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12 votes
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Three animal reproduction specialists fact-check ‘The Bad Touch’ by the Bloodhound Gang
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The second defeat of Bernie Sanders
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TV Tuesdays Free Talk
Have you watched any TV shows recently you want to discuss? Any shows you want to recommend or are hyped about? Feel free to discuss anything here. Please just try to provide fair warning of...
Have you watched any TV shows recently you want to discuss? Any shows you want to recommend or are hyped about? Feel free to discuss anything here.
Please just try to provide fair warning of spoilers if you can.
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Middle Black Clough, Peak District, UK - 3D binaural recording of a waterfall
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Increasing personal security online and Yubikey
I have recently noticed an uptick in phishing emails and SMSs, getting me to click on some malicious link and this has been troubling me. I am fairly good about what I click and so far I haven't...
I have recently noticed an uptick in phishing emails and SMSs, getting me to click on some malicious link and this has been troubling me.
I am fairly good about what I click and so far I haven't clicked anything malicious (I think). However, this has motivated me to up my online security.All my computers run Linux and I use an Android phone.
For browsing I use Firefox, with NoScript (and uBlock) and use containers for separating personal/shopping sites, etc.
I also have host file blocking on my computers and phone (using AdAway).I do have a pi-hole setup at home as well.
I also have 2FA setup on all my banking accounts, email accounts etc.
However all my banking account 2FA is still just using SMS. Which I think is now easily circumvented.
Email accounts do use Authenticator apps (like Authy and Google Authenticator).I also use a password manager (this one), which works well for me, but is only available on my computer and not from my phone. I am split between having my password manager available on my phone tho, since it is always on me and could be stolen or have something malicious installed on. What do you guys think? I am wary of services like LastPass, is that valid?
So I wanted to start a thread to discuss what do you guys do to stay safe online?
I am also considering getting a pair of Yubikey (one backup), are there any caveats/pitfalls I need to be aware of with Yubikey?14 votes -
The history of philosophy in global context: three case studies
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World tennis number one Novak Djokovic tests positive for COVID-19
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Weekly thread for news/updates/discussion of George Floyd protests - week of June 22
This thread is posted weekly - 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 weekly - 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.
14 votes -
Flirting for morons
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Help, any good resource on drawing?
So I've been trying to get started on drawing, mostly about characters I wanted to draw, sometimes a bit of scenery. Thing is, besides the very basics of exercises, like shapes / line control /...
So I've been trying to get started on drawing, mostly about characters I wanted to draw, sometimes a bit of scenery.
Thing is, besides the very basics of exercises, like shapes / line control / hand-eye coordination, I really struggle to find any other resource, like anatomy, movement, and such.
Do you have any book or online resource to recommend?
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Prosper & Stabfinger - I Know EP (2020)
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Iceland hit by thousands of quakes and threat of volcanic eruption – the island nation has experienced increased seismic activity in the past month
10 votes -
Oracle's BlueKai tracks you across the web. That data spilled online.
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Scott Alexander has deleted his Slate Star Codex blog due to the New York Times planning to reveal his real name in an article
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Bill Gates-backed carbon capture plant does the work of forty million trees
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YouTube brings summer camp home to kids. Experience adventure, arts, sports or STEM camp at home with #CampYouTube
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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"
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Reflections on being a female founder
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Apple switches to its own chips for Mac computers as it adds features, privacy controls
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The hard truth of poker — and life: You’re never ‘due’ for good cards
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Playlist of all Brandon Sanderson's 2020 Creative Writing Lectures from Brigham Young University
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What is Zig's “colorblind” async/await?
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Foundation | Teaser
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Visitors return to Spain as coronavirus state of emergency ends
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On contact tracing and hardware tokens
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Ready at Dawn (developer of VR games Lone Echo, Echo Arena, Echo Combat) has been aquired by Facebook's Oculus Studios
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Vast neolithic circle of deep shafts found near Stonehenge
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Moroccan journalist targeted with network injection attacks using NSO Group’s tools
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Deus Ex at twenty: The oral history of a pivotal PC game
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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?
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Apple, Hey, and the path forward
11 votes -
Create No-JavaScript friendly sites
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German payment service provider Wirecard says that 1.9 billion euros it had booked in its accounts likely never existed
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Microsoft is shutting down their Mixer livestreaming service on July 22 and encouraging users to switch to Facebook Gaming
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Exploiting Bitdefender Antivirus: RCE from any website
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Virus cases skyrocketing among Latinos in the USA
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Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time - Announcement trailer
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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
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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?
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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.
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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!
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nettime mailing list
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Parks vs. people: In Guatemala, communities take best care of the forest
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Italian amateur astronomer captures amazing photo of Mercury’s comet-like sodium tail
7 votes