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Puerto Rico reaches out to Taliban for tips on getting US aid
Weeks after the island of Puerto Rico was devastated by Hurricane Maria, huge swaths of the territory are still without power, running water, or transportation. But the governor of Puerto Rico is trying an innovative approach… By Joe Zieja. [Satire]
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How the Double Slit experiment could determine sentient AI
A week ago I saw a speech by an American professor, where he explained his research findings, which was related to meditation and the double slit experiment. For those not acquainted with the double slit experiment, it basically implies that only as a particle is observed, it gains a position in time and space. Before observation, it is merely a potentiality wave. The professor had over several years been conducting experiments where he had people meditate, and visualise themselves observing an electron, as it passed through a double slit.
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The Way the World Ends: Not with a Bang But a Paperclip
Paperclips, a new game from designer Frank Lantz, starts simply. The top left of the screen gets a bit of text, probably in Times New Roman, and a couple of clickable buttons: Make a paperclip. You click, and a counter turns over. One. The game ends—big, significant spoiler here—with the destruction of the universe. In between, Lantz, the director of the New York University Games Center, manages to incept the player with a new appreciation for the narrative potential of addictive clicker games, exponential growth curves, and artificial intelligence run amok.
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An online betting strategy that really works—if you can use it
A team of researchers found a way to make money legally from online bookies. But then their troubles began.
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Psychologists Believe Privileged Kids Are More Likely to Develop Certain Mental Illnesses Like...
Some of us dream about having it all—the perfect house, the fancy cars, all of the money we could ever need. And then some of us don’t have to dream: these individuals, instead, do (or at least appear to) have it all. The aforementioned fortunes, the riches, the privilege. What more could they want or need? It may be hard to believe, but this life of privilege isn’t all it’s cracked up to be—at least not for affluent teens.
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Death of the Nile
A journey from the source of the Nile in central Africa to its mouth near Cairo, charting the problems faced by the river and those who depend on it.
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Changes in NIST Password Best Practices - Schneier on Security
NIST recently published its four-volume SP800-63-3 Digital Identity Guidelines. Among other things, it makes three important suggestions when it comes to passwords:
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Monsanto’s dirty dozen.
When you take a moment to reflect on the history of product development at Monsanto, what do you find? Here are twelve products that Monsanto has brought to market. (2011)
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EU paid for a report that concluded piracy isn’t harmful — and tried to hide the findings
Back in 2014, the European Commission paid the Dutch consulting firm Ecorys 360,000 euros (about $428,000) to research the effect piracy had on sales of copyrighted content. The final report was finished in May 2015, but for some reason it was never published– according to Julia Reda’s blog, the only Pirate in the EU Parliament.
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Tropical Depressions
Climate change means, quite plausibly, the end of everything we now understand to constitute our humanity. By Sam Kriss, Ellie Mae O’Hagan.
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Taking Up Smoking at the End of the World
In his late twenties, John Sherman finds a new fondness for cigarettes, despite everything he was ever taught about them.
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In an 8-Hour Day, the Average Worker Is Productive for This Many Hours
It may make you feel better about leaving work early today.
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How to Live Without Google
Google tracking is more pervasive than most people realize. We show you some alternatives to Google services to limit your exposure.
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Stanley Kubrick's Unbelievable Answer to the Question, "Is Life Worth Living?"
If this is the last thing you ever read, it will be worth it. By Jordan Bates.
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The laws that are ruining the Internet
These laws were drawn up with the best of intentions. They were supposed to protect us. But, sadly, they're being used for nefarious purposes.
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‘There Is Still Hope - Even for Me’
In an interview, whistleblower Edward Snowden discusses his life in Russia, the power of the intelligence apparatuses and how he will continue his battle against all-encompassing surveillance by governments. By Martin Knobbe and Jörg Schindler.
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Can you see time?
Imagine if you could see time laid out in front of you, or surrounding your body. And you could physically point to specific dates in space.
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Depression is a physical illness which could be treated with anti-inflammatory drugs, scientists...
Depression could be treated using anti-inflammatory drugs, scientists now believe, after determining that it is a physical illness caused by a faulty immune system.
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If You’ve Never Lived in Poverty, Don't Tell Poor People What They Should Do
Why being poor is expensive.
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My friends at Google: it is time to return to not being evil
I have known Google longer than most. At Opera, we were the first to add their search into the browser interface, enabling it directly from the search box and the address field. At that time, Google was an up-and-coming geeky company. I remember vividly meeting with Google’s co-founder Larry Page, his relaxed dress code and his love for the Danger device, which he played with throughout our meeting. Later, I met with the other co-founder of Google, Sergey Brin, and got positive vibes.
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Your Kids Will Look at Internet Porn. Deal With It
It is inevitable. Peggy Orenstein explains how to cope with it.
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Common Antiseptic Ingredients De-Energize Cells and Impair Hormone Response
A new in-vitro study by University of California, Davis, researchers indicates that quaternary ammonium compounds, or “quats,” used as antimicrobial agents in common household products inhibit mitochondria, the powerhouses of the cell, as well as estrogenic functions in cells. Their findings appear online today (Aug. 22) in Environmental Health Perspectives, a publication of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences.
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We can’t let the dark web give online anonymity a bad name
The dark web showcases the worst parts of the internet - but it also shows us it’s possible to browse without giving up our privacy
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Best Free Blogging Sites and Publishing Platforms Reviewed
Let’s dive into the best available Best Free blogging platforms and examine each one in-depth. Learn More about which Blogging sites are Right for you.
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5 Common Keto Challenges—and How to Overcome Them
It takes time for your brain to adapt to its new energy source, so hang in there.
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Learning From the Feynman Technique
They called Feynman the “Great Explainer.”
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Hate Map
917 Hate Groups are currently operating in the US. Track them below with our Hate Map.
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The Polish Doctors Who Used Science to Outwit the Nazis
The fake typhus epidemic staged by Eugene Lazowski and Stasiek Matulewicz during World War II saved thousands of lives.
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Questions for Me About Dying
Do I have a bucket list, have I considered suicide, have I become religious, am I scared? My answers haven’t changed since I was first diagnosed.
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There's a Simple New Way to Find Out if Hackers Already Have Your Password
Passwords suck. They're hard to remember, we all have about a million of them, and they're not supposed to be anything easy or memorable like your cat's name (sorry Furball1).