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Bitcoin is a fascinating concept with lots of problems in practice: it's an environmental disaster, it leaves owners completely unprotected from being ripped off, and it is almost exclusively used for questionable things.
This is an example where Bitcoin is used effectively to survive in the midst of a completely collapsed economy. It is incredibly interesting.
The original HoloLens was flawed. But it was still a glimpse at the future. Version 2 allegedly improves on most of the shortcomings of the original. Hopefully I get a chance to play with it soon.
This is a completely impractical, unaffordable, probably crappy product. But it has a very high cool factor and I'm a sucker for gadgets. So in my book this is one of the coolest gadgets available today.
At that point, the days when American Jews can live comfortably within the Democratic fold will be numbered.
Do not underestimate the capacity of Democrats to self-sabotage ahead of the 2020 elections.
True.
Fingers crossed!
Gotta get my hummus fix.
The parent company of The National Enquirer tried to blackmail Bezos to get The Washington Post to drop an investigation on their newspaper. Bezos calls their bluff (or is it a bluff?) and decides to publish the blackmail letter.
Cute littel short by Pixar.
Pretty neat: the ads about the iPad Pro were made completely using iPad Pro.
Help fix the internet one Like at a time.
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I would have done a few things differently though :)
Update: It's fake: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/briannasacks/glitter-bomb-package-thief-video-not-entirely-real
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When you find yourself on the same side as Hassan Nasrallah, Louis Farrakhan and David Duke on the question of a country’s right to exist, it’s time to re-examine every opinion you hold.
This article is the counterpoint to another recent and logically incoherent New York Times article by Michelle Goldberg titled "Anti-Zionism Isn’t the Same as Anti-Semitism".
Anti-Zionism is the denial to grant the Jewish People their right to self-determination, which is without a doubt Anti-Semitic.
Cool visualization of largest known breaches since 2004.
WWI footage, restored, colorized and with added sound. Looks incredible.
"ADL H.E.A.T. Map is the first-of-its-kind interactive and customizable map detailing extremist and anti-Semitic incidents around the nation. ADL experts in its Center on Extremism developed this unique visualization with data points extracted from information sources including news and media reports, government documents (including police reports), victim reports, extremist-related sources, Center on Extremism investigations and more."
This is a very good video essay about the use of disinformation as a weapon by the KGB. Especially interesting, needless to say, given what's happening around the world in the last couple of years.
Everytime I hear someone I know who's reasonably smart and educated say something along the lines of "you don't know who to believe anymore"* regarding the news media, I am filled with a sense of dread over the effectiveness of these campaigns.
- Of course the answer is: "You should believe the news organizations that have been around for decades, have a staff of proffesional journalists, and excellent track record; not the crap you receive over WhatsApp or Facebook from questionable sources".