Friday, July 6, 2018

Survival Of The Richest

Welcome to What We Learned This Week, a digest of the most curiously important facts from the past few days. This week: Investors in Juul know something we don't, how to care less and why installing beta software is a bad idea.​
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SMOKE AND MIRRORS
WHAT WE LEARNED THIS WEEK
A Juul Is Pretty Much A Cigarette, 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: Investors in Juul know something we don't, how to care less and why installing beta software is a bad idea.​
THE TASTEMAKERS
The 30 Most Influential Restaurants Of The Last 30 Years
robbreport.com
We've asked some of the world's leading chefs what restaurants they think most changed how we dine.
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING
The Mind-Bendy Weirdness Of The Number Zero
vox.com
Our understanding of zero is profound when you consider this fact: We don't often, or perhaps ever, encounter zero in nature.
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This Watch Doesn't Look Like A $160 Watch, But It Is
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Vincero is a San Diego-based brand that makes impeccably-crafted watches at a fair price. Featuring high-end materials like real Italian marble and leather, every Vincero has been obsessively designed to make a bold statement. Use the promo code DIGG15 and get 15% off your entire order.
GOODBYE, CRUEL WORLD
SURVIVAL OF THE RICHEST
The Super Wealthy Are Plotting To Leave Us Behind
medium.com
The CEO of a brokerage house explained to me that he had nearly completed building his own underground bunker system and asked, "How do I maintain authority over my security force after the event?"
GOING UNDER
The Tunnel That Could Break New York
politico.com
How politics, and Donald Trump, turned America's most important repair job into a $30 billion grudge match.
QUIET RIOT
Ordinary Person, Wild Radical
magazine.atavist.com
Seventeen years before the Stonewall Riots, Dale Jennings proclaimed to a California court that he was a homosexual. It was the first glimmer of a civil rights revolution. This is the story of an unsung, and reluctant, hero.
DIGG GIVEAWAYS
We're Giving Away $2,000 Worth Of PC Gaming Gear
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We're giving away a $1200 Acer Aspire gaming PC, a $400 Oculus Rift VR headset, a $300 Asus gaming monitor and a $100 gaming keyboard and mouse. Enter here to win.
VIDEO OF THE DAY
Y'KNOW, THOSE SQUIGGLY LINES?
Here's Jimmy Fallon Recycling The Same 'Late Show' Joke Over And Over And Over Again
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The worst part is that it's not even that good of a joke.
IN THE NEWS
Former Thai Navy SEAL Dies Will Delivering Oxygen To Trapped Youth Soccer Team — Here's The Latest
Scott Pruitt Resigns — Here Are The Most Corrupt Things He Did As EPA Head
People Are Creeped Out By A Viral Love Story About Two People Meeting On A Plane
Japan Executes Sarin Gas Attack Cult Leader Shoko Asahara And Six Members
Fourth Ohio State Wrestler Says Rep. Jim Jordan Knew About Sexual Abuse When He Was Coach
DIGG PICKS
The Greatest Pocket Knife
huckberry.com
French-made pocket knife with a carbon steel blade and simple folding construction, Douk Douk has been the best in the game since 1929.
The super rich may be abandoning us, but at least it's the weekend.