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No, not that Lemmy. The "federated", open source version of reddit. I'm still getting my head around how it works, but so far it feels great - like the older, wilder days of the internet when communities were smaller and niche (like CFC!), and the discussions tighter and less of a race for the...

I was talking with my wife about a year ago about our grandparents, and how backward and weird some of their views were. Things like their views on marriage and the role of women, race, homosexuality, even how one behaves at work and what sort of behaviour is acceptable from a boss vs what sort...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-30193095 Speaking purely in economic terms: a degree is an investment, where you put some money in now, and then you get some benefit later. The benefit will be in a higher salary than if you didn't have a degree. This benefit ought to offset the cost...

I'm not sure if this is too "spammy" even for new OT (if so then can we move to H&J?), but it's doing the rounds on twitter and is pretty fun so I think we should give it a shot here! Examples: A hockey player goes to summer camp [Friday the 13th] Kid sees dead people, including the main adult...

It's really gotten that simple.

This thread is an opportunity for you to ask other people where they think you sit politically. It all started with Masada... Then Takhisis followed suit: So, have at it guys! If you're interested in other people's assessment of your political position, ask here, and I'm sure the mass...

I saw this today, and I thought it was genius. I present to you, alantutorial. This is exactly the sort of thing that I wish I had (a) the patience, (b) the creativity, and (c) the determination to do. It starts out as a typical "tutorial/how-to" YouTube account parody, whereby the protagonist...

Why is there a stigma against publicly announcing how much money you've given to charity, or to the less well off, or to the waitstaff in tips, etc? Q4enUE8qt_Q EDIT: So the preview for this video is a rather attractive girl with her mouth wide open holding a fistful of cash. :lol: This video...

I feel like there's not enough threads that just discuss random bits of tech news that don't really warrant their own thread, so in the spirit of OT threads of similar dispositions, I'm opening one here. The Verge has some neat graphs comparing revenues, profits and margins at Apple, Microsoft...

The only news I hear from Greece is that the economy sucks and that there were riots and stuff. Maybe I'm just not as informed as I should be, I don't know. But I've never heard about any of this: http://www.2ndcouncilhouse.co.uk/blog/2013/06/14/a-round-up-of-the-situation-in-greece/ I...

I don't currently have a middle name, and since English law lets you call yourself pretty much whatever you want, I'm going to adopt a middle name that is AWESOME. A few ideas so far: - Dragonborn - Riker - Destroyer of Worlds - Change my first name to "Lord", and my middle name to my first...

It was locked. Please re-open it. Thanks. I would report it but it would only be seen by the moderator that closed it, and obviously he doesn't want to re-open it. I would PM a moderator but, like, how many of you are actually online? :dunno: If political cartoons aren't allowed in the...

Take the BBC News Website Magazine's Grammar Quiz! http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-22512744 What did you score?

http://www.nextnewdeal.net/rortybomb/researchers-finally-replicated-reinhart-rogoff-and-there-are-serious-problems Back in 2009, a research paper from the NBER concluded that a debt-to-GDP ratio of 90% was the tipping point between GDP growth and stagnation. That is, they concluded that...

Anyone here play Fifa 13? It's the first football game I've played since ISS Pro on the PS1, and boy, there's a lot of new stuff now. So. Tips? Funny bugs? Gripes? Stories? Here's a ridiculous goal that my keeper let in while playing as Anderlecht in online Seasons mode...

http://here.net/ Now, at first glance, it seems like your standard mapping service. Search for McDonald's and it gives you McDonald's. Search for directions and it gives you the fastest route. Search for your house and it shows it to you. But then you switch the Map View (top right of the...

I see that poll options often have something like "Whatever downtown does" as an answer. I feel that this is a good option in most cases, because downtown is basically always right. But in some cases, like the "do you leave your door open?" thread, there are situations where what downtown...

I'm getting warnings from my antivirus software (avast) about some weird site on basically all CFC pages. The site is http://www.sslcheck0992.com; it's saying that the site is malicious. There's no way I'm actually going to go to that site to check it out -- maybe someone can do it in a fresh...

Congratulations! Despite my best efforts, you have survived another year. Enjoy your birthday, for it will be your last. :queen:

...and if so, what can they reasonably demand of their employees? Piercings? Tattoos? Headscarves? Crosses? Do people have a right to wear these things to work? Do employers have a right to impose a dress code that forbids e.g. religious jewellery, such as crosses? To me, this is one of those...