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Saturday 13 July 2019

Honey, I Lojacked The Kids

This Week's Best Memes, Ranked, Jony Ive's Mistakes: When Beautiful Design Is Bad Design, and more.
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HOT APPLE SUMMER
IT'S A BAGEL BOSS SUMMER
This Week's Best Memes, Ranked
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It's an internet fight and only the funniest meme will emerge victorious. This week's challengers? Hot Girl Summer, Bagel Boss and more.
THE PERFECT WAS THE ENEMY OF THE GOOD
Jony Ive's Mistakes: When Beautiful Design Is Bad Design
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The quote often attributed to Einstein is "everything must be made as simple as possible, but not one bit simpler." I think the trouble was that Ive often ignored the second part of that advice in the pursuit of refinement.
PARENTS THESE DAYS...
Millions Of Parents Are Using An App To Track Their Kids — And The Kids Hate It
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Spend enough time on the social media app TikTok, and you're bound to see a Life360 meme. That's because Life360, a location-sharing app aimed at families, is apparently ruining the lives of teenagers all across the United States.
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PICTURE THIS
A Vacation In A Non-Existent Country, And More Of The Best Photography Of The Week
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What people in solitary confinement want to see, inside Hungary's military-themed summer camps and more of the best photos of the week.
GLORY HUNTING
AN ALL-ENCOMPASSING NEED FOR SPEED
Danny Thompson's Blazing Nitromethane-Fueled Pursuit Of Racing Glory
smithsonianmag.com
An American tale of speed demons, murder and a son's attempt to complete his father's unfinished legacy.
ROCKIN' ON AIR
My 60 Seconds Of Fame At The Brooklyn Air Guitar Championship
noise.thehardtimes.net
Thinking of all the legendary bands that had played on the stage mere feet above my head — Megadeth, Anthrax, Sick Of It All — I cringed at the thought of screwing up. But I wouldn't be playing drums, or bass, or even singing. I'd be playing air guitar
THE MORE YOU KNOW
Generalize, Don't Specialize: Why Focusing Too Narrowly Is Bad For Us
theguardian.com
The 10,000-hour rule says intense, dedicated practice makes perfect — at that one thing. But what if breadth actually serves us better than depth?
VIDEO OF THE DAY
CAUGHT ON HOME SECURITY CAMERA
Undercover Cop Runs Stop Sign And Causes Crash — And Then Arrests The Other Driver
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To be sure, the other driver is driving too fast, but that's no excuse for this Michigan State Police officer to pull his taser and immediately arrest him (without checking on his health and safety).
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Prime Day 2019: Early Deals And Tips
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Amazon's Prime Day 2019 is nearly here, and you can start saving right away. If you want to get the most out of this big sale, here's what you'll need to know.
Hey, take it easy this weekend.

Friday 12 July 2019

Tase Me, Bro!

The Inside Story of Tazer Ball, the Most Shocking Extreme Sport in TV History, The Day The Music Died, and more.
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ELECTRIC DREAMS
NUMBER ONE STUNNER
The Inside Story Of Tazer Ball, The Most Shocking Extreme Sport In TV History
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A freakish amalgamation of soccer and rugby in which players could shock each other with stun guns, Tazer Ball dominated the press cycle and briefly seemed like the next big thing in 2012.
POP PUNK FOREVER
Forever Warped: On The Beach, At The Tour That Refuses To Die
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It was the summer of 2019, and Warped Tour was to end its 25-year run. For real. But who actually thought that was true?
NAPSTERED
The Day The Music Died
public.tableau.com
In the 1990s, the music industry was booming. What happened?
MATCHMAKER MAKE ME A MATCH
The Dating Algorithm That Gives You Just One Match
vox.com
The Marriage Pact is designed to help college students find their perfect "backup plan."
PODCASTS WE DIGG
Riding The Solar Coaster
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The latest episode of Broken Ground is all about solar energy and how two schools' experiences differ as they look to power students' education with renewable energy.
CONS AND PROS
Why Consulting Is One Big Grift, And More Of The Week's Best Scam Stories
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Helping people cheat their way to PhD degrees, the billionaire who created a "fake" parking space for himself and more of this week's best scam and hoax stories.
NOT-SO-FAMILIAR FAME
BEFORE THE DISAPPEARANCE
My 9 Months On The Road With Fan Bingbing, China's Biggest Movie Star
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A decade before her disappearance, the Angelina Jolie of China hired me as her tutor. I got a crash course in China's dizzying celebrity-industrial complex.
A PREVIOUSLY CLASSIFIED STORY
The Havana Job
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When three CIA agents bungle their way into Fidel Castro's clutches on the eve of the most dangerous international standoff of the 20th century, they are sentenced to Cuba's most notorious prison, the Isle of Pines. Escape seems impossible, but then came a Hail Mary plan.
SPLISH SPLASH I WAS TAKING A BATH
Is Belle Delphine, AKA Bathwater Gamer Girl, The Greatest Troll On The Internet?
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"She's almost like a parody of the kind of girl these dudes want," says one expert. "She's very directly playing into the sensibilities of these men."
VIDEO OF THE DAY
'OH MY GOOOOOOD'
Deep Sea Researchers Stunned When They Film A Grouper Swallowing A Shark Whole
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Researchers on the Windows to the Deep 2019 expedition off the coast of South Carolina were observing a shark feeding frenzy over a swordfish carcass when something extremely unexpected happened.
IN THE NEWS
New Orleans Faces A Never-Before-Seen Problem With Tropical Storm Barry
Severe Turbulence Injures 37 On Air Canada Flight
A Sunken Cold War Nuclear Sub Is Leaking Radiation At Levels 800,000 Times Normal
The 'Lion King' Remake Reviews Are Here — And They're Not Very Good
R. Kelly Arrested On Federal Sex Crime Charges, Law Enforcement Says
DIGG PICKS
This Tripod Is Legitimately The Coolest Thing We've Seen This Week (Yes, A Tripod)
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Peak Design is on its ninth Kickstarter campaign and this one is a doozy.
Have a ball this weekend — but please, no stun guns.