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10 votes
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Oracle's BlueKai tracks you across the web. That data spilled online.
5 votes -
Scott Alexander has deleted his Slate Star Codex blog due to the New York Times planning to reveal his real name in an article
48 votes -
Bill Gates-backed carbon capture plant does the work of forty million trees
6 votes -
YouTube brings summer camp home to kids. Experience adventure, arts, sports or STEM camp at home with #CampYouTube
3 votes -
What are some noteworthy games that aren't available through traditional/common means?
I'm interested in hearing about games that exist off the main map of gaming: games that I can't buy from any of the common storefronts and games that aren't easily playable through an emulator....
I'm interested in hearing about games that exist off the main map of gaming: games that I can't buy from any of the common storefronts and games that aren't easily playable through an emulator.
Examples of things I'm interested in hearing about:
- Long-forgotten abandonware
- Homebrew games for consoles
- Romhacks
- Legally dubious fan-games
- Total conversion mods
- ARGs
- Web games (not ones on sites like Kongregate/GameJolt though)
- Independently distributed games (that you can't get through, say, itch.io)
- Games for systems that aren't currently emulatable
- Games that have been removed from distribution
- Games with servers or content that are no longer operational
- Anything else you think fits the question, really
Tell me about the game(s) you know of and what makes them noteworthy.
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Classical entrée: Nikolai Kapustin ― Eight Concert Études, No. 6. "Pastorale"
6 votes -
Reflections on being a female founder
7 votes -
Apple switches to its own chips for Mac computers as it adds features, privacy controls
25 votes -
The hard truth of poker — and life: You’re never ‘due’ for good cards
10 votes -
Playlist of all Brandon Sanderson's 2020 Creative Writing Lectures from Brigham Young University
11 votes -
What is Zig's “colorblind” async/await?
8 votes -
Foundation | Teaser
21 votes -
Visitors return to Spain as coronavirus state of emergency ends
5 votes -
On contact tracing and hardware tokens
4 votes -
Ready at Dawn (developer of VR games Lone Echo, Echo Arena, Echo Combat) has been aquired by Facebook's Oculus Studios
3 votes -
Vast neolithic circle of deep shafts found near Stonehenge
7 votes -
Moroccan journalist targeted with network injection attacks using NSO Group’s tools
2 votes -
Deus Ex at twenty: The oral history of a pivotal PC game
11 votes -
Thinking about opening a web store, looking for advice
I am mulling over starting a side business that would involve selling physical products. I would like to set up a web store for this, but want to keep the amount of web development I have to do to...
I am mulling over starting a side business that would involve selling physical products. I would like to set up a web store for this, but want to keep the amount of web development I have to do to a minimum. I would also not like to invade my customers' and potential customers' privacy. Can anyone recommend a way to approach this? I'm a software developer, but don't do much web development and don't really want to do development for this project beyond just getting the site up and running. What options exist for setting up a simple web store?
I've done a search and see things like Shopify. I've heard of them and get the impression they're reputable, but other items in my search seemed kind of scammy. Are there things I should look out for in this space?
8 votes -
Apple, Hey, and the path forward
11 votes -
Create No-JavaScript friendly sites
22 votes -
German payment service provider Wirecard says that 1.9 billion euros it had booked in its accounts likely never existed
8 votes -
Microsoft is shutting down their Mixer livestreaming service on July 22 and encouraging users to switch to Facebook Gaming
36 votes -
Exploiting Bitdefender Antivirus: RCE from any website
13 votes -
Virus cases skyrocketing among Latinos in the USA
10 votes -
Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time - Announcement trailer
8 votes -
The Games Journal - A fantastic older game review/design analysis online publication that ran from 2000 - 2005
4 votes -
What we know about Joe Biden’s possible Vice Presidential picks
9 votes -
Can someone explain to me how scoring a tennis set works?
I’m new to the sport, and I understand how you score a game and a match. I don’t get scoring sets though. Could someone explain to me how it and tiebreaker games work?
7 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.
16 votes -
Andrew Yang is pushing Big Tech to pay users for data
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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!
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Daily thread for news/updates/discussion of George Floyd protests - June 22
This thread is posted daily - please try to post relevant content in here, such as news, updates, opinion articles, etc. Especially significant updates may warrant a separate topic, but most...
This thread is posted daily - please try to post relevant content in here, such as news, updates, opinion articles, etc. Especially significant updates may warrant a separate topic, but most should be posted here.
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Weekly coronavirus-related chat, questions, and minor updates - week of June 22
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 -
nettime mailing list
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Parks vs. people: In Guatemala, communities take best care of the forest
4 votes -
Italian amateur astronomer captures amazing photo of Mercury’s comet-like sodium tail
7 votes -
Apple Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) 2020 livestream and discussion (starts 10AM June 22 PT / 5PM June 23 UTC)
15 votes -
Paper and interactive demo: Immersive Light Field Video with a Layered Mesh Representation
5 votes -
Recommended RSS feeds/readers?
Inspired by this post, I was wondering what RSS feeds you all subscribe to and how you read them. Here are mine: http://feeds.reuters.com/reuters/topNews...
Inspired by this post, I was wondering what RSS feeds you all subscribe to and how you read them.
Here are mine:
http://feeds.reuters.com/reuters/topNews
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/feeds/rss/headlines
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/feeds/rss/world
http://feeds.nature.com/nature/rss/currentI'm just started using Newsboat, a CLI RSS reader, to read in a few feeds (Reuters was one of them :( ) and it's pretty refreshing to get a text-based newsfeed with no distraction. Though, the feeds I'm subscribed to only give me a brief blurb of the news...
26 votes -
The coming chip wars
9 votes -
The King's Man | Official trailer
7 votes -
My dad launched the quest to find alien intelligence. It changed astronomy
9 votes -
Using the menstrual cup and open menstrual discussion
I'm a female working in the construction field and was wondering how to dispose of my feminine products discreetly and hygienically in a portable potty with a crew full of males where male...
I'm a female working in the construction field and was wondering how to dispose of my feminine products discreetly and hygienically in a portable potty with a crew full of males where male toxicity exists... 'twas weird.
I've been meaning to make the jump to the menstrual cup (due to my sustainability inclinations), but due to laziness/squeamish reasons, I didn't make the jump until I realized how practical it was with my profession!
I'm able to keep it in for a half day before emptying, so it's awesome for the jobsite! I can urinate with it too! which is also awesome... and! NO SMELL! I feel so much cleaner now. and the internal pressure kinda releases some cramps... not all the cramps, but some! And it's totally comfortable to work out in (for reference: I do outdoor running). Not to mention, there's way less waste and cost! (And for those who find bodily fluids cool, the thick, deep, dark red that you see when you empty makes me feel powerful, like you can conquer anything... in reality, I just sit with my Chimmy plush and wait for my significant other to plop chocolate goodies in my lap.)
The only downside I could find is that it took some time to get used to (about 1 cycle) and I can't hold my pee (I know I'm not suppose to anyway, but it's a nice privilege... these pipes had some major damage).
Anyway, any cycle stories/tips/tricks? embarrassing moments? origin story?
I'll go first, my mom was in a ferocious fight with my older sister for spending the night with some guy or whatever. As my mom was ripping my sister's clothes/throwing her out the house, I got my first period. I had to interrupt the fight to ask what I should do... middle child problems! I guess I found a good way to break up a fight...35 votes -
Is there a GPS watch that does not have any wireless radios?
I’m looking for a device that can track runs, whether it’s a watch or small device, which just exports raw GPS data via USB. I don’t want it to have Bluetooth, and it’s not enough to be able to...
I’m looking for a device that can track runs, whether it’s a watch or small device, which just exports raw GPS data via USB. I don’t want it to have Bluetooth, and it’s not enough to be able to disable it, I would just like it to not have any wireless radios whatsoever. Have you guys ever seen anything like this? I feel like it doesn’t exist on the market.
13 votes -
Facebook vowed to investigate horrific abuse by anti-vaxxers. Nine months later, no one was penalized.
10 votes -
Apparent suicide by twenty-year-old Robinhood trader who saw a negative $730,000 balance prompts app to make changes
27 votes -
Cook a classical feast: Nine recipes from ancient Greece and Rome
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A super sensitive dark-matter search yields strange results. Researchers say there are three possible explanations for the anomalous data: One is mundane. Two would revolutionize physics
4 votes