Friday, August 2, 2019

What Elon Does In Vegas Doesn't Stay In Vegas

The 'Decoy Effect': The Trick That Makes You Overspend, It's Fight Night In Las Vegas: Elon Musk's Loop Versus The Monorail, and more.
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PERCEPTION IS EVERYTHING
I WOKE UP LIKE THIS?
Athleisure, Barre And Kale: The Tyranny Of The Ideal Woman
theguardian.com
Jia Tolentino on how we became suckers for the hard labor of self-optimization.
YOUR LYING EYES
The 'Decoy Effect': The Cognitive Trick That Makes You Overspend
bbc.com
When you buy a cup of coffee, you might have noticed that of the three size options, the medium-sized serving often costs almost as much as the large. There's a reason for that.
THE ONE TRUE BURGER KING
America's Most Popular Burger Places, Visualized
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Americans love their fast food — a data viz wizard produced a useful infographic that explains which burger joints are their favorites.
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CONS AND PROS
CONS AND PROS
Female Vlogger Caught Using Filter To Make Herself Look Younger In Livestream Glitch And More Of The Week's Best Scam Stories
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The people who were scammed into working for a video game company that doesn't exist, the man who pretended to have cancer and more of this week's best scam and hoax stories.
IN FOR A FIGHT
ALSO: THE CARS CAN'T BE DRIVERLESS?
It's Fight Night In Las Vegas: Elon Musk's Loop Versus The Monorail
techcrunch.com
The Boring Company's tight deadlines — and the payments it receives by meeting them — could be jeopardized by the Monorail's concerns that the new tunnels could undermine its own system.
'HE COULD HEAR BUT COULDN'T UNDERSTAND'
He'd Been Kept Alive With Tubes For Nearly 17 Years. Who Is He, And Is It Possible He's Conscious?
latimes.com
Up until a month before his birthday party in January 2016, he'd been known only as "Sixty-Six Garage."
YOU'VE GOTTA GO THROUGH CARLOS
The Startling Political Power Of One New Hampshire Resident
washingtonpost.com
How a 29-year-old you've never heard of got so many candidates to come to his house.
VIDEO OF THE DAY
'THIS IS A MONSTER'
Deep Sea Researchers Encounter A Shark Bigger Than Their Submarine
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The bluntnose sixgill shark is a deep sea species that can grow up to 26 feet in length. The crew of OceanX's submersible got up close and personal with one.
IN THE NEWS
The FDA Has Approved The Impossible Burger To Be Sold At Grocery Stores
The Milky Way Is Warped Around The Edges, New Star Map Confirms
Here's What Greenland's Massive Ice Melt Looks Like
US Adds 164,000 Jobs In July, In Line With Expectations
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No decoys here: it's almost the weekend.