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6 votes
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Petr Válek - MUSIC 28 10 2020 (2020)
4 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.
7 votes -
Denmark forced to U-turn on meat ban for state canteens – initiative had been part of the government's aim to achieve a 70% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030
6 votes -
Public shooting in Vienna (Allegedly terror attacks)
Short Summary: On Monday, approximately 20:00 local time, public shootings occured at multiple places in Vienna, Austria. 4 deaths in total, one perp, 3 civilians. 15 people are severely injured,...
Short Summary:
- On Monday, approximately 20:00 local time, public shootings occured at multiple places in Vienna, Austria.
- 4 deaths in total, one perp, 3 civilians. 15 people are severely injured, including one member of the police.
- Attacker(s) is/were armed with a rifle and several handguns, and were wearing a dummy explosive vest.
- The dead perpetrator has been investigated over the night, identified as a sympathisant of IS ("Islamic State"). There have been multiple arrests and house searches of the people surrounding this person by Austrian SWAT (Kobra).
- Schools are closed on Tuesday (today).
- In total, six places have been hit: Morzinplatz, Salzgries, Seitenstettengasse, Graben, Bauernmarkt und Fleischmarkt
- The police is still currently working with military support.
- Locals are urged to stay home today and it's difficult to get reliable updates.
- The police has asked the public to refrain from posting videos/pictures on social media, and instead send it to them, as posting material could endanger the police and military working.
- Multiple perpetrators are possible, but not confirmed.
- The attack is currently considered to be an Islamic terror attack.
Best place to get news: @LPDWien (local police department Vienna) on Twitter: https://nitter.net/lpdwien They post relevant information in both English and German.
18 votes -
Came across this: QotNews - Reddit, Hacker News, and Tildes combined, then pre-rendered in reader mode
15 votes -
Japan’s elderly online shoppers are running into trouble
7 votes -
Saved by the whale: Dutch train runs off elevated tracks, is caught by statue's tail
9 votes -
2020 US Presidential Election Day - Discussion Thread
This will be a noisy thread. Please use the ignore feature if you do not want to see it in your feed. We have a thread here in ~news that's more focused on articles and events, but I also want us...
This will be a noisy thread. Please use the ignore feature if you do not want to see it in your feed.
We have a thread here in ~news that's more focused on articles and events, but I also want us to have a more conversational space to process the day. Consider this an open forum for your own thoughts and feelings.
50 votes -
Apple announces ‘One More Thing’ event for November 10th
16 votes -
What are you following this week? Weekly sports round-up thread
Keep 'em coming folks! What's happening inside your favorite sport this week?
6 votes -
NASA formally objects to AST & Science proposal for megaconstellation of large satellites, citing risk of "catastrophic collision"
8 votes -
Raptersonic's Marble Race World Cup 2020, Part 1
5 votes -
SpaceX Starlink beta users provide first impressions and unboxing pictures
10 votes -
AI has cracked a key mathematical puzzle for understanding our world
6 votes -
How Sierra was captured, then killed, by a massive accounting fraud
21 votes -
Chrome will soon have its own dedicated certificate root store
8 votes -
South Park creators launch new political satire series with AI-generated deepfakes
27 votes -
Cash-strapped Oman plans income tax on wealthy starting 2022
5 votes -
Excision Subsidia Virtual Stage Mix 2020
5 votes -
The Mandalorian | S02E01: The Marshal
The titular character attempts to find another Mandalorian. Previous: Season 1
15 votes -
Five tips for writing your first novel
12 votes -
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.
12 votes -
Translation from Dropbox to English of ‘Focus will shape the future of distributed work’
3 votes -
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!
8 votes -
Khruangbin - Christmas Time is Here (2019)
7 votes -
Seeking good programs for digitizing all our addresses
What's your preferred program for typing up lots and lots of addresses? My mum's got multiple address books and they'll have to be typed up eventually, a block at a time. I don't really want to go...
What's your preferred program for typing up lots and lots of addresses? My mum's got multiple address books and they'll have to be typed up eventually, a block at a time. I don't really want to go with the contacts function of Outlook/Hotmail/Live, because it requires signing in and the password could be misplaced. I also would like to use something that could ideally export the addresses to another Outlook/Hotmail/Live or Gmail account.
7 votes -
Almost Famous: The Untold Story of an Artist’s Rock-Poster Roots
4 votes -
Weekly coronavirus-related chat, questions, and minor updates - week of November 2
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!
12 votes -
Raspberry Pi 400: The $70 desktop PC
46 votes -
Yma Sumac - Gopher Mambo (1954)
5 votes -
VVVVVV OST: Positive force (2010)
11 votes -
A Canadian study gave $7,500 to homeless people. Here’s how they spent it.
29 votes -
How the ballpoint pen killed cursive
17 votes -
How geography once turned the Sahara green
7 votes -
What are your favorite mods?
Note that this question is touched upon here, but only for very large, expansive mods. Also, I don't play a lot of games and have never installed a mod (and most mobile games don't allow it anyway...
Note that this question is touched upon here, but only for very large, expansive mods.
Also, I don't play a lot of games and have never installed a mod (and most mobile games don't allow it anyway and none on console) so this is mostly based on how much I like the concept of the mod and the footage I've seen of it, which is obviously to be taken with a grain of salt and is gonna be a lot different from a list from someone who actually plays the game with the mod. This list will also be biased towards well known mods and won't be expansive for the same reason.
KSP
Principia
Kerbal space program simplifies gravity by only doing calculations for one body generating gravity, meaning Lagrange points don't exist and orbits are generally simplified. This mod changes that, and not just for your ship, it does for the planets too.
RSS (Real Solar System) mod
Title. Basically it recreates the real solar system in Kerbal space program since KSP has it's own system with it's own planets. Usually followed by Realism Overhaul (a mod with includes real rockets because the KSP system is 10 times smaller for playability) and Realistic progression (a mod that makes all those rockets disponible in the game's tech tree and would probably be high on this list.)
Outer planets mod
Basically a mod that adds Saturn, Uranus and Neptune analogues to the game, and some of their associated satellites, while still being relatively original. (note that they do add a pluto analogue but the stock game already has a pluto analogue. It's turned into an Enceladus analogue around the Saturn analogue.)
Honorable mentions:
10x Kerbol system, because it scales up all the celestial bodies in the game to a realistic size without needing to change the rest of the game.
Tilt' em!, for adding axial tilt into the game, something that is moderately important to orbital mechanics (if your planet is inclined relative to the rest of the solar system, your orbit might need to align with the solar system instead of the planet to reduce inclination in interplanetary space.
16 votes -
2020 Election News and Information (Week of November 1st)
A thread you can easily ignore A new week a new thread As the pace and the quantity of information that is coming out of the election increases. Instead of creating a new post for everything, or...
A thread you can easily ignore
A new week a new thread
As the pace and the quantity of information that is coming out of the election increases. Instead of creating a new post for everything, or not posting things because it is a smaller item, please feel free to post here.
Feel free to break out any information posted here into its own thread if the discussion warrants it.Major news can/should be broken out into its own topic. (use your own discretion)
Final thread before the election
23 votes -
It’s 2020. Why do printers still suck?
24 votes -
Japan's jimi ("mundane") Halloween costumes of 2020
18 votes -
Stereophonics - Dakota (2005)
5 votes -
The story behind markdown
14 votes -
RateYourMusic implements partial redesign, reworks Sonemic plans
7 votes -
What is the right price for fashion?
7 votes -
Timasomo 2020 Thread #1: Roll Call and Beginning!
Timasomo Has Officially Begun! Weekly Task This is the thread where you commit to your goal. Post what you plan to achieve this month. Posting in this thread is your official entry into Timasomo....
Timasomo Has Officially Begun!
Weekly Task
This is the thread where you commit to your goal. Post what you plan to achieve this month. Posting in this thread is your official entry into Timasomo.
Next Steps
Get creating! Timasomo is LIVE!
Timasomo FAQ
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. The first ever Timasomo took place last year. You can see the threads for the previous Timasomo using the timasomo tag, and you can see the final showcase thread of creations here.
What 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:
Sunday, October 18, 2020: Announcement Thread
Sunday, October 25, 2020: Planning Thread
Sunday, November 1, 2020: Roll Call Thread
Sunday, November 8, 2020: Update Thread #1
Sunday, November 15, 2020: Update Thread #2
Sunday, November 22, 2020: Update Thread #3
Sunday, November 29, 2020: Final Update Thread
Sunday, December 6, 2020: Timasomo Showcase ThreadThis announcement will be posted in ~tildes. All Timasomo process threads will be hosted in ~creative. The final Timasomo Showcase thread will be posted in ~talk.
Can 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.
Participants will formally announce their plans to enter into Timasomo on Sunday, November 1st, in the Roll Call thread. If you are planning to participate or just want to follow the event, please make sure you are subscribed to ~creative where all of the update threads will be posted.
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!
20 votes -
Stromae - Racine Carrée (Montréal, 2015, full concert)
10 votes -
The complete idiot’s guide to the independence of the Continuum Hypothesis: part 1
9 votes -
A discussion of Glenn Greenwald's departure from The Intercept
Glenn Greenwald resigned from from The Intercept_ an online publication he helped start after the Edward Snowden Leaks. In that letter Glenn Greenwald goes into detail for the reason for his...
Glenn Greenwald resigned from from The Intercept_ an online publication he helped start after the Edward Snowden Leaks. In that letter Glenn Greenwald goes into detail for the reason for his resignation.
The final, precipitating cause is that The Intercept’s editors, in violation of my contractual right of editorial freedom, censored an article I wrote this week, refusing to publish it unless I remove all sections critical of Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, the candidate vehemently supported by all New-York-based Intercept editors involved in this effort at suppression.
Editor-in-Chief of The Intercept's response with a heavy critique of Glenn Greenwald work as a Journalist.
it is important to make clear that our goal in editing his work was to ensure that it would be accurate and fair. While he accuses us of political bias, it was he who was attempting to recycle the dubious claims of a political campaign — the Trump campaign — and launder them as journalism.
Glenn Greenwald post the unedited article w/ typos and and all that The Intercept refused to publish.
Glenn has also posted the email exchange between himself and other editors at The Intercept.
26 votes -
Why Panem from The Hunger Games might be the most incompetent dystopian government in fiction
8 votes -
Programmable filament gives even simple 3D printers multi-material capabilities
8 votes -
How did Soviet planners design the Union's cities?
9 votes