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  1. Comment on Swedish company Scout Park has launched a mobile app where you can tip off wrongly parked cars to traffic wardens to earn money in ~transport

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    Creating more parking leads to more cars in the streets. Not a solution.

    Creating more parking leads to more cars in the streets. Not a solution.

    7 votes

  2. Comment on Getting tired of Firefox in ~tech

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    I used to have the very same problem on Chrome, so I switched to Mozilla and it stopped doing that. No idea what was causing it.

    I used to have the very same problem on Chrome, so I switched to Mozilla and it stopped doing that. No idea what was causing it.

    4 votes

  3. Comment on Why you should consider a smaller keyboard in ~comp

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    A lot of these do not apply to my non-english keyboard usage.

    A lot of these do not apply to my non-english keyboard usage.

    26 votes

  4. Comment on Tildes Minecraft Survival Weekly Thread in ~games

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    The Trident Inn has opened! You can locate it by the East Docks in Town. Want to stay a night? No problem, we offer rooms. Want to see the town from birds eye? No problem, we have a lookou tower....

    The Trident Inn has opened! You can locate it by the East Docks in Town. Want to stay a night? No problem, we offer rooms. Want to see the town from birds eye? No problem, we have a lookou tower. Want to have the steak? No problem, we offer the best steaks on server!

    5 votes

  5. Comment on What to drink if you don't like alcoholic beverages: help me socialize in ~food

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    Pretty good taste in beer :)

    Pretty good taste in beer :)

  6. Comment on What should I (a total Minecraft noob) do in the Tildes Minecraft Server? in ~games

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    Pretty dead :D or minimal activity. It's possible it's more alive when I am asleep as I am EU based.

    Pretty dead :D or minimal activity. It's possible it's more alive when I am asleep as I am EU based.

    3 votes

  7. Comment on What should I (a total Minecraft noob) do in the Tildes Minecraft Server? in ~games

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    Hi, saw your username on a few times. I do not know about any dedicated MC server, but the Tildes Game Night discord has a MC subsection. https://discord.gg/fF2BTKn6Wy Don't knkw when I will be on...

    Hi, saw your username on a few times. I do not know about any dedicated MC server, but the Tildes Game Night discord has a MC subsection. https://discord.gg/fF2BTKn6Wy

    Don't knkw when I will be on the server again, but I am planning/trying to create some group of more active players and working on some bigger projects. Like highways, ports, ships, castles etc.

    5 votes

  8. Comment on ‘We’re changing the clouds.’ An unforeseen test of geoengineering is fueling record ocean warmth in ~science

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    If your idea to fight climate change is to destroy the only framework and set of tools we have to fight it, while destabilizing the whole world we are lost.

    If your idea to fight climate change is to destroy the only framework and set of tools we have to fight it, while destabilizing the whole world we are lost.

    1 vote

  9. Comment on Growing segregation by sex in Israel raises fears for women’s rights in ~life.women

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    Jewish migration to then Palestine (from west) started in 19th century, while many Jews already lived in those lands. After the fall of Ottoman empire the immigration was sped up and was supported...

    Jewish migration to then Palestine (from west) started in 19th century, while many Jews already lived in those lands. After the fall of Ottoman empire the immigration was sped up and was supported by the colonial powers. By the start of WW2, the land had a sizeable Jewish population.

    7 votes

  10. Comment on Growing segregation by sex in Israel raises fears for women’s rights in ~life.women

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    Because the Jews wanted their holy land and not Germany.

    Because the Jews wanted their holy land and not Germany.

    4 votes

  11. Comment on Three Cheers for Tildes (Android version) is open for alpha testing on the Google Play Store in ~tildes

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    Thanks for the work, love the red highlight (in dark mode) on new comments. Makes it much easier to navigate the comment section.

    Thanks for the work, love the red highlight (in dark mode) on new comments. Makes it much easier to navigate the comment section.

    3 votes

  12. Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games

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    Lately I have been play testing my own board game, that I came up with a month ago. It is not really original, but it combines several aspects from different games and genres. The boardmap is made...

    Lately I have been play testing my own board game, that I came up with a month ago. It is not really original, but it combines several aspects from different games and genres. The boardmap is made of hexagonal tiles, similar to Catan. There are several tile types, each has a unique resource and speed. You start with a unit and a town and then process to colonise the needed tiles for better resource access. There are 2 main units: pawn and knight. Knight has a higher movespeed. This combined with a uneven map imposes great importance on the movements of your units. You win by capturing the enemy Starting Town. So even if you are loosing/at a disadvantage you can still win by outmanevouring your opponent.

    We are having lots of fun playing and tweaking the rules/costs, so the game is more easy to play and more balanced.

    As a hobby mapper it also gives me opportunities to come up with new map layouts for the game which I enjoy quite a bit.

    3 votes

  13. Comment on Suggestions for fantasy that feels truly different in ~books

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    Shadow of the Conqueror has an interesting setting, but it still might be to europe inspired, but worth checking out!

    Shadow of the Conqueror has an interesting setting, but it still might be to europe inspired, but worth checking out!

  14. Comment on Why has Enlightenment, the Scientific and later the Industrial Revolution started out in the "Western" world? in ~humanities.history

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    While OP may be making some weird claims, they are mostly irrelevant to answering the question he asked. The question: Why has Enlightenment, the Scientific and later the Industrial Revolution...

    While OP may be making some weird claims, they are mostly irrelevant to answering the question he asked.

    The question: Why has Enlightenment, the Scientific and later the Industrial Revolution started out in the "Western" world?

    He is asking about specific events and what set of cirmustances or realities on the ground allowed them to materialise. You are disagreeing with his backround text, where he offers his view which he himself claims is imperfect and broiled in biases and explains that is why he would wish more in-depth or wider answers.

    'Your question contains an implicature that I don’t accept. I’m no historian, but there have been humanistic and scientific developments all over the world, besides Europe and besides the past ~500 years.' Why do you have to reply to the question of 'Why did something happen in this place' by saying: 'Your question is stupid as different/similar things happened in different time periods in different parts of the word.'

    Do you not see this? OP's presupposition is irrelevant for your ability to answer the question.

    1 vote

  15. Comment on Why has Enlightenment, the Scientific and later the Industrial Revolution started out in the "Western" world? in ~humanities.history

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    I might repeat some of the points that were mentioned above, but I hope I might add some more information to this discussion. The Enlightement and Scientific revolutions were partly possible to...

    I might repeat some of the points that were mentioned above, but I hope I might add some more information to this discussion.

    The Enlightement and Scientific revolutions were partly possible to the branching of Christianity. Many protestant faiths had progressive views on finding new knowledge. Even the knowledge of forging bells was crucial, when gun powder became more available in Europe, as the bellmakers would be skilled eneough to forge a cannon. As mentioned, the competetive geography of Europe also played a role together with the ruling dynasties, who had to compete over control and power. King Rudolph II. Habsburg for example is famous for promoting 'sciences'. And ofcourse also the advancements in navigation and sea-faring which allowed the European kingdoms to accumulate vast knowledge and wealth from across the world.

    For Industrial Revolution it is a mix of resources availible, already existing industries which would heavily benefit from the industrialization process, sufficient population and ability to feed non-agriculture workers en masse and also the liberal progressive opportunity of thinking secured by the Protestant revolutions centuries earlier, which showed that 'Dogma' can be broken.

    2 votes

  16. Comment on Why has Enlightenment, the Scientific and later the Industrial Revolution started out in the "Western" world? in ~humanities.history

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    Don't know where to enter the thread, so I will use your comment. You are absolutely right. Most people in this thread are either misinterpreting OP or straight out assuming Malicious intentions...

    Don't know where to enter the thread, so I will use your comment.

    You are absolutely right. Most people in this thread are either misinterpreting OP or straight out assuming Malicious intentions from his side.

    He comes with a question and is assualted for it, even when he put up a disclaimer of his possible biases and stated that it is a honest question which is meant to teach him or show some new light on things.

    Yet the title question remains unanswered by the crowd.

    3 votes

  17. Comment on Prevalence of AI generated text in Tildes in ~tildes

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    Thank you for writing that down, as I was pleasantly suprised by the comment quality on this site. On Reddit if I were to reply I must have read the article or be atleast somewhat knowledgeable...

    Thank you for writing that down, as I was pleasantly suprised by the comment quality on this site. On Reddit if I were to reply I must have read the article or be atleast somewhat knowledgeable about the topic and when the replies were subpar or some funny remarks, it felt like wasted time putting my energy into it. Definetely happy to have discovered Tildes where people take the discussion as seriously as I do.

    5 votes

  18. Comment on Is there a children's TV show in your country that is universally loved and became part of your country's culture? in ~tv

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    In Czechia it's mostly Krtecek, Pat a Mat, Bob a Bobek (which were our official mascots for Ice Hockey Championship few years back)

    In Czechia it's mostly Krtecek, Pat a Mat, Bob a Bobek (which were our official mascots for Ice Hockey Championship few years back)

    2 votes

  19. Comment on Can you recommend me some Android games to play on my flight? in ~games

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    First comment on Tildes, so first I want to say: Hi to everyone. Antiyoy is a great strategy game I wasted many hours on. It's author yiotro also has plenty of interesting and kinda unique games...

    First comment on Tildes, so first I want to say: Hi to everyone.

    Antiyoy is a great strategy game I wasted many hours on. It's author yiotro also has plenty of interesting and kinda unique games avaible.

    Polytopia, mobile knock off of civilization is also fun.

    7 votes