AI, You Can't Drive My Car

This Week's Best Memes, Ranked, Jupiter Just Got Slammed By Something So Big We Saw It From Earth, and more.

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Digg Editions Morning · Sat, Aug 10

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THE BIG ONE 30–50 YEARS OF ACADEMY TRAINING, WASTED This Week's Best Memes, Ranked digg.com It's an internet fight and only the funniest memes will survive. This week's challengers: 30–50 feral hogs, texting your number neighbors and more. DID MARS ATTACK IT? Jupiter Just Got Slammed By Something So Big We Saw It From Earth cnet.com While it has yet to be confirmed by a second observer, it looks like a large asteroid crashing into the gas giant planet. The flash is brief and quickly fades away, boosting the idea that it was likely caused by an impact. MEANWHILE, BACK IN THE CITY This 1969 Music Fest Has Been Called 'Black Woodstock.' Why Doesn't Anyone Remember It? rollingstone.com The Harlem Cultural Festival attracted everyone from Stevie Wonder and Nina Simone to RFK and Jesse Jackson, but quickly faded into obscurity. Fifty years later, a rediscovery is finally underway SAVINGS WE DIGG | SPONSORED Live Your Life. Even With Student Loans commonbond.co By refinancing with CommonBond, you can replace your old student loans with a single, smarter loan. It can help you save money every month or pay off your student debt more quickly. All so you can keep living life. LOOKING GOOD PICTURE THIS A Chinese Photographer's Secret Installations Inside His Parents' Home, And More Of The Best Photography Of The Week digg.com The mixed-gender "muxes" of southern Mexico, an artist's collection of ocean trash and other best photos of the week. THE WORLD ISN'T READY DRIVEN TO RUIN Self-Driving Cars Are Still Years Away. That's Probably A Good Thing huffpost.com As autonomous vehicles enter the uncanny valley, experts are asking whether more cars are what cities really need. YO QUIERO... UH, ROOM SERVICE? Inside The Taco Bell Hotel In Palm Springs latimes.com When the Taco Bell hotel in Palm Springs opened its valet on Thursday afternoon, an eager cavalcade of Crunchwrap-loving guests filed in. When reservations for the pop-up hotel went on sale in June, they sold out in minutes. WHAT WE'D DO IN THE SHADOWS Wildfires Are Now So Bad That Scientists Are Using Them To Study Nuclear War vice.com A smoke plume from the 2017 wildfires in the Pacific Northwest mirrored simulations of nuclear winter, and showed that the aftermath of a nuke war may be worse than anticipated. VIDEO OF THE DAY PEACE UP, A-TOWN DOWN This 10-Second Video Of A Mom Embarrassing Her Daughter Is Internet Perfection digg.com A mom discovers her oven has a very familiar squeak and takes full advantage to her daughter's dismay. FROM THE DIGG STORE Learn The Ins And Outs Of The Google Cloud Platform With This Training store.digg.com From constructing entire backend systems to developing apps, you can enter the lucrative world of cloud architecture with the Complete Google Cloud Mastery Bundle. For just $39, it includes eight courses covering the key uses of GCP, so you can add those in-demand skills to your resume. We hope your weekend is full of memes and free of feral hogs. View the Edition at Digg.com »

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Life Is Like A Box Of Dirt

The 22-Year-Old Who Scammed Amazon With Boxes Of Dirt, And More Of The Week's Best Scam Stories, The Life Of A White-Hat Hacker, and more.

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Digg Editions Morning · Fri, Aug 09

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CRACKING THE CODE CONS AND PROS The 22-Year-Old Who Scammed Amazon With Boxes Of Dirt, And More Of The Week's Best Scam Stories digg.com The 22-year-old who scammed Amazon with boxes of dirt, how Yelp is screwing over restaurants and other best scam and hoax stories of the week. THE RIGHT MAINFRAME OF MIND The Life Of A White-Hat Hacker vox.com Ethical hackers work to expose security risks. That doesn't mean companies always like them. TALKING PAST EACH OTHER It's All Greek To You And Me, So What Is It To The Greeks? atlasobscura.com A close look at a strangely global idiom about how little we understand each other. CARDS WE DIGG ǀ SPONSORED Delta Is Offering An Increased Intro Bonus For A Limited Time Only thepointsguy.com Delta's American Express Cards just increased their intro bonuses, but not for long - this deal ends soon on 8/15! Partner Offer, Terms Apply SOMEONE'S GOTTA CLEAN IT UP HAVING A BALL The Designer Who Changed Children's Playgrounds Forever theguardian.com Eric McMillan revolutionized playground design in the 1970s. Why has the spirit of experimental play that he championed been lost? SURVIVAL OF THE DIMMEST WATCH: Expert Inspects A $270,000 Survival Bunker, Describes Why Its A 'Death Trap' digg.com Turns out having an extreme fear of the apocalypse and boatload of cash does *not* make you a construction genius. WE WON'T HOLD OUR BREATH Will Big Business Save The Oceans From Plastic? outsideonline.com Recycling is broken. The oceans are trashed. As the plastics crisis spirals out of control, an unlikely collection of executives and environmentalists set sail for the North Atlantic Gyre in a desperate attempt to find common ground. POWERING UP The World's Ugliest Architecture Gets A Stunning Makeover fastcompany.com Electrical substations are usually bleak, empty spaces. But Seattle's latest substation serves as a vibrant public park, complete with walking trails and meeting spaces. VIDEO OF THE DAY HE'S KIND OF A BIG DEAL Will Ferrell Inexplicably Went On A Bunch Of Late Night Shows Last Night As Ron Burgundy digg.com The actor appeared simultaneously on "Conan," ​"The Late Show," "The Late Late Show," "Late Night With Seth Meyers," "Jimmy Kimmel Live!," and "The Tonight Show." IN THE NEWS Critical US Election Systems Have Been Left Exposed Online Despite Official Denials A Boeing Code Leak Exposes Security Flaws Deep In A 787's Guts Heavily Armed Man Arrested At Missouri Walmart After Causing Panic Inside Some 300 Arrested In Mississippi Immigration Raids Have Been Released, Officials Say DIGG PICKS Drum Machines Have No Soul, But This One Is Too Small To Care digg.com The Stylophone Beatbox is a beatboxing, drum- and bass-making pocket-sized machine of fun. Get ready for the weekend. Or un-ready, maybe, if you're just aiming to chill the whole time. View the Edition at Digg.com »

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There Will Be Mud

An Oral History Of Woodstock '94, The Funnest Woodstock Of All, The Story Behind The Best-Known Local Jingle In America, and more.

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Digg Editions Morning · Thu, Aug 08

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BLAST FROM THE PAST MUD... MUD EVERYWHERE An Oral History Of Woodstock '94, The Funnest Woodstock Of All gen.medium.com Whereas the 1969 festival defined the Baby Boomer generation and the 1999 incarnation of Woodstock ended in scary fires and riots, Woodstock '94 is the ill-defined middle sibling. CELLINO'S GOT BARS The Story Behind The Best-Known Local Jingle In America vox.com The mysterious power of local jingles, like the famous Cellino & Barnes ad, explained. A MAN OF MANY WORDS Dude. Bro. Chief. Bud. Where Do All These Guy Nicknames Come From? melmagazine.com An etymologist breaks down the complex histories of our favorite male sobriquets. SAVINGS WE DIGG | SPONSORED It Only Takes Minutes To Simplify Your Student Loans commonbond.co CommonBond can help refinance your old student loans into a single, smarter loan. You can save money every month or pay off your student debt more quickly. You can make real financial change today. THE UNCANNY AND THE VALLEY GOTTA FIGHT GADGETS WITH GADGETS I Tried Hiding From Silicon Valley In A Pile Of Privacy Gadgets bloomberg.com Avoiding digital snoops takes more than throwing money at the problem, but that part can be really fun. THE INVISIBLE GUIDING HANDS The Lonely Work Of Moderating Hacker News newyorker.com Can a human touch make Silicon Valley's biggest discussion forum a more thoughtful place? TELL SIRI 'I SEE A LITTLE SILHOUETTE OF A MAN' The Secret History Of 'Easter Eggs' nytimes.com Yes, Google, Tesla, Amazon and others are still hiding quirky software surprises in their products, mostly to give you a chuckle. VIDEO OF THE DAY LAUGH RIOT Guy Can't Stop Cracking Up At Pro-Trump Protesters Interrupting City Council Meeting digg.com A discussion over a voter-sponsored ballot initiative making Tucson the first "sanctuary city"​ in Arizona was interrupted by pro-Trump protesters, but one man couldn't stop laughing at them. IN THE NEWS Agents Arrest 680 Workers In Largest Immigration Raid In A Decade Climate Change Threatens The World's Food Supply, United Nations Warns Trump Attacks Local Leaders As He Visits El Paso And Dayton Instagram's Lax Privacy Practices Let A Partner Track Millions Of Users' Locations, Secretly Save Their Stories And Flout Its Rules DIGG PICKS Shun The Snoops, Browse Privately With Hotspot Shield VPN gethotspotshield.com Browse securely and privately even on a shared WiFi connection with Hotspot Shield VPN. Opt for the three-year plan, and you can save hundreds of dollars off the sticker price. Hang in there, bud. The weekend is almost here. View the Edition at Digg.com »

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