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- Windows 11 update turned on a widget https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/WantsAPrizeForBasicDecency 1 comment windows11
- "You are seeing this message because ad or script blocking software is interfering with this page. Disable any ad or script blocking software, then reload this page." https://tvtropes.org/ 4 comments ublockorigin
- [META] I think it'd be cool for SC to have an official guide to memes in the same vein as /r/MMA https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Memes/ProfessionalWrestling 36 comments squaredcircle
- TIL Curt Hennig was the one who gave Shawn Michaels the nickname “The Heartbreak Kid” and was first to refer to Hunter Hearst Helmsley as “Triple H” https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Wrestling/CurtHennig 100 comments squaredcircle
- A List of Suspiciously Similar Songs - TV Tropes https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/SuspiciouslySimilarSong/Music 255 comments internetisbeautiful
- I recently finished Philip K Dick's Ubik and A Scanner Darkly. I'm a bit confused by both of these books, can somebody help? [Spoilers] https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Literature/Ubik 5 comments books
- The "Idiot Ball" problem https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/IdiotBall 11 comments books
- Is it high time for an overhaul of the distinctive features set based on radically different principles? https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SuspiciouslySpecificDenial 10 comments linguistics
- Is there anyone out there who will actually cop to liking Heathcliff? (Wuthering Heights) https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ValuesDissonance 13 comments books
- "Solarpunk is a genre of Speculative Fiction that focuses on craftsmanship, community, and technology powered by renewable energy, wrapped up in a coating of Art Nouveau blended with African and Asian aesthetics. It envisions a free and egalitarian world with a slight bend toward social anarchism." https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SolarPunk 56 comments books
- Factorio is not a "steampunk" game. https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DieselPunk 91 comments factorio
- I don't know how many people know this, but Factorio's world is called "Nauvis". The only place this is mentioned is in the code. https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Videogame/Factorio 61 comments factorio
- Efficient Private Bloom Filter Mechanism for Anonymous Addressing? http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PublicSecretMessage 4 comments crypto
- How popular is this cartoon in Russia? http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Animation/MashaAndTheBear 4 comments russia
- Been researching level design and came across this rather in-depth article about video game settings. Thought I would share it with you guys in case anyone else is hitting a mental block when doing level design. http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/main/videogamesettings 54 comments gamedev
- List of useful notes about India (TV Tropes) http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/usefulnotes/india 3 comments india
- Looking for a quote about coasters by Lemony Snicket http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Literature/ASeriesOfUnfortunateEvents 9 comments books
- First death by Newberry book? (SPOILERS) http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DeathByNewberyMedal 3 comments books
- [Spoilers]Shogun ripoffs (or whatever shogun is a ripoff of) http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/GoingNative 10 comments books
- Can someone explain in less complex terms what the Casimir Effect is? (xpost from /r/AskPhysics) http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Mohs/OneBigLie 7 comments askscience
- TV Tropes Meet Politics. Obama's Problem is That He's an 'Ideal Hero' Trying to Defeat a 'Villain With Good Publicity'. Obama Needs to Become a 'Cowboy Cop' or 'Knight In Sour Armor'. http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/main/villainwithgoodpublicity 9 comments politics
- Schrodingers cat was a satirical attack on quantum uncertainty (Copenhagen Interaction), and itself isn't a valid example of the uncertainty principle. What is? http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/UsefulNotes/SchrodingersCat?from=Main.SchrodingersCat 9 comments askscience
- The Interesting Ethics of Dungeons & Dragons http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ChaoticGood 78 comments philosophy
- The best trend in modern American linguistics http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/main/sophisticatedashell 16 comments linguistics
- Video game Tropes - Every single scenario in every video game ever. http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/main/videogametropes 9 comments gamedev
- How the NBA is like Pro Wrestling: LeBron's "heel turn" and other can't-make-this-stuff-up drama http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FaceHeelTurn 8 comments nba
- Any recommendations for books about characters with "belligerent sexual tension"? http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BelligerentSexualTension 6 comments books
- For all the newbies and Europeans, it sounds strange but TVTropes (of all places) provides one of the best introductions to all-level football I've ever seen. http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/usefulnotes/americanfootball 4 comments nfl
- LCD TV used as a monitor with 1920X1080 native resolution - using any other (lower) resolution, the image is badly smeared. Help me fix this! http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Understatement 15 comments techsupport
- Objectivism in a nutshell. http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/usefulnotes/objectivism 18 comments philosophy
- TIL that when SR-71 blackbirds were locked on by SAM's, official protocol was to simply outrun the missile. http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/main/highspeedmissiledodge 18 comments reddit.com
- House of Leaves: (Warning) TV Tropes http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HouseOfLeaves 8 comments books
- "An entirely accurate answer that is of no use whatsoever" is called apparently known as a mathematician's answer. http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/main/ptitle3zaap0y7ym6o 4 comments math
- In the original folklore, most vampires were short, ugly, Eastern European peasants … http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/LooksLikeOrlok 26 comments books
- Law and Order, The Wire, Arrested Development, X-files, Sesame Street and their spin-offs all take place in the same shared universe http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/main/johnmunch 4 comments reddit.com
- It's 2010. Video games are a billion-dollar industry, with production values rivaling major motion pictures. So can TV and movies please stop using Atari 2600 sound effects to represent video games? http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ArcadeSounds 7 comments reddit.com
- Golden Mean Fallacy http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/main/goldenmeanfallacy 13 comments philosophy
- Why do so many old cartoon characters wear white gloves? http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/main/whitegloves 3 comments reddit.com
- Sci Fi Writers Have No Sense Of Scale http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/main/scifiwritershavenosenseofscale 38 comments reddit.com
Linking pages
- The Hierarchy Of Cringe - Adam Elkus https://aelkus.github.io/culture/2019/10/21/hierarchy-of-cringe 92 comments
- Does the Dog Die? · The Wildest https://www.thewildest.com/dog-lifestyle/does-the-dog-die 65 comments
- I'm bored, but want something... - EntertainingSpace: bad web design, worthwhile content https://entertaining.space/ 17 comments
- Human Art Already Has So Much In Common With AI | WIRED https://www.wired.com/story/generative-art-algorithms-creativity/ 16 comments
- Era of hoaxes, fake news keeps Snopes writers busy - The San Diego Union-Tribune http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/education/sd-me-snopes-editor-20170208-story.html 9 comments
- GitHub - torchhound/warren: Links to lose yourself in, curated from HN and other sources https://github.com/torchhound/warren 3 comments
- The People's Web - Anil Dash https://anildash.com/2019/12/23/the-peoples-web/ 0 comments
- Catching Star Wars surprises and other spoilers with Machine Learning | by Insight | Insight https://blog.insightdatascience.com/catching-star-wars-surprises-and-other-spoilers-with-machine-learning-60803195761e 0 comments
- Attack of the Robot Authors! - The NaNoGenMo 2020 Roundup | Medium https://greg-kennedy.medium.com/attack-of-the-robot-authors-7fb51d4efff6 0 comments
- Catching Star Wars surprises and other spoilers with Machine Learning | by Insight | Insight http://insightdatascience.com/blog/fanguard.html 0 comments
- Untangling the IndieWeb https://davidyat.es/2019/06/24/indieweb/ 0 comments
- Ideas that don’t make money | Owl’s Portfolio http://www.owlfolio.org/uncat/ideas-that-dont-make-money/ 0 comments
- ☞ AI, Semiotic Physics, and the Opcodes of Story World https://arbesman.substack.com/p/ai-semiotic-physics-and-the-opcodes 0 comments