Minggu, 31 Agustus 2014

This Week's Best Videos: The End Of Moonwalking, What Snoop Dogg Does In His Free Time And What Not To Do Near A Shark

Watching A Pair Of Smoker's Lungs Vs. A Pair Of Healthy Lungs Is Pretty Crazy, The Moonwalk Was The Beginning. These Guys Are The End, The Roger Federer Shot You Have To See, This Snake Is Actually Hundreds Of Gnat Larvae, A Hammerhead Shark Chasing A Stingray Next To Two Guys Who Take Forever To Get Out Of Danger, Snoop Dogg Is Now A White Guy Named Todd
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Sunday, August 31, 2014
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TAKE A DEEP BREATH
Watching A Pair Of Smoker's Lungs Vs. A Pair Of Healthy Lungs Is Pretty Crazy
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Maybe looking at an actual pair of human lungs will convince smokers that it's actually pretty dang bad for you.
BOLD FEET
The Moonwalk Was The Beginning. These Guys Are The End
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Lil' Buck and Prime Tyme are good at dancing. Really good, in fact. But what they do needs to be seen to be experienced.
BACK PAIN
The Roger Federer Shot You Have To See
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Roger Federer once again showed why he's one of the greatest ever at the U.S. Open on Tuesday, hitting a between-the-legs shot that nails Marinko Matosevic in the back. Oh, and Michael Jordan was there to laugh and laugh.
STUFF OF NIGHTMARES
This Snake Is Actually Hundreds Of Gnat Larvae
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Certain types of fungus gnats are, in their larval stage, capable of clinging together to form a slimy snake if they're in search of a new food source. Nature, you're pretty disgusting sometimes.
WHAT NOT TO DO NEAR A SHARK
A Hammerhead Shark Chasing A Stingray Next To Two Guys Who Take Forever To Get Out Of Danger
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Title kind of says it all.
T-O-DOUBLE-D
Snoop Dogg Is Now A White Guy Named Todd
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So this is what Snoop does in his spare time. Would have pegged him for more of a hacky sack kind of guy. Also, how much do you think White Men Connect is paying him?
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TOWERING INFERNO
Image: Okay, it's official: Nothing can kill a GoPro.
Okay, it's official: Nothing can kill a GoPro. Credit:
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Jumat, 29 Agustus 2014

That's No Snake

The NFL's Uneven History Of Punishing Domestic Violence, What We Learned This Week, What Exactly Is The Dew Point?, This Snake Is Actually Hundreds Of Gnat Larvae, Inside Google's Secret Drone-Delivery Program, Gaming Is Leaving 'Gamers' Behind
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Friday, August 29, 2014
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PUTTING THE LEAGUE UNDER FURTHER REVIEW
The NFL's Uneven History Of Punishing Domestic Violence
fivethirtyeight.com
Following the Rice incident, I went looking for every NFL suspension1 issued in the league's 94-year history. I wanted to understand how violations like Rice's, the ones unrelated to steroid or substance abuse, were determined. If domestic abuse warranted two games, what kinds of conduct violations warranted five games? Eight games? An entire season?
DIGG PICKS
What We Learned This Week
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This week we learned why you don't piss off Bill Gates, people will pay more for a cooler than a smartwatch, and Tony didn't die at the end of "The Sopranos."
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What Exactly Is The Dew Point?
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If you just read the words "Dew Point" and assumed it's the time of day you can finally crack open a Mountain Dew, you are wrong.
STUFF OF NIGHTMARES
This Snake Is Actually Hundreds Of Gnat Larvae
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Certain types of fungus gnats are, in their larval stage, capable of clinging together to form a slimy snake if they're in search of a new food source. Nature, you're pretty disgusting sometimes.
A SECRET WE ALL SAW COMING
Inside Google's Secret Drone-Delivery Program
theatlantic.com
After two years of development, the Silicon Valley company reveals to The Atlantic that it has substantial research effort into building flying robots than can deliver products across a city in a minute or two.
LEFT 4 DEADWEIGHT
Gaming Is Leaving 'Gamers' Behind
buzzfeed.com
Why the vitriol of the gaming Internet is a sign the medium is growing up.
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STARTING WITH THE MEN IN THE MIRROR
Image: An Indian girl navigates her way though cut-outs of pop star Michael Jackson displayed at a shopping mall on the eve of his birth anniversary, in Bangalore, India, Thursday, Aug. 28, 2014.
An Indian girl navigates her way though cut-outs of pop star Michael Jackson displayed at a shopping mall on the eve of his birth anniversary, in Bangalore, India, Thursday, Aug. 28, 2014. Credit: AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi
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Kamis, 28 Agustus 2014

Bold Feet

The Executive Order That Led To Mass Spying, Damn, These Guys Are Amazing Dancers, The Realest Underwear Ad We've Ever Seen, Using Light Technique, Scientists Find Dimmer Switch For Memories In Mice, Watching A Pair Of Smoker's Lungs Vs. A Pair Of Healthy Lungs Is Pretty Crazy, What Happened To Motorola
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Thursday, August 28, 2014
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AS TOLD BY NSA ALUMNI
The Executive Order That Led To Mass Spying
arstechnica.com
Feds call it "twelve triple three;" whistleblowers says it's the heart of the problem.
BOLD FEET
Damn, These Guys Are Amazing Dancers
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Lil' Buck and Prime Tyme are good at dancing. Really good, in fact. But what they do needs to be seen to be experienced.
STARTUPS WE DIGG SPONSORED
The Realest Underwear Ad We've Ever Seen
meundies.com
Let's be clear: This is an ad. But it's also one of the most honest depictions how complex relationships can be.
LIGHTS OUT
Using Light Technique, Scientists Find Dimmer Switch For Memories In Mice
nytimes.com
Using a technique in which light is used to switch neurons on and off, neuroscientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology appear to have unlocked some secrets about how the brain attaches emotions to memories and how those emotions can be adjusted.
TAKE A DEEP BREATH
Watching A Pair Of Smoker's Lungs Vs. A Pair Of Healthy Lungs Is Pretty Crazy
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Maybe looking at an actual pair of human lungs will convince smokers that it's actually pretty dang bad for you.
FLIPPED ON ITS HEAD
What Happened To Motorola
chicagomag.com
How a culture shift nearly doomed an iconic local company that once dominated the telecom industry.
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DON'T WORRY, IT'S NOT BLOOD
Image: A man attempts to clean the remains of tomatoes from outside his house after the annual
A man attempts to clean the remains of tomatoes from outside his house after the annual "tomatina" tomato fight fiesta in the village of Bunol, 50 kilometers outside Valencia, Spain, Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2014. The streets of an eastern Spanish town are awash with red pulp as thousands of people pelt each other with tomatoes in the annual "Tomatina" battle that has become a major tourist attraction. Credit: AP Photo/Alberto Saiz
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Rabu, 27 Agustus 2014

The Bitter Aftermath

After Ferguson, Alec Baldwin Catches Stray Ball At U.S. Open Like A Champ, A Newbie's Guide To Why So Many People Are Watching Twitch, The London Times Is Blasting Reporters With Typewriter Sound Effects, The Iron Dome Intercepts 15 Rockets At The Same Time, Why Government Researchers Think We May Be Living In A 2D Hologram
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Wednesday, August 27, 2014
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THE BITTER AFTERMATH
After Ferguson
politico.com
St. Louis' decaying black suburbs are about to be forgotten. Again.
BALLS FLYING AT HIS FACE
Alec Baldwin Catches Stray Ball At U.S. Open Like A Champ
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This might be the whitest video to ever exist.
EYE CANDY
A Newbie's Guide To Why So Many People Are Watching Twitch
arstechnica.com
Like sports, watching other people game can be as addictive as gaming yourself.
HOW TO INDUCE INSANITY 101
The London Times Is Blasting Reporters With Typewriter Sound Effects
gizmodo.com
Reporters in The Times UK's newsroom are working under a constant soundtrack of (artificial) typewriter clatter. It's an experiment to "increase energy levels," and for a generation of reporters who grew up on word processors, it's probably torture.
TURMOIL IN THE MIDDLE EAST
The Iron Dome Intercepts 15 Rockets At The Same Time
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Israel's Iron Dome defense system is well known across the world. This video is proof of its reputation.
WELCOME TO FLATLAND
Why Government Researchers Think We May Be Living In A 2D Hologram
motherboard.vice.com
Operating with cutting-edge technology out of a trailer in rural Illinois, government researchers started today on a set of experiments that they say will help them determine whether or not you and me and everything that exists are living in a two-dimensional holographic universe.
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FOG OF WAR
Image: A Pro-Russian rebel walks in a passage at the local market damaged by shelling in Petrovskiy district in the town of Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2014. On Tuesday several shells hit the local market and nearby houses during the mortar duel between Pro-Russian rebels and Ukrainian army.
A Pro-Russian rebel walks in a passage at the local market damaged by shelling in Petrovskiy district in the town of Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2014. On Tuesday several shells hit the local market and nearby houses during the mortar duel between Pro-Russian rebels and Ukrainian army. Credit: AP Photo/Mstislav Chernov
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Selasa, 26 Agustus 2014

Navel Gazing

80 Years Of Fergusons, Need A Hilarious Web Series To Fill That Empty Hole In Your Life? Here Are Three Places To Start, Surgeons Decide What The Perfect Belly Button Looks Like, Billy Crystal's Heartwarming Tribute To Robin Williams, These People Got Tasered For A Photoshoot, Hurricane Katrina: Then And Now
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Tuesday, August 26, 2014
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HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF
80 Years Of Fergusons
buzzfeed.com
The story of violent black protest in the U.S. is an old one — it's self-destructive but it sometimes gets results.
DIGG JOKES
Need A Hilarious Web Series To Fill That Empty Hole In Your Life? Here Are Three Places To Start
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Summer re-runs got you down? There are plenty of funny shows on the Internet if you only know where to look.
NAVEL GAZING
Surgeons Decide What The Perfect Belly Button Looks Like
deathandtaxesmag.com
Times were simpler when people just had "innies" and "outies."
WORDS FROM A FRIEND
Billy Crystal's Heartwarming Tribute To Robin Williams
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"Robin Williams, what a concept."
ZAPPED FOR ART
These People Got Tasered For A Photoshoot
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Photographer Patrick Hall films people's reactions as they get tased with a handheld stun gun. Here are those reactions in slow-mo video form.
9 YEARS LATER
Hurricane Katrina: Then And Now
nola.com
Watch decade-old disaster transform into present-day recovery.
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ALL THE KING'S MEN
Image: Kirk Wall, of Anaheim, Calif., opens the 15th Annual Elvis Festival at the Orange County Market Place in Costa Mesa, Calif.
Kirk Wall, of Anaheim, Calif., opens the 15th Annual Elvis Festival at the Orange County Market Place in Costa Mesa, Calif. Credit: AP Photo/The Orange County Register, Michael Goulding
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