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29 votes
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The presence prison
7 votes -
Parcels - Live Vol. 1 (2020)
7 votes -
MDN Web Docs has switched over to its new platform, where the content is now maintained through a GitHub repository
4 votes -
Electronic Arts reaches agreement for recommended acquisition of British racing game developer Codemasters for approximately $1.2 billion
8 votes -
Apple launches new App Store privacy labels so you can see how iOS apps use your data
6 votes -
Privacy matters even if “you have nothing to hide”
12 votes -
Tomorrow’s World: Office of the Future (1969)
7 votes -
Collapsible comments vs. spoiler tags
Just noticed that the contents of expandable comments are automatically shown in the one-line summary when comments are collapsed; see here. Considering we often use them for spoiler comments,...
Just noticed that the contents of expandable comments are automatically shown in the one-line summary when comments are collapsed; see here. Considering we often use them for spoiler comments, maybe this warrants changing this behavior? Or at the least it adds to the case for implementing dedicated spoiler tags within comments.
7 votes -
FSB team of chemical weapon experts implicated in Alexey Navalny Novichok poisoning
13 votes -
How science beat the virus
8 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.
14 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!
5 votes -
Reddit buys TikTok rival Dubsmash
19 votes -
Weekly coronavirus-related chat, questions, and minor updates - week of December 14
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!
10 votes -
Plasticenta: First evidence of microplastics in human placenta
21 votes -
Effective Scala
5 votes -
Whose bug is this anyway?
7 votes -
Laurel - Appetite (2020)
3 votes -
The fraying of the US Global Currency Reserve System
11 votes -
Day 14: Docking Data
Today's problem description: https://adventofcode.com/2020/day/14 Join the Tildes private leaderboard! You can do that on this page, by entering join code 730956-de85ce0c. Please post your...
Today's problem description: https://adventofcode.com/2020/day/14
Join the Tildes private leaderboard! You can do that on this page, by entering join code
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pythonwith any of the "short names" listed in this page of supported languages):<details> <summary>Part 1</summary> ```python Your code here. ``` </details>9 votes -
That Downfall scene explained: What is Adolf Hitler freaking out about?
8 votes -
US Treasury breached by hackers backed by foreign government
20 votes -
One of Australia's most famous beaches at Byron Bay is disappearing, and storms aren't to blame. So what's the problem?
7 votes -
Luxtorpeda: Suite of unofficial Steam Play compatibility tools for retro games
11 votes -
Small tech
6 votes -
Precursor’s Custom PCBs
4 votes -
RISC-V International reports another strong year of growth with new technical milestones, educational programs, RISC-V adoption and more
7 votes -
Mystery Tapes Galore: The Cassette Archive
8 votes -
The Tildes' Make Something Month (Timasomo) 2020 Reflection Thread
Unless there are any remaining holdouts still waiting to enter their works in the showcase, Timasomo 2020 has officially concluded! I couldn't be happier with how it turned out. While the...
Unless there are any remaining holdouts still waiting to enter their works in the showcase, Timasomo 2020 has officially concluded! I couldn't be happier with how it turned out.
While the experience is fresh, I want to gather some feedback for next year's Timasomo. Use this thread to identify:
- Positives
- Negatives
- Tweaks
- Suggestions
Basically, what should we keep the same for next year, and what should we change? Feedback is welcome from anyone, but in particular I'm interested in hearing from Timasomo participants.
Also, while I would be more than happy to run next year's event, I think one of the signs of a healthy community is when community events trade hands and leadership successfully. As such, I would like to be able to hand over Timasomo to someone else. You don't have to commit right now given how far away a year is, but just know that come October of next year I'll be seeking someone to take the reins. Let me know if you'd be interested!
18 votes -
Five things worth knowing about empathy
4 votes -
On self-defeating skeptical arguments
3 votes -
Brexit fishing row evokes memories of 'cod wars' with Iceland – four Royal Navy patrol ships will be ready from 1st January to help protect UK fishing waters
7 votes -
Mother Sauces Ep12 (series finale) : I had to rewrite Wikipedia's Sauce article. Hollandaise is a fraud and Mayo is not who you think it is.
5 votes -
Quake Pro League Season 2: Stage 1 Finals
I know that everybody is busy playing Cyberpunk 2077, but if anyone is interested in arena FPSs, the QPL Season 2 Finals is taking place later today. This is the final day, the last players...
I know that everybody is busy playing Cyberpunk 2077, but if anyone is interested in arena FPSs, the QPL Season 2 Finals is taking place later today.
This is the final day, the last players remaining are all the big names of the North American and European regions: Rapha vs. RAISY, vengeuR vs. k1llsen, and in the lower bracket cYpheR and BaSe.
The live matches begin at 14:00 GMT and are expected to last late into the evening.
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Day 13: Shuttle Search
Today's problem description: https://adventofcode.com/2020/day/13 Join the Tildes private leaderboard! You can do that on this page, by entering join code 730956-de85ce0c. Please post your...
Today's problem description: https://adventofcode.com/2020/day/13
Join the Tildes private leaderboard! You can do that on this page, by entering join code
730956-de85ce0c.Please post your solutions in your own top-level comment. Here's a template you can copy-paste into your comment to format it nicely, with the code collapsed by default inside an expandable section with syntax highlighting (you can replace
pythonwith any of the "short names" listed in this page of supported languages):<details> <summary>Part 1</summary> ```python Your code here. ``` </details>11 votes -
What were the best games you played this year?
The question is NOT limited to 2020 releases (though they are certainly included). What were the best games you played this year, and why were they standouts?
31 votes -
In-depth walkthroughs of Rust solutions for Advent of Code 2020 by Amos Wenger (fasterthanlime)
I always enjoy Amos' writing, he does a great job of walking through topics in depth and explaining each step of the way. It looks like he's starting a new series to work through all of this...
I always enjoy Amos' writing, he does a great job of walking through topics in depth and explaining each step of the way. It looks like he's starting a new series to work through all of this year's Advent of Code problems, which will probably be a good read for people interested in Rust (whether you already have experience with it or not).
Only the first day is up so far, but the overall series page is here, and individual links:
I'll update this post with new links as the new parts come out, and possibly bump it occasionally.
9 votes -
Those who are not planning on getting a COVID-19 vaccine, what are your reasons?
From my understanding, even the usual allergies to like the trace egg proteins of typical influenza vaccines (not some of the ultrapure, though) don't apply to the new mRNA vaccines. So all that's...
From my understanding, even the usual allergies to like the trace egg proteins of typical influenza vaccines (not some of the ultrapure, though) don't apply to the new mRNA vaccines. So all that's left, aside from some immune disorder I think, there are only personal reason left and I'm curious as to what those are.
26 votes -
Norway may stop British and EU vessels fishing in its waters from January 1st – talks held up by London's protracted Brexit standoff with Brussels
8 votes -
NPR's best books of 2020
13 votes -
AMC warns it’ll run out of cash in January, calls out Warner Bros.’ shift to HBO Max
13 votes -
What issues or aspects of life are largely one's personal responsibility to deal with?
Asked mainly because Conservatives say that's one of the things they believe in It often seems to be wrong or misused ("if everyone just used masks and stayed home the pandemic would have ended...
Asked mainly because
Conservatives say that's one of the things they believe in
It often seems to be wrong or misused ("if everyone just used masks and stayed home the pandemic would have ended long ago") ("not using masks during a pandemic has consequences for other people and thus doesn't belong in personal freedom")
A definition for stuff that fits the question could be this:
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The credit or blame for consistently failing or succeding at it is largely on you
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While you can ask for advice to get better, you have to do it yourself
So the main examples that come to my mind are largely (well) personal:
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Being motivated and committed to work towards what you want
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Being hygienic
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Being good at socializing and figuring out what's your relationship with other people gonna be
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(although obviously, given socializing depends on other people, this is very dependent on them doing the same and accepting/recognizing you or your choices and so is more accurate on progressive or apolitical social environments)
Which is good but doesn't explain it being used as a political belief.
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How Zlatan became Zlatan – a swaggering, sensational player who has won wherever he's gone
7 votes -
Three digit suicide prevention hotline gets green light from House of Commons
21 votes -
Koffee livestream for Grubhub Sound Bites (2020)
4 votes -
How and why to use Lynx – the faster web browser
11 votes -
Day 12: Rain Risk
Today's problem description: https://adventofcode.com/2020/day/12 Join the Tildes private leaderboard! You can do that on this page, by entering join code 730956-de85ce0c. Please post your...
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pythonwith any of the "short names" listed in this page of supported languages):<details> <summary>Part 1</summary> ```python Your code here. ``` </details>12 votes -
Survey Chicken
9 votes -
US FDA clears Pfizer vaccine, and millions of doses will be shipped right away
17 votes