The Secret of Mystery Science Theater 3000’s Success
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Dumb movies, smart jokes, repeat.
Memory Bandwidth Napkin Math
An exploration into C++ memory throughput performance.
The Grand Unified Theory of Rogue Waves | Quanta Magazine
Rogue waves — enigmatic giants of the sea — were thought to be caused by two different mechanisms. But a new idea that borrows from the hinterlands of probability theory has the potential to predict…
10 of the coolest neighbourhoods in Europe
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SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python | Natu
Nature Methods - This Perspective describes the development and capabilities of SciPy 1.0, an open source scientific computing library for the Python programming language.
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How Bullwinkle Taught Kids Sophisticated Political Satire
Culture critic Beth Daniels argues the cartoon moose even allowed viewers to reckon with nuclear war
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How to Get a Stronger Support Grip for Deadlifts and Hangs
When you first start doing deadlifts, you’re probably thinking about how hard they are for your back, your butt, your legs. But once the motion is sec
The Activation Drill You Need to Try Before Upper Body Workouts
You won't be able to use much weight at all, but you'll still feel like Superman.
Why your next TV needs ‘filmmaker mode’
TVs this year will ship with a new feature called "filmmaker mode," but unlike the last dozen things the display industry has tried to foist on consumers, this one actually matters. It doesn't magically turn your living room into a movie theater, but it's an important step in…
The Best Board Games of the Ancient World
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Thousands of years before Monopoly, people were playing games like Senet, Patolli and Chaturanga
The Hidden Signs That Can Reveal a Fake Photo
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A picture may say a thousand words, but what if the photograph has been fabricated? There are ways to spot a fake – you just have to look closely enough.
This product has an unpronounceable name. Now what? (from Ask HN)
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Old-Fashioned Recipe
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Keeping the Country — THE BITTER SOUTHERNER
In southwest Florida, the Myakka River Valley — a place of mystery and myth — is under threat of development.
The Family That Couldn’t Say Hippopotamus
The origins of language are not what inherited disorders seemed to suggest.
Xeus is now a Jupyter subproject
The Xeus project has been incorporated as a Jupyter subproject.
A startup built around building materials: Yesler marketplace is like Exped
Matt Meyers spent two decades at Weyerhaeuser dealing with product engineering, manufacturing, software engineering, product development, sales and
A Material That Throws Heat into Space Could Soon Reinvent Air-Conditioning
A radiative cooling technology could help cut energy consumption in new buildings by nearly 70 percent—and significantly shave demand in existing structures, too.
50 Slow-Cooker Recipes to Set & Forget
Because at the end of the day, comfort cooking will always mean comfort food.
How I Started A $30K/Month Business Selling Custom Trade Show Booths
Hello! Who are you and what business did you start?My name is Ryan Schortmann and I’m the founder of Display Pros. We are a custom trade show display booth company offering easy to use portable display “kits” for small and medium businesses wanting to get into the trade show…
The Ghost Hunter - The Atavist Magazine
For hundreds of years, there were rumors of a shipwrecked treasure on the Oregon coast. But no one found anything, until Cameron La Follette began digging.
The Great Heavy Metal Hoax
This down-on-his-luck headbanger fabricated a persona, faked a tour and promoted himself as a hard-rock savior
Attracted to Attractors
Visualizing three, 3-dimensional strange attractors with a fractal structure as well as the differential equations that generate them.
Meteor 1.9 (Node.js 12) and new Roadmaps
Node.js 12, Meteor and Galaxy roadmaps, and more
How to Give a Great Presentation: Timeless Advice from a Legendary Adman, 1
“No speech was ever too short.”
This Split Squat Hellset Blasts Every Single Leg Muscle In Minutes
Blend three kinds of Bulgarian split squats into one monstrous set for glute, quad, and hamstring gains.
A Guide to Payment Tokens for Ecommerce
Innovation in electronic payments has always balanced risk and convenience. Generally, a payment method that's convenient for consumers is risky for merchants. The use of "tokens" can reduce that risk by protecting credit card details.
‘The Story of a Weird World I Was Warned Never to Tell’
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Pauline Dakin's childhood in Canada in the 1970s was full of secrets, disruption and unpleasant surprises. She wasn't allowed to talk about her family life with anyone - and it wasn't until she was 23 that she was told why.
Who Wants to Play the Status Game? | The Point Magazine
We seem to be less interested in either of these games than in exploring the connection between them—or rather, the philosophical question to which that connection points.
An Introduction to Rope: Construction and Materials
Despite the profound impact rope has had on humanity, you probably know very little about these mighty functional cords. Here's your starter guide.
A Battle for the Soul of Marfa
What happens when a wealthy patron wears out his welcome?
This Is the Secret Michelin-Star Capital of the World
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The best place to eat in Germany is in a little village in a forest.
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Sunday Strategist: Why So Many Things Cost Exactly Zero
Breaking down the boldest bets in business
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Netcat – A Unix Utility You Should Know About
This is the second post in the article series about Unix utilities that you should know about. In this post I will introduce you to the netcat tool or simply nc. Netcat is often referred to as a Swiss Army knife utility, and for a good reason. Just like the multi-function…
The Untold Story of the Vegetable Peeler That Changed the World
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The origin story of one of the great icons of 20th-century industrial design.
A Pilgrimage to the Pub at the End of the World
For decades, the Old Forge was the holy grail of the British outdoors community. The UK's remotest pub, it could only be reached via boat or a three-day walk through one of Britain's last true wildernesses, the Knoydart peninsula in Scotland. A dispute between some locals and a…
How 17 Outsize Portraits Rattled a Small Southern Town
Newnan, Ga., decided to use art to help the community celebrate diversity and embrace change. Not everyone was ready for what they saw.
Why it only costs $10k to ‘own’ a Chick-fil-A franchise
In the U.S, the majority of fast-food restaurants aren’t owned by the corporation itself, but by franchises who pay for the right to use a brand name. A Chick-fil-a franchise fee is only $10K!
A Unix Utility You Should Know About: Lsof(2009)
This is the third post in the article series about Unix and Linux utilities that you should know about. In this post I will take you through the useful lsof tool. If netcat was called the Swiss Army Knife of Network Connections, then I'd call lsof the Swiss Army Knife of Unix…
The Most Dangerous Job: The Murder of America’s First Bird Warden
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When the hunting of a profitable bird is outlawed, enforcing the law means dealing with armed and angry lawbreakers.
The Scientific Swap Meet Behind the Gene-Editing Boom
How one nonprofit’s mailroom is making tinkering with genomes as easy as shopping at Amazon.
The newest gene editor radically improves on CRISPR
Researchers have developed “prime editing,” a true search-and-replace function for DNA.