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19 hours ago
Expression jerrycanHow cities can fix tourism hell
A steep and rapid rise in tourism has left behind a wake of economic and environmental damage in cities around the globe. In response, governments have been responding with policies that attempt to limit the number of visitors who come in.
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1 day ago
Current Event jerrycan
Activist threw a fisherman’s catch back into the lake. Now, he has to pay.
A dying fish was flopping on a hot deck. An animal activist called throwing it back in the water an act of kindness. The state called it theft. The value of St. Petersburg’s most internet famous flying fish? About $6. Now, Michael Leaming will have to pay a $500 fine and court costs after a judge found him guilty of depriving Robert Hope of his dinner by launching a tilapia into Crescent Lake in July 2017.
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2 days ago
Current Event jerrycan
Bitcoin (BTC) Drops to its Lowest Price in 12 Months
Just when Bitcoin (BTC) bulls think that the storm was over, they realize how wrong they were. From the look of things, market indicators for a possible rally are discouraging. Indeed, these are no mere speculations as the BTC price again plummeted on Wednesday, falling to the lowest price in 12 months. This price dip is occurring amid a broader digital asset market sell-off.
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3 days ago
Current Event jerrycan
Luminous Productions, ex-FFXV devs are working on a "New AAA Title for PS5"
According to one of the developer’s at Square Enix’s Luminous Productions Studio, Square Enix is working on “New AAA Title for PS5”. This is the first hint of Square Enix’s Japan division working on a next-gen title, after numerous clues of their Western developers Crystal Dynamics and Eidos Montreal seemingly confirming active development on titles for the PS5 and the next Xbox.
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3 days ago
Current Event jerrycan
Buzz, Buzz: Bitter Tasters Like Coffee Better
If you hold your nose and take a sip of coffee, mostly what you'll taste is a bitter liquid. Much of the gustatory pleasure we take from coffee comes from its aroma. But a new study suggests people's sensitivity to that bitter taste plays a role in how much coffee they drink. And though it seems counterintuitive, the study shows that the more sensitive you are to the bitter taste of coffee, the more of it you tend to drink.
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8 days ago
Current Event jerrycan
Skin-like sensor maps blood-oxygen levels anywhere in the body
Injuries can't heal without a constant influx of blood's key ingredient—oxygen. A new flexible sensor developed by engineers at the University of California, Berkeley, can map blood-oxygen levels over large areas of skin, tissue and organs, potentially giving doctors a new way to monitor healing wounds in real time. "When you hear the word oximeter, the name for blood-oxygen sensors, rigid and bulky finger-clip sensors come into your mind," said Yasser Khan, a graduate stud...
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10 days ago
Current Event jerrycan
Study: Like Humans, Rats Have Selective Amnesia
'Rats appear to have the same active forgetting ability as humans do – they forget memories selectively when those memories cause distraction,' research shows. While it is widely accepted and scientifically proven that human beings have a selective memory – we forget distracting memories to focus on what matters – little is known about the capacity to forget in other mammalian species.
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11 days ago
Current Event jerrycan
Trump's acting attorney general was part of firm US accused of vast scam
Donald Trump’s new acting attorney general was part of a company accused by the US government of running a multimillion-dollar scam. Matthew Whitaker was paid to sit on the advisory board of World Patent Marketing, which was ordered in May this year to pay a $26m settlement following legal action by federal authorities, which said it tricked aspiring inventors.
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2 weeks ago
Analysis jerrycan
Clean energy is catching up to natural gas
The natural gas "bridge" to sustainability may be shorter than expected.
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2 weeks ago
Analysis jerrycan
Wait, Have We Really Wiped Out 60 Percent of Animals?
The findings of a major new report have been widely mischaracterized—although the actual news is still grim.
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2 weeks ago
Current Event jerrycan
Scientists Confirm China as Major Source of Banned Ozone-Depleting Chemicals
Despite being banned in 2010, about 40,000 tons of carbon tetrachloride, an ozone-depleting compound, are still emitted into the atmosphere every year. But the origins of the illegal emissions have long baffled scientists. Now, an international team of researchers has tracked down the source of nearly half of the emissions to eastern China, according to a recent study published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters.
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3 weeks ago
Current Event jerrycan
New Patent Reveals How Apple Could Kill the Notch
Just like Samsung is readying a true full screen display, a new patent shows that Apple is actively working to kill the notch it created much to the chagrin of smartphone fans all over the planet.
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3 weeks ago
Current Event jerrycan
Christie’s sells its first AI portrait for $432,500, beating estimates of $10,000
Christie’s has sold its first piece of AI art, a canvas named the Portrait of Edmond Belamy, for $432,500. The sale is unusual not only as a first for the 252-year-old auction house, but because the expected price for the print was between $7,000 and $10,000.
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3 weeks ago
Level Up jerrycan
Level 15
jerrycan is now level 15 with 181,750 XP.
View Unlocks- Tribe submission The maximum amount of tribes you can publish a snap to has been raised by 1 to a total of 4.
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3 weeks ago
Achievement jerrycan
Eagle Eye
Following 50/50 members! Congratulations jerrycan on this achievement!
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1 month ago
Comment jerrycan
If a random person sees a dog alone in a car that's off/parked and windows rolled up on a hot day, they will smash the window anyhow. I know I would unless there was a sign or notice or something.
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1 month ago
Current Event jerrycan
FDA Panel OKs Stronger Opioid Despite Concerns
The company says there's a need for opioid pain medicines that don't require swallowing, because some patients have difficulty taking oral medication and may not have access to IV opioids. The FDA had earlier flagged two safety concerns.
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1 month ago
Comment jerrycan
So far what they came up with is that he started a fight with 15 dudes with saws, so obviously he lost. His body then just vanished I guess.
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1 month ago
Achievement jerrycan
Hat Trick
Maintained a 3 day login streak 5/5 times! Congratulations jerrycan on this achievement!
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1 month ago
Current Event jerrycan
Exorcist to hold mass for Kavanaugh to counteract witches 'hexing’ him
A Catholic exorcist said he plans to hold a mass for Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh next weekend after a group of witches announced their plans to gather in Brooklyn to publicly hex him. “Conjuring up personified evil does not fall under free speech,” Father Gary Thomas, who serves as an exorcist for the Diocese of San Jose, Calif., told The National Catholic Register.
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1 month ago
Comment jerrycan
I didn't care for the man, but 65 is way too young to pass away. RIP.
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1 month ago
Analysis jerrycan
This machine could turn your power walking into usable energy
Body movements could generate clean, renewable energy in the next three years.
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1 month ago
Analysis jerrycan
Stumbling Toward Armageddon
Newly declassified documents show why the Americans and the Soviets came so close to war in 1973.