Thursday, October 13, 2016

Do You Kiss Your Maker With That Mouth?

Wolfram Alpha wants to be more than just a search engine — it wants to change how we understand language.
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SPEAKING OUR LANGUAGE
A WINNING EQUATION
How Wolfram Alpha Wants To Change Language
backchannel.com
Wolfram Alpha wants to be more than just a search engine — it wants to change how we understand language.
LAW OF THE BAND
The Man Musicians Call When Two Tunes Sound Alike
nytimes.com
Peter Oxendale is a "forensic musicologist." When a musician suspects they've been plagiarized, that's when he gets to work.
ROBOTOMOBILE
This Engineer Built An Amazing Voice-Controlled Robot Car In His Garage
jalopnik.com
Paulo Camasmie is an engineer who thinks in a way that car companies aren't. "Atticus" is designed as a human-helping robot first and a car second.
FROM JAMES ALLEN | SPONSORED
Everything You Should Know About Buying An Engagement Ring
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From how much you should spend to what the Four C's are, here's everything you need to know before buying an engagement ring.
HOW'D YA SWING THAT?
WHAT WE'RE READING THIS WEEK
How To Get Banned From The World's Most Remote Place, And Other Stories
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Banned for life from a tiny island in the South Atlantic, a fight to leave Adderall behind, and more of the best longreads of the week.
'DEFYING GRAVITY, MAKING WEATHER'
WATCH: Levitating Cloud Speaker Brings A Mini Thunderstorm Into Your Living Room
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We never thought we would want a big fluffy cloud floating around in our living room cranking tunes, but then again, we never thought such a magical thing existed.
GOOD, CLEAN FUN
STAY POSI
Straight Edge: How One 46-Second Song Started A 35-Year Movement
medium.com
No drugs, no booze… just "positive mental attitude" and lots of testosterone.
AN EVIL GENIUS
Who Invented The Haunted House?
popularmechanics.com
The DIY history of a Halloween tradition.
VIDEO OF THE DAY
OK, YEAH, WE'RE EXCITED
Darth Vader Makes His Appearance In The New 'Rogue One' Trailer
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The new trailer for "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story" gives us a closer look at Jyn and her fellow rebels, as well as the Empire's forces inside the Death Star.
IN THE NEWS
Slew Of New Sexual Abuse Allegations Against Donald Trump Emerge
Wells Fargo Chairman And CEO John Stumpf Is Retiring Immediately
Soylent Recalls Its Bars After Reports They Made People Violently Ill
Bob Dylan Wins 2016 Nobel Prize In Literature
World's Longest-Reigning Monarch, Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej, Dies After 70-year reign
Happy Thursday, go forth and spread the gospel of straight-edge (at least until the weekend, at which point we will definitely need a beer).