Friday, March 22, 2019

In Capitalist America, Internet Browses You

There's A Lot To Worry About With Google's Stadia, How the World's Biggest Brewer Killed the Craft Beer Buzz, and more.
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There's A Lot To Worry About With Google's Stadia
digg.com
On Tuesday, Google announced Stadia, a video game service that will run exclusively on streaming technology. Editors Mat Olson and Steve Rousseau chat about why one of the largest technology companies on the planet muscling into the games business is suspect at best, and potentially harmful to the medium at worst.
DRUNK ON POWER
How The World's Biggest Brewer Killed The Craft Beer Buzz
medium.com
You might think that this democratic craft beer uprising has given way to a new world order; that the people have spoken; that Small Beer has won. You would be wrong.
PUTTING THE 'E' IN FREEDOM
I Rode An E-Scooter As Far From Civilization As Its Batteries Could Take Me
gizmodo.com
Could a scooter be used to escape? Would it be possible to ride one out into nature, beyond the reaches of human civilization and its petty entanglements, at 25 cents per minute? I decided to find out.
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WHAT WE LEARNED THIS WEEK
Losing A Lot Of Weight Is Not The Good Kind Of Suffering, 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: Losing 25 pounds in 6 weeks is not healthy or smart, riding the train across the country is a great idea and the most ambitious scooter ride ever attempted.
TRYING TRAVELS
'THE SENSELESS LOGIC OF THE WILD'
It Was Just A Kayaking Trip. Until It Upended Our Lives
nytimes.com
A weeklong trip in Alaska was supposed to be an adventure. In an instant, it became the experience that defined us all.
PEPPERONI BELT POLITICS
One Nation Under Pizza Ranch
splinternews.com
Another presidential campaign is somehow upon us. Though battered and dazed, America is still here. So is Iowa. And so are its 76 Pizza Ranch locations.
IF YOU BUILD IT, IT WILL COME
Ten Lessons I Learned While Teaching Myself To Code
tim.blog
You've seen a zillion of these online tutorials in coding. Could you just sort of, well, teach yourself? The short answer is: Sure you can. The longer answer is… the rest of this essay.
VIDEO OF THE DAY
YIKES
Guy's Tesla Autopilot Repeatedly Tries To Crash Him Into A Steel Barrier
digg.com
If you need further illustration of why you definitely should not sleep while Tesla's Autopilot drives, this clip should do the trick.
IN THE NEWS
EU Approves Brexit Extension, But Chaotic Departure Still Looms
Facebook Stored Hundreds Of Millions of User Passwords In Plain Text for Years
'It Hurt So Bad': Indiana Teachers Shot With Plastic Pellets During Active Shooter Training
The Midwestern Floods Are Expected To Get Much, Much Worse
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