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9 votes
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The Balearic Slingers | Units of History
3 votes -
black screens - trust. (In support of BLM & HK)
3 votes -
Achilles: Over 400 vulnerabilities found in Qualcomm’s Snapdragon DSP chip, threatening the security of hundreds of millions of Android devices
17 votes -
Analysis of data from the end of NASA's Dawn mission confirms that the dwarf planet Ceres is an ocean world with a deep reservoir of salt-enriched water
13 votes -
What has/have your government/school/college/teachers done to keep education flowing during this pandemic?
Admittedly keep education flowing is some corporate language. The only people who care about education are left-wing politicians and the actual teachers, neither of which matter now. Anyway, my...
Admittedly keep education flowing is some corporate language. The only people who care about education are left-wing politicians and the actual teachers, neither of which matter now.
Anyway, my state government is broadcasting classes with 3 subjects from around 2PM to 4-4:20PM. The last subject of the day (3:30PM until the end) is only broadcast on the app they made and their YouTube channel unfortunately. All the classes are uploaded onto YouTube for posterity.
The app they made is mainly a chat, later limited to 15 messages as an attempt to stop copy-pasting from flooding the few meaningful/serious answers (it is a live chat with 20k people in it simultaneously so good riddance), to little avail IIRC. (IIRC because I watch by TV because my battery is limited and the screen is too small to actually copy to a textbook)
The quality is kinda mediocre but nothing bad enough usually. One time it was a 4:3 480p clip with interlacing, which is based until you start caring.
They are also sending us "handouts" (apostilas, PT-BR to English) and the normal state tests every bimester.
As for the teachers, they have sent us pretty much the full student workload via Google PDFs on WhatsApp, which is the opposite of private, but privacy is hardly possible when you're Brazilian and likely don't even have an up-to-date (defined as less than 5 years old
LMAO) PC. They haven't done any zoom/meet chats to teach us stuff however, since that's kind of the purpose of the TV/YouTube broadcast.8 votes -
Looking for a simple language to build a compiler for
I've recently built a brainfuck just-in-time compiler and I'm looking for my next project. I think compiling a more complicated (and more easily written) language would build on what I've learned...
I've recently built a brainfuck just-in-time compiler and I'm looking for my next project. I think compiling a more complicated (and more easily written) language would build on what I've learned so far. Rather than design my own language from the ground up, I'd prefer to work with a toy language that already has existing programs and a spec. This would both save me some work and give me more solid ground to build upon.
6 votes -
Video Summarizer - browser extension that speeds up video depending on whether is there person talking or not
7 votes -
The Trump Pandemic: A blow-by-blow account of how the president killed thousands of Americans
15 votes -
Lebanon’s prime minister resigns in the wake of the catastrophic explosion in Beirut and the ensuing public outrage
6 votes -
Magicians’ priming techniques are effective at influencing choice
5 votes -
Dan Bern - Jerusalem (1997)
5 votes -
Trying to build the ultimate Raspberry Pi computer (Zero Terminal v3) - Node
8 votes -
Protostar - Without You (ft. Megan Lenius) (2020)
5 votes -
Tiny Teams festival - Sales, demos, and streams for games made by small indie teams (mostly 1-3 people)
5 votes -
I want to contribute to your project, how do I start?
6 votes -
What is MasterClass actually selling?
8 votes -
Tripping over the potholes in too many libraries
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.
15 votes -
Nine books on philosophy and race
2 votes -
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!
9 votes -
The two host cities of the NHL Playoffs have had their team eliminated
12 votes -
Weekly coronavirus-related chat, questions, and minor updates - week of August 10
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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Weekly thread for news/updates/discussion of George Floyd protests, racial injustice, and policing policy - week of August 10
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.
8 votes -
Iceland floats idea of LGBTQ business certificate – guidelines for companies on how to foster diversity and make the labor market welcoming for all kinds of people
5 votes -
Scrivenvar: Writing + Variables
4 votes -
The Amish keep to themselves. And they’re hiding a horrifying secret: "A year of reporting by Cosmo and Type Investigations reveals a culture of incest, rape, and abuse."
23 votes -
Untitled Goose Game ditches plastic for its eco-friendly game cases
17 votes -
How does it feel living in a crypt? Impressions of one year later.
11 votes -
Noticing patterns of oppression and faithfulness
4 votes -
A small collection of novels — some great, some not so great — appeared in just the right form at just the right moment to effect lasting changes
5 votes -
Marble League 2020: High Jump
5 votes -
Christopher Eccleston returns to Doctor Who - Big Finish
15 votes -
What color is the sun?
5 votes -
The life that springs from dead leaves in streams
4 votes -
Semi-random walk through my Zamrock collection
5 votes -
Do something
TW: Violence and language. Just the other night I heard a native dude got capped, white nationalist on the other end, but nobody heard much after that. No news, no cops, no justice no peace, and...
TW: Violence and language.
Just the other night I heard a native dude got capped, white nationalist on the other end, but nobody heard much after that. No news, no cops, no justice no peace, and people wonder why we are calling to defund the police. Come to find out that dude had drugs, it was a meth deal gone bad.
Ain't need to worry about it son, just ignore it and move on...
Hold the fucking phone, why does it matter? You tellin’ me that dudes life ain't worth the crime blotter, an obit or some sort of after the fact reaction?
But he had drugs man, shit happens...
Man I hear this shit from privileged folk all the time but to hear it come from the streets... This dude didn’t matter because he had a problem, this human deduced to drugs and addiction, no longer my problem. I would say he’s just now a statistic but I’m not even sure if he’s that. This town is god damn silent on injustices and violent crime at that. 4 stabbings and 1 shooting, stuff that stokes fear, nobody goes near. Meanwhile all the townsfolk just cry about the homeless problem and drink their bougie beer.
Dude you need to settle down you didn’t even know him…
Motherfucker don’t tell me to settle down, don’t tell me it don’t matter because I didn’t even know him. How many white kids get shot in schools every day to get their obit, their memorial, their presidential postmortem? How about the victims in the towers? We went to fucking war over that shit, why did they matter? How can all lives matter when this dude over here lying on a slab can’t seem to become any sort of subject matter?
Man that’s just how it is…
No shut the fuck up, that’s not how it is. I refuse to accept an existence in this world where a life ain't worth the bullet that ended it. Don’t hide behind your cynicism and whataboutism because you just can’t be arsed to offer up any sort of emotional reactionism. That dude...
Dude…
No, you listen to me while I remind you what the hell humanity and empathy are. That dude had a family and friends, just like you, he had a life and a history and so much ahead of him too. He had ninety nine point nine percent the same genes as you yet you can’t seem to empathize that that could have been you.
Dude then go fucking do something.
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Occupation
Occupied by the primal cries of democracy and its dying eyes. Ain't no reason to keep pushing some days the infighting the outfighting the needless highlighting of differences in ourselves and...
Occupied by the primal cries of democracy and its dying eyes.
Ain't no reason to keep pushing some days the infighting the outfighting the needless highlighting of differences in ourselves and others, not some injustice just arbitrary maladjustment.
These words ain't here to minimize or demoralize but to quantify and qualify the true enemy.
We are cannibals, our self absorption and self adornment lead to self consumption and our mutually assured destruction.
As we consume we forget we need to resume what we started, we assume that we’ve done enough and that the movement will carry on without us.
It’s too late, in the death throws of Democracy we choose a different path, without occupation, preceded by preoccupation, we now find ourselves the subject of this new occupation.5 votes -
How to not make an ass of yourself in online discussions
24 votes -
The unbearable now: An interpretation of The Witness (spoiler-heavy)
13 votes -
You May Finally Use JSHint for Evil
8 votes -
The Pathless | Gameplay walkthrough
4 votes -
What's a movie that has entranced you?
Whether by dialogue or cinematography, you've likely seen at least one movie that left you unable to turn away. Tell me about it.
19 votes -
New postmaster general overhauls USPS leadership amid probe into mail delays
18 votes -
Denmark's vegan party says it has enough support to run for parliament – the party, founded in 2018, reached the 20,182 declarations needed on Thursday
13 votes -
Act-Age Manga Creator Tatsuya Matsuki Arrested on Suspicion of Committing Indecent Act with Minor
3 votes -
100 Years Of Theremin (the dub chapter) - GAUDI (2018)
6 votes -
What are your thoughts on more nuanced sexuality labels and their relationship with lgbt?
For example: demisexuality. Many that don’t identify as demisexual but hear of the term dismiss it altogether. Others that are members of lgbt fear that cishet people are trying to invade lgbt by...
For example: demisexuality. Many that don’t identify as demisexual but hear of the term dismiss it altogether. Others that are members of lgbt fear that cishet people are trying to invade lgbt by splitting hairs.
21 votes -
What's a life lesson you've learned in the past year?
Could be anything. Philosophical, practical, or neither.
24 votes -
Why don't you tell me a little bit about yourself?
9 votes