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3 votes
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Decaf coffee's terrible reputation is outdated, but it's still scorned because of what caffeine represents
4 votes -
Solar geo-engineering: It won’t hurt a bit!
4 votes -
Firefox Send's free encrypted file transfers are now available to all
21 votes -
YouTuber threatens Google, travels cross country to confront them, gets arrested in Mountain View
4 votes -
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice | Official launch trailer
12 votes -
Go home to your ‘dying’ hometown
11 votes -
Recommend me some podcasts!
I'm trying to get onto the podcast bandwagon, and so wondered if anyone can recommend any? Tech podcasts are certainly interesting to me but anything geeky (tech, gadgets, science etc. as opposed...
I'm trying to get onto the podcast bandwagon, and so wondered if anyone can recommend any?
Tech podcasts are certainly interesting to me but anything geeky (tech, gadgets, science etc. as opposed to cartoons, comics, pop-culture - have no interest in any of those topics) would be ace.
Thanks!
17 votes -
Boeing 737 MAX 8 operations suspended in Australia after Ethiopian Airlines crash
7 votes -
Eleven dead as Brazil's largest city flooded
5 votes -
Do you think a collapse is coming?
Can be any kind, social, political, environmental, economic etc etc. I'm thinking more on a worldwide scale rather than just one local area, the topic's been on my mind recently.
29 votes -
Is porn making young men impotent?
24 votes -
What (if anything) do you support through Patreon?
It's been asked a couple of times before, but not particularly recently (last was in August I think!). So who or what do you support on Patreon, and why? I currently pay for two podcasts: Let's...
It's been asked a couple of times before, but not particularly recently (last was in August I think!). So who or what do you support on Patreon, and why?
I currently pay for two podcasts: Let's Know Things, and The Film Reroll.
Let's Know Things is a podcast made by Colin Wright, who if you've seen the Minimalists documentary on Netflix you may be familiar with. It's a great weekly podcast that picks apart a recent article, adds a load of context to the subject, and extrapolates from it somewhat. It's always insightful, and I've learned a load that I never thought I would from it.
The Film Reroll is probably my favourite podcast right now. The basic premise is that a group of people take the plot of a movie, and turn it into an RPG (using GURPS). So instead of normal improv where they can just do something, they have to roll dice to see if they actually succeed at doing it. It invariably ends up going completely off the rails, and is always hilarious. Highlights include the Speed episode where they catch the mastermind before he has a chance to plant the bomb on the bus, and Jumanji, where the dice rolls for the board game go so well that they beat it before things have a chance to go dreadfully wrong.It's not through Patreon, but I also make a monthly contribution towards this website called wikipedia. It's pretty wild: an online encyclopaedia where anyone can view, submit, or edit the information, for free. It's got a page on just about anything you can think of, and whilst it's not perfect, it can be a fantastic jumping off point for learning about a subject, and going deeper via the sources. I believe it to be one of the pinnacles of online achievements, and I use it easily twice a week directly (and more indirectly, every time I get instant answers from Google).
So what do you support via Patreon (or other means)?
EDIT: A followup question. Does the amount that a creator on Patreon is already receiving have any bearing on your decision to contribute?
19 votes -
Afrostanz episode 2 - sugar spice and Nigerian jollof rice
1 vote -
Facts alone won’t convince people to vaccinate their kids
10 votes -
Tim Berners-Lee: 'Stop web's downward plunge to dysfunctional future'
8 votes -
Hal Blaine, Wrecking Crew drummer and Rock Hall of Fame member, dies at 90
3 votes -
It feels like this is it for Felix Hernandez
1 vote -
‘Colony of hell’: 911 calls from inside Amazon warehouses
9 votes -
Announcing the release of sway 1.0
16 votes -
Apple confirms March 25th event, expected to announce new TV service
14 votes -
I love to shoot in macro, and this is a picture I took of my hometown.
24 votes -
Go For It, Nakamura! is the throwback gay rom-com we always needed
3 votes -
How to keep improving when you're better than any teacher - Iterated distillation and amplification
3 votes -
How the internet travels across oceans
8 votes -
Mara Pedro - Tic-Tac (2019)
2 votes -
Ketamine: Now By Prescription
11 votes -
NGINX has been acquired by F5 Networks
18 votes -
Halving warming with idealized solar geoengineering moderates key climate hazards
7 votes -
Thoughts about investing in Weed stocks?
4 votes -
Designing natural beauty in Eastshade
3 votes -
It's 2050 And This Is How We Stopped Climate Change
17 votes -
Mansa Musa: The richest man who ever lived
8 votes -
How can a broke dude who can barely code help Tildes?
Right now I'm not only utterly broke, but also don't have access to international payment methods (you may ask the reasons for this, but I probably won't answer :P). But I wanna give back to...
Right now I'm not only utterly broke, but also don't have access to international payment methods (you may ask the reasons for this, but I probably won't answer :P). But I wanna give back to Tildes somehow.
I know enough English to communicate and have a general understanding of programming (with a focus on basic Python and very basic C) but never did anything beyond book and class exercises. I'm also familiar with Regex, Vim (including patterns) and Emacs.
I also have some Inkscape skills (not a designer), and wouldn't mind working with documentation and other things actual developers usually find trivial or dull.
20 votes -
Vaping is Big Tobacco’s bait and switch
6 votes -
Your chosen theme on Tildes now carries over to the Blog and Docs sites
No functional changes, but the themes available on Tildes itself now transfer over to the Blog/Docs sites (previously those sites were always using the "Solarized Light" color scheme). It was a...
No functional changes, but the themes available on Tildes itself now transfer over to the Blog/Docs sites (previously those sites were always using the "Solarized Light" color scheme). It was a little painful before if you were using a dark theme and clicking something like the "Formatting help" link took you to a bright page, so this should be a lot better.
There's currently no way to select a theme from the other sites, just on Tildes itself, but it should carry over when you've selected one here (using the dropdown in the footer if you're logged out, or through the settings page if you're logged in).
Please let me know if you come across any issues with it. It was pretty straightforward overall, but it did involve redoing a lot of the CSS and HTML for the Blog/Docs sites, so it's very possible that I messed some pages up and haven't noticed yet.
49 votes -
Beyond the big splash: What SpaceX success means for America
5 votes -
Pakistan's long support for militants puts the country in a bind
6 votes -
King James Version - What Kind Of World (1974)
2 votes -
Just what is intelligent storage? Here are three examples.
2 votes -
The Morris worm at thirty
4 votes -
Elon Musk’s late-night announcement to raise prices and reopen some stores
6 votes -
Stop telling women to fix sexist workplaces
15 votes -
In unearthed audio, Tucker Carlson makes numerous misogynistic and perverted comments
11 votes -
An Async / Await Library for Emacs Lisp
3 votes -
Lab-grown meat and ancient grains – what will be on the menu in 2050?
3 votes -
The art of biblical translation, part one: On the eloquence of the King James Version
5 votes -
Dutch Reformed Church forced to allow same-sex marriage
6 votes -
'I'm ready,' says first transgender candidate for Thai PM
9 votes -
Kim Jong-nam: Indonesian woman freed in murder case
2 votes