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TECHNICALLY WRONG WELL, CRAP ThisPersonDoesNotExist Is A Terrifying Glimpse Of What Neural Networks Are Capable Of digg.com AI-generated fake images and videos can occasionally be funny, but usually they're a scary look into an all-too-near future where we can't distinguish the real from the fake. ThisPersonDoesNotExist falls firmly in the "scary" box. BIG FIB American Monster medium.com Everything you need to know about the mess that is America in 2019 can be explained by our deepening national belief that Bigfoot is real. THEY SHOULDN'T HAVE STARTED WITH CARS Google's Waymo Risks Repeating Silicon Valley's Most Famous Blunder arstechnica.com Larry Page drew the wrong lesson from Xerox bungling the PC revolution. CBD WE DIGG ǀ SPONSORED Try The Highest Grade CBD Oil On The Market nuleafnaturals.com NuLeaf Naturals premium CBD oil is 100% organic and contains a full spectrum of cannabinoids and terpenes. Use coupon code DIGG for 25% off. LOOKING GOOD PICTURE THIS A Tender Moment Between Two Male Lions, And More Of The Best Photography Of The Week digg.com An African chief leading a double life in Germany, recreating the family albums of strangers and other best photos of the week. DRAW THE LINE A 'Smart Bed' That Keeps People From Hogging Space, And More Of The Week's Coolest Design digg.com A chair made of ocean waste, life-sized crocheted sculptures and other coolest design of the week. HOW IT WORKS LET IT GROW How To Fix Food outsideonline.com Inside a repurposed Twin Cities brewery, a massive aquaponics operation is ready to provide a locavore's dream: fresh produce and fish, raised indoors every month of the year BILLIONAIRES, THEY'RE JUST LIKE US PEONS How Do The Insanely Wealthy Actually Pay For Something Worth Hundreds Of Millions Of Dollars? todayifoundout.com To begin with, for the most part, paying for something worth a pile of Ferraris is the same as paying for any other item. A LOT:A LITTLE Visualizing The Ratio Of CEO Pay To Worker Pay bloomberg.com A long-running study by the AFL-CIO shows leaders of S&P 500 companies made about 347 times more than their average employees in 2016, up from 41-to-1 in 1983. VIDEO OF THE DAY HE JUST KEEPS ON  GOING Semi Truck Flawlessly Drifts A Highway Interchange digg.com This doesn't seem particularly safe, but we can't help but applaud. CBD WE DIGG ǀ SPONSORED Try The Highest Grade CBD Oil On The Market nuleafnaturals.com NuLeaf Naturals premium CBD oil is 100% organic and contains a full spectrum of cannabinoids and terpenes. Use coupon code DIGG for 25% off. AI can't fake this: It's a three-day weekend. View the Edition at Digg.com »

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THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY WHAT WE LEARNED THIS WEEK Five Guys Makes The Best Fries, 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: fries are ranked, rich people are exposed, and the rat race, explained. SEEMS ABOUT RIGHT Every Oscar Best Picture Winner, Ranked vulture.com It's very easy to second-guess the Academy on its Best Picture picks, but while putting together our ranking of every winner, we decided that, all in all, there aren't that many terrible choices. NO FUN IN THE SUN I Bought A House With Solar Panels. It Was A Nightmare bloomberg.com Third-party ownership and decades-long contracts can create real headaches. CASH BACK WE DIGG | SPONSORED The Highest Paying Cash Back Card Has Hit The Market nextadvisor.com This jaw-dropping cash back card is offering 0% APR for 14 Months and 5% back in rotating categories. Pay no interest until 2020 and double your cash back. AMA-GONE JEFF BYE-ZOS How Amazon Went From Picking Queens For HQ2 To Pulling Out: A Timeline digg.com Amazon was apparently unprepared for popular opposition to a backroom deal that would have given the company almost $3 billion in incentives and tax breaks. NO DEAL What Amazon Got Wrong About New York City theverge.com A promise of 25,000 jobs isn't exciting anymore — it's ominous GIANARIS VS BEZOS 'Amazon Isn't Bigger Than New York': Meet The Man Who Killed The Deal theguardian.com Michael Gianaris turned his outrage into leverage when he was appointed to an obscure state board – and soon after, the company called the project off TAKING CHARGE NOT THE IDEAL MENTOR I Fell Under the Spell Of NASA's Most Notorious Thief theatlantic.com Before Thad Roberts stole more than $20 million worth of moon rocks and Martian meteorites, he made me want to reach for the stars. THE MODERATOR The Most Important New Woman In Congress Is Not Who You Think politico.com Bold progressives are getting the attention, but the Democratic Party owes control of the House to moderates like Mikie Sherrill. Whose agenda will prevail? VIDEO OF THE DAY WE'RE FLOORED This Is How Dirty The Floor Of The New York City Subway Is digg.com "This line hasn't been that clean since the '70s, I think." IN THE NEWS Trump Set To Announce National Emergency To Fund Border Wall Facebook Uses Its Apps To Track Users It Thinks Could Threaten Employees And Offices An 'Atmospheric River' Is Dumping 15 Mississippi Rivers Worth Of Water On The West Coast WATCH: British News Host Strips Naked On Live TV Because Of... Brexit? DIGG PICKS Shop HP's Presidents' Day Sale And Save Hundreds store.hp.com Star spangled savings, up to 56% off and free shipping! Happy, uh, day after Valentine's Day? View the Edition at Digg.com »

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