Author Topic: Interesting "stuff" (Read 1310043 times)

Arizona Hot · « **Reply #1025 on:** November 14, 2015, 10:24 AM »

Caffeinated peanut butter is truly a complete breakfast all on its own.jpg

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Caffeinated peanut butter is truly a complete breakfast all on its own

Truly peanut butter with a buzz that will keep you up at night thinking about it.

Arizona Hot · « **Reply #1026 on:** November 14, 2015, 01:52 PM »

Death metal cannot compete with real death. It will continue in the shadow of the terrorism in Paris at the performance of the Eagles of Death Metal band.

Renegade · « **Reply #1027 on:** November 15, 2015, 12:19 AM »

Death metal cannot compete with real death. It will continue in the shadow of the terrorism in Paris at the performance of the Eagles of Death Metal band.
-Arizona Hot (November 14, 2015, 01:52 PM)

No comment other than...

Voted the heaviest riff by some heavy metal magazine that I don't remember:

Voted the most instantly recognizable riff of all time:

And then there's one of those tunes that really sparked off a lot of what we have now:

And I noticed the front page of YouTube now:

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wraith808 · « **Reply #1028 on:** November 15, 2015, 06:24 AM »

^ Seemed Appropriate

IainB · « **Reply #1029 on:** November 15, 2015, 09:48 AM »

Interesting bit of history: Microsoft Invented Google Earth in the 90s Then Totally Blew It | Motherboard

Renegade · « **Reply #1030 on:** November 15, 2015, 11:37 AM »

^ Seemed Appropriate

-wraith808 (November 15, 2015, 06:24 AM)

"This video is not available."

That was quick.

wraith808 · « **Reply #1031 on:** November 15, 2015, 11:57 AM »

Maybe its in your country. Shows up for me still.

How about this version - is it blocked?

IainB · « **Reply #1032 on:** November 15, 2015, 12:43 PM »

Amazing stuff from Eytan Adar (Associate Professor of Information and Computer Science at the University of Michigan):
http://www.cond.org/zoetrope.html

I can think of several good reasons why some people might feel that this technology needs to be suppressed.

Renegade · « **Reply #1033 on:** November 15, 2015, 02:33 PM »

Maybe its in your country. Shows up for me still.

How about this version - is it blocked?

-wraith808 (November 15, 2015, 11:57 AM)

Ah, that's better!

IainB · « **Reply #1034 on:** November 16, 2015, 08:24 AM »

Mini Review: Skilhunt H02R Head Mounted Flashlight, For Cycling after Dark
...I want one.

Renegade · « **Reply #1035 on:** November 16, 2015, 10:38 AM »

^ I've been checking out some of the LED modules for some of these flashlights. They're pretty darn sexy.

Here's one and another.

Arizona Hot · « **Reply #1036 on:** November 17, 2015, 08:21 PM »

Best Smartphones of 2015 - Reviewed.com .jpg

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Best Smartphones of 2015 - Reviewed.com

Apple and Samsung Are Teaming Up to Kill the SIM Card.jpg

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Apple and Samsung Are Teaming Up to Kill the SIM Card - Reviewed.com

Arizona Hot · « **Reply #1037 on:** November 17, 2015, 08:24 PM »

40 Airport Secrets Only Insiders Know.jpg

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40 Airport Secrets Only Insiders Know

Some more raw information for the fact checkers with experience here.

wraith808 · « **Reply #1038 on:** November 19, 2015, 11:05 AM »

A Google employee lives in a truck in the parking lot to save money

Arizona Hot · « **Reply #1039 on:** November 19, 2015, 12:18 PM »

A Google employee lives in a truck in the parking lot to save money
-wraith808 (November 19, 2015, 11:05 AM)

Deja vu!

Arizona Hot · « **Reply #1040 on:** November 19, 2015, 08:00 PM »

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Dojo Keeps Smart Home Gadgets Safe

Google's router lives up to promise of ease, design - review.jpg

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Google's router lives up to promise of ease, design review

Arizona Hot · « **Reply #1041 on:** November 19, 2015, 08:07 PM »

iPhone 6S Has Problem Apple Won't Discuss.jpg

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iPhone 6S Has Problem Apple Won't Discuss

The freedom to explore most open-world games is a lie.jpg

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The freedom to explore most open-world games is a lie

Fallout 4 Settlement Guide Tips on Food, Locations, Building And Settler Management

'Fallout 4' Power Armor Where To Get Fusion Cores And How To Get Them Unlimited

‘Fallout 4’ Glitch Gets You Unlimited Bottle Caps – Sort Of Hurry Before Bethesda Patches It Up

'Fallout 4' Easter Eggs 10 Best-Kept Secrets Of The Wasteland You Need To Find

Arizona Hot · « **Reply #1042 on:** November 20, 2015, 07:21 PM »

Apparently, Gelatin Can Cure A Hangover.jpg

Apparently, Gelatin Can Cure A Hangover
Something to counter the woes of the holiday party season.

Humans may have rescued pumpkins from extinction.jpg

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Humans may have rescued pumpkins from extinction
Something for you pumpkin pie lovers.

Arizona Hot · « **Reply #1043 on:** November 20, 2015, 07:25 PM »

Your Phone Is Listening—Literally Listening—to Your TV.jpg

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Your Phone Is Listening—Literally Listening—to Your TV

Lisnr’s Audio-Beacon Technology Reaches Users Through Sound - Venture Capital Dispatch - WSJ

Stoic Joker · « **Reply #1044 on:** November 22, 2015, 06:50 AM »

Your Phone Is Listening—Literally Listening—to Your TV
-Arizona Hot (November 20, 2015, 07:25 PM)

(Bhatt said that the smartphone apps that listen for SilverPush audio beacons present the user with a screen asking for detailed permission before using the device’s microphone for the first time.)
-The Article

This bit strikes me as tactically disingenuous, because the long winded - and I'm sure carefully timed - "detailed request" only servers to inspire people - EULA style - to dismissively agree.

...And to think a year or so ago, we were worried about hackers misusing Acoustic Mesh Networks.

Arizona Hot · « **Reply #1045 on:** November 23, 2015, 10:31 PM »

Dell installs self-signed root certificate on laptops, endangers users' privacy.jpg

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Dell installs self-signed root certificate on laptops, endangers users' privacy Computerworld

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Dyre malware infographic

Arizona Hot · « **Reply #1046 on:** November 23, 2015, 10:33 PM »

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How the Gatorade Shower Was Born

Renegade · « **Reply #1047 on:** November 23, 2015, 11:23 PM »

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Apparently, Gelatin Can Cure A Hangover
Something to counter the woes of the holiday party season.
-Arizona Hot (November 20, 2015, 07:21 PM)

And colds? That's good to know.

tomos · « **Reply #1048 on:** November 24, 2015, 03:23 AM »

Dell installs self-signed root certificate on laptops, endangers users' privacy Computerworld
-Arizona Hot (November 23, 2015, 10:31 PM)

Noooooo - isn't that what Lenovo did as well?
You'd think they'd learn...

I bought a Dell laptop in July, so hopefully I dont have it ...

Arizona Hot · « **Reply #1049 on:** November 24, 2015, 04:59 PM »

Rogue Hackers May Hurt ISIS More Than Anonymous.jpg

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Rogue Hacker Ghost Security Group May Be Hurting ISIS More Than Anonymous

Many meteorologists are wearing the same dress.jpg

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Many meteorologists are wearing the same dress