Friday, July 29, 2016

Put A Chip And Pin In It

Paying With A Credit Card Is Harder Than It Needs To Be And Other Facts
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WHAT WE LEARNED THIS WEEK
Paying With A Credit Card Is Harder Than It Needs To Be And Other Facts
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Welcome to What We Learned This Week, a digest of the most curiously important facts from the past few days. This week: chip cards are a pain in the butt, we're all burnt out and the physics of catcher's knees.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
Watch Hillary Clinton's Historic Acceptance Speech At The DNC
Father Of Fallen Muslim Soldier Rebukes Trump At DNC: 'You Have Sacrificed Nothing'
Tesla Employees Say They Were Nervous About Autopilot Before Deadly Crash
Uber Has Yet To Reduce Drunk Driving Deaths, Study Says
ENERGY WE DIGG
This Company Just Gave Everyone Access To Clean Energy, For Free
arcadiapower.com
Arcadia Power lets you access clean energy for your home or apartment in all 50 states. It only takes three minutes to set up and is completely free. For those interested in supporting renewable energy, this is a no-brainer.
WHAT DOES IT ALL MEAN?
WHEN DO WE FREAK OUT?
What That Election Probability Means
flowingdata.com
As of this writing, the Upshot estimates a 68% probability for Clinton and 32% for Donald Trump. FiveThirtyEight estimates 52% and 48% for Clinton and Trump. What do those numbers mean, really?
BRB, INVESTING IN BUG SPRAY STOCK
Sorry, Mosquito Season Is Getting Longer — Here's How Much More Suffering That Means For You
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No matter how much you love summer, there's no getting around the fact that mosquitoes are the worst. Unfortunately, they're hanging around longer and longer these days in the US — this interactive tells you how mosquito season has changed where you live.
IT'S SPORTS TIME
HATERS GONNA SAY IT'S EDITED
The Best Fictional Basketball Shots Ever
theringer.com
From "Space Jam" to "Prometheus," rating the greatest movie and TV buckets.
PLANNING FOR GOLD
Meet Team USA
si.com
From swimming and archery to cycling and wheelchair basketball, athletes explain in their own words what it's like to represent their country at the 2016 Rio Olympics.
GAME CHANGER
WATCH: Nzingha Prescod Might Just Be The First African-American Woman To Medal In The Olympics For Fencing
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Meet Nzhingha Prescod, the currently ranked #2 women's foil fencer in the US. She could make history in Rio at the 2016 Summer Olympics.
THE WEIRD WIDE WEB
MOM IS VAC
The Mom Who Moderates Her Daughter's Rowdy Twitch Chat
kotaku.com
Anisa Jomha was a so-called "boobie streamer" until last March. Her sizable Twitch following includes ardent fans, horny dudes, toxic trolls, and an unusual chat moderator: her mother.
YOUR ONLY CHANCE AT CATCHING 'EM ALL
The Guys Who Cracked 'Pokémon Go' Wide Open
gizmodo.com
Dronpes and Moots7 are both tall, stubbly white guys in their late 20s — the right age to have fond memories of the first generation Pokémon games. Six months ago they embarked on creating The Silph Road, a project that has become the "Pokémon Go" player's bible.
BEFORE YOU GO
'THIS IS NOT GOING THE WAY I WANTED IT TO'
Poor Old Man Makes The Terrible Decision To Combine Two Jars Of Contact Cement
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Mr. Magoo, is that you?
You're almost to the weekend — just don't get stuck in the office.