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2 days ago
Expression jedlickaMy Life As a Suicide Text Line Volunteer
As told by a 20-something graduate student.
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3 days ago
Current Event jedlicka
Google Suppresses Memo Revealing Plans to Closely Track Search Users in China
The company forced employees to delete the document, which stated that a Chinese partner would have “unilateral access” to user data.
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3 days ago
Not good
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5 days ago
Comment jedlicka
Sneaky lazy millenials!
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6 days ago
Current Event jedlicka
The CEO of CBS Tried to Destroy Janet Jackson's Career After Her Super Bowl Show
Janet Jackson is back on the scene after what feels like an unbearably cruel absence. After her 2004 Super Bowl performance with Justin Timberlake, culminating in the now infamous "wardrobe malfunction," Jackson's career seemed to suddenly stall while Timberlake's climbed higher and higher. Some fans and critics claimed that Jackson was being held accountable while Timberlake wasn't―and a new report suggests that they were right.
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6 days ago
Comment jedlicka
I wish America went back to doing things like this, you know, leading the world in things.
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6 days ago
Current Event jedlicka
NASA isn’t going to pay for the BFR, so Musk charts a new course
On a Monday night filled with emotion as much as engineering, one of the most poignant moments came toward the end of the program at SpaceX's rocket factory in California. The company's founder, Elon Musk, choked up as he described the financial contribution from a Japanese businessman, Yusaku Maezawa, to his Big Falcon Rocket project. "I’ll tell you, it’s done a lot to restore my faith in humanity," Musk said, seated in front of the end of a Falcon 9 rocket and its nine ...
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6 days ago
Comment jedlicka
Bad idea, as expected.
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8 days ago
Comment jedlicka
Probably suicide.
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8 days ago
Video/Audio jedlicka
Watch Plants Light Up When They Get Attacked
Scientists showed that plants are much less passive than they seem by revealing the secret workings of their threat communication systems.
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8 days ago
Current Event jedlicka
Spectacular ice age wolf pup and caribou dug up in Canada
Rare, mummified animals discovered by gold miners in Yukon territory
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9 days ago
Comment jedlicka
All other tech companies should follow their lead.
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10 days ago
Analysis jedlicka
Who Invented the iPhone?
It all depends on what you mean by “invented”
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10 days ago
Current Event jedlicka
Nearly 150 people trapped in New Bern, N.C., as town battered by Florence
As Florence made landfall on the coast of North Carolina Friday, a city about a hundred miles north was among the worst hit areas so far, with about 150 people stranded and 200 already rescued, officials said. "People surrounding me are under water. They have been trapped in their attics,” said Tonya Moore, a New Bern resident, who was awaiting rescue with her mother, husband and five children ranging in age from 6 to 16. Their home had not yet flooded but was impossible to flee, and offi...
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10 days ago
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Trump ex-campaign aide Manafort to plead guilty in Mueller probe
U.S. President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman Paul Manafort will cooperate with Special Counsel Robert Mueller's probe of Russian election meddling as part of a plea deal, prosecutors told a federal court in Washington on Friday. Manafort, 69, also pleaded guilty to two criminal counts, becoming the most prominent former Trump campaign official to plead guilty in Mueller's investigation.
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10 days ago
Current Event jedlicka
SpaceX Books the First Tourist to the Moon
The moon may soon get its first tourist — and first human visitor in more than four decades. SpaceX announced Thursday that it's booked the world's first private passenger to the moon. Elon Musk's space technology company said on Twitter the unnamed traveler would board its BFR (or Big Falcon Rocket) to the moon, where only 24 people have ever traveled. Only 12 of those people actually walked on the moon, and they were all Americans.
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12 days ago
Current Event jedlicka
US military builds barracks using "world's largest" 3D printer
3D-printed construction is portable and inexpensive, and could help build a safe barracks in a shorter time. With this in mind, the US Marine Corps Systems Command recently constructed a prototype concrete barracks in under two days with what it says is the world's largest 3D printer.
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2 weeks ago
Maybe they will now finally get a 2 cent pay increase and maybe even a few dollars bonus!
Posted in: Nike sales defy Kaepernick backlash
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2 weeks ago
Current Event jedlicka
The Colorado River is evaporating, and climate change is largely to blame
An hour’s drive from Las Vegas stands America’s Hoover Dam, a commanding barrier of concrete holding back the trillions of gallons of Colorado River water held inside Lake Mead. The dam is a proud place, built by thousands of hands and with 5 million barrels of concrete. Its golden elevator doors, Gotham-esque pillars, and stoic guardian angel statues line the lofty walkways atop the structure. A U.S. flag beating patriotically over the desert gets swapped out every few days, and then put ou...
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2 weeks ago
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The new Russian disinformation game
When the UK authorities announced on Wednesday that they suspected two alleged Russian agents in the poisoning of former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter in Salisbury, they released CCTV images of the suspects arriving at Gatwick airport. Two of the images, framed side by side, began to spread on social media, driven by pro-Russia conspiracy theorists and suspected troll accounts. They showed the alleged agents - Alexander Petrov and Ruslan Boshirov - passing through a non-return gate...
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2 weeks ago
Current Event jedlicka
Egypt Court Sentences 75 to Death Over Deadly 2013 Protests
An Egyptian court on Saturday sentenced 75 people to death, including leaders of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood, for their involvement in a 2013 sit-in protest in Cairo that spiraled into violence and resulted in the death of hundreds of demonstrators by security forces. Cairo Criminal Court was considering the case of 739 people facing charges ranging from killing police officers, incitement to violence and damaging property during the 2013 violence in Rabaa al-Adawiya, a square in Cairo. Fort...
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3 weeks ago
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China culls 38,000 pigs as Europe and Asia move to curb outbreak of swine fever
China has culled more than 38,000 pigs in a bid to contain an outbreak of African swine fever that has also reared its head in Europe and is threatening international pork supplies. The cull followed the discovery of the disease in five Chinese provinces, according to the country's ministry of agriculture. The current outbreak dates back to at least 2014, when reports detailed cases in Lithuania, Poland, Latvia and Estonia.
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3 weeks ago
Analysis jedlicka
Decoding the Unusual Shape of the Nepali Flag
Where did all those angles come from?
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3 weeks ago
How-to jedlicka
How to teach yourself hard things
This blog is mostly about learning computer programming / systems. Probably 70% of these posts are in one way or another about things I’ve learned and why they’re exciting. But how do you teach yourself hard things? I’ve talked before about having a growth mindset, which is about replacing the belief “I’m bad at X” with “I’m haven’t learned about X yet”. Having a positive attitude is really important, but IMO by itself it’s not enough to learn hard things. Learning is a s...
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3 weeks ago
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How to Pay Off Debt: 6 Strategies That Work
In more ways than one, debt can be a four-letter word. When it gets out of control — whether from medical bills, shopping sprees, or unexpected emergencies — it becomes an albatross that affects your emotional and physical health. Although it might feel overwhelming, you can tackle any debt the same way: one step at a time. Here’s how to pay off debt — and how to pay off credit card debt, in particular — even when it seems impossible.