Saturday, July 21, 2018

8: The Answer To Life, The Universe And Everything

Jeff Henry often said that his goal in life was to make customers of his family's legendary water parks happy — "to put a smile on their faces, to give them a thrill or two." It was a beautiful vision. Until it went horribly wrong.
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LESSONS UNLEARNED
'A NIGHTMARE BEYOND COMPREHENSION'
Schlitterbahn's Tragic Slide
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Jeff Henry often said that his goal in life was to make customers of his family's legendary water parks happy — "to put a smile on their faces, to give them a thrill or two." It was a beautiful vision. Until it went horribly wrong.
SALÂM, ESM E SHOMA CHIE?
The Hardest Languages For Native English Speakers To Learn, Visualized
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Not all secondary languages were created equal for native English speakers. According to the Foreign Service Institute, some languages take a lot longer to learn than others.
TAKING THE HEAT
Apple Can't Handle The Heat
extremetech.com
Severe core i9 throttling has been found on new MacBook Pros.
THINK GLOBALLY, CORRUPT LOCALLY
The Demise Of Local Newspapers Is Hurting City Finances
qz.com
Without local reporters poking around, local governments aren't monitored as closely. What results is higher government wages, more government employees, and higher taxes.
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THE WEEK IN PICTURES
PICTURE THIS
The Best Photography Of The Week
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The pigeons that were photographers, the US military's camouflage Disneyland and other best photos of the week.
STARRY STARRY NIGHT
The Week's Coolest Space Images
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Seeing Titan with infrared eyes, "spiders" from Mars and other cool space images of the week.
YOU CAN'T FAKE CANDID
High-Res Outtakes From Apollo 11's 1969 Moon Landing
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The off-kilter composition and the in-between moments remind you that beneath the layers of their impermeable spacesuits, there were actually humans walking on the moon.
LIFE IS STRANGE
THE ANSWER TO THE UNIVERSE IS 8
The Peculiar Math That Could Underlie The Laws Of Nature
quantamagazine.org
New findings are fueling an old suspicion that fundamental particles and forces spring from strange eight-part numbers called "octonions."
WE'D ALL BE WEARING MOON BOOTS
How Apollo-Era Scientists Thought We'd Live On The Moon
nationalgeographic.com
In the 1960s, experts drew on the best science of the time to show how humans might live and work in lunar style.
LOST (NOT) AT SEA
The Secret Desert Home Of A Tiny, Lonely Seabird
theatlantic.com
To save the South American storm petrel, scientists are venturing deep into their long-hidden habitat—and sticking their noses into a lot of stinky holes in the ground.
VIDEO OF THE DAY
WHAT AN INSANE PLACE TO GET LOST
The Moment A Drone Finds A Missing 65-Year-Old Mountaineer Presumed Dead In The Himalayas
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Rick Allen was on an excursion with his climbing partner when he fell after a solo attempt on the 26,401-foot summit of Broad Peak, the 12th highest mountain in the world. After he was spotted, he was promptly brought to safety and is on the mend.
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It doesn't matter how many languages you can speak, it's the weekend.