Let's Go Crazy

Good Things To Read (And Watch) In Remembrance Of Prince, The Evolutionary Argument Against Reality, In The Market For A Minimalist Wallet?, RC Cola Almost Ruled The World And Other Facts, What Chatbots Reveal About Our Own Shortcomings, The Retired Cops Solving Cold Cases In One Of America's Most Violent Cities The Daily Digg Friday, April 22, 2016 LET'S GO CRAZY Good Things To Read (And Watch) In Remembrance Of Prince digg.com On Thursday, the world lost Prince, a singular music talent who's impact resonated far beyond the radio. As we pore through his discography here are a few excellent things to read to remember him. UH, IS THIS ARTICLE FAKE? The Evolutionary Argument Against Reality quantamagazine.org The cognitive scientist Donald Hoffman uses evolutionary game theory to show that our perceptions of an independent reality must be illusions. WALLETS WE DIGG SPONSORED In The Market For A Minimalist Wallet? ridgewallet.com Is your wallet the width of a meatball sub? Time to simplify. The Ridge Wallet is a slim, RFID-blocking wallet that will hold up to 15 cards and has a modular design for easy access. They're made from aluminum, titanium or carbon fiber and, as you can see, look pretty damn sharp. WHAT WE LEARNED THIS WEEK RC Cola Almost Ruled The World And Other Facts digg.com Welcome to What We Learned This Week, a digest of the most curiously important facts from the past few days. This week: RC Cola's tragic history, the Aurora Borealis as seen from space and a peek at our VR future. WE ARE THE BOTS What Chatbots Reveal About Our Own Shortcomings nytimes.com Artificial intelligence represents the manifestation of humanity's biggest hopes and fears for technology. But for now, it can help us order Domino's. WHAT HAPPENED IN CAMDEN? The Retired Cops Solving Cold Cases In One Of America's Most Violent Cities theguardian.com A former murder capital of the US, Camden, New Jersey has created its first cold case squad. Can solving old killings help restore an embattled community's trust in law and order? Get more stories on Digg.com REST IN PURPLE After kissing his fingers, a fan touched Prince's star on the wall of First Ave., Thursday, April 21, 2016. Prince, widely acclaimed as one of the most inventive and influential musicians of his era with hits including "Little Red Corvette," ''Let's Go Crazy" and "When Doves Cry," was found dead at his home on Thursday, according to his publicist. He was 57.​ Credit: Jeff Wheeler/Star Tribune via AP Digg iOS app   •   Digg Android app Twitter   •   Facebook   •   Tumblr   •   YouTube Advertise on Digg digg.com   •   Unsubscribe © 2016 Digg Inc. 50 Eldridge St, NY, NY 10002

Farce-To-Table Dining

Farm-To-Table Restaurants Are A Scam, And Other Great Stories, The Man Who Denied Relativity A Nobel Prize, How To Answer The Door When You're Not Home, When Rape Is Broadcast Live On The Internet, The KFC Chicken Sandwich That Ate Pakistan, Is Apple's Next Product An Electric Car? The Daily Digg Thursday, April 21, 2016 WHAT WE'RE READING THIS WEEK Farm-To-Table Restaurants Are A Scam, And Other Great Stories digg.com The farm-to-table scam, the curious case of empty nose syndrome, and more of the best longform stories of the week. JUST WASN'T ITS TIME The Man Who Denied Relativity A Nobel Prize nautil.us Albert Einstein won the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics — but not for his theory of relativity, which is now considered his greatest finding. Why? An ornery philosopher named Henri Bergson. GADGETS WE DIGG SPONSORED How To Answer The Door When You're Not Home ring.com Ring notifies you when someone is on your property and lets you see and speak with anyone at your front door directly from your smartphone. STREAMING ISSUES When Rape Is Broadcast Live On The Internet buzzfeed.com Sexual assault, domestic abuse, and attempted murder are among the crimes recently captured on live video services. BuzzFeed News uncovered one apparent incident of a rape aired in real time and asked what it means for the companies that host this content. FAST FOOD NATION The KFC Chicken Sandwich That Ate Pakistan roadsandkingdoms.com In Karachi, the Zinger burger is a symbol of urban aspirations and dreams, a burger that sustains a city constantly in flux. It's not just a burger. It's Karachi's burger. WILL IT USE OUR EXTRA iPHONE 4 CHARGERS? Is Apple's Next Product An Electric Car? theguardian.com Apple has hired ex-Tesla engineer and opened R&D base in Germany, but reports suggest first versions of long-rumoured vehicle won't be self-driving. Get more stories on Digg.com THEY MUST BE WORD-PERFECT WATCH: How do advertising planes pick up their banners? Well, they need a flying start. Credit: Dez Rosswess Digg iOS app   •   Digg Android app Twitter   •   Facebook   •   Tumblr   •   YouTube Advertise on Digg digg.com   •   Unsubscribe © 2016 Digg Inc. 50 Eldridge St, NY, NY 10002

RIP Dinosaurs, But It Was Their Time To Go

Can The Secret To Iceland's Happiness Be Found In Its Communal Pools?, Dinosaurs Were Declining Way Before That Pesky Asteroid, Try Bombfell Once, And You'll Never Want To Stop, Our Well-Regulated Militia, VIDEO: The Actual Process Of Making VR Porn Is...Not Sexy At All, The One-Armed Robot That Will Look After Me Until I Die The Daily Digg Tuesday, April 19, 2016 ICE ICE MAYBE? Can The Secret To Iceland's Happiness Be Found In Its Communal Pools? nytimes.com "Imagine the feeling you get when you hold an ice cube tight, that combination of sting and ache, except imagine it all over your nearly nude body." THE ASTEROID WAS JUST TRYING TO HELP Dinosaurs Were Declining Way Before That Pesky Asteroid theatlantic.com For at least 40 million years before that asteroid, the dinosaurs were losing species faster than they could replace them. BOXES WE DIGG SPONSORED Try Bombfell Once, And You'll Never Want To Stop bombfell.com Hate shopping, but still want to look good? Bombfell feels your pain, so they match you with a stylist who sends you clothes straight to your door. FROM SEA TO SHOOTING SEA Our Well-Regulated Militia blog.longreads.com Is the conversation around guns in this country really about the right to bear arms? IT'S ALL WEIRD ANGLES AND ODD SHAPES VIDEO: The Actual Process Of Making VR Porn Is...Not Sexy At All digg.com It's been reported that porn will be one of the biggest content offerings driving demand for VR. But what actually goes into making the porn experience full dimensional and real for the viewer? THE ROBOT WILL SEE YOU NOW The One-Armed Robot That Will Look After Me Until I Die motherboard.vice.com I'm beginning to take to Charlie. But Charlie is a robot, a two-foot-tall electromechanical machine, a glorified computer. It may move, it may speak, but it is what it is: a machine that happens to look humanoid. How can I "take" to it? Get more stories on Digg.com TUCK, GRAB GYMNAST, AND ROLL WATCH: Gymnastics coach rescues falling gymnast in the most acrobatic way. Credit: Warren Liebmann Digg iOS app   •   Digg Android app Twitter   •   Facebook   •   Tumblr   •   YouTube Advertise on Digg digg.com   •   Unsubscribe © 2016 Digg Inc. 50 Eldridge St, NY, NY 10002

How Do You Go Blooper Saiyan?

Mama And Papa Geese Coax Their Baby Goslings Into Jumping Off An 8-Foot Roof, Russian Jets Filmed 'Buzzing' US Destroyer, Can You Buy $5 Of A $100 Stock?, Grandma Flips The Fuck Out While Riding In An Autopiloted Tesla, Watch Kid Break The World Speed Run Record For 'Super Mario Bros.', Well-Intentioned Nerd Pranksters Break Girl's Laptop This Week's Best Videos Sunday, April 17, 2016 BROUGHT TO YOU BY   STAIRS ARE FOR GROWN UPS Mama And Papa Geese Coax Their Baby Goslings Into Jumping Off An 8-Foot Roof digg.com A reminder: always make sure there's a way to safely transport your babies to ground level. Or else they're just going to have to hurl themselves off a roof. (They're all okay). THAT'S NOT GREAT Russian Jets Filmed 'Buzzing' US Destroyer digg.com ​In a troubling incident Tuesday night, Russian jets made a couple incredibly low passes (at least one was within 75 feet) over the USS Donald Cook, a destroyer stationed in the Baltic Sea. The US European Command released video of the flyovers. INVESTMENTS WE DIGG SPONSORED Can You Buy $5 Of A $100 Stock? get.stashinvest.com Yep! Stash lets you invest as little as $5 in funds, even if one share costs a lot more. Just pick from their easy-to-understand investment themes and choose an amount to invest. The Stash app will guide you from there. TESLA TAKE THE WHEEL Grandma Flips The Fuck Out While Riding In An Autopiloted Tesla digg.com Letting go of control is scary. Letting go of control while you're driving a car? That honestly sounds terrifying. We don't blame her for losing her cool. 4 MINUTES 57.260 SECONDS Watch Kid Break The World Speed Run Record For 'Super Mario Bros.' digg.com So what if the previous standing world record was his own? This kid is a phenom. GOING BLOOPER SAIYAN Well-Intentioned Nerd Pranksters Break Girl's Laptop digg.com A truly nerdy college prank that appears to revolve around "Dragon Ball Z's" Spirit Bomb, goes awry when the pranksters accidentally break a girl's laptop. We hope he paid for that. Get more stories on Digg.com CAT FIGHT Don't ever wake a tiger up from a nap. Credit: Digg Digg iOS app   •   Digg Android app Twitter   •   Facebook   •   Tumblr   •   YouTube Advertise on Digg digg.com   •   Unsubscribe © 2016 News.me Inc. 29 Little West 12th Street, NY, NY 10014