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samedi 15 décembre 23:19
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15 décembre
Boing Boing
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21:33
Tim May was one of the founders of the cypherpunk movement, whose seminal Crypto Anarchist Manifesto is still startling relevant today, a quarter century after it was written. May's work was critical to the fight to legalize civilian access to strong cryptography, and to resist the Clinton administration's doomed and absurd attempt to ban working cryptography (this campaign is still alive and well, and gaining ground in Australia). May was featured in Steven Levey's Wired cover story Crypto Rebels, which was the issue I picked up a couple of weeks before dropping out of university to (...) -- Post, cypherpunks, obits, tim may
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Cheap Old Houses is one of my favorite Instagram accounts. The folks behind it scour real estate listings around the U.S. to find and showcase cool old homes being sold at ridiculously inexpensive prices, i.e. real estate pR0n. Sure, most of the houses are in places I'd never move to or they are "major fixers" but they're all under $100K. Well, it seems that the feed is becoming too popular, as evidenced by this PSA they released on Friday: Here are some examples of these cheap old homes: screenshot via Instagram (Super (...) -- Post, becoming too popular, real estate, real estate pR0n
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18:00Talking dystopia, utopia, science fiction and theories of change on the Netzpolitik podcast Boing BoingWhen I was in Berlin last month, I stopped into the offices of Netzpolitik (previously), the outstanding German digital rights activist group, where I recorded an interview for their podcast (MP3), talking about science fiction, utopianism, dystopianism, how we can change the world, and why my kid has so many names. -- NPP160-Dystopie_kann_doch_jeder.mp3, Post, article 13, Audio, happy mutants, mp3s, netzpolitik, podcasts, science fiction, utopianism, walkaway
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Jimmy Kimmel can be kind of a dick. You may remember that he's had parents lie to their kids, saying that they stole and ate all their Halloween candy -- all caught on camera, of course. That gag's been running for a few years now. Well, he's got a new prank. This time he's got parents unplugging the TV when their kids are playing the video game Fortnite. As you'll see, like with the "missing" candy bit, the kids don't take too kindly to it. -- Post, Video, fortnite, I turned off the TV, jimmy kimmel
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Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke (previously) is leaving the cabinet at the end of the month. Zinke was one of Trump's most deplorable swamp-monsters: a man so loathed that even Scott Priutt couldn't stand him, and for good reason: this is the guy who handed a $300m government contract to fix power lines in hurricane-wracked Puerto Rico to a two-man shop run by old buddies; defrauded the taxpayer with bogus travel-expenses, removed endangered bears from the endangered species list, let oil companies drill in national parks and blanked out his whole calendar. It's not clear whether (...) -- Post, a fox for every henhouse, a gator for every swamp, christ what an asshole, corruption, gators fleeing a sinking ship, ryan zinke, swamp creatures
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Mick Mulvaney (previously) is a terrible human being -- as Trump's head for the financial watchdog, he's gutted the agency and allowed crooked lenders and dirty banks to get away with ripping off Americans -- so he knows one when he sees one. Back when Mulvaney was running for a South Carolina Congressional seat in 2016, Mulvaney explained why he was supporting Trump: "Yes, I am supporting Donald Trump, but I’m doing so despite the fact that I think he’s a terrible human being." Mulvaney has been named Trump's acting Chief of Staff, standing in for John Kelly. Mulvaney is far from (...) -- Post, administrative incompetence, gop, mick mulvaney, swamp creatures, takes one to know one, trumpism
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What the hell were they thinking? Luxury brand Prada is accused of selling $550 "blackface" figurines. They have charms in their Pradamalia line that are monkeys with dark faces and big red lips, i.e. blackface. The merchandise has now been removed for purchase, though the site still shows it. Thanks to #blackface ⓐPrada, now you can take #sambo home with you for the holidays #StopRacism #StopBlackface #StopPrada pic.twitter.com/5t2cvosLIF — Chinyere Ezie (ⓐlawyergrrl) December 13, 2018 Here's Prada's response to the accusation: [1/2] #Prada Group abhors racist imagery. The (...) -- Post, blackface, Prada, racism, racist
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"From Morlocks to warlocks, nerds are passionate about a lot of things, but there's one thing they love above all else and that is correcting people*." So begins each intro to the CollegeHumor game show, "Um, Actually." Nimbly hosted by Mike Trapp, the rules for Um, Actually are simple. Mike reads a statement related to various fantasy and sci-fi universes and beloved nerd media (Lord of the Rings, Blade Runner, D&D, Dune, Warhammer, Harry Potter, anime, gaming, etc). The statement conceals a mistake. One of the three contestants buzzes in with their correction. And they must preface (...) -- Post, game shows, nerd culture
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16:47Janusz Korczak tried to build an ideal society of children inside the Warsaw ghetto in 1942 Boing BoingPolish educator Janusz Korczak set out to remake the world just as it was falling apart. In the 1930s his Warsaw orphanage was an enlightened society run by the children themselves, but he struggled to keep that ideal alive as Europe descended into darkness. In this week's episode of the Futility Closet podcast we'll tell the story of the children's champion and his sacrifices for the orphans he loved. We'll also visit an incoherent space station and puzzle over why one woman needs two cars. Show notes Please support us on Patreon! Image: By Jolanta Dyr - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, (...) -- Podcast, Post, futility closet
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16:17The Bleeding Edge: a terrifying, enraging look at the corrupt, deadly world of medical implants Boing BoingPrior to 1976, the FDA did not regulate medical implants, and so shoddy and even deadly devices proliferated, inserted into Americans' body. When the FDA finally decided to regulate implants, they were reluctant to subject the devices already in the field to regulation -- after all, these were already in peoples' bodies. So they enacted rule 510(k), which grandfathered in any devices in the market, and any devices that were "substantially similar" to those devices. This is a loophole that eventually grew to consume the rule. Since 1976, medical implant makers like Johnson and Johnson (...) -- Post, Video, 510(k), documentaries, FDA, happy mutants, kirby dick, medical implants, movies, videos, youtube
Engadget
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22:32
Turns out Hyundai's Kona EV is one of the most affordable electric vehicles you'll be able to buy in the near future. The automaker has revealed that the electric version of its Kona model has a starting price of $36,450 before federal tax incentives... -- electricvehicle, ev, gear, hyundai, kona, transportation
hack a day
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If you always wished you could get closer to the hardware with the 6502 in your classic microcomputer you’re in luck, because [Drass] has created a beautiful implementation of a 6502 using TTL logic chips. What makes it special is that it sits on a very neat set of PCBs, and due to its use of 74AC series logic it can run at much higher speeds than the original. A 20 MHz 6502 would have been revolutionary in the mid-1970s. Neat reworking of what looks to be a reversed bus. Through a flying ribbon cable, it can plug directly into the 6502 socket on classic microcomputers, and the website (...) -- classic hacks, computer hacks, 6502, 74 series logic, TTL computer, ttl cpu
Mashable !
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Not to be dramatic or anything, but with 57% of this year's holiday spending expected to be done online, your business (literally) can't afford to have a "meh" web presence right now. Take full advantage of this year's holiday shopping season by growing your site's traffic with the help of these online tools and services, all of which are on sale for a limited time. You can even take an extra 15% off your purchase if you enter the code MERRY15 at checkout. 1. Simvoly Site Builder Build the website of your dreams without writing a single line of code — for real! — with Simvoly, a (...) -- expected
Wired News : Top Stories
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21:07
The startup is just one of many self-driving developers looking for the best way to approach the tricky question of safety. -- Transportation, Self-Driving Cars, Safety
Engadget
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For years, people with jailbroken iPhones have turned to the Cydia Store to download apps that Apple wouldn't allow through its own portal. You might want to scramble for an alternative if you're one of those users, however. Service creator Jay Fre... -- apps, cydia, gear, ios, ipad, iphone, jailbreak, jailbreaking, mobile
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By Courtney Schley This post was done in partnership with Wirecutter. When readers choose to buy Wirecutter's independently chosen editorial picks, Wirecutter and Engadget may earn affiliate commission. Read the full learning apps guide here. We sp... -- gear, internet, partner, syndicated, thewirecutter, wirecutter
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The future of entertainment Rolling Stone Whether it's music, movies or television, technology is rapidly changing the ways we experience entertainment. Rolling Stone offers a look at a number of ways things like AI, social media and more are alte... -- ai, concerts, elonmusk, entertainment, facialrecognition, gear, internet, movies, music, recommendedreading, taylorswift, telvision, tesla, tomorrow, tv
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With 2019 just around the corner, we're ready to look back and pick a few favorites from the flood of TV shows that arrived in 2018. Senior Editor Kris Naudus explains why Netflix already has an anime series you should watch with Hi Score Girl. But f... -- art, av, entertainment, newirl, videoirl
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Hey, good morning! You look fabulous. Welcome to your weekend! We regret to report there's more bad news to share about Facebook and how it's protecting your privacy. Some of the highlights from earlier this week include an incredible tech demo, tec... -- entertainment, gadgetry, gadgets, gaming, gear, home, internet, services, space, themorningafter, transportation
Wired News : Top Stories
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04:49Taylor Swift's Facial Recognition, the Year's Worst Passwords, and More Security News This Week - Wired News : Top StoriesChinese hackers targeting the Navy, charity scammers, and more security news this week. -- Security, cybersecurity, security roundup, hacking
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Binary stars have a sort of relationship, but not one you’d want to be in. -- Photo, Space Photos of the Week, Jupiter, stars
hack a day
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We can tell that [Jon Howell] is our kind of guy. After updating his vintage 1985 Hewlett-Packard plotter with WiFi and the ability to load SVG files, he obviously needed to find a bunch of stuff to run off with it. Gotta justify those hacks somehow. So he doubled down and decided support a hack with another hack by writing a maze generator to keep his plotter well fed. He was kind enough to unleash his creation on an unsuspecting Internet as an open source project, and now we all can benefit from a couple of reams worth of mazes. The generator itself is written in Java, and should work (...) -- Software Hacks, java, maze, open source, plotter, printer
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Just to be clear, the primary goal of the Papas Inventeurs (Inventor Dads) was to have the kids make something, have fun, and learn. In that light, they enjoyed a huge success. Four children designed, made, and sold laser-cut napkin rings from a booth at the Ottawa Maker Faire as a fun learning process (English translation, original link in French.) [pepelepoisson] documented the entire thing from beginning to end with plenty of photos. Things started at proof of concept, then design brainstorming, prototyping, manufacture, booth design, and finally sales. While adults were involved, every (...) -- Art, how-to, business, design, laser cut, Laser cutting, maker faire, manufacturing, napkin, napkin ring, prototyping, selling
Mashable !
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20:19HBO's Benedict Cumberbatch-led take on Brexit get both a trailer and a heaping pile of backlash - Mashable !Because 2018 continues to be a mad libs soup of WTF, HBO recently released a trailer for its upcoming Brexit movie with Benedict Cumberbatch starring as the controversial Leave campaign leader, Dominic Cummings. It's two minutes of "lol wut?" and people are taking the premium cable channel to task for it on Twitter. SEE ALSO: 'Game of Thrones' was 2018's most on-demand show, despite no new episodes Understandably, most of the ire is coming from the folks who are actually still caught up in the clusterfuck of an as-yet-unfinished Brexit. The trailer dropped at a particularly bad time, (...) -- Entertainment, Hbo, Brexit, Benedict Cumberbatch
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18:35Let a little light into your world with this moving story about Charles Barkley's friend - Mashable !Here I am, sitting at my work desk on a Saturday and sobbing uncontrollably. The social media savvy among you might be noticing a lot of posts mentioning a story about former NBA star Charles Barkley and his friend, Lin Wang. I'm here to tell you that you should listen to all this unasked-for advice and read that story. SEE ALSO: Steph Curry responds to 9-year-old's letter about offering his shoes in sizes for girls It's from WBUR, a Boston public radio station. Wang's daughter, Shirley, sat down and described her dad's unusual relationship with Barkley in an appearance on the (...) -- Sports, Culture, Charles Barkley, Web Culture
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Lenovo Yoga C930 $1,399.99 (starting) View Product The Good Stylus lives in an always-accessible slot • Latest Intel processors • Sleek design • Robust sound The Bad A little on the heavy side • Limited ports • No dedicated graphics card The Bottom Line The Lenovo Yoga C930 is a 2-in-1 laptop with better-than-expected sound and the power to perform basic tasks, streaming, and web browsing. Mashable Score3.5 Cool Factor3.0 Learning Curve4.0 Performance4.0 Bang for the Buck3.0 Back in 2012, Lenovo's IdeaPad Yoga 13 turned laptops upside-down. It introduced what the company called a "multi-mode" (...) -- Reviews, Review, Lenovo, Windows 10, Ultrabook
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Words still occasionally have consequences — even on Fox News. After Tucker Carlson accused immigrants of making America "dirtier" on his show Thursday night, outrage quickly nofollowed. On Friday, one of Carlson's most prominent advertisers, Pacific Life, announced that it would be pausing advertising on the show while the company "re-evaluated" its relationship with the program. SEE ALSO: 12 times Fox News goofed in 2018 Here is Tucker's original comment in full: "Nice people, no one doubts that, but as an economic matter, this is insane," Tucker said of low-skilled immigrants. "It's (...) -- Watercooler, Tucker Carlson, Culture, Movies Tv Shows
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This is One Good Thing, a weekly column where we tell you about one of the few nice things that happened this week As a perfect person, it's hard to imagine Michelle Obama having any doubts about herself. Hasn't she always assumed that she was brilliant, graceful, and exceptionally good at gardening? Didn't she always think that she would one day become one of the most powerful people in the world and achieve it by being ... nice? According to Obama's new memoir, Becoming, she wasn't always so confident. SEE ALSO: Michelle Obama's ‘Becoming' is the bestselling book of 2018 after just 15 (...) -- Watercooler, Michelle Obama, Letter, One Good Thing, Culture
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The end of 2018 is upon us and if you didn't download any new apps, then you're missing out. I know — it's sometimes surprising that 10 years into the App Store, there are still enough fresh ideas to make it worth downloading an unfamiliar name. But, from apps that gave us new ways to edit photos and video to games we just couldn't put down, developers still managed to find new ways to surprise and delight us in 2018. SEE ALSO: The best tech of 2018 Here's a look back at some of our favorites. We've listed the download links and prices, but as always take "free" with a grain of salt (...) -- Tech, Iphone, Android, Apps And Software, End Of Year 2018
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Eight years ago, in the town of Van Buren, Missouri, newly retired resident John Pope walked six blocks and picked up 1,085 cigarette butts. The unsightly, unpleasant litter problem — as we're all acutely aware — isn't confined to Pope's quiet community in southern Missouri. Cigarette butts have the proud distinction of being the most common form of litter on America's beaches. Some 6 trillion cigarettes are manufactured on Earth each year, and between 750 million to 1,500 million pounds of cigarette butt waste — largely made of a plastic-like material called cellulose acetate — are (...) -- Science, Psychology, Cigarettes, Litter, Anthropocene
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Editor's Note: PCMag and Mashable are both owned by Ziff Davis. Working out is great and all, but come December it's hard to find the inspiration. Those inevitable days of stress, plus cold weather, plus the fact that it gets dark at 4:30 make this time of year the hardest to stay motivated. Meet the Garmin Vívoactive 3 Smartwatch: The wrist candy that will push you to be at your best 24/7. Even better? It's on sale. With this exclusive deal from the PCMag Shop, you can save $110.99 and grab it for just $189. Normally retailing for $299.99, the PCMag Shop has had the watch on sale for (...) -- Smartwatch, Fitness Trackers, Garmin, Mashable Shopping, Shopping Solo
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Forget fruitcake and distant relatives' awkward questions about your relationship status — the worst part of the holidays is traveling, hands down. Unfortunately, we can't do anything about that pungent log of dried cherries and nuts on the dessert table, nor can we prevent your Aunt Ruby from asking why you're still single. (Why are you still single, anyway?) We can, however, offer you some sweet deals on items that'll make your trip home far more bearable. Below, we've rounded up the deets on seven travel and packing tools that just went on sale in the Mashable Shop — and don't forget (...) -- Travel, Luggage, Mashable Shopping, Shopping Stackcommerce, Lifestyle
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You know those wonderful butterflies that invade your body when you meet someone new? Everyone deserves those, especially at Christmas. Rather than make a potentially ill-judged move on a colleague at the Christmas party or hope for the best by spending time in packed bars this December, you could just sign up with eharmony. eharmony takes the time to properly get to know you to discover what is really important in your life, meaning you should hopefully meet with people that you have a genuine connection with. With over 35 years of experience in dating, eharmony is a safe pair of hands (...) -- Dating Apps, Dating And Relationships, Eharmony, Mashable Shopping, Shopping Solo
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Move over, Lil' Sebastian. There's a new viral horse in town: Tango. Twitter user ⓐmckellogs recently started sharing photos of her horse Tango. As someone who identifies as "not a horse girl," I was skeptical until this particular Tango thread pulled me in. That's the Tango magic. SEE ALSO: The best TV episodes of 2018 ⓐmckellogs told Mashable that her family adopted Tango and his mother, Lulu, after their owners could no longer afford them. Tango has since grown up largely independently, rarely socializing with other horses. As result he's become something of an ... individual. (...) -- Watercooler, Animals, Horses, Culture
TechCrunch
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19:07
It feels like there’s a WeWork on every street nowadays. Take a walk through midtown Manhattan (please don’t actually) and it might even seem like there are more WeWorks than office buildings. Consider this an ongoing discussion about Urban Tech, its intersection with regulation, issues of public service, and other complexities that people have full PHDs on. I’m just a bitter, born-and-bred New Yorker trying to figure out why I’ve been stuck in between subway stops for the last 15 minutes, so please reach out with your take on any of these thoughts: ⓐArman.Tabatabaiⓐtechcrunch.com. (...) -- Apps, Collaborative Consumption, Community, Enterprise, Food, Government, Logistics, Real Estate, SaaS, Social, Startups, TC, Venture Capital, brick-and-mortar, campsyte, cities, co-working, coffee shops, collaborative consumption, coworking, croissant, digital nomads, future of work, kettlespace, marketplace, prop tech, real estate tech, remote work, Remote workers, Restaurants, retail, retailers, sharing economy, Spacious, Urban Tech, WeWork, workbar
Programmable Web
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Every day, the ProgrammableWeb team is busy, updating its three primary directories for APIs, clients (language-specific libraries or SDKs for consuming or providing APIs), and source code samples.
TechCrunch
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18:58
On the heels of a dire government report published last month about climate change and its devastating impacts, many cities and states are scrambling to find ways to curb the greenhouse gas emissions that threaten their air quality, not to mention their economies. As is often the case, California is leading the charge, yesterday becoming the first state to mandate that mass transit agencies purchase fully electric buses only beginning in 2029, and that public transit routes be populated by electric buses alone by 2040. The new rule will is expected to require the production and purchase (...) -- voted to become, signed a bill
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For three years, Tony Hawk has been conspicuously absent from the video store shelves. For most game developers, that’s little more than a blip between titles. When your name and face are attached to 16 titles in 15 years, however, everyone starts to notice when you’re gone. “It’s usually the first topic of discussion with me,” Hawk laughs. The first, that is, once the world’s most famous skateboarder’s identity has been firmly established. That question was finally answered this week with the arrival of Skate Jam, the first of Hawk’s titles created exclusively for a mobile platform. The game (...) -- Apps, Gaming, tony hawk
Daring Fireball
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02:14
Hardcore quality clothing. Obsessively sourced raw materials. Built for performance, durability and movement. Do more and own less. www.outlier.nyc. ★
TechCrunch
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16:19
Yesterday afternoon, Somali-American workers marched outside of Amazon’s Shakopee, Minnesota fulfillment center, chanting “hear our voice.” Estimates of the exact number of marches vary from source to source, but The Minneapolis Star Tribune puts it at around 100. It’s a fairly familiar refrain for the company, after years of reports about questionable working conditions. Some of that came to a head earlier this year when pressure from Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders led the company to adopt a $15 minimum wage for warehouse workers. The protesters cited unfair working conditions and the (...) -- Policy, Amazon, protest
Scripting News
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I was looking through an old backup disk and came across a few audio clips from movies I had recorded. I thought maybe it'd be fun to make them podcasts. So here's the first, Neo meets the Oracle in The Matrix. My favorite line is when the Oracle says "I can see why she likes you," and what nofollows. Sorry the volume is a bit low. -- neoMeetsTheOracle.mp3
Engadget
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12:38
In a blog post and a few tweets, solo game developer Eric Barone laid out plans for 2019 that will expand his hit indie game Stardew Valley and extend to a new title. Now that he has regained the right to self-publish the top-down farming RPG on most... -- art, business, ericbarone, gaming, indie, stardewvalley
Scripting News
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Okay I'm going to reveal a little about the new feature. You can get a glimpse of the output by watching #scriptingnews on Twitter. And an upfront caveat, I don't know the final configuration of this feature. I'm just trying ideas out right now. You may see features here that are never released.
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A new feature is in the works for Scripting News readers. I'm already using it, smoothing off rough edges, thinking about how I want to present it. As far as I know it's a feature that has not been part of a blog yet.
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15:33
Podcasts do keep getting better.
Techmeme
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13:05Profile of MindGeek, which owns 9 of the top 15 porn sites worldwide, has 125M visits per day, and whose bandwidth use exceeds that of Facebook or Amazon (Aisha Hassan/Quartz) TechmemeAisha Hassan / Quartz: Profile of MindGeek, which owns 9 of the top 15 porn sites worldwide, has 125M visits per day, and whose bandwidth use exceeds that of Facebook or Amazon — The biggest and perhaps best source of data about what people like to watch on the internet and what they would pay for doesn't come …
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08:00How WhatsApp fuels fake news and violence in India, where a police officer says people can live without oxygen, "but without WhatsApp they will die" (Timothy McLaughlin/Wired) TechmemeTimothy McLaughlin / Wired: How WhatsApp fuels fake news and violence in India, where a police officer says people can live without oxygen, “but without WhatsApp they will die” — BY THE TIME police arrived in the hamlet of Rainpada on July 1, 2018, the village council office was the scene of a massacre.
Boing Boing
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14:00
Digital or analog, there's a path of least resistance for any project. Finding that path is what the Agile methodology is all about, which is why proficiency in it is a must for any project management position - and the paycheck that comes with it. And the quickest path to learning Agile? The Agile Project Management Mastery Bundle. In these eight online courses, you'll get a thorough introduction to Agile and its ground-level project framework, Scrum. With copious examples, you'll find out how to break any job down into manageable tasks, and how to tackle them with precision. By the end (...) -- The Agile Project Management Mastery Bundle, Agile Project Management Mastery Bundle for $29, The Agile Project Management Mastery Bundle, Agile Project Management Mastery Bundle for $29
Wired News : Top Stories
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With his new feature, 'If Beale Street Could Talk,' already prompting award predictions, the writer-director discusses his approach and what comes next. -- Culture, Movies, Oscars
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Game consoles, controllers, and critically acclaimed games like ‘God of War’ are on sale at multiple retailers for Christmas. -- Gear, Shopping, Deals, video games
hack a day
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PC gamers have the benefit of the mouse and keyboard, which are highly flexible when it comes to input devices for gaming. What’s more, the freedom of the platform means that it’s easy to whip up whatever mad controller you can dream of to best suit the games you’re playing. Enter [Tom Tilley] with the aptly-named Hipster Game Controller. Yes, this is a controller made out of a coffee grinder. The hand-crank setup makes it perfect for imitating the game board in that puzzle classic, Bust-A-Move. [Tom] interfaces the controller in a perfectly hacky way – the scroll wheel from a mouse is (...) -- Games, bust-a-move, coffee, coffee grinder
Engadget
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09:09
With time running out on 2018, Amazon has suddenly started delivering a bunch of the Alexa-connected devices it announced in September. However, it's looking more and more like the Echo Auto that links its virtual assistant to your car stereo won't b... -- alexa, amazon, echo, echoauto, gear, in-car, navigation, transportation
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04:56
If you can't get enough NBA action, you're in luck. Amazon is now offering live games from NBA League Pass part of its Prime Video Channels service. You'll have to get a League Pass subscription to access the content, which you can get through Amazon... -- amazon, amazonprimevideo, amazonvideo, av, entertainment, internet, nba, nbaleaguepass, services
hack a day
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Being a top athlete in this modern age is a full-time job. No longer do athletes simply practice at their nominated sport of choice. They undergo strength training, full nutritional programs, cardio, and even reflex training. Reflex training involves a series of nodes that an athlete must identify when lit up, and touch them to switch them off. By triggering them in a fast sequence, the athlete must work hard to both identify the lit node and then move to switch it off. TrainerLights is just such a system, built around the NodeMCU platform. The system consists of a minimum of four (...) -- classic hacks, excercise, exercise, led, NodeMCU, reflex trainer, reflex training
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For professional-level sound recording, you’ll need professional-level equipment. Microphones and mixing gear are the obvious necessities, as well as a good computer with the right software on it. But once you have those things covered, you’ll also need a place to record. Without a good acoustic space, you’ll have all kinds of reflections and artefacts in your sound recordings, and if you can’t rent a studio you can always build your anechoic chamber. While it is possible to carpet the walls of a room or randomly glue egg crate foam to your walls, [Tech Ingredients] tests some homemade (...) -- how-to, absorption, acoustics, anechoic, dampening, foam, microphone, Panels, sound, speaker
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Many people hear “fungus” and think of mushrooms. This is akin to hearing “trees” and thinking of apples. Fungus makes up 2% of earth’s total biomass or 10% of the non-plant biomass, and ranges from the deadly to the delicious. This lecture by [Justin Atkin] of [The Thought Emporium] is slightly shorter than a college class period but is like a whole semester’s worth of tidbits, and the lab section is about growing something (potentially) edible rather than a mere demonstration. The video can also be found below the break. Let’s start with the lab where we learn to grow fungus in a mason jar on (...) -- chemistry hacks, how-to, biology, fungi, fungus, inoculation, lecture, mushroom, mycelium, shiitake, workshop
Seth’s Blog
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The boss in a factory relies on compliance. More compliance leads to more profits. Do what you’re told, faster and cheaper, repeat. This is the history of the twentieth century. The studio, on the other hand, is about initiative. Creativity, sure, but mostly the initiative to make a new thing, a better thing, a process that leads to better. It’s peer to peer. The hierarchy is mostly gone, because the tasks can be outsourced. So all that’s left is leadership. Initiative plus responsibility. Authority is far less important, as are the traditional measures of productivity. You can tell a (...) -- Uncategorized
TechCrunch
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01:36Discord announces 90/10 revenue split for self-published titles on upcoming games store - TechCrunchAfter gaming chat app startup Discord announced in August that they were building out a games store, today, they’ve detailed that they’ll be pursuing a very competitive 90/10 revenue split for self-published titles in 2019. In addition, the company revealed that they now have 200 million active users on their chat app, up from 130 million users in May. The announcement nofollows a storefront launch from Epic Games last week with an 88/12 revenue split. Valve’s Steam store had typically offered a constant 70/30 revenue split for all developers regardless of the revenues they were pulling in. (...) -- Gaming, discord, epic games, Valve
Engadget
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03:09
The Amazon Echo Wall Clock is finally available. First announced back in September, the analog clock that can sync with timers and display countdowns set through Alexa sells for $30. To get the most of this wall clock, you'll need an Echo speaker to... -- alexa, amazon, design, echo, echowallclock, gadgetry, gear
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VSCO is pretty well-known for its photo and video editing app, but the company has sold desktop presets as well. However, VSCO has now announced that it will shift its focus entirely towards mobile in the coming year and will, therefore, be discontin... -- av, desktop, entertainment, gear, personal computing, personalcomputing, photoediting, presets, videoediting, vsco
Daring Fireball
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Zac Hall, writing for 9to5Mac: Apple Music support on Amazon Echo speakers is starting to roll out in the United States through the Alexa app on iOS and Android a few days ahead of schedule. You can now connect your Apple Music account with Echo speakers through the Alexa app and use Apple’s music streaming service with Alexa voice control. Once you connect your Apple Music account to Alexa, you can set the music service as your default music library source and default music station source. This lets you request music from Apple Music without telling Alexa which service to use each time. (...)
NYT > Circuits
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The company said it would update the software of iPhones in China to try to resolve a legal dispute that threatens to block certain iPhone sales there. -- Software, iPhone, Inventions and Patents, Apple Inc, Qualcomm Inc, China
Techmeme
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06:50Amazon's Echo Wall Clock, which connects to nearby Echo devices over Bluetooth to track and display timers via LEDs around its rim, is now available for $29.99 (Bruce Brown/Digital Trends) TechmemeBruce Brown / Digital Trends: Amazon's Echo Wall Clock, which connects to nearby Echo devices over Bluetooth to track and display timers via LEDs around its rim, is now available for $29.99 — After you've set an Alexa timer do you ask, “Alexa, how much time is left on the timer?” several times while it's running?
MobileCrunch
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00:03
Propel, maker of the Fresh EBT app for managing food stamps and other benefits, announced today that it has raised $12.8 million in Series A funding. Fresh EBT (the EBT stands for the Electronics Transfer Benefit card, which is how food stamp participants receive their benefits) allows users to check their food stamp/SNAP balance and find stores that accept food stamps. Users can also track their spending. The app is free for consumers and government agencies — the company makes money through digital coupons and a job board. Propel says Fresh EBT is now used by more than 1.5 million (...) -- Apps, Funding, Mobile, Startups, nyca partners, propel
Techmeme
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06:15The Cydia Store, an app store for jailbroken iOS devices, is shutting down; its creator says it was losing money and he doesn't want to maintain it (Peter Cao/9to5Mac) TechmemePeter Cao / 9to5Mac: The Cydia Store, an app store for jailbroken iOS devices, is shutting down; its creator says it was losing money and he doesn't want to maintain it — After many years of being available to users as a way to fully customize the operating system, the Cydia Store (which was only available to jailbroken devices) is today shutting down.
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05:00Propel raises $12.8M Series A from a16z, Kleiner Perkins, Omidyar, others for its Fresh EBT app to check food stamp/SNAP balances and find stores to use them (Anthony Ha/TechCrunch) TechmemeAnthony Ha / TechCrunch: Propel raises $12.8M Series A from a16z, Kleiner Perkins, Omidyar, others for its Fresh EBT app to check food stamp/SNAP balances and find stores to use them — Propel, maker of the Fresh EBT app for managing food stamps and other benefits, announced today that it has raised $12.8 million in Series A funding.
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03:10Report: Cloudflare has foreign terrorist organizations as customers, possibly violating US laws; Cloudflare says it works with US to meet legal obligations (Rhett Jones/Gizmodo) TechmemeRhett Jones / Gizmodo: Report: Cloudflare has foreign terrorist organizations as customers, possibly violating US laws; Cloudflare says it works with US to meet legal obligations — At a moment when free speech online and moderation policies are more controversial than ever, Cloudflare is facing accusations …
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02:25How LA-based Brud is working to turn CGI-based characters into social media celebrities, like its Miquela, which has 1.5M Instagram followers (Wall Street Journal) TechmemeWall Street Journal: How LA-based Brud is working to turn CGI-based characters into social media celebrities, like its Miquela, which has 1.5M Instagram nofollowers — ‘Lil Miquela’ tests power of fabricated social-media celebrity, and investor interest in fake characters — Miquela Sousa, who recently graced billboards …
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01:15Report: Facebook renamed Building 8, its hardware skunkworks lab, to Portal after the device launched, moved more experimental projects to Facebook Reality Labs (Nick Statt/The Verge) TechmemeNick Statt / The Verge: Report: Facebook renamed Building 8, its hardware skunkworks lab, to Portal after the device launched, moved more experimental projects to Facebook Reality Labs — The hardware group is now focused on Portal and other projects, while far-off ideas are part of Reality Labs
BetaNews.Com
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00:59
Sony is no stranger to limited edition consoles. The company has released countless versions of its PlayStation devices over the years with special colors and designs. For instance, earlier this year, the company released a really cool Spider-Man PS4 Pro. Today, Sony announces yet another limited edition PlayStation bundle, this time a PS4 Pro featuring artwork inspired by the upcoming Square Enix game Kingdom Hearts III. Even if you aren't a fan of the Kingdom Hearts franchise, it must be admitted that the designs of both the console and included controller are quite beautiful. ALSO (...) -- [Continue Reading]
Boing Boing
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05:53
Topping the Electronic Frontier Foundation's don't-buy for Christmas list: Facebook's Portal in-home spycams, nofollowed closely by Alexa/Google Home and other "home hubs"; Verizon's "AppFlash" spyware-equipped phones; and even the Elf on the Shelf gets a look in (normalizes surveillance!). There are many, many more products that we could talk about here: smart toys, baby monitors, fitness trackers and more. Overall, there are a few things to think about when you’re looking at buying a smart gift but trying to balance privacy. Consider carefully what features a product has, and what that (...) -- Post, alexa, appflash, creepy, eff, elf on the shelf, google home, surveillance capitalism, verizon, zuboff
Wired News : Top Stories
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03:29
After umpteen versions of Peter Parker, the new animated feature gives fans the multidimensional hero they deserve. -- Culture, Spider-Man, Marvel, comics
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02:53
For more than 20 years, Amazon has successfully quashed efforts to unionize its American workers, but a new wave of labor organizing is under way. -- Business, Amazon, unions
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01:30
The forthcoming hypercar will draw more than 1,000 horsepower from the naturally aspirated engine, made with help from Formula 1 engineers. -- Transportation, Aston Martin, supercars, engineering
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00:34
Plus Epic's Steam-killing online store goes live, and the rest of the week in gaming news. -- Culture, video games, Epic Games, Sonic the Hedgehog
Engadget
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00:05
New York Attorney General Barbara Underwood announced that the state has reached settlements with five companies regarding a security vulnerability present on each of their mobile apps. Going forward, the companies -- Equifax, Western Union, Pricelin... -- app, attorneygeneral, barbaraunderwood, equifax, gear, internet, mobile, newyork, priceline, security, securityvulnerabilities, ssl, tls, westernunion
Cool Tools
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Our guest this week is Maggie Tokuda-Hall. Maggie is the author of the Parent’s Choice Gold Medal winning picture book, Also an Octopus. Her debut young adult novel, The Mermaid, The Witch, and The Sea is due out in Fall 2019. She is the host of the Drunk Safari podcast. Subscribe to the Cool Tools Show on iTunes | RSS | Transcript | Download MP3 | See all the Cool Tools Show posts on a single page Show notes: ARB Awning “[This is] ARB’s two-meter-by-two-meter awning. It clips onto the sides of cars for camping and for travel. M husband and I spent about a year driving down the west (...) -- Maggie Tokuda-Hall, Also an Octopus, Drunk Safari podcast, Transcript, Download MP3, ARB Awning, Autohome Columbus Rooftop Tent, Scrivener, Literaticast, iOverlander
TechCrunch
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00:35Facebook restructures Building 8, separating projects into Reality Labs and Portal groups - TechCrunchFacebook is restructuring its experimental hardware efforts and giving its moonshot projects a home within its AR/VR research division. The restructuring, reported by Business Insider (paywalled), didn’t result in any layoffs but did see some shifts of teams as the old Building 8 group rebranded to Portal and some projects moved to the former Oculus Research group (now, Facebook Reality Lab). A Facebook spokesperson confirmed the reorganization to Business Insider. TechCrunch has reached out to Facebook for further comment. This is misleading. We renamed the Building 8 team Portal after (...) -- Artificial Intelligence, Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality, Facebook, Facebook Reality Labs, portal
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Apple has signed a deal with DHX Media that will see the Canadian broadcaster producing new shows, specials and short films about Snoopy, Charlie Brown and the rest of the Peanuts gang. That includes exclusive short-form content for Apple starring astronaut Snoopy, aimed at getting kids excited about STEM. Peanuts was created by Charles Schulz, who wrote and illustrated the popular comic strip for five decades, starting in 1950. The characters moved to television in the 1960s with “A Charlie Brown Christmas,” which was nofollowed by a long list of specials. And they recently returned to the (...) -- Entertainment, Media, Apple, peanuts
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Propel, maker of the Fresh EBT app for managing food stamps and other benefits, announced today that it has raised $12.8 million in Series A funding. Fresh EBT (the EBT stands for the Electronics Transfer Benefit card, which is how food stamp participants receive their benefits) allows users to check their food stamp/SNAP balance and find stores that accept food stamps. Users can also track their spending. The app is free for consumers and government agencies — the company makes money through digital coupons and a job board. Propel says Fresh EBT is now used by more than 1.5 million (...) -- Apps, Funding, Mobile, Startups, nyca partners, propel
14 décembre
Boing Boing
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19:14
Russell Walks' astounding and vast collection of licensed, retro-styled Star Wars propaganda posters are also available in postcard form. -- Post, Copyfight, Disney, fanac, happy mutants, illustration, movie posters, propaganda, star wars
Mashable !
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19:03
BigRep's NOWlab built an electric motorcycle that, excluding the electrical components, consists purely of 3D-printed parts. The e-bike, NERA, was designed by Marco Mattia Cristofori and Maximilian Sedlak and NOWlab's co-founder, Daniel Büning, directed the project. As Mashable has previously reported, NERA is not for sale, but it is a use case that highlights what can be achieved using BigRep's large-scale 3D printers and demonstrates the current state-of-the-art in additive manufacturing. Read more...More about Mashable Video, Electric Vehicles, Motorbike, Motorcycle, and Electric (...) -- Mashable Video, Electric Vehicles, Motorbike, Motorcycle, Electric Bike
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It's a Friday, people, which means there's more bad news from Facebook. Facebook disclosed a data breach on Friday that affected 6.8 million users. The trouble once again came from the connectivity of third party apps. Facebook says it is "sorry this happened." SEE ALSO: Facebook fined £500K for 'serious breaches' of data protection law From September 13-25 of this year, developers had access to Facebook users' photos that they never had permission to see. Typically, apps should only be able to access photos in users' timelines. But while the bug was active, apps had access to photos in (...) -- Facebook, Photos, Data Breach, Tech, Social Media Companies
Wired News : Top Stories
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22:37
The latest from Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead is everything studio movies are not. -- Culture, Geek's Guide to the Galaxy, Netflix
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22:08
Should you get the Echo Dot, or the Echo Plus? And what's up with that Echo Show? Here's what to consider. -- Gear, Alexa, Best of, Shopping, Amazon, amazon echo
Mashable !
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23:03
The powers that be have a sick sense of humor. When the Gregory family went back to their house to survey the wreckage after it burned down, they found salvaged an ironic relic: a copy of the Jonas Brothers' tour book titled "Burning Up." Yikes. SEE ALSO: 8 ways you, a plebe, can celebrate Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas' wedding "It was a very emotional process, but as we walked up to what used to be our porch, we saw this," Twitter user ⓐgayyspice said. "Sometimes God knows you need a good laugh." Today, we went to my house to see if anything was salvageable. It was a very emotional (...) -- Twitter, Jonas Brothers, Culture, Web Culture
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Real talk: shopping for gifts during the holidays is not always fun. But if you don't want to deal with the stress, we're here to help. We've combed through the internet to find some of the best (and our favorite) laptop and tablet deals available this weekend. If you've waited until the last minute to search for the perfect holiday gift, then remember this: You can't go wrong with some killer tech. If you're looking for a tablet, Amazon has most of their Fire tablets on sale this weekend. The Fire HD 10 for $99.99 makes a perfect bedside companion if you've been binging Sabrina on (...) -- Ipad, Hp, Macbook, Mashable Shopping, Shopping Amazon
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Instagram is starting to look more and more like Facebook. The app is testing a new feature that would let brands add prominent buttons linking back to their business inside the app. The feature, which an Instagram spokesperson confirmed is being tested right now, was spotted in the app this week on a post for the Hard Rock Hotel Daytona Beach. A big "book now" button, which appeared to link out directly to the hotel's website, appeared underneath a post. ⓐMattNavarra hey! Have you ever come across this book now feature on Instagram? From a client in the us who spotted it - but details (...) -- Tech, Instagram, Social Media Companies
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21:45
The tech giant filed the patent application called “Offline Trajectories.” Read more...More about Facebook, Mashable Video, Patent, Tracking, and Tech -- Facebook, Mashable Video, Patent, Tracking, Tech
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21:44
A recently released study shows that female-led films earn more money than male-led Hot damn, it's a good time to be alive! Read more...More about Entertainment, Movies, Mashable Video, Money, and Money And Wealth -- Entertainment, Movies, Mashable Video, Money, Money And Wealth
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21:44
The U.S. airline says all service and support animals under four months are not permitted to fly, and that all emotional-support animals on flights longer than eight hours are banned as well. Read more...More about Dogs, Cats, Mashable Video, Airlines, and Delta -- Dogs, Cats, Mashable Video, Airlines, Delta
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