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11 votes
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The Russian "firehose of falsehood" propaganda model - Why it might work and options to counter It
11 votes -
‘Evil has won’ - Pro-American Germans feel betrayed
8 votes -
Democrats value communal personality traits while Republicans value agentic traits
4 votes -
My Dad and Henry Ford
8 votes -
The treasure hunters on a deadly quest for an eccentric's $2m bounty
6 votes -
Oppression obsession
2 votes -
What if journalists covered controversial issues differently — based on how humans actually behave when they are polarized and suspicious?
13 votes -
A Polish environmental group placed a GPS tracker on the back of a stork, it lost the tracker in Sudan, and then someone put the sim card in their own phone and racked up hours worth of phone calls
21 votes -
Data suggest that gentrifying neighborhoods powered Ocasio-Cortez's victory
6 votes -
Democrat. Dictator. Which path will Thailand's Prayuth Chan-ocha choose?
6 votes -
This town in Mexico threw out their government. Things couldn't be going better
12 votes -
A political scientist argues that the Democratic Party must play "procedural hardball" too: The Republicans aren’t engaged in a policy fight. instead, they’re waging a “procedural war.”
13 votes -
Tips for staying civil while debating child prisons
23 votes -
Department of Homeland Security publishes memo with several Nazi/white supremacist dogwhistles
16 votes -
Frank Abagnale: "Catch Me If You Can" | Talks at Google
6 votes -
Democrats are wrong about Republicans. Republicans are wrong about Democrats.
27 votes -
First space, then auto—now Elon Musk quietly tinkers with education
10 votes -
How James Comey intervened to kill WikiLeaks' US immunity deal
4 votes -
In Turkish election, jailed candidate seeks presidency and to keep Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's party below majority in parliament
14 votes -
For a child migrant, days feel like a lifetime when you’re imprisoned and alone
21 votes -
Jogger accidentally crosses U.S. border from B.C., gets detained for 2 weeks by authorities
14 votes -
US President Donald Trump proposes ending the crisis he created by creating another crisis -- The proposed executive order ending family separation is just here to create more hostages
11 votes -
US President Donald Trump's new executive order on immigration is not a "reversal": The mass detention and deportation of asylum-seekers has been his plan all along
5 votes -
This is not America? Oh, yes, it is: Neil Macdonald
6 votes -
EU to members: Prepare for no deal Brexit
3 votes -
X-post r/AskHistorians: "Monday Methods: "The children will go bathing" – on the study of cruelty"
8 votes -
The US withdrawal from the UN Human Rights Council leaves ally Australia in an awkward, lonely position
3 votes -
The Secret Gay History Of Russia
9 votes -
United States - Digital News Report 2018 about media trends in digital news
5 votes -
Abuse of power: The truth about sexual harassment in Westminster
7 votes -
Kim Jong Un more popular among Republicans than Nancy Pelosi
10 votes -
New Group Idea: JavaScript / Coding
I'm working towards becoming a full time web developer and I would love to see a thread dedicated to sharing developer tools, tips, code help, etc. I have learned a lot from these type of...
I'm working towards becoming a full time web developer and I would love to see a thread dedicated to sharing developer tools, tips, code help, etc. I have learned a lot from these type of subreddits and think they would be a great addition to Tildes.
Getting help, I always need help lol, always inspires me to help others. I believe that to be a desired trait of this new community. It's my dream to become a web developer. On my journey I'd love more help and also have the ability to help others on Tildes!
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Here is the actual petition filed by the NY AG against Trump, his children, and his organization
12 votes -
Don't Forgert, your alt news still sucks
18 votes -
Barakamon manga to end with 18th volume in December.
4 votes -
Why recalling the judge who sentenced Brock Turner may backfire
2 votes -
Looking for Life on a Flat Earth: What a burgeoning movement says about science, solace, and how a theory becomes truth
12 votes -
Any more tips for going to Disney World? Planning a trip next year for the kiddos. This article had some good stuff.
5 votes -
How To Get Your Kids To Do Chores (Without Resenting It)
15 votes -
When the punishment feels like the crime: Brock Turner's twisted legacy—and a Stanford professor's relentless pursuit of justice.
3 votes -
At a cafe in Tokyo, Moogi chose me to be his vessel for world domination
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At a Rest Stop Somewhere in Texas
7 votes -
The mad king who ruled nothing
9 votes -
The Garage Raccoon guy sent this to me
5 votes -
The Subnational Human Development Index: Moving beyond country-level averages
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Input lag AB test
Have you ever wondered how little of a difference of input lag you can perceive? With this tool, you can find out. The screen is split into two halves, and one of them has an artificial amount of...
Have you ever wondered how little of a difference of input lag you can perceive? With this tool, you can find out.
The screen is split into two halves, and one of them has an artificial amount of input lag (default 50 ms, you can change it) added to the mouse cursor. Figure out which side feels laggier and click on it. After 25 trials, it will show your results. If you can consistently score at least 18/25 correct at a certain amount of lag, then you can probably perceive it. I can go as low as 20-25 ms on my 144 hz monitor.
Be sure to edit one of the files as shown here to disable v-sync, or if you trust me you can download my copy.
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The growing toxicity of fanbases
So, it might just be that I'm older and notice these things more, but it really seems to me that fan groups are becoming more and more toxic overall. It feels like over the past 5-8 years...
So, it might just be that I'm older and notice these things more, but it really seems to me that fan groups are becoming more and more toxic overall. It feels like over the past 5-8 years specifically fanbases are reaching toxic levels faster and faster.
I remember when bronies became a thing, it took them like 3-4 years before the dangerous, threatening, and assholeish behavior really began to become common. Then Steven Universe came out and it only took them like 2 years to start sending death threats to people who didn't support their head-cannons. Rick and Morty went toxic in under a year and a half.
Then there's the shit in long-running franchises. Star Wars has had multiple of the actors shutting off social media from the toxic bile being shot at them. Chris Pratt is getting hate for what Star Lord did in Infinity War.
There's memes too, weirdly enough. Calarts is the biggest example I can think of. People made a dumb joke about how all the cartoons look a like today and someone pointed out how a few of the artists went to this one school in California and it became a catch all term for the shitty artstyle, and then within like 4 weeks the school has to go into lockdown because someone made a tongue-in-cheek threat of shooting the school up. A few years ago trolling attempts would be things like ordering a bunch of pizzas to the school or something annoying and dickish but overall harmless like that.
I know toxicity amongst fanbases has always been a thing, but it really seems to me that they're reaching unseen levels and doing so faster and faster. I mean Rick and Morty fans rioted over fucking dipping sauce, there are the aforementioned Steven Universe death threats, the directed attacks of actors on social media, fucking joking about shooting schools up because you don't like the art-style a few of their graduates used in a time where we've seen like 6 school shootings in half a year, there was that whole Voltron incident where a fan stole storyboards or something and threatened to release them to the public unless the creators of the show made their favorite gay ship a thing.
I guess what I'm getting at is what the fuck is happening that's poisoning every single community online? It's like everything has suddenly devolved into Youtube comments. How did we get to this level of toxicity? Or am I just more aware of this shit now and it's not really all that different from how it used to be?
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If you are going to travel in the near future I recommend you check out Attaché, a web-series that gives a comprehensive overview of various cities and regions.
They are not overly long and often give some nice information on local transport, currency, scams, food and cultural etiquette. These are two of their videos. One focusing on the Kyushu island in...
They are not overly long and often give some nice information on local transport, currency, scams, food and cultural etiquette. These are two of their videos. One focusing on the Kyushu island in Japan and the other on Copenhagen in Denmark.
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Kyushu in Japan:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpFSqZikbHQ -
Copenhagen:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMGrL8NazOw
If any of you know of other good online travel resources, I'd love to hear about it!
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Why Men Are Refusing To Help Women and Children
3 votes