, and recently without any...
Hi,
I think I have mentioned it here a few times, but I (used to) spend A LOT of time on my phone. I’ve tried to reduce it in the past with more or less success, and recently without any university work (I finished all exams half a year ago) and varying amounts of work as a freelancer, it crept up to 6+ hours of screen time per day. (this is excluding watching stuff to fall asleep, which I want to reduce but I am taking one step at a time) - So it’s a lot.I tried a lot of stuff, reducing the hours, by setting limits for apps, turning off notifications, but that just leads to me extending the time by entering the password myself, or checking my phone more often because I am curious about whether someone texted.
So last week Wednesday some stuff changed. I took my first long bike ride in a long time, and that day I felt really good, I still had 5 h screen on time that day though. The next day I turned off notifications for Whatsapp, but I left the indicator next to the app on, so I could see that I have messages quickly, I also decided to just force myself to wait a bit until replying to people. Also my girlfriend is the only one that knows my screentime passcode now, so I can't sneakily extend my app timeThat Thursday my screentime was 3h 16 minutes. I was hooked, I wanted to keep my time as low as possible. Since that Thursday, I have not hit the 4h screen on time once. Yesterday I was at 3h 59 min... it was an exhausting day though (Spending 1.5h at the waiting room at the doc) and I wouldn’t have blamed myself, but I still didn’t want to hit the 4h mark. Last Thursday my daily rhythm has changed quite a bit. I got Ring Fit Adventure this week, and I have done sports 4 times this week, I started to pick up playing guitar (literally got one yesterday) and ukulele again, and I just try to find stuff to do that does not involve my phone. I also played Persona 5 Royal on my ps5, I know it’s screen time but I feel less bad about it because I don’t take my PS everywhere with me, and these were the first days I have taken off in a long time… Next, I am trying to maybe work through my books that are on my backlog, finally finishing some more again. (my girlfriend gave me the book "South Sea Vagabonde, and I am meaning to read it, and I am also listening to the Audiobook "The Shallows")
One change just caused so many good changes. I am stoked and looking forward to how low I can bring my average, I know 4h per day is still a lot for most people. I am aiming at sub 3h next ( I had that once this week).This scene from Bojack has been my mantra since then: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2_Mn-qRKjA
It really does get easier, too. Today I went biking and I managed to go much longer without breaks and I feel way less exhausted.
I just wanted to share my experience somewhere, maybe someone else is on the same path and this helps.
22 votes -
Reconstructing ballroom history: Older generations vs. today
5 votes -
Logic
5 votes -
Onslaught TD / belated RIP
There was a flash game I used to really enjoy called Onslaught2 Tower Defense. http://onslaught.playr.co.uk/ I remember it had a unique combo-mechanic which I've never seen replicated since. Over...
There was a flash game I used to really enjoy called Onslaught2 Tower Defense.
I remember it had a unique combo-mechanic which I've never seen replicated since.
Over the years, I've often wondered about these games I used to spend so much time with, what their developers got involved in later and expected to eventually discover a developer who got started making a flash games that I used to enjoy.
Tonight, I was curious enough to revisit this game and decided to dig a little bit in order to learn about the developer's current work. I found his website linked on his newgrounds profile. The site references the game and a bunch of other services - it looks like a time capsule. Googling the name on that blog, I discovered that he passed away in 2011.
https://forstaff.leeds.ac.uk/news/article/2032/gabriel_gaby_vanhegan
RIP Gaby, I wish I could have seen what you might have done.
6 votes -
Bitwarden review
11 votes -
Mort Garson - This Is My Beloved (2020)
3 votes -
Apple surpasses Saudi Aramco to become world’s most valuable company
12 votes -
Is religion a flawed play-style for humans and if so, why did it arise in the first place? (Feat. TierZoo)
2 votes -
Facebook showed this ad to 95% women. Is that a problem?
15 votes -
Microsoft Flight Simulator PC hands-on: A generational leap in graphical realism
16 votes -
Seventeen-year-old in Tampa, Florida arrested and accused of "masterminding" the compromises of prominent Twitter accounts on July 15, charged with thirty felonies
34 votes -
The best Black movies of the last thirty years
14 votes -
Google to remove Danish music from YouTube
12 votes