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21 hours ago
Current Event jedlickaBolsonaro loosens gun laws in Brazil, world murder capital
President Jair Bolsonaro on Tuesday signed a decree making it easier for many Brazilians to own firearms, the first of many expected changes by the nascent administration to overhaul gun laws in the nation that leads the world in total homicides. Bolsonaro signed the decree in a televised...
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1 day ago
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Employee Falls for Fake Job Interview Over Skype, Gives North Korean Hackers Access to Chile's ATM Network: Report
The one thing no one expects on a job interview is North Korean hackers picking up on the other line. But that’s apparently exactly what happened to a hapless employee at Redbanc, the company that handles Chile’s ATM network.
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1 day ago
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Stop calling it optical zoom when the optics don't zoom
The whole multiple-camera zoom thing started with the iPhone 7 Plus back in 2016. Phil Schiller mistakenly calls it Optical Zoom even though it’s actually just switching between multiple cameras that have lenses with different focal lengths. Saying that switching between multiple cameras is “Optical Zoom” is completely incorrect and that should be obvious to anyone who knows what optical zoom means. Apple has once again spread their reality distortion field and is perpetuating incorrect in...
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2 days ago
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Brexit vote: Jeremy Corbyn tables vote of no confidence after May suffers historic defeat
Prime minister addresses Commons after huge defeat for her Brexit deal.
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2 days ago
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The Dog Who Took the Witness Stand
Tracing the origins of the animal rights movement to one truly bizarre 1922 court case.
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4 days ago
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The first cars of every major car maker
But few have survived and here we take a look at how some of those survivors (plus a few that didn't make it) got started. Sometimes things are a lot more convoluted than you think though, with some companies claiming two (or even three) first cars… In chronological order, let's take a look at the first car made by every major carmaker:
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5 days ago
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Do You Have a Sixth Sense That Feels the Weight of a Stare?
New research explores invisible, force-carrying beams projecting from the eyes. Princeton University researchers recently published a whimsical study that explores why people subconsciously treat the focus of someone’s gaze as a force-carrying beam projected by the eyes. It’s not a coincidence that this sounds like the stuff of sci-fi or Marvel Comics.
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7 days ago
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The Eternal Treadmill of Fitness Trends: From Hot Pants to Hot Mess
New year, same resolution.
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7 days ago
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My 460-Pound Self
What it’s like to be too big in America
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7 days ago
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Why stop there, why not spicy apples?
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7 days ago
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Tom Hiddleston Said To Be The Narrator Of The Loki TV Series
The God of Mischief is headed to television, and we couldn’t be more excited. As part of the Disney Plus launch later this year, the Mouse House will release a standalone TV series for Loki, Tom Hiddleston’s trickster and all-around fan-favorite who has been tormenting the MCU since as far back as 2012, when he waged war on Earth and ultimately galvanized the Avengers – albeit with a helping hand from Samuel L. Jackson’s Nick Fury, who gave Earth’s Mightiest Heroes that little push whe...
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10 days ago
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Star Trek's William Morgan Sheppard dies aged 86
British actor William Morgan Sheppard has died at the age of 86. The star of Star Trek, Dr Who and Mad Men died on Sunday January 6 in Los Angeles, California. He leaves behind an actor son Mark Sheppard, with who he starred in several productions, including the TV series NCIS and Doctor Who's The Impossible Astronaut, where they played different aged versions of the same character.
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11 days ago
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‘Greatest Showman’ Rules the Soundtracks Chart for 2018… And All Album Sales, Period
In a music world where streaming services now overwhelmingly rule the market, who still actually bothers to buy albums? One obvious answer: people who also buy movie tickets. BuzzAngle Music’s newly released data for 2018 shows that the two top selling albums of the year were the soundtracks for “The Greatest Showman” and “A Star Is Born.” By BuzzAngle’s calculations, which include an accumulation of individual track sales as well as pure album units...
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2 weeks ago
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'Black Mirror' Creator Charlie Brooker Shares Season 5 Update
Black Mirror creator and writer Charlie Brooker told The Hollywood Reporter that making Bandersnatch was like making four episodes of the sci-fi anthology series at once and that, as a result, the forthcoming fifth season has been pushed back. "We knew going into it that it would be difficult and challenging and more complicated than a normal film that we would do. Even then, we underestimated," Brooker elaborates to THR. "As the story expanded, I like to say that the story got lo...
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2 weeks ago
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What Deep Breathing Does to Your Body
It has to do with the powerful vagus nerve.
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2 weeks ago
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What Happens to Your Brain When You Stop Believing in God
My belief in God didn't spontaneously combust—it faded. I lost my virginity at 16. I stopped going to church. I snuck out past curfew. As punishment, my mom made me memorize Bible verses, and I recited them like recipes. I wasn't the only kid who stopped believing. A record number of young Americans (35 percent) report no religious affiliation, even though 91 percent of us grew up in religiously affiliated households.
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2 weeks ago
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Breathtaking for sure!!
Posted in: Nā Pali Coast, Kauai, Hawaii
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3 weeks ago
Current Event jedlicka
If Andromeda Were Brighter, This is What You'd See
Andromeda is the closest large galaxy to us. At 140,000 light years across, it’s 40% bigger than our 100,000 light year diameter Milky Way. Andromeda is 2.5 million light years away from us, or about 25 Milky Way diameters. Light takes 2.5 million years to pass between the two galaxies, so if a fancy Andromeda alien is viewing us with a telescope right now, it’s seeing a bunch of Australopithecus walking around being unappealing.
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3 weeks ago
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Unavowed is one of the best adventure games ever made
In 2018, one of the best point-and-click adventure games was conjured into existence. Unavowed leaves you picking up the pieces after you were possessed by a demon for a year, kicking off the strongest story Dave Gilbert’s written, so far. And, as always, it's accompanied by striking art from Ben Chandler, who manages to capture New York while simultaneously transforming it into somewhere otherworldly and magical.
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3 weeks ago
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It was a big year in space. Here are the top 11 stories of 2018
Space fans had plenty to celebrate in 2018, including the launch of three new NASA missions and the debut of SpaceX’s giant Falcon Heavy rocket. In case you missed any of the action, here are 11 space stories that were particularly noteworthy.
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3 weeks ago
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iPhone XR made up 32% of iPhone sales in November, down from iPhone 8/8 Plus in 2017
A new report from CIRP today provides some insight on how iPhone XR, XS, XS Max and more have sold after the first few months of availability. With 32% share of total iPhone sales, the XR took a bit lower share at 32% than the iPhone 8/8 Plus did during the same period in 2017. CIRPs latest report dives into the iPhone sales mix for November 2018 and compares the data to previous years to see how iPhone XR, XS, and XS Max have performed during the holiday quarter.