Nothing Is Real, Except The Weekend

Quick, look at your hands: Are they real? Yeah, sorry, they are. But then look at what's surely in one of them: Your phone. Is anything in THERE real? Who the hell knows?

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MOTHERBOARD + DIGG Nothing Is Real: A Note From This Weekend's Guest Editor, Motherboard's Derek Mead digg.com Quick, look at your hands: Are they real? Yeah, sorry, they are. But then look at what's surely in one of them: Your phone. Is anything in THERE real? Who the hell knows? A HIGHER PLANE OF EXISTENCE FROZEN IN TIME ​The Girl Who Would Live Forever motherboard.vice.com As a toddler, Matheryn Naovaratpong became the youngest person to be cryogenically frozen and preserved for future revival. IS EVOLUTION EVEN REAL? 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. IS THIS SOME KIND OF SICK JOKE? How Many Times Have I Died motherboard.vice.com After the robots gain consciousness, but before they gain independence, what would they think of us? SMILES WE DIGG | SPONSORED There's Never Been An Easier Way To Get Better Teeth smiledirectclub.com If you're thinking about braces but don't want to spend a fortune, SmileDirectClub's got you. Their aligners are invisible, affordable and shipped straight to your door. Everything's assessed online, so you don't even need to visit the orthodontist. WHAT IS THIS PLACE? WE BELIEVE IN NOTHING Null Island: The Busiest Place That Doesn't Exist digg.com Nothing really exists at 0°N 0°E, but "Null Island" is still used in mapping systems to help catch errors. ALIENS AMONG US WATCH: In 'Alive In Joburg', We're Not Afraid Of Aliens, We're Afraid Of Ourselves digg.com Neill Blomkamp ("District 9") shot this alien flick by interviewing real people about human refugees. OF TWO MINDS JESUS TAKE THE WHEEL Are We In Control Of Our Brains? Probably Not motherboard.vice.com The best adage about the internet is also an old one: If you're not paying for the product, then you are the product. TAKE THE RED PILL, OR TAKE THE BLUE PILL One Nation Divisible bloomberg.com "The picture we pieced together shows just how divided we've become — and helps explain why." TRUST ISSUES WHY TRUST THIS? How Technology Disrupted The Truth theguardian.com Social media has swallowed the news – threatening the funding of public-interest reporting and ushering in an era when everyone has their own facts. EVERYDAY LIFE IS PUZZLING ENOUGH 'Myst' And The Truth Of Objects killscreen.com "To insist on evaluating [video games'] aesthetic worth by the criteria applied to other arts is to devalue what makes games, for all their diversity, singular." VIDEO OF THE DAY ALL TOO REAL This Vision Of Hyper-Reality Is An Instant Panic Attack digg.com It's not too hard to envision a future where augmented reality and virtual reality flow into real life until it's hard to tell which is which. Check out more of Motherboard's picks on Digg.com. Here's to a panic-free weekend. View the Edition at Digg.com »

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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 some Mac owners insist on sticking with 16-year-old software, why railroads sit on crushed stone and Netflix has a lot of original shows.

Digg Editions Morning · Fri, Sep 16

GIVE IT TIME WHAT WE LEARNED THIS WEEK Some People Refuse To Upgrade From OS 9, 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, why some Mac owners insist on sticking with 16-year-old software, why railroads sit on crushed stone and Netflix has a lot of original shows. BUT HEY HAVE YOU SEEN THE NEW PHONE? Apple Is Still Ignoring One Of The Biggest iPhone Engineering Flaws Of All Time motherboard.vice.com Just two years after it was released, the touchscreens of thousands upon thousands of iPhone 6 Pluses are completely losing their functionality under normal use. And Apple isn't doing a thing about it. HITTING US WITH THEIR SECOND-BEST SHOT Why Companies Make Their Products Worse On Purpose 1843magazine.com In the late 1980s IBM's LazerPrinter, retailing at $2,395, printed ten pages per minute. In 1990 it launched the $1,495 LazerPrinter E, which was half as fast. But the new printer was not made using cheaper parts, or assembled by workers on lower wages. It had just been artificially slowed down. Why did IBM do this? LUGGAGE WE DIGG | SPONSORED This Sleek Carry On Is Genius geniuspack.com This hardside carry on by Genius Pack literally makes packing hassle-free with its engineered interior organizational panel. It has designated compartments for all your clothes, a secluded laundry compartment, and 8 silent-gliding wheels so you don't have to wheel your luggage like the Hulk. Also super light, only 6.8 lbs! PLAYING GAMES A FIGHT OF FANTASY The Man Who Wants To Beat FanDuel And DraftKings At Their Own Game buzzfeed.com Las Vegas legend Vic Salerno wants to reinvent daily fantasy sports by playing by the rules. But in a fast-changing, hard-charging, Wild West of an industry, will that be enough? STILL NESTING Where Young People Are Most Likely To Be Living With Their Parents digg.com More 18- to 34-year-olds are living at home than ever before, but the numbers aren't the same everywhere. This map shows where the highest and lowest percentages of young adults are still in their parents' homes. VIDEO OF THE DAY AMERICA'S XENOPHOBIC SWEET POTATO A Supercut Of The Most Creative Insults Hurled At Donald Trump digg.com IN THE NEWS Trump Campaign Says Trump Is No Longer A Birther — Right After He Refuses To Say Whether He Believes Obama Was Born In The US Arctic Sea Ice Shrinks To Second Lowest Level Ever 13-Year-Old Boy Tyre King Fatally Shot By Police In Columbus, Ohio Apple Hasn't Made Enough iPhone 7s Time may not be on our side. But hey, it's Friday, so today it is. View the Edition at Digg.com »

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