The original ending of 'Back to the Future', Indian reservations, the Procrustes syndrome and the perfect suicide, plus infinite viral videos and super cool galleries. In short, a bunch of interesting things to pass the time without getting stupider.
The original ending of 'Back to the Future' ended up being the most criticized scene in 'Indiana Jones': “The final sequence didn't have the clock tower or lightning, but showed Marty snooping around an atomic bomb testing site with his time machine near the nuclear fission he needed to make it work,” he continued explaining: “In an unsettling scene, he discovers that the testing site is full of suburban houses and mannequins detailed to the millimeter to simulate the effects of an atomic explosion on an American city.”
Are today's video games easier than yesterday's?: “There was something that happened in 80s and 90s video games that is now unthinkable. You had been playing for two hours. You were on the last level. You only had one life left and, suddenly, a mistake. The character fell into the void, Game Over screen and start over. And so many times until you learned the levels and stages by heart. We have to accept it. Video games used to be harder.”
How many people work on big-budget games like The Last of Us 2, God of War or Gears 5?: “In recent days, there has been talk about the high number of people who have worked on The Last of Us 2, the latest big game from Naughty Dog to date. According to these data, a total of 2,332 people have been involved in the project in one way or another (2,169 in development and another 163 in the credits) and the total number of additional studios that have contributed rises to 14.”
The Indian reservations of the United States, a state within a state: “There are a series of territories in the United States that are officially part of a specific state but in practice are not obliged to comply with many state laws, and in some cases not even federal ones. They are not independent nations, nor exactly states, but they do have a distinct voice from the states in which they are located, and their only interlocutor, in theory, is the federal government of the US. They are the Indian Reservations, fairly sui generis autonomous semi-sovereign entities.”
Brushing your teeth to keep your brain free of bacteria: “Even so, good oral health is essential for the optimal functioning of the body. Oral diseases can contribute to the development of systemic diseases. In fact, there is new evidence indicating that bacteria from the mouth can reach other parts of the body and cause problems. Even in our brain!”
The Procrustes syndrome, the tendency to despise those who stand out: “In short, the myth of Procrustes promotes uniformity, forcing people to fit our patterns and being intolerant of difference. When someone constantly seeks for everything to conform to what he or she says or thinks, what they want is for everyone to lie on the "Procrustean bed".”
How to start reading H.P. Lovecraft: “Starting to read the work of the great authors of universal literature is not an easy task, and much less if they are as prolific as H.P. Lovecraft. His stories reconstruct a particular and fascinating universe in which other authors also participate, which makes organizing his work to give the beginner reader an adequate starting point become a complicated task. However, here we leave you some keys.”
The perfect suicide, or how to hide the weapon to make everyone believe it was a homicide: “If someone wants to say goodbye to this world, they can do it in various ways, often suicide includes some act of rebellion or even causing harm. We cannot understand what happens in the minds of all suicides and what leads them to make such a decision, but among them all there are a couple of cases that are especially curious: The troll suicide.”
Before committing harakiri, Emilio Salgari left a note to his editors: “Emilio Salgari is one of those names associated with adventure novels and stories that we all know from childhood. This Italian, born in 1862, set his novels in the most exotic places, from Africa to the southern seas. He died before turning 50, by his own decision. Ruined and depressed by personal misfortunes. Before committing harakiri, Emilio Salgari left a note to his editors reproaching them that he lived in misery.”
What is stupidity?: “Let's put it this way: we all do stupid things. We are all stupid to a greater or lesser degree. A life without foolishness would be too boring, after all. Perhaps, discoursing on stupidity is also a sovereign foolishness. But…”
The baby bottle that killed babies and changes in 19th century motherhood: “These siphon baby bottles were pear-shaped glass containers with a long tube through which the baby sucked. They began to be sold in the 1860s, especially for poor and overworked mothers and as a remedy to avoid gas colic, since a vacuum was formed in the bottle. About them, Beeton advised washing them every 2 or 3 weeks. However, the mortality rate among their users was appalling.”
Coronavirus and the future that awaits us: “The truth is that no one knows for sure where this crisis will take us. More than twenty experts in public health, medicine, epidemiology and history shared their opinions about the future in detailed interviews. When can we leave our homes? How long will it realistically take before we have a treatment or a vaccine? How will we keep the virus at bay?”
Videos: The frog that ate dinosaurs, Rick and Morty Season 5 preview, Arnold Schwarzenegger as Demolition Man, Japan's Gundam takes its first steps, a DIY invisibility shield, space capsule to take ordinary people to space, screensaver with Gates breaking everything (Windows 95), Home Alone... with Michael Myers, Chalk Warfare 4.0, Jason and the Argonauts with MOTION BLUR, debut of Alanis Morissette: Ablaze, robots fighting with katanas, an animated film made by a single person over 13 years that is terrible and great at the same time, shooting a gun with a bent barrel, next-level futuristic ASMR, the octopus wants to steal GoPro, the carnivorous plant method, an extremely realistic flight simulator, Hot Wheels extreme hammock, the night of the Matrix Reloaded opening, technology fails, a trash can that hates trash, penguins playing with bubbles, a (not) all-terrain wheelchair, the honest video they should show before every flight, a musician playing piano hanging from a crane 40 meters high, and the short Cyclists by Veljko Popovic.
Galleries: The weird faces of Olympic skiers, a Russian girl with a tiny waist, the YouTubers who earn the most per country, the lost Roman ships, the best photographs of potatoes of the year, stupid bugs under the microscope, colored historical photos, the art of Rudy Siswanto, the rarest bats, the false beauty of Instagram, ethereal underwater photos, Star Wars macarons, a coin with a mechanical sword, the 1918 anti-pandemic manual, the posters of Drew Struzan, the Vertedero Animado and the Tiradero Visual to close on a high note.
https://old.neoteo.com/windows-xp-dentro-de-minecraft-para-jugar-doom/
