Wednesday, February 19, 2020

License To Squint

Ontario Released Redesigned License Plates — That Can't Be Read At Night, Silicon Valley Is Quietly Building Its Own Wall Street, How The CIA's Secret Dragonfly Spy Works
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BUG-EYES IN THE SKY
In The 1970s, The CIA Created A Robot Dragonfly Spy. Now We Know How It Works
popularmechanics.com
The "insectothopter" was an incredible achievement at a time when the microprocessor was a novel invention.
BEARISH ON THE BULL
Silicon Valley Is Quietly Building Its Own Wall Street
marker.medium.com
With the Long-Term Stock Exchange, Lean Startup guru Eric Ries is building his own Wall Street in Silicon Valley.
LOCK THE BOX
This Could Be Microsoft's Most Important Product In 2020. If It Works
cnet.com
ElectionGuard isn't designed to make voting machines safe from hackers. It's meant to make hacking them pointless.
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WE DON'T FOLLOW
The Weird Map Types We Have Forgotten About
medium.com
Several years ago, I stumbled on a map so shocking to my modern workaday sensibilities that I couldn't quite believe my eyes. "Oh, zounds, look at this old thing," I almost certainly thought.
GRITTY IN PINK
The Princess, The Plantfluencers And The Pink Congo Scam
wired.com
The pink princess philodendron is the ultimate Instagram plant, with three-digit price tags to match. The following it cultivated was also ripe for deception.
TESTING? WHO NEEDS TESTING?
Ontario Just Released Newly Redesigned License Plates — And They Can't Be Read At Night
toronto.ctvnews.ca
Originally touted as an "effective product that will last longer for Ontarians," there are growing questions over whether the new plates were ever tested in the field before the rollout.
THE RISE OF 'WOMANIZER'
A Random Britney Spears Music Video From 2008 Is Inexplicably One Of YouTube's Most Viewed Videos And No One Knows Why
buzzfeed.com
An unsolved mystery I'm totally okay with.
VIDEO OF THE DAY
'I LOVED MY SEX LIFE WITH MY EX-BOYFRIEND'
What Couples Would Say To Each Other If They Were Being Completely Honest
youtube.com
JP Sears demonstrates what life would be like if couples just said it like it is.
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