The energy Roshi needed to destroy the Moon, why Gandalf is single, surveillance capitalism, "Sons of bitches, shoot!" and the rabbit Jazz Jackrabbit, among many other things, only for those who love good recommended links. Viral videos and super cool galleries included!
How much energy did Muten Roshi need in Dragon Ball to destroy the Moon?: "When you become an adult —especially for those of us who grew up in the 80s and 90s— responsibilities start to appear. Like, for example, knowing what you would do in the event of a zombie apocalypse, a machine rebellion, or how to stop your pupil if he turns into an Ōzaru during the martial arts tournament finals. Luckily for us, this last question is easily solved: by destroying the Moon, but would we be able to do it like Muten Rōshi did in Dragon Ball?" (Thanks, José Carlos!)
Caitlin, the young woman who wakes up every morning without remembering what she did the day before: "Caitlin Little, a teenager from Greensboro, North Carolina, has had the same routine for almost twenty months. Every morning her father carefully wakes her up, tells her what day it is, and warns her that she won't remember many things. Then she thinks for a while, reads in her diary what happened the previous day, gets out of bed, and starts finding notes that tell her how to brush her teeth, what to have for breakfast, or what clothes to put on."
Why Gandalf never married, by Terry Pratchett: "In fact, Merlin is being dethroned from number one by Gandalf, whose magic is more suggested than apparent. At this point I would also like to mention a third wizard, whom many of you may have heard of: Ged, the wizard of Earthsea. I mention him because Ursula Le Guin's books offer us a magical world carefully crafted although typical. My theory is that all of them work because they are cleanly embedded in our collective image of how magic should be ordered. They serve to point out some of the similarities between our wizards."
Surveillance capitalism, the new brave new world where the product is you: "Its model, however, has been joined by all kinds of companies from the traditional environment. 'Industrial capitalism, with all its cruelties, was capitalism for people. In surveillance capitalism, on the contrary, people are barely clients and employees anymore; we are above all sources of information. It is not capitalism for us, but over us', says Shoshana Zuboff in an interview with the BBC."
Two French hackers 'hack' Lidl's food processor and find a hidden microphone: "When trying to install Doom on the food processor, it took only a few minutes to discover that the device's touchscreen runs on Android 6.0, a version that hasn't been updated since October 2017 and therefore could be exposed to security vulnerabilities. Lidl's marketing director in France, Michel Biero, has confirmed to the French science and technology website Numerama that the developers chose that old version "because a more sophisticated tablet wasn't needed to make the product work.""
How Apple's 'geniuses' spent $10,000 fixing a MacBook... that only had the brightness turned down: "It all started when Benz's MacBook Pro began to "fail," apparently at random. After pressing the power button, the screen remained black; it seemed the system had started, because the shift key lit up and the fans were running. After taking it to the Genius Bar, Apple's technical service, they decided to replace the motherboard. But the problem persisted, so they replaced it a second time. And on the third occasion, Apple gave Benz a completely new laptop."
"Stand on Zanzibar" by John Brunner, the fascinating 1968 science fiction novel that predicted the present with surprising accuracy: "In his novel "Stand on Zanzibar," published in 1968, for example, he portrayed what life would be like in 2010, and he was right about his predictions on wearable technology, Viagra, video calls, same-sex marriage, cannabis legalization, and the proliferation of mass shootings. Equally captivating and even more instructive is the process by which Brunner built this society of his future and our present."
Sharing and downloading: what the early years of P2P were like: "Sending a video or a song is very easy today. But years ago, the only way was through FTP servers. Then instant messaging arrived, and finally P2P changed everything. Overnight, you could find music and movies from your computer even if they weren't in your record store or the video store around the corner."
"Sons of bitches, shoot!" The first written record in vernacular Italian: "In the fresco, not only is the scene depicted, but also, in the style of comic speech bubbles, the dialogue appears in vernacular language among those present: Carvoncelle, Gosmari, Albertel, and Sisinio, on the right, giving orders. «Falite dereto colo palo Carvoncelle» (Push straight with the stick, Carvoncelle), and in the last panel..."
'Jazz Jackrabbit', when Epic Games wanted a mascot like Sonic: "Combining both intentions, Epic decided to break into the platform game market and, taking advantage of the situation, acquire a unique and recognizable emblem: a mascot in the shape of a fast green anthropomorphic hare, armed to the teeth and with a headband tied around its head in true John Rambo style. The game turned out to be a resounding success, but the image never became an important and memorable icon for the company."
Voltaire on vampires: "The Philosophical Dictionary was an extremely controversial work, burned in many places and banned in entire countries. Voltaire denied being the author, enjoying the commotion created. The article dedicated to vampires can give us clues as to why some found the volume annoying. In it, not only was the Church and its beliefs attacked by ironically speaking of the stories of the saints, but it also takes good swipes at London merchants or the Jesuits."
'Red wedding' in the Stone Age: someone murdered this family 5,000 years ago: "In 2011, a group of archaeologists found a collective burial south of the Polish town of Koszyce. Inside, they identified the skeletons of 15 women, children, and adolescents, whose skulls showed signs of having been beaten to death. Eight years later, DNA tests show that all individuals, except one woman, were genetically related to each other and that it is a collective murder of a family with members from three generations."
Videos: Shrekfest, the Tetris song played with toothbrushes, Gyro-X (1967), aerial shots of Japan in 8K, slaps in the queue, panda bear wants to eat, the Moon in motion, furry fish, the new Microsoft Flight Simulator looks great, relaxing concrete pouring, drone show in China, the rabbit whisperer, the most expensive potatoes in the world, real film footage of D-Day, tank at full speed against a car, the lightest solid in the world, special effects of the past and future, System Of A Down - Chop Suey (Piano Cover), can you swim naked?, puppy balances five cups on its head, dog wants nothing to do with its anti-stress bowl, multi-instrumentalist, how drones are made, Experiment - 3000 matches against a can of Coca Cola, supercar cemetery, extensive metro in China, anime of Unidentified Flying Objects, Livin' On A Prayer (metal cover by Leo Moracchioli), and the best E3 trailers.
Galleries: HBO's Chernobyl vs real life, Alien vs Predator dancing on a pole, photos from other times, behind the scenes of "The Exorcist," Tokyo in 1970, street art in Russia, 1958 Firebird car, DMC DeLorean exhibition, rainy cyberpunk Japanese, animals made with shadows, photos of real samurai, amazing photos of Grace Jones, Studio Ghibli posters, Star Trek on Mars, and we end with the Animated Dump and the Weekly Visual Dump.
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