Monday, July 31, 2017

Are These Airplane Seats For Ants?

For years, self-styled gumshoes have unearthed the names of soon-to-launch gadgets by searching trademark offices from Jamaica to Trinidad. Then that got a lot harder.
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RUNNING INTO SOME PROBLEMS
SPOTLIGHT SEARCH
Apple Versus The Trademark Sleuths
bloomberg.com
For years, self-styled gumshoes have unearthed the names of soon-to-launch gadgets by searching trademark offices from Jamaica to Trinidad. Then that got a lot harder.
TOO BORING
Elon Musk Has Better Things To Do Than Run Tesla
wired.com
Musk is ill-suited to the next phase of Tesla's expansion: being a real automaker.
GOOD QUESTION
Should I Stop Cuddling With My Hot 16-Year-Old Stepdaughter, And Other Great Advice Column Questions
digg.com
This week, stolen breast milk, stolen painkillers and one very bad driver.
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2 COOL 4 U
SUCCESS SHY
The Best Band Nobody Can Sign
thefader.com
Sheer Mag reached cult status before they'd ever put out an album. Can they sidestep the spotlight forever?
TRAGIC QUEENDOM
Revisiting Sofia Coppola's 'Marie Antoinette' And Its Politics Of Excess
theringer.com
The 2006 film about the French queen revels in privilege, and that's the point.
NEVER SAY NEVER THOUGH
The Lost Projects Quentin Tarantino, Christopher Nolan, And More Auteurs Never Made
indiewire.com
From a Howard Hughes biopic from Nolan to a Joan of Arc epic from Kathryn Bigelow, here are a few high-profile projects that our working auteurs never got the chance to make.
VIDEO OF THE DAY
HELL YEAH
Police Car Makes Incredibly Hardcore Entrance To Break Up A Street Fight
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A very British fight was occurring outside of a night club when cops were called in. And boy did they arrive.
IN THE NEWS
Judges Order FAA To Review Airplane Seat Sizes
Tomi Lahren Unknowingly Admits That She Benefits From Obamacare And Then Says She Would Like To Get Rid Of It
Russia Orders Expulsion Of 755 Diplomats In Response To New Sanctions, And Other Trump News From Today
The US And Japan Call For More Action Against North Korea
FROM THE DIGG STORE
Now Is The Time To Become A White Hat Hacker
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Turns out, companies will pay lots of money to not have their data compromised.
Monday's a dodge-and-weave day. Save your big swings for later.

Sunday, July 30, 2017

Say Good Knight

A Fight Between 300 Jedi And 60,000 Medieval Knights In 'Ultimate Epic Battle Simulator' Goes About How You'd Expect, Visualizing Tokyo's Absurd Size, Wear Contacts? You 100% Need This, This Run Of Pool Shots Is Unreal, The Fascinating Sonic Illusion That Makes Christopher Nolan's Movies So Tense, The Navy's Railgun Does Not Mess Around
This Week's Top Videos
Sunday, July 30, 2017
A Fight Between 300 Jedi And 60,000 Medieval Knights In 'Ultimate Epic Battle Simulator' Goes About How You'd Expect
NIGHT KNIGHT
A Fight Between 300 Jedi And 60,000 Medieval Knights In 'Ultimate Epic Battle Simulator' Goes About How You'd Expect
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We really love "Ultimate Epic Battle Simulator," even if it puts a dent in our "Star Wars"/medieval knight crossover dreams.
ONLY 32 COUNTRIES HAVE MORE PEOPLE
Visualizing Tokyo's Absurd Size
digg.com
This breakdown of the layout of Tokyo is interesting, but the satellite comparison between the size of Tokyo and New York is pretty stunning.
EYE CARE WE DIGG SPONSORED
Wear Contacts? You 100% Need This
sightbox.com
Sightbox is an annual membership for contact lenses wearers. After you sign up, they book and pay for your eye exam, then deliver a 12-month supply of contacts to your door. All major brands are supported, including color and astigmatism lenses.
DARK MAGIC
This Run Of Pool Shots Is Unreal
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The commentator summed up the craziest of Chris Melling's shots pretty concisely: "I might kill myself if somebody made that on me."
THE 'EDGE OF YOUR SEAT' TONE
The Fascinating Sonic Illusion That Makes Christopher Nolan's Movies So Tense
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If you've never heard of a Shepard Tone, buckle in for some super interesting music knowledge.
CAN SHOOT A PROJECTILE 100 MILES
The Navy's Railgun Does Not Mess Around
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Why would a railgun, which uses a massive electrical pulse rather than gunpowder, throw off a big cloud of smoke when it fires? Because the projectile is moving so fast it vaporizes the air around it.
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DON'T DO THIS
Digg Pic Of The Day
This cliff-to-water slide jump could have gone wrong in 1000 different ways, but this guy pulled it off. Credit: Benjamin Forthun
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Saturday, July 29, 2017

Go DDoS Yourself

In June 2016, Netflix security engineer Scott Behrens ran a massive infrastructure test on the streaming system in front of dozens of coworkers. In the process, he brought the site down. But instead of panic or embarrassment, it was a moment of celebration.
Digg Editions
Morning · Sat, Jul 29
HERE COMES TROUBLE
BRINGING DOWN THE HOUSE OF CARDS
How Netflix DDoS'd Itself To Help Protect The Entire Internet
wired.com
In June 2016, Netflix security engineer Scott Behrens ran a massive infrastructure test on the streaming system in front of dozens of coworkers. In the process, he brought the site down. But instead of panic or embarrassment, it was a moment of celebration.
EVERYTHING'S GONE TO SHIP
The Hijacking Of A $100 Million Supertanker
bloomberg.com
A mysterious assault. An unsolved murder. And a ship that hasn't given up all its secrets.
EXPOSED
Russia's Kids Aren't Alright
meduza.io
In a growing trend on social networks and instant messengers in Russia, teens are creating their own erotica and pornography, and selling it online to make a quick buck.
EYE CARE WE DIGG | SPONSORED
Wear Contacts? You 100% Need This
sightbox.com
Sightbox is an annual membership for contact lenses wearers. After you sign up, they book and pay for your eye exam, then deliver a 12-month supply of contacts to your door. All major brands are supported, including color and astigmatism lenses.
WEEK IN REVIEW
THE PLACE WHERE STARS ARE BORN
The Week's Coolest Space Photos
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THE BEST LONG READS OF THE WEEK
When A Philosophy Professor Condones Violence, And Other Great Long Reads
digg.com
'GAME OF THRONES, NORTH KOREA AND MORE
The Best Photography Of The Week
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MAP QUEST
DAM IT TO HELL
Down The Mighty Columbia River, Where A Power Struggle Looms
nytimes.com
The Trump administration has proposed selling off portions of a vast system that produces nearly half of the nation's hydropower electricity.
DIRTY BOMBS
The Invisible War On American Soil
topic.com
Vast stretches of the American landscape are contaminated by the business of war and armed aggression; it's littered with unexploded ordnance, toxic chemicals, depleted uranium, radioactive particles, and more.
WHAT'S GOING ON IN NEW YORK?
This Map Of The Most Distinctive Corporate Jargon In Every State Will Make You Cringe 50 Times
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Have you ever rolled your eyes at a job listing that used the phrase "go the extra mile"? We hope your eyes are warmed up, because you're about to see a lot of bad job listing clichés.
VIDEO OF THE DAY
WE DON'T BELIEVE IT
This Video Of Rocks Is Computer Rendered And It's Blowing Our Minds
digg.com
The creator of the video mapped a ton of textures using photogrammetry and then fed the data to Unreal Engine, which rendered these shots in real time. Somehow.
DIGG GIVEAWAYS
Trick Out Your Space With This Sweet Summer Prize Pack
smarthome.com
Your place is fine. But wouldn't it be better if it had a bunch of nice, new stuff (a comfy mattress, smart lights, etc.) in it? And wouldn't it just be the best if you got that stuff for free? Now you see what we're getting at.
You know what else rocks? The weekend.