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Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has accused an unidentified north-west Tasmanian aged care worker of being dishonest about their contacts
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Control your Faroe Islands tour guide – the country is attaching cameras to tour guides and letting the internet control where they go
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Border wall work in Arizona speeds up, igniting contagion fears
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Let's talk music to sleep to
I listen to music throughout each day but one of the most challenging things for me is finding good music to unwind and fall asleep to. What do you listen to before bed or while trying to fall...
I listen to music throughout each day but one of the most challenging things for me is finding good music to unwind and fall asleep to. What do you listen to before bed or while trying to fall asleep?
These are currently on my sleep rotation:
Sigur Ros - ( )
Explosions in the Sky - The Earth is not a Cold Dead Place
River Boat Sleep - Guided MeditationI've tried listening to a lot of piano and classical but I get so invested in what they are playing that I can't fall asleep.
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Sony making fewer PS5s, ‘struggling’ with price
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Weekend projects
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Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro fires popular health minister
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Facebook-backed Libra plans multiple single-currency coins
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For global diplomats, Zoom is not like being in the room
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Are "immunity certificates" actually feasible? Thoughts from an expert on viral antibodies
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How we fell in and out of love with the laff box, the laugh track machine that changed sitcoms forever
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Observations of a star orbiting the supermassive black hole at the centre of the Milky Way over almost thirty years confirm that it moves just as predicted by Einstein’s general theory of relativity
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Footballer Dickson Etuhu handed five-year ban for match-fixing in Sweden – midfielder offered AIK Fotboll keeper £160k to underperform
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Sweeping testing of the entire crew of the coronavirus-stricken US aircraft carrier finds that about 60% of positive cases have not shown symptoms
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Nearly 11,000,000 kilograms of strawberries might get thrown in the trash in California each week due to weakened demand caused by coronavirus
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Apple developing high-end headphones with interchangeable parts
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LIDAR: Peek into the future with iPad Pro
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Apple changes default MacBook charging behavior to improve battery health—battery will charge to 80% by default
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Code words, chaos, sky-high prices in China’s mask market
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How the anti-vaccine community is responding to COVID-19
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Stripe raises $600M at $36B valuation in Series G extension
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Has anyone used platforms like Fiverr to make a bit of extra money?
In these lean COVID-19 times I feel like a lot of people are trying to make a bit of extra cash. I've been thinking about trying out some freelancing platform to market a few of my skills...
In these lean COVID-19 times I feel like a lot of people are trying to make a bit of extra cash. I've been thinking about trying out some freelancing platform to market a few of my skills (apparently people pay for at least few things I do for fun?), and I was wondering what people who've used any of the main platforms think of them. I keep seeing conflicting stuff around the web.
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These four startups are redefining sustainability
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What creative projects have you been working on?
This topic is part of a series. It is meant to be a place for users to discuss creative projects they have been working on. Projects can be personal, professional, physical, digital, or even just...
This topic is part of a series. It is meant to be a place for users to discuss creative projects they have been working on.
Projects can be personal, professional, physical, digital, or even just ideas.
If you have any creative projects that you have been working on or want to eventually work on, this is a place for discussing those.
A list of all previous topics in this series can be found here.
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Using a 1930 Teletype as a Linux terminal
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Fitness Weekly Discussion
What have you been doing lately for your own fitness? Try out any new programs or exercises? Have any questions for others about your training? Want to vent about poor behavior in the gym? Started...
What have you been doing lately for your own fitness? Try out any new programs or exercises? Have any questions for others about your training? Want to vent about poor behavior in the gym? Started a new diet or have a new recipe you want to share? Anything else health and wellness related?
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Daily coronavirus-related chat, questions, and minor updates - April 16
This thread is posted daily, 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 daily, 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!
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Making a bronze Corinthian helmet - Greek armour build
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Sweden counts coronavirus deaths in care homes but many countries do not – medical officials said a third of deaths recorded last week came from nursing home residents
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Limited work continues on JWST
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Treasure trove of artifacts illustrates life in a lost Viking mountain pass – Lendbreen, in Norway, was an important route from the Roman era until the late Middle Ages
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Mars 2020 remains on track for July launch
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Google to slow hiring for rest of 2020, CEO tells staff
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How would you feel about companies releasing "game concepts" for you to test?
What is a "game concept": visually-unpolished but functional game costs little compared to the full product only basic UI and UX solid, release-worthy mechanics released publicly in order to test...
What is a "game concept":
- visually-unpolished but functional game
- costs little compared to the full product
- only basic UI and UX
- solid, release-worthy mechanics
- released publicly in order to test a particular kind of gameplay (standalone, not part of any other game)
- retracted once the testing period is over
- testers get 50% off purchasing or updating to the polished, complete game (possibly also in-game perks)
Pros:
- game design team gets to test quirkier ideas without the investment of a full game
- mostly prevents flops (idiocy and hubris can still lead on)
Cons:
- players have to pay in order to participate (fewer players will want to join)
- game is retracted after testing is over (may cause player discontentment)
The essence of early access. Relevant to titles anywhere between AAA and indie (though more suited to AAA). Good early tests generate publicity. Bad tests are not as bad a publicity due to disclosed status.
Thoughts?
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Coronavirus vaccine prospects
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Why there aren't enough masks in America, and how to get more
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Virtual sex parties offer escape from isolation — if organizers can find a home
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When is a dove a Kiwi? Record-setting bird blown from Australia to a petroleum processing ship off the coast of New Zealand killed by New Zealand authorities on arrival
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Rep. Justin Amash “looking closely” at third-party run in US presidential election
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New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo orders all people to wear face coverings in public
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Zvi Mowshowitz's comprehensive review of the new Magic: The Gathering set, Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths
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The coronavirus pandemic turned Folding@Home into an exaFLOP supercomputer
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Earth-size planet in habitable zone found hidden in early NASA Kepler data
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Iceland's forestry service has come up with a novel way to overcome the sense of isolation many people suffer because of Covid-19 – hug the trees
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Why the Big Bang produced something rather than nothing
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Quibi reached 1.7 million downloads in first week, will fast track ability to play media on TV
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The devastating decline of Lee Holloway, one of the co-founders of Cloudflare
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Official F1 2020 game announced: “My Team”, custom season length, local split-screen, Schumacher Edition
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The death of the Liberal class
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