Monday, August 5, 2019

So Long, And Thanks For Nothing

How Can I Get My Husband To Stop Biting Our Son, And Other Advice Column Questions, The Wild West Of FindAGrave.Com, and more.
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GOOD QUESTION
How Can I Get My Husband To Stop Biting Our Son, And Other Advice Column Questions
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A roundup of the most interesting, thought-provoking and surprising questions that our favorite columnists addressed in recent days.
GAMIFYING GRAVESTONES
The Wild West Of FindAGrave.Com
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Call them the digital undertakers — a motley crew of users who have made a competition out of racking up as many memorials as possible for the recently deceased.
WITHOUT GOING ALL 'BLACK MIRROR' ON US
Why The New 'Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy' Show Should Embrace Change
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"Hitchhiker's" is a product of a time when thinkers like Douglas Adams started to grasp the potential of computers and computer networks, but well before they became an everyday part of life.
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HEARTBREAKING
A Pediatrician Describes Treating El Paso's Shooting Victims
newyorker.com
"Usually there are one or two people at these kinds of centers who are ready to deal with escalating trauma, but this was unprecedented. There is civil trauma and then there is military trauma, the stuff that happens at war."
FLYING HIGH
PUTTING ON AIRS
Suburb In The Sky: How Jakartans Built An Entire Village On Top Of A Mall
theguardian.com
Depending who you ask, Cosmo Park is an ingenious urban oasis or an ill-conceived dystopia.
EXIT STAGE RIGHT
Ivanka's Eternal Ambitions
thecut.com
After the White House, she probably can't go back to the city that made her. So she has cannily devised another exit strategy.
DOES THAT MEAN IT'S LOUDER?
When Did People Start Turning Things Up To 11?
todayifoundout.com
In the hilarious rockumentary "This is Spinal Tap" released in 1984, Spinal Tap guitarist Nigel Tufnel proudly boasts of his Marshall amp, "This is a top to what we use on stage, but it's very, very special because, if you can see, the numbers all go to 11."
VIDEO OF THE DAY
DID KATY PERRY REALLY RIP OFF THAT SONG?
A Musicologist Explains Why There's Something Fishy About That Copyright Infringement Lawsuit Against Katy Perry
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A jury ruled that "Dark Horse" infringed upon "Joyful Noise," two songs that don't share the same melody, chord progression or bass line. Something doesn't add up here.
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It's rough out there, but don't lose hope.