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Saturday 3 February 2018

Who's Afraid Of A Crypto Utopia?

These men — because they are almost exclusively men — have a plan for what to do with the wealth: They want to build a crypto utopia, a new city where the money is virtual and the contracts are all public, to show the rest of the world what a crypto future could look like.
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DID THEY ASK PUERTO RICANS ABOUT THIS?
Making A Crypto Utopia In Puerto Rico
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These men — because they are almost exclusively men — have a plan for what to do with the wealth: They want to build a crypto utopia, a new city where the money is virtual and the contracts are all public, to show the rest of the world what a crypto future could look like.
'HATEFUL RABBIT HOLES'
'Fiction Is Outperforming Reality': How YouTube's Algorithm Distorts Truth
theguardian.com
An ex-YouTube insider reveals how its recommendation algorithm promotes divisive clips and conspiracy videos.
DAY ZERO IS COMING
What Happens In Cape Town After It Runs Out Of Water?
citylab.com
Most of the city's water is supplied by dams. The dams are currently three-quarters empty.On the day the dam levels reach 13.5 percent of their capacity (known otherwise as "Day Zero"), the city's taps will be shut off. According to the City of Cape Town's projection, Day Zero will fall in April.
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THE WEEK IN PICTURES
PICTURE THIS
The Best Photography Of The Week
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2,000 days on Mars with the Curiosity Rover, chilling images of people caught trying to escape East Germany, and what our houses look like once humans are gone.
A SPIRAL IN PEGASUS
The Week's Coolest Space Images
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Every day satellites are zooming through space, snapping incredible pictures of Earth, the solar system and outer space. Here are the highlights from this week.
A REAL BROWN-NOSER
Piers Morgan Tweets Drawing Of Him Eating Donald Trump's Ass Not Once, Not Twice, But Three Times
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Just before you thought you might escape this week, British talk show host Piers Morgan got extremely mad online about a certain illustration depicting him and Donald Trump, the president of the United States of America.
IT'S SUPERB OWL TIME
BANGING YOUR HEAD AGAINST A WALL
Unpacking Forty Years Of Fandom For A Losing Team
longreads.com
Kevin Sampsell examines his love of football — and a team that's never won a Super Bowl.
DON'T FORGET ABOUT DOUG WILLIAMS
The Quarterback Behind The Most Prolific Quarter In Playoff History
theundefeated.com
Thirty years ago, Doug Williams directed the greatest offensive performance in a single quarter in playoff history to become the first black quarterback to win the Super Bowl.
THE BEST OFFENSE IS A GOOD CODEBREAKER
The Glorious Gridiron Cryptowars Imagined By A 1970s NSA Employee
slate.com
Alongside commentary about the Soviet Union and some complicated-looking puzzles, the January 1976 issue of the NSA's staff magazine contained a tongue-in-cheek article titled "Football & Cryptology." The author's name is still classified, but given that headline, it's reasonable to assume that whoever wrote it was an NSA codebreaker.
VIDEO OF THE DAY
WOOD YOU BELIEVE IT?
Whetstone Master Turns A Block Of Wood Into A Really Sharp Knife
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Yes, this knife is sharp enough to cut and peel hard vegetables. And it's 100% wood.
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The Super Bowl is cool. You know what's cooler? Sleeping the entire weekend.

Friday 2 February 2018

Beware Of Groundhog

​Welcome to What We Learned This Week, a digest of the most curiously important facts from the past few days. This week: Why you should be that person and get a second monitor, how kitchen appliances turned into power tools and what we should do with cows if we all go vegetarian.
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FRUITS OF WHOSE LABOR?
WHAT WE LEARNED THIS WEEK
More Screens Will Make You More Productive, And Other Facts
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​Welcome to What We Learned This Week, a digest of the most curiously important facts from the past few days. This week: Why you should be that person and get a second monitor, how kitchen appliances turned into power tools and what we should do with cows if we all go vegetarian.
TOP NOTCH
The iPhone X Is Apple's Underrated Masterpiece
theverge.com
Apple showed genuine courage in going for such a radical redesign, and users are loving it so far
STEALING HIS FUTURE
This Kid Became A Debtor Before He Could Count
buzzfeed.com
Here's what happens when your mom or dad steals your identity.
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GETTING OUR PHIL
Why We're Drawn To Time Loop Stories Like 'Groundhog Day'
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Which stories involving time loops do interesting things, and which just give us the same old ideas again? Let Fan Service help you sort them out.
HOW'D WE GET HERE?
THE FARM KING OF BEVERLY HILLS
A Kingdom From Dust
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Stewart Resnick is the biggest farmer in the United States, a fact he has tried to keep hidden while he has shaped what we eat, transformed California's landscape, and ruled entire towns.
THE MORMONS WELCOME YOU TO UTAH ISLAND
A Physical Map Of Faith In America
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What if land mass were determined by the number of people in an area that believed in a higher power? Here's what the US would look like.
A BIG FAT GREEK ATLANTIC CROSSING
Did Ancient Greeks Sail To Canada?
hakaimagazine.com
Researchers think Plutarch's "De Facie" tells the tale of Greek sailors making the treacherous transatlantic crossing. They dug into the science to show how it could have happened.
'IT'S A STEP BACK FROM WHERE WE WERE'
What Amazon Does To Poor Cities
theatlantic.com
The debate over Amazon's HQ2 obscures the company's rapid expansion of warehouses in low-income areas.
VIDEO OF THE DAY
'SHOULD WE GO TO COMMERCIAL?'
Alex Trebek Mercilessly Mocks Jeopardy! Contestants When They Can't Answer A Single Football Question
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Jeopardy! contestants: Good at trivia, bad at sports.
IN THE NEWS
Trump Claims On Twitter That FBI, DOJ Favor Democrats
Nunes Memo Expected To Be Released Today
Judge Rules That Tinder Plus' Pricing Structure Discriminates Against Older Users
Groundhog Day: Punxsutawney Phil Predicts 6 More Weeks Of Winter
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We have also seen our shadows and we will be staying in bed for 6 more weeks.