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Saturday 9 June 2018

Deus Ex Machine Learning

If Elon Musk can make this dance of robots and people work, it will change how cars are made.
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Morning · Sat, Jun 09
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A PEEK BEHIND THE CURTAIN
NOT PICTURED: FAIR TREATMENT FOR WORKERS
Inside Tesla's Model 3 Factory
bloomberg.com
If Elon Musk can make this dance of robots and people work, it will change how cars are made.
RAT CITY
The Rat Density In New York City, Mapped
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New York City is, unsurprisingly, filled with rats.
'SECURITY FEVER — CATCH IT!'
The NSA's Newly Declassified Propaganda Posters Are Wild
fastcodesign.com
A ream of internal propaganda posters that the NSA released in the 1950s and 1960s are a perfect mix of surreal imagery, pop culture references and dark propaganda.
THE ENDLING
Watching A Species Vanish In Real Time
psmag.com
On the frontlines of extinction in the Gulf of California, where the vaquita faces its final days.
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THE WEEK IN PICTURES
PICTURE THIS
The Best Photography Of The Week
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The desert taking over the United Arab Emirates, what happened when a photographer gave rural children cameras and other best photos of the week.
STARRY STARRY NIGHT
The Week's Coolest Space Images
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A ripple of blue at the center of a galaxy, what lightning on Jupiter looks like and other cool space images of the week.
LIVING ANOTHER LIFE
WE'RE NOT JOKING
Three Non-Skaters On Why 'Skate' Is The Best Video Game Ever Made
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"I would sit at a spot and go 'alright, I'm gonna do one trick on this one ledge.' After I nailed that, I'd think 'okay, what if I kickflip into that trick?' I came to the realization that… that's just what you do if you know how to skate."
'SHE WAS ME — MY BEST SELF'
The Confessions Of LiveJournal Tara
theoutline.com
Growing up online taught me how to narrate a life. Then I had to learn how to live one.
DEUS AMONG THE MACHINES
How To Talk About God In Silicon Valley
work.qz.com
In the least religious part of the US, tech puts its faith in science and progress, leaving Christians to navigate a sometimes uneasy existence.
VIDEO OF THE DAY
AS ITS OWNER LAUGHS HYSTERICALLY
No Cat Has Ever Regretted Its Choices More Than This Cat
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Some days, you eat the trash. Other days, the trash eats you.
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It's Saturday morning, and the whole weekend is in front of you. Enjoy.

Friday 8 June 2018

Get Rich Or Work Forever Trying

Welcome to What We Learned This Week, a digest of the most curiously important facts. This week: Leading retirement expert suggests millennials work until they're 70, the Salton Sea is a festering sore and soccer style is very in now.
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Morning · Fri, Jun 08
END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT
WHAT WE LEARNED THIS WEEK
Millennials Must Work Until They Die, And Other Facts
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Welcome to What We Learned This Week, a digest of the most curiously important facts. This week: Leading retirement expert suggests millennials work until they're 70, the Salton Sea is a festering sore and soccer style is very in now.
THE MACHINE IS BLEEDING
The Stories We Tell At The End Of The World
theoutline.com
New works by Paul Schrader, William T. Vollman, and Richard Powers grapple with meaningful living under environmental collapse.
IT LOOKS LIKE CGI
VIDEO: Absolutely Jaw-Dropping Footage Of A Huge Tornado In Wyoming
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This tornado near Laramie on Wednesday isn't the most powerful we've ever seen, but it might be the most beautiful (in a scary way)?
GOT A BAD FEELING ABOUT THIS
What If 'Star Wars' Never Happened?
polygon.com
Imagining a world where George Lucas' space fantasy didn't revolutionize Hollywood.
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GRASPING AT GALAXY BRAIN
THOUGHT: CALL IT 'TETREZ'
The New 'Tetris' Game Has Already Invaded My Mind, And It Isn't Even Out Yet
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Why am I excited about a reimagining of the one of the oldest video games from a team whose greatest title was released over 15 years ago? Because it's the collision of the two most timeless games I can think of.
GOOGLE IT
Web Searches Reveal (In Aggregate) What We're Really Thinking
scientificamerican.com
Google as a window into our private thoughts
WORTH BUZZING ABOUT
Honey Bees Are The First Insect Known To Grasp The Concept Of Zero
motherboard.vice.com
By giving bees visual math quizzes, scientists discovered that these insects know a null set when they see one.
VIDEO OF THE DAY
ONE SET OF FOOTPRINTS IN THE ASPHALT
Chinese Police Officer Figures Out A Novel Way To Get An Old Man Across The Street Without Holding Up Traffic
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Gridlock is a far less serious problem than a man getting hit by a car, but why not avoid both if you're able?
IN THE NEWS
Anthony Bourdain Found Dead At 61 After Reportedly Killing Himself
The Washington Capitals (Finally) Win The Stanley Cup
Ex-Senate Aide Charged In Leak Case Where Times Reporter's Records Were Seized
Curiosity Rover Finds 3.5-Billion-Year-Old Organic Compounds And Strange Methane On Mars
InfoWars Is Holding A Contest To Hire A New Reporter And The Audition Videos Are... Something Else
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Happy first — wait, crap, — *second* Friday of June!