The Downside Of Judgmental Cabbies

Even If You're Not An Assh*le, You Should Care That Uber Is Rating You, Adam Savage Found The Coolest Way To Go Incognito To Comic-Con, The Truffle Oil Shuffle, How An Oil Engineer Discovered Auto-Tune And Changed The Music Industry Forever, My Weekend In A Massive Room Full Of The PC Gaming Elite, A Surgeon's POV Of A Complete Knee Replacement The Daily Digg Thursday, July 31, 2014 WHY WAS THIS A STORY? Even If You're Not An Assh*le, You Should Care That Uber Is Rating You digg.com Earlier this week, a newly-discovered hack allowed Uber users to reveal their once-secret passenger rating. While the public has known about the rating system for over a year, media outlets still analyzed the implications. Here's what they had to say. ONLY TOOK TEN YEARS TO MAKE Adam Savage Found The Coolest Way To Go Incognito To Comic-Con digg.com "Coolest" may be a poor choice of words since Mr. Savage nearly passed out from heat exhaustion. Nonetheless, he was the envy of all the con-goers. THE ONLY FOOD WE CAN'T TAME The Truffle Oil Shuffle priceonomics.com Truffles are the world's most expensive food. Truffle oil sells for around $10 a bottle. For years, both received rock star treatment in the culinary world. THE GRANDFATHER OF T-PAIN How An Oil Engineer Discovered Auto-Tune And Changed The Music Industry Forever businessinsider.com Before inventing Auto-Tune, the software that would change the music industry forever, Andy Hildebrand was a research scientist in the oil industry. THEY STILL DRINK BAWLS My Weekend In A Massive Room Full Of The PC Gaming Elite kotaku.com Despite PC gaming's increasingly niche status, Quakcon, one of the largest LAN parties in the world, still draws thousands of gamers to Dallas, Texas every year to hang out in a hangar for three days straight, play games, and (hopefully) enjoy each others' company. VERY GRAPHIC (BUT ALSO REALLY COOL) A Surgeon's POV Of A Complete Knee Replacement digg.com A lot like that cabinet you tried to make in wood shop, a knee replacement requires a ton of specialized cutting jigs (who knew?). Unlike wood shop, the cabinet isn't bleeding profusely. Read more on Digg.com → HIGH WIRE ACT Lights flare as Harry Owen of Wales performs on the rings during the Men's All-Around gymnastics competition at the Scottish Exhibition Conference Centre during the Commonwealth Games 2014 in Glasgow, Scotland. Credit: AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth Digg for iPhone & iPad   •   Twitter   •   Facebook digg.com   •   Unsubscribe © 2014 News.me Inc. 416 West 13th Street #203, NY, NY 10014

Urban Legends

Why One School District Killed Its Student Laptop Program, How Sitcoms Depict American Cities, Stop Eating Crap And Start Cooking, The Man Who Haunts Israel, Irony, Illustrated, Dissecting The Peerless Editing Of Satoshi Kon The Daily Digg Wednesday, July 30, 2014 ANYONE NEED A BUNCH OF RUINED LAPTOPS? Why One School District Killed Its Student Laptop Program arstechnica.com "There is no more determined hacker… than a 12-year-old who has a computer." URBAN LEGENDS How Sitcoms Depict American Cities theguardian.com From the suspiciously affordable West Village in "Friends" to the cosmopolitan Huxtable house in "The Cosby Show," sitcoms have shaped our most elemental images of urban America. STARTUPS WE DIGG SPONSORED Stop Eating Crap And Start Cooking blueapron.com Forget wasting time at the grocery story. With Blue Apron you get the perfect amount of the best ingredients delivered right to your door. Easy shopping, easy recipes, and easy cooking — it really doesn't get much better than this. Oh and now get the first 2 meals free! SECOND LIFE The Man Who Haunts Israel time.com Khaled Mashaal was nearly assassinated by Benjamin Netanyahu. Then Israel's Prime Minister was forced to bring the Hamas leader back to life. Now their deadly history hangs over the conflict that roils the Middle East. ISN'T IT IRONIC? NO, IT'S COINCIDENCE Irony, Illustrated digg.com Irony. The term people love to use... incorrectly. On TV, in literature, between friends — people misapply and misuse the word a million times a day. But now finally there's an illustrated guide explaining the difference between irony and mere coincidence. LOST ART Dissecting The Peerless Editing Of Satoshi Kon digg.com Four years after his passing, we still haven't quite caught up to Satoshi Kon, one of the great visionaries of modern film. In just four features and one TV series, he developed a unique style of editing that distorted and warped space and time. Read more on Digg.com → LIKE THE OLYMPICS, BUT HALF THE WORLD DOESN'T CARE Canada's Pierre-Luc Theriault prepares to play a return to Uganda's Gilton Chelibe Charlotte in the Men's Table Tennis singles at the Commonwealth Games Glasgow 2014, Glasgow, Scotland, Tuesday, July 29, 2014. Credit: AP Photo/Peter Morrison Digg for iPhone & iPad   •   Twitter   •   Facebook digg.com   •   Unsubscribe © 2014 News.me Inc. 416 West 13th Street #203, NY, NY 10014

Comcast Confessions

Comcast Confessions, The X-Rated History Of 'Boom-Chicka-Wah-Wah', This Guy Plays Techno On A Toy Trumpet And It's Actually Really Good, The First Map Of The Ocean Floor, This Is, Without A Doubt, The Worst Way To Teach Kids Math, Welcome To Williston, North Dakota: America's New Gold Rush City The Daily Digg Tuesday, July 29, 2014 WHEN EVERY CALL IS A SALES CALL Comcast Confessions theverge.com More than 100 Comcast employees spoke to The Verge about life inside the nation's largest cable and broadband company. HOW SEX GOT ITS SOUNDTRACK The X-Rated History Of 'Boom-Chicka-Wah-Wah' salon.com From "Deep Throat" to "Cafe Flesh," the stories behind the sultry tunes that define our famous sex scenes. TECHNO SANS TECHNOLOGY This Guy Plays Techno On A Toy Trumpet And It's Actually Really Good digg.com If you know one techno song, it's this one. You've just never heard it played like this before. DEEP SEA HISTORY The First Map Of The Ocean Floor moreintelligentlife.com More than a pretty picture, this hand-drawn map of the ocean floor changed a way of thinking. DOESN'T ADD UP This Is, Without A Doubt, The Worst Way To Teach Kids Math digg.com Memorizing a multiplication table seems like the worst possible experience when you're in third grade. But leave your kid in a room with this rambling lunatic and they'll be begging to get placed into high school trigonometry. 'JUST LIKE THE KLONDIKE' Welcome To Williston, North Dakota: America's New Gold Rush City theguardian.com The most expensive place to rent new housing in the U.S. isn't Miami, LA or even New York. Thanks to the fracking boom, it's Williston, North Dakota, where Walmart pays $20/hour and new arrivals sleep in shipping containers. How does a city cope with a modern-day gold rush? Read more on Digg.com → UP SH*T'S CREEK Small boats sit on the shore of Guanabara Bay across the bay from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Rio dumps almost 70 percent of its untreated sewage into its surrounding waters, which fouls the bay with human waste and floating debris. Credit: AP Image: Felipe Dana Digg for iPhone & iPad   •   Twitter   •   Facebook digg.com   •   Unsubscribe © 2014 News.me Inc. 416 West 13th Street #203, NY, NY 10014

Wheelie Good Timing

The Inside Story Of An American Aviation Disaster — And Miracle, How To Find Your Uber Passenger Rating, What You Missed This Weekend, Here's A Teaser For The 'Simpsons'/'Family Guy' Crossover, How Secret Societies Stay Hidden On The Internet, Man Rides Wheelie Alongside Tour De France Victory Toast The Daily Digg Monday, July 28, 2014 WHAT A PLANE CRASH FEELS LIKE The Inside Story Of An American Aviation Disaster — And Miracle salon.com In 1989, United 232 crash-landed, splintered apart and burst into flames: 184 of 296 people lived. Here's the story. THE NEW GPA How To Find Your Uber Passenger Rating medium.com Use the following steps to find your rating. Uber is currently trying to fix it, so hurry! DIGG PICKS What You Missed This Weekend digg.com Fighting resumes in Gaza, an Italian wins in France and an old Gray Lady thinks you should be able to legally smoke marijuana. THIS... THIS COULD WORK Here's A Teaser For The 'Simpsons'/'Family Guy' Crossover digg.com Homer has trouble setting up cutaways. FACEBOOK REQUESTS FROM DEAD MEN How Secret Societies Stay Hidden On The Internet theatlantic.com Inside the surreal recruitment process of a legendary club — or something like it — at New York University. WHEELIE GOOD TIMING Man Rides Wheelie Alongside Tour De France Victory Toast digg.com Tour de France winner Vincenzo Nibali was just enjoying a celebratory glass of champagne with his teammates when one man saw his chance to wheelie his way into history. Read more on Digg.com → SAND STORM Pedestrians and beachgoers stand on the shore near Venice Beach as lifeguards, right, bring in a swimmer rescued from the water after a lightening strike Sunday July 27, 2014 in Los Angeles. Authorities said lightning struck 14 people, leaving two critically injured, as rare summer thunderstorms swept through Southern California on Sunday. Credit: AP Photo/Steve Christensen Digg for iPhone & iPad   •   Twitter   •   Facebook digg.com   •   Unsubscribe © 2014 News.me Inc. 416 West 13th Street #203, NY, NY 10014

This Week's Best Videos: Disarming Mines, Fleeing An Iceberg And The New 'GoT'

Amazing Iceberg Collapse Caught On Camera, New 'Game Of Thrones' Cast Members Revealed, This Is What A Silencer On A Shotgun Sounds Like, How To Disarm A Live Mine, 10 Bar Bets You'll Always Win, Here's Morgan Freeman On Helium The Daily Digg Sunday, July 27, 2014 AND ENSUING ICEBERG TIDAL WAVE Amazing Iceberg Collapse Caught On Camera digg.com Wanda Stead and her husband were boating in the Bay of Exploits in Newfoundland, Canada when they witnessed the massive collapse of an arch-shaped iceberg. It's kind of cool until you remember that for every action there's a deadly icy and wet reaction. BRITISH ACCENTS GALORE New 'Game Of Thrones' Cast Members Revealed digg.com Here is everyone you'll be obsessing over next year. SORT OF LIKE A HOLE PUNCH? This Is What A Silencer On A Shotgun Sounds Like digg.com Bugs Bunny might have been in a lot fewer "Looney Tunes" episodes if this had been invented back then. DEFINITELY DON'T TRY THIS AT HOME How To Disarm A Live Mine digg.com This Cambodian man takes us through the incredibly dangerous task of rendering a mine useless with nothing more than a rifle and a multi-tool. Talk about nerves of steel. AKA HOW TO SCAM MONEY OFF YOUR FRIENDS 10 Bar Bets You'll Always Win digg.com You might win these bets, but depending on your watering hole of choice, you might get your smarmy ass tossed out on the curb too. YOUR DREAMS HAVE COME TRUE Here's Morgan Freeman On Helium digg.com Freeman, after some convincing from Fallon, agrees to be interviewed while sucking down a balloon. Spoiler: He sounds like an oompa-loompa. Read more on Digg.com → LIKE A SPIDER WITH WHEELS FOR HANDS Watch this 6-year-old rollerskate underneath 39 cars in one of the more unusual world record attempts we've seen. The record hasn't been confirmed yet though, so we guess you could say it's in... limbo! Ok, we'll see ourselves out. Credit: Digg for iPhone & iPad   •   Twitter   •   Facebook digg.com   •   Unsubscribe © 2014 News.me Inc. 416 West 13th Street #203, NY, NY 10014