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3 votes
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How YouTube radicalized Brazil
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The privacy problems with electronic payment systems, including credit cards
10 votes -
The supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way was recently observed flaring to over seventy-five times its normal brightness in near-infrared
11 votes -
The anthropocene is a joke: On geological timescales, human civilization is an event, not an epoch
15 votes -
If you lose your iPhone, you can’t pay your Apple Card bill on the web
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Making friends with a stranger changed my life
8 votes -
Dicey Dungeons | Launch trailer
10 votes -
The US Navy will replace its touchscreen controls with mechanical ones on its destroyers
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Netflix has discovered multiple vulnerabilities in HTTP/2 implementations that can be used in denial of service attacks
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Chaos grips Hong Kong’s airport as police clash with protesters
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Inside Robert Ballard's search for Amelia Earhart’s airplane
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Some <details> about more <small> updates (you'll get that in a minute) and general Tildes feedback/questions/comments
Similar to the last topic, I've got some more minor updates to let everyone know about. It's also been quite a while since we had a general feedback topic, so let's do that today as well—feel free...
Similar to the last topic, I've got some more minor updates to let everyone know about.
It's also been quite a while since we had a general feedback topic, so let's do that today as well—feel free to ask any questions or give feedback about Tildes overall.
Here's what's been happening:
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@Algernon_Asimov's major reorganizing and rework of the Docs is now live on https://docs.tildes.net. A decent number of changes needed to be made to be able to support having the pages in categories/folders, dealing with some formatting changes, redirecting old urls, etc. Some of these changes have started being integrated back into the wiki on Tildes itself as well (and I'm still gradually working on it). For example, the pages in the ~tildes.official wiki are somewhat organized into the same folders, even though the UI doesn't handle it very well in a lot of places yet.
If you want to help edit the Docs at all, all of the pages (except site policies) are available in the ~tildes.official wiki, and I'll review and transfer any edits to the Docs site. If you don't have access to edit the wiki, send me a message and ask and I can give you access to edit (and you can edit the other groups' wikis too).
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Some new HTML-exclusive formatting capabilities are available when writing posts:
<small>: lets you write a section of text in a smaller font. Good for "side notes" and such, and much better than using superscript, which some people were doing previously to get that effect.<details>and<summary>: lets you make "expandable" blocks in your comments. This is useful if you want to do things like hide a large block of text or code and let people expand it if they want to read it. @hungariantoast used it immediately in his comment here, if you want to see an example. The current state of it isn't great for use for spoilers (but probably better than just writing them in plain sight), but I may make an adaptation of it specifically for use for spoilers.
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There's a new site theme available, "Zenburn". It's a fairly low-contrast, and used to be one of my favorite color schemes. I had to do some work on one of my old sites that was using it last weekend, and it reminded me how much I liked it, so I added it. Here's the official screenshot of the vim color scheme for it, if you want an idea of what colors it uses. You can change the theme on the settings page if you're logged in, or there's a dropdown at the bottom of every page if you're logged out.
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@deing has added a small warning to try to let people know when they're about to reply to an old comment or topic, since it seems fairly common for people to accidentally "necrobump" old threads without realizing. For now, the warning shows up when the topic/comment is over a week old. I set that threshold based on pulling out some stats and seeing that only 1% of comment replies and 2% of top-level comments were replying to anything that old, so it should be quite rare for anyone to see anyway.
Other than that, I haven't forgotten about the new group proposals and should be adding some new ones this week. I wanted to finish some backend changes to the group system first to help with that, and it's... gotten more ugly than I was expecting. Sorry for the delay, hopefully soon though.
Let me know if you have any thoughts about any of those changes, and as mentioned, feel free to use this topic for general feedback/questions as well, since I'm sure there are some things that people want to give feedback or ask about that might not feel like they're worth starting a thread in ~tildes for. As usual, I've also topped everyone back up to 10 invite codes, which you can get here.
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The Valve Index Ear Speakers - Research, design, and evolution
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Gothenburg port in Sweden has installed the country's first automated sobriety check to prevent drivers over the alcohol limit from venturing on to its road network
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Three years of misery inside Google, the happiest company in tech
22 votes -
Norway mosque attack suspect appears in court
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Wonderful Copenhagen was set up to bring more tourists to the Danish capital – now it's under fire for doing too little to stop them coming
5 votes -
Community size matters when people create a new language
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Formula 1 driver Kimi Räikkönen has made it clear that he will not accept any interference in his private life from the management at Alfa Romeo
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Debunking debunked
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Denmark has a national songbook – should it mention Ramadan?
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One dead, two injured in Sydney CBD stabbing rampage
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Colombia has declared a national state of emergency to try to contain the spread of a destructive banana fungus
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What are some healthy convenience foods/recipes?
I've been making an effort to eat healthier but sometimes putting in the effort is hard--especially when tough life situations arise. What are some foods and recipes I can have on hand that are...
I've been making an effort to eat healthier but sometimes putting in the effort is hard--especially when tough life situations arise.
What are some foods and recipes I can have on hand that are dead simple yet nutritious?
Below are some guidelines of what I'm looking for. I'm open to any ideas, but the main feature is that it has to be EASY:
- No prep or very low prep
- If prep is needed, can be made in a large batch and stored as individual servings
- Few ingredients
- Prepackaged foods are an option (so if there's a great protein bar out there or something I'm totally open to it)
- Instant pot is a cooking option (so if you've got any good pressure cooker dump recipes, let me have them!)
Any recommendations?
15 votes - No prep or very low prep
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Anxiety looks different in men and often appears as anger, muscle aches or alcohol use
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In Russia, days of fake news and real radiation after deadly explosion
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Surrogate Angels of Death—What to make of the First Lady holding the motherless child and youngest survivor of the El Paso massacre.
7 votes -
US hurricane forecasts may be running headlong into the butterfly effect
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RCMP say British Columbia fugitives died in what appears to be suicides by gunfire
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In short-staffed jail, Jeffrey Epstein was left alone for hours, and one of the two guards didn't normally work as a correctional officer
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Weekly album and EP releases (August 3-9)
Here's a list of a things that came out in this past week, up through Friday. Of course, there's no way to be completely comprehensive with this and we avoided including things where information...
Here's a list of a things that came out in this past week, up through Friday. Of course, there's no way to be completely comprehensive with this and we avoided including things where information was too lacking, so feel free to bring up anything that isn't on here that you think is worth mentioning. Beyond that, if you have any thoughts of any of these albums, it would be great to hear them :)
Artist Title Genre(s) Song Link AUGUST 08 Happy Endings With an Asterisk EP Alternative R&B Song.link Acres Lonely World Post-Rock, Post-Hardcore Song.link Bas Spilled Milk 1 Pop Rap, East Coast Hip Hop Song.link Bazzi Soul Searching Trap, Pop Rap Song.link Blueface Dirt Bag Hyphy, West Coast Hip Hop, Gangsta Rap Song.link Bon Iver i,i Art Pop, Folktronica, Glitch Pop Song.link Broken Hands Split in Two Psychedelic Rock, Pop Rock Song.link Che Apalache Rearrange My Heart Americana Song.link Dame D.O.L.L.A BIG DOLLA West Coast Hip-Hop Song.link Destruction Born to Perish Thrash Metal Song.link Dirty Heads Super Moon Pop Reggae Song.link East Forest & Ram Dass Ram Dass Electroacoustic Song.link Electric Youth Memory Emotion Synthpop, Dream Pop, Synthwave Song.link Feeder Tallulah Alternative Rock Song.link Fionn Regan Cala Singer/Songwriter, Contemporary Folk Song.link Gaffa Tape Sandy Family Mammal Garage Rock, Pop Punk Song.link Horseburner The Thief Sludge Metal, Stoner Metal Song.link Infinity Crush Virtual Heaven Indie Pop, Singer/Songwriter Song.link Junius Meyvant Rearview Paradise EP Chamber Pop Song.link Lil Wop Psych Trap, Gangsta Rap Song.link Marc Cohn And The Blind Boys Of Alabama Work To Do Gospel Song.link Marika Hackman Any Human Friend Indie Rock Song.link PJ Morton PAUL Neo-Soul Song.link Pete Yorn Caretakers Singer/Songwriter Song.link Purple Pilgrims Perfumed Earth Dream Pop Song.link Ra Ra Riot Superbloom Indie Pop Song.link Rick Ross Port Of Miami 2 Southern Hip Hop, Trap Song.link SVDDEN DEATH VOYD Vol. 1.5 Riddim Song.link Sam Fender Hypersonic Missiles Indie Rock, Indie Pop Song.link Seeker Lover Keeper Wild Seeds Indie Pop Song.link Slipknot We Are Not Your Kind Alternative Metal Song.link Snow Patrol Reworked EP 1 Pop Rock Song.link Spread Eagle Subway To The Stars Hard Rock Song.link The Contortionist Our Bones EP Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock Song.link The Regrettes How Do You Love? Indie Rock, Pop Rock Song.link Tori Kelly Inspired By True Events Singer/Songwriter, Contemporary R&B Song.link Trippie Redd ! Trap, Pop Rap Song.link Ugly God Bumps & Bruises Trap, Southern Hip Hop Song.link WHY? AOKOHIO Indie Pop, Abstract Hip Hop Song.link half•alive Now, Not Yet Indie Pop Song.link
Notes:
If you spot any mistakes, let us know.
Parental Advisory version of all albums linked, so expect NSFW.Ugly God - Bumps & Bruises | Deluxe edition linked.
7 votes -
Chinese armed police truck convoy rolls into Shenzhen, across the harbour from Hong Kong
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Extended Validation Certificates are (Really, Really) Dead
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Eliza review: Startup culture meets sci-fi in a touching, fascinating tale
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What are some lifehacks you would recommend?
Given the ambiguity of the term "lifehack", feel free to contribute anything that you feel fits the label. It can be a specific technique, a novel way of using an item, or even a mindset. It can...
Given the ambiguity of the term "lifehack", feel free to contribute anything that you feel fits the label. It can be a specific technique, a novel way of using an item, or even a mindset. It can be a little-known product or a recommendation--whatever you deem fit, as long as it improves quality of life, productivity, or satisfaction.
26 votes -
The Pacific’s plastic catastrophe
4 votes -
Verizon to sell Tumblr to WordPress owner Automattic
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Minecraft's "Super Duper Graphics Pack" has been cancelled
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Ta-Nehisi Coates talks to Jesmyn Ward about writing fiction, reparations, and the legacy of slavery
4 votes -
Kathleen Hanna on the reign of 'Rebel Girl'
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What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them?
I started this last week, and plan to continue posting this topic weekly. So, what have you been playing lately? Discussion about video games and board games are both welcome. Please don't just...
I started this last week, and plan to continue posting this topic weekly.
So, 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.
26 votes -
The Two Generals’ Problem
7 votes -
Highlights from the 2018 State of the Climate report
6 votes -
The door problem of combat design
14 votes -
Recognizing basic security flaws in local password managers
19 votes -
How to make your fitness tracker count steps more accurately
8 votes -
Ars Technica's list of the hottest new board games from Gen Con 2019
14 votes -
Imported cheese prices are about to double due to proposed US tariffs
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Aussie drank more than ten bottles of vodka before Bali drunken rampage
8 votes