The drunken monkey hypothesis, the discomfort of social silence, the best technical support, the secret of Magic's Black Lotus, and the judgment of God, among many other things. Are you going to miss it? No. I. Don't. Think so. Enjoy!
The drunken monkey hypothesis and why humans like alcohol: "For the first time, we have been able to demonstrate, without a doubt, that wild primates, without human interference, consume the ethanol contained in fruit," says Campbell.
Why silence makes us so uncomfortable: "The term we usually use to refer to this phenomenon is social silence. Although the apparent sensation is that of a void, like a parenthesis in the natural flow of discourse, the truth is that it allows us to suggest an extraordinary variety of emotional states. Some people will be receptive to them, while others will experience them with a certain unease."
Dave Smith, the inventor of MIDI, dies at 72: this is his story: "His name may not ring a bell, but Dave Smith is responsible for one of the most important technological inventions and innovations in the history of music, MIDI. Unfortunately, he has died at 72 years old. His contributions will continue to have a profound impact for decades, even centuries."
The simple modification that increases the power of computers more than seven times: "A group of engineers has developed a new system that covers electronic devices with a copper layer capable of dissipating very efficiently the heat these devices generate. This method, in addition to fulfilling its cooling function, radically increases their power without increasing their volume."
A ransomware, a paid ransom, and the most effective technical support you'll find in years: "Everything I tell in this thread is totally real. I have permission from the person who carried out the entire recovery to publish it. THANKS! I'm going to change some things to try to anonymize as much as possible. Although there are things that may seem surreal! It all happened yesterday, a colleague here on Twitter sends me a DM."
InSight probe, a chronicle of a death foretold: "It was coming, but a few weeks ago NASA confirmed the predictions about the mission of the Martian probe InSight. The spacecraft is slowly dying due to the decreasing amount of energy generated by its solar panels, increasingly covered with Martian dust. By the end of this summer, the probe will no longer be able to continue its scientific operations, and at some point at the end of the year it will stop working forever."
Spanish flu - 5 health habits that changed after the influenza pandemic that devastated the world in 1918: "Before the 1918 influenza pandemic, it was common for public buildings in the United States and train stations to have a kind of metal cup known as "tin dipper" that was used to serve and drink water. It was the same cup for everyone, so dozens or hundreds of people used it every day."
The longest word in universal literature appears in a comedy by Aristophanes written in 391 BC: "The play ends with a banquet, the first organized by the new political system, in which women try to please all attendees. To do so, they prepare a dish made up of numerous different and disparate ingredients, in order to please everyone. Aristophanes uses a device here that humorously highlights that attempt to establish parity also in food, and invents the name of the dish"
The secret of Black Lotus in Magic, how a simple card became one of the most desired objects in the world: "It's curious how talking about Black Lotus always leads to saying that it's the most powerful card in Magic: The Gathering, that collectors fight over it, and that if you have one, the chances of sitting on a pile of money are enormous. Generally, the card always comes with a handful of phrases that rarely help you understand why that card is so important."
Advance in determining the origin of life on Earth: "Ribonucleic acid (RNA), an analog of DNA that was probably the first genetic material for life, forms spontaneously in basaltic lava glass. The discovery, with implications for determining the origin of life on Earth, and possibly on Mars, was presented on June 3 in the journal Astrobiology by scientists from the Foundation for Applied Molecular Evolution."
The Opium Wars, when the Chinese giant woke from its slumber: "The Westerners discovered that there was only one product they could quickly introduce into the Chinese market that would restore the trade balance: opium. Produced in countries like India, the British had easy access to it. In the few ports that Chinese authorities had opened to foreign trade, especially in the city of Canton. (...) If they could turn a sufficient number of Chinese into drug addicts, they could restore the trade balance."
The judgment of God in the Middle Ages: "Trial by combat was deeply rooted in Germanic law, and its roots are so ancient that we can find similar evidence in other civilizations, centuries ago, with different gods. It was a judicial duel fully integrated into the justice system, such that in the absence of witnesses or a confession, whoever won the fight was considered the possessor of the truth."
Videos
Repairing a screen with vinegar syndrome, Jackie Chan's fighting video game, The Verve - Bitter Sweet Symphony (alternate ending), if Stormtroopers had aim, drone synthesizer, camera symphony, assembling a giant mechanical elephant, escalators made of cardboard, the song 'The Lick' with 91 instruments, how AIs create the images you ask for, the decapitating water slide, how the iPod took down the music industry, the incomprehensible scale of 52, pretty girls turning ugly (old illusion), My Hero - Foo Fighters (Rockin'1000, Paris 2022), inside a vortex of liquid mirrors, Spider-Man with lots of blood, the smallest robot in the world, man with realistic dog costume, synchronized fireflies lighting up India's forests, ink and cosmos, an improved bellows in Primitive Technology, and the short films: Fulfilament (Stop Motion), E-11: Standard Issues (A Star Wars Fan Film), and Red String of Fate (sci-fi).
Galleries
Different types of beautiful hens, Star Wars characters turned into horror by AI, comparison of LOOM EGA and VGA graphics, the first photo of major world monuments, crazy 80s dashboards, photos of dogs in the air, Game of Thrones characters made with AI, colorful art with mold, magical wooden sculptures, Animated Dump and Visual Dump of the Week.
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