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6 days ago
Comment rookshookAs far as I know, Firefox is a massive resource hog. I'll pass.
Posted in: It’s time to give Firefox a fresh chance
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11 days ago
Expression rookshook
Don’t Give Away Historic Details About Yourself
Social media sites are littered with seemingly innocuous little quizzes, games and surveys urging people to reminisce about specific topics, such as “What was your first job,” or “What was your first car?” The problem with participating in these informal surveys is that in doing so you may be inadvertently giving away the answers to “secret questions” that can be used to unlock access to a host of your online identities and accounts.
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11 days ago
Expression rookshook
Productivity
I think I am at least somewhat more productive than average, and people sometimes ask me for productivity tips. So I decided to just write them all down in one place.
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12 days ago
Analysis rookshook
Credit Card Signatures Are About to Become Extinct in the U.S.
The major credit card networks are ending a requirement that people sign for most card transactions — the latest blow to the signature.
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2 weeks ago
Analysis rookshook
Older Americans Are ‘Hooked’ on Vitamins
Sixty-eight percent of those 65 and older take vitamin supplements. Much of what we once believed about the benefits is wrong.
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2 weeks ago
Expression rookshook
Will This “Neural Lace” Brain Implant Help Us Compete with AI?
Smarter artificial intelligence is certainly being developed, but how far along are we on producing a neural lace?
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2 weeks ago
Video/Audio rookshook
Rolling Clouds Over Mt. Halcon
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1 month ago
Achievement rookshook
Chatter Box
Posted a total of 25/25 comments! Congratulations rookshook on this achievement!
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1 month ago
Comment rookshook
Where do I set up my tent?
Posted in: Waterfall from behind wilderness
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1 month ago
Achievement rookshook
The Contributor
Submitted 10/10 items to social modules. Congratulations rookshook on this achievement!
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1 month ago
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Denounced by His Party as a Nazi, Arthur Jones Wins Illinois G.O.P. Congressional Primary
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1 month ago
Current Event rookshook
Denounced by His Party as a Nazi, Arthur Jones Wins Illinois G.O.P. Congressional Primary
Mr. Jones, a Holocaust denier and former member of the American Nazi Party, was the sole Republican candidate in a suburban Chicago congressional district.
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1 month ago
Analysis rookshook
For $15,000, GrayKey promises to crack iPhone passcodes for police
This palm-sized box can break your iPhone's password, giving police full access to a device's file system -- messages, photos, call logs, browsing history, keychain and user passwords, and more.
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1 month ago
Level Up rookshook
Level 20
rookshook is now level 20 with 480,525 XP.
View Unlocks- Invite codes You have been awarded 2 invite codes to invite your friends to join you here at Snapzu.
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- Save credit restoration speed The maximum amount of daily restored save credits has been raised by 1 to a total of 12.
- Tribe membership The maximum amount of tribes you can join has been raised by 5 to a total of 125.
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1 month ago
Analysis rookshook
A startup is pitching a mind-uploading service that is “100 percent fatal”
The startup accelerator Y Combinator is known for supporting audacious companies in its popular three-month boot camp.
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1 month ago
Current Event rookshook
Google will ban all cryptocurrency-related advertising
Google will stop serving any ads related to cryptocurrencies.
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1 month ago
Current Event rookshook
'Pharma bro' Martin Shkreli sentenced to 7 years in prison — says, 'This is my fault'
Shkreli was convicted last summer of securities fraud charges linked to hedge funds and a drug company he founded.
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1 month ago
Current Event rookshook
Public Invited to Come Aboard NASA’s First Mission to Touch the Sun
NASA's Parker Solar Probe mission will launch in summer 2018 to travel closer to the Sun than any spacecraft before it, facing brutal heat and radiation conditions. And you can send your name along for the ride.
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1 month ago
Analysis rookshook
The Dirty Secret of ‘Secret Family Recipes’
Surprisingly often, they're copied from mayo jars and famous cookbooks.
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1 month ago
Analysis rookshook
Why almost no one is making a living on YouTube
A new study finds that the odds of striking it rich on the video service, or even making a modest living, are tiny.
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1 month ago
Analysis rookshook
LSD is 'harmonizing' for the brain — and can change your personality for years, studies find
Your brain on LSD is kind of like jazz improvisation. That’s according to Selen Atasoy, a research fellow at the Center for Brain and Cognition at the Pompeu Fabra University in Spain. She was among the authors of a study published in the journal Scientific Reports that found the psychedelic drug can reorganize your brain in a “harmonizing” way.
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1 month ago
Analysis rookshook
Late sleepers are tired of being discriminated against. And science has their back.
Some people have a biological clock naturally set to a later time.
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1 month ago
Analysis rookshook
Facebook's algorithm has wiped out a once flourishing digital publisher
Facebook's recent algorithm change severely throttled traffic to LittleThings and caused its profit to plummet, the company says.
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2 months ago
Expression rookshook
The case for ending Amazon’s dominance
It should not be difficult to love Amazon. To consumers, it offers choice and convenience. Countless internet ventures have relied on its cheap, flexible cloud computing services to start and scale…
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2 months ago
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AMP for email is a terrible idea
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