NotesIf you are beyond a certain age, you will recall when getting on the Internet was preceded by strange buzzing and squawking noises. Modems used tones to transmit and receive data across ordinary telephone lines. There were lots of tricks used to keep edging the speed of modem up until ā at the end ā you could download (but not upload) at a blazing 56,000 bits per second. [Martin Kirkholt Melhus] decided to recreate a modem. In a Web browser. No kidding.
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NotesAmerica hasn't gone full-blown crazy, yet
The head of America's telly watchdog, the FCC, said he cannot follow up on Donald Trump's threat to revoke the broadcast licenses of TV networks that run unflattering news coverage of the US president.ā¦FeedUnfurl
NotesWhen I first saw Will Stahle's cover art for my novel Walkaway, I was pleased beyond all reason (and not least because I am an unabashed Stahle fanboy, as he is behind some of the greatest covers of our era, from Yiddish Policeman's Union to Autonomous to A Darker Shade of Magic to All the Birds in the Sky). (moreā¦)FeedUnfurl
NotesThis is a really keen observation by Evan Puschak about the camera movement in David Fincherās films: it mimics your eyes in paying attention to the behavior in a scene. The effect is sometimes subtle. When a character shifts even slightly, the camera keeps that personās eyes and face in the same place in the frame, just as you would if you were in the room with them.
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NotesA really cute beagle puppy named Oliver pulled every trick in his arsenal to wake himself up when he felt his beloved human nearby. The little dog stretched, groaned, whimpered, barked and repeatedly rubbed his eyes until he felt ready to face the day.
Enormous adorableness ensues as Oliver wakes up from a long nap. Be sure to turn the sound up on this one.
Oliver is also very good at not waking himself up, particularly when it comes to going for an unwanted walk.
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Maymo the Lemon Beagle Systematically Pops a Bunch of Balloons and Scares Away His Little Sister
Australian Shepherd Puppy Wakes Up to Sing Along to āLet It Goā and Goes Back to Sleep Once the Song Ends
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NotesHey look! Facebook banned another of my friends! It must be a day ending in "y".
Of course, Limor has no idea why this happened. Because commenting on specific accounts, even to the owners of those accounts, is "against policy".
If you work for Facebook, quit:
There are more Russian bots or whatever they are on Facebook than USA female EEs & CEOs from MIT on Facebook that have USA manufacturing companies in the USA, way to set the world on fire Mark.
Zuckerberg, 2010:
Zuck: Yeah so if you ever need info about anyone at Harvard
Zuck: Just ask
Zuck: I have over 4,000 emails, pictures, addresses, SNS
[Bro McBro]: What? How'd you manage that one?
Zuck: People just submitted it.
Zuck: I don't know why.
Zuck: They "trust me"
Zuck: Dumb fucks
It of course goes without saying that, having banned someone with connections and influence, there may shortly be a fauxpology saying that "upon review", whatever triggered this ban did not actually violate their terms of service. (Implied: "this time"). Maybe they will even, in passive voice, throw an anonymous sweatshop contractor under the bus and abstractly "regret" any "inconvenience".
People without such influence don't get even that level of royal treatment.
This is your irregularly-scheduled reminder:
If you work for Facebook, quit.
It is morally indefensible for you to use your skills to make that company more powerful. By working there, you are making the world an objectively worse place. I'm sure you can find a job working for a company that you don't have to apologize for all the time.
You can do it. I believe in you.
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NotesFriends, feast your eyes on Christopher Tupaās Dig Dug illustration! Not only is it CTupaās pick for this weeks Retro Arcade Art. Obviously. But it also happens to be one of my favorite video games as well. Much like Pac-Man, there are elements of Dig Dug that match maze games. However in this case you [ā¦]
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NotesJust take a look at this magnificent photoshoot, an extraordinary show of love, a husbandās decision to pose for his talented photographer wife Gayla Thompson.Unfurl
NotesScandroid, the synthwave project of Detroit producer Klayton, is quickly becoming a go-to resource for synth-driven and seasonally appropriate covers: His rendition of Star Warsā āThe Force Themeā was perfect for May The Fourth, and now heās getting ready for Halloween with an electric cover of Michael Jacksonās spooky classic āThriller.ā The track premieres today exclusively on Nerdist, and while Jacksonās original doesnāt need any improving, the bombastic synths and punchy percussion make it feel like youāre driving through the set of Miami Vice at 200 miles per hour.
The song comes from Scandroidās upcoming album Monochrome, which also includes the aforementioned Star Wars cover and a bonus remix of āThrillerā by synthwave producer PYLOT. Klayton says that once he decided to put a Halloween-themed track on the album, he knew instantly that āThrillerā was the one:
āI knew when I started the album (Monochrome) that I wanted to do a Halloween-related track. It only took me 1/4 of a second to conclude this would be my perfect chance to cover a track I loved during the 80s. I probably watched the āThrillerā music video 100+ times on my parents VCR after I recorded it from MTV.ā
Monochrome comes out on October 27 and is available for pre-order now. Watch the video for āThrillerā above, listen to the track on Spotify, and check out the album tracklist below.
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1. ā2518ā
2. āAfterglowā
3. āRendezvousā
4. āThrillerā
5. āObliviaā
6. āMonochromeā
7. āThe Force Themeā
8. āFuture Bloodlineā
9. āA Thousand Yearsā
10. āOn The Face of The Deepā
11. āThe Veilā
12. āSearching For a Lost Horizonā
13. āThriller (PYLOT Remix)ā
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NotesIn a really amusing series of vignettes for Halloween 2017, a very curious Simonās Cat unintentionally scares his rather skittish human whoās deeply afraid of both spiders and things that go bump in the night. On a rare trip to the attic, a bored Simonās Cat happily played with the light switch, which unfortunately brought out the resident spiders and left Simon fearfully clutching his childhood teddy bear.
A curious cat uncovers a coven of creepy crawlies. Simonās Cat FINALLY gets into the attic and gives Simon a spooky surprise!
Later on, while Simon was watching a scary movie, Simonās cat got stuck inside the new retractable sofa and tried to escape in the most convenient of ways.
Simonās Cat Tries to Get His Humanās Attention While Playing With a Spider in āScary Legsā
Simonās Cat Encounters a Scary Cucumber While Exploring Groceries Bought For a Romantic Dinner
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NotesFolks, there's going to be a documentary about that crazy cult/religion known as the Church of the SubGenius.
But only if you send J.R. "Bob" Dobbs boat loads of cash!
Now more than ever we feel that the story of the Church of the SubGenius needs to be told. There's a core of ideas within the SubGenius ethos ā of fighting oppression with humor, community and creativity, of using absurdity as a nonviolent weapon, giving time, permission and priority to expression, creation, and zaniness with friends ā that we think has great value we believe these ideas are necessary in today's world and that our film about the SubGenius is the perfect way to invoke them.
Amongst all the spaceships, frop, pipes, eye-bludgeoning graphics, bulldada, yeti ancestors, (and yes, āmacho spoutingsā), we hope you will fund this film so you can join our merry band of pranksters on the culture-jam of the century! Itās going to be a lot of fun!!!
Previously: Crowdfunding a Church of the Subgenius alien contact beam
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NotesOculus is preparing its first all-in-one VR headset known as the Oculus Go. It's coming to a face near you next year for a mere $199.
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NotesA man from Riverton, Utah, was arrested on Thursday for what police are describing as a ārather uniqueā way of exposing himself.
At about 4:50pm, police responded to a report of a man ārunning around naked with bells hanging from his genitalsā near the Diamond Fork hot pots in the Spanish Fork Canyon, according to Sgt. Spencer Cannon of the Utah County Sheriffās Office.
Cannon said multiple girls at the hot pots, ranging from 8 to 16 years old, witnessed the man running around naked and called police. When officers arrived they found the man, identified as 64-year-old Kenneth Allen Beck, fully clothed by a trailhead parking lot, Cannon said.
Cannon added Beck told deputies he did it to āsee their reactionā and that Beck was cited by police on suspicion of lewdness involving a child, a Class A misdemeanor. According to Cannon, Beck was convicted of a Class B misdemeanor for indecent exposure stemming from a lewdness case in 2005.FeedUnfurl
NotesOn the last day of last year, Elon Musk tweeted this:
Btw, we are actually working on a charger that automatically moves out from the wall & connects like a solid metal snake. For realz.
ā Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 31, 2014
For realz yāall. Now, just 8 months later, Tesla Motors tweets this:
Charger prototype finding its way to Model S. https://t.co/L9E4MR642G
ā Tesla Motors (@TeslaMotors) August 6, 2015
Totes realz. Tesla looks like it will indeed deliver an automated snake charger that Teslas will charge with once you park your car in the garage. Itās a fascinating and undeniably cool concept that just also happens to look totally like robot sex in real life. So, watch it plug in over and over again? Awww yeah.
I feel like this is NSFWIYAAR (not suitable for work if you are a robot), but I canāt look away.
Creepiness aside, the tech on display here is impressive. Both the snake and the car have to first know that they are in range of each other, the car has to open its charging port, and then the snake has to utilize some kind of three dimensional data and dozens of motors to carefully articulate itself into the port.
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NotesThis is just flat-out incredible... NASA's Deep Space Climate Observatory satellite captured a series of photos of the Moon as it moved between it and the Earth.
The image shows the "dark side" of the Moon, which we can't see from Earth because it's always pointed away from us.
The lunar far side lacks the large, dark, basaltic plains, or maria, that are so prominent on the Earth-facing side. The largest far side features are Mare Moscoviense in the upper left and Tsiolkovskiy crater in the lower left. A thin sliver of shadowed area of moon is visible on its right side.
"It is surprising how much brighter Earth is than the moon," said Adam Szabo, DSCOVR project scientist at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. "Our planet is a truly brilliant object in dark space compared to the lunar surface."
I don't know why, but this image gives me chills up my spine! Is anyone else freaking out about this?
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NotesOkay, so drought has come for our coffee, steak, whiskey, and almond supplies. Thatās fine. No problem. Letās just settle in here with an IPA and figure out what ā OH GOD, IS NOTHING LEFT?
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NotesGrimley is unsure what to make of the evil farting device.YouTube link.
Later, however, he was confident enough to move into attack mode.FeedUnfurl
NotesA sims mod can let you wear a bathtub as a hat which will still function as a bathtub, and the people on the bathtub can also wear it as a hat and it goes on until-BATHCEPTION
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NotesThe shell is hard enough to force apart an unopened pistachio but also pointed at the tip so it fits into shells with small openings you can't get your fingers into.
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NotesYouāre going to need an awful lot of quarters if you want to literally wear yourĀ Pac-ManĀ love on your sleeve.
For a cool 1,900,000 yen (approximately $15,480.46 USD), you can waka waka walk away with an officially licensed āPacman Level II 40 Coloursā watch from Romain Jerome. The Swiss company is a purveyor of fine luxury watches, but theyāre really focusing on exclusivity this time around; in fact, only 20 of the video game-inspired time pieces will be available worldwide. To make it even more challenging for potential customers, the watch canāt be ordered online. Rather, you must buy it in person from a list of pre-approved retailers. Hint: that weird guy Derek who always has watches taped to the inside of his trenchcoat isnāt one of them.
In case youāre a gearhead or Sylar from Heroes, hereās the official description from Romain Jeromeās site:
ā46mm. Black PVD-coated titanium case.Ā Grainy-textured stellar-patterned back with Pac-Man medallion. Black 3D dial. Pixelated PAC-MAN characters and strawberries lacquered with different colours. Black rubber with grainy-textured interior of stellar-patterned strap.ā
Ooh la la, right? In addition to Pac-Man, Romain Jerome also has a collection of watches inspired by Batman,Ā Space Invaders, andĀ Back to the Future.Ā And yes, youād likely have to be as rich as Bruce Wayne if you wanted to buy them all.
What other classic video game franchises deserved to be turned into absurdly overpriced luxury watches? Let us know in the comments below.
Dan Casey is the senior editor of Nerdist. You can follow him on Twitter (@Osteoferocious).
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NotesRiding a bike is just likeā¦riding a bike, right? Once you learn how to propel yourself along on two wheels, youāll never forget how to do so, and itās always easy to jump back in the seat. But change just one skill that riding a bike involves ā the way the handlebars turn ā and everything falls apart.
Below, Destin from Smarter Everyday shows that the bike riding āalgorithmā our brains develop is actually quite fragile. You canāt change any aspect of riding a bike without unlearning how to ride a bike in the first place:
I had the same thought Destin had: I would be able to figure it out pretty quick even with the steering reversed. But only after months and months of practice could he master the new locomotion. When he finally was able to move more than a few feet, he couldnāt ride a normal bike anymore.
Destin may be making a lot of claims based on a few peopleās experiences, like that his son could master the bike more quickly because of brain plasticity, for example, but I think he has a point. The brain comes up with models of the world that work most of the time, and burns them into neural pathways that are harder to change the more they are used. The eureka moment was when Destin could suddenly ride the normal bike again, after eight months of trying to unlearn it. His brain apparently switched back to a model it was more familiar with.
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NotesHere is a great ad for Erector from the early eighties that features a kid floating in a field of Erector parts and sets. I always thought that, like Lego, Erector would only grow in popularity. Sadly, while Erector is still going strong, it is nothing like the success of those toy bricks.Unfurl
A Web-Based Modem | Hackaday
āØ Self-Care Jam 2 āØ - itch.io
No, the FCC can't shut down TV stations just because Donald Trump is mad at the news ā¢ The Register
My adult novels are being reissued with covers to match Walkaway! / Boing Boing
The movement of David Fincherās camera is a surrogate for your eyes
Ask HN: Why did delicious.com fail? | Hacker News
A Little Beagle Puppy Groans, Whimpers and Rubs His Eyes In an Adorable Effort to Wake Himself Up
jwz: Facebook bans Ladyada
Deconstructing the synth score of Blade Runner (1982) / Boing Boing
Simon's Cat Unintentionally Spooks His Skittish Human in a Series of Amusing Halloween Vignettes
A Church of the SubGenius documentary is in the works / Boing Boing
FUCK YEAH DEMENTIA!!1!
Nothing To Do With Arbroath: Man arrested for allegedly running around naked with bells hanging from his genitals
xkcd: Board Game
The Moon crossing the sunlit face of the Earth
Use knives to hang shit without damaging anything. : ShittyLifeProTips
Nothing To Do With Arbroath: Pig in a blanket
jwz: Do not give the robot a sword, ok?
xkcd: Keyboard Mash
xkcd: Vodka
My cat isn't blind, but I am. Still, my cat accepts me for who I am. Reddit, meet Midnight! : funny
The Game Has Changed : funny
jwz: Firehose versus Flamethrower