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Tuesday January 21, 2025. 11:49 PM
Giant polypropylene rollers at the 3M factory generated so much static electricity that it formed a strange 'invisible wall' that would alarm and impede employees there. William Beatty, citing David Swenson, described the peculiar phenomenon in 1996—as observed in late...
TL;DR: iScanner is better than your desk scanner, and it's $24.99 for life if you use code SCAN by February 2. How many old sci-fi movies have taken place in the far-off 2020s? It's a bunch. Probably. And in the spirit of being firmly 'in the future,' we can say goodbye to...
The triple-A gaming industry might be going through a rough patch, but the state of indies has never been better. It's a feat in itself that Balatro, a game developed by a single hobbyist, was up for Game of the Year, but it's somehow even more impressive that it's really,...
Republican Senators reportedly required Danielle Hegseth, former sister-in-law to Pete Hegseth, release 'a statement attesting to your personal knowledge about Mr. Hegseth's fitness to occupy' the job of United States Secretary of Defense before they'd vote against him. Pete ...
The security camera at the Clevedon Cricket Club in Somerset, England captured this bizarre video below from inside the facility's bar after closing time. It appears to depict an orb dancing around inside. According to a Facebook post, the club's chairman noticed the strange ...
TL;DR: Stop missing project deadlines and organize project budgets better with Microsoft Project 2021, now less than $20 for life through February 2. If you've ever *nearly* missed a project deadline or overspent on a project, you're not alone—it's tough juggling all your...
Fujifilm's compact digital cameras, especially the X100VI and the new XM-5, are hard to find unless you're willing to line the pockets of scalpers. Its instant-film models, though, have come a long way from the plastic toys they were a decade ago. — Read the rest The post...
Taipei City, Taiwan plastic surgeon Chen Wei-nong decided to have a vasectomy—reportedly as a 'gift' to his wife. For some reason, he was compelled to take a DIY route though. In the below video that he posted to social media, he explains the vasectomy procedure and then...
TL;DR: Ditch Microsoft 365 and own the latest edition of Microsoft Office with this lifetime license, now only $119.97 (reg. $149) through February 2. Are you still paying a subscription for the productivity apps you use, well, every single day? You probably are overrun with...
Anyone who has played a sport or musical instrument has experienced the dreaded plateau, or 'ceiling effect,' when they cannot progress further. A study published in Science Robotics has found that a robotic exoskeleton can break through the plateau. The study enlisted...
Putting two grapes, or a single grape almost cut in half, in a microwave creates a spectacular show. The electromagnetic field in the middle makes a burst of fiery plasma. Veritasium has a good explainer video of what causes grapes or hydrogel balls to behave this way when...
Suspected of starting a local wildfire, a coal fire underneath a popular Boulder, Colorado, open space has been put out. Coal fires can burn for as long as there is fuel. Colorado's Division of Reclamation, Mining, and Safety undertook a massive project to dig up tons of...
A lucid dream is one in which you're aware of the fact that you're dreaming and can often control what happens. If you can train yourself in the practice, it can help boost creativity, confront fears, practice new skills, and even alleviate recurring nightmares, all while...
The earliest human ancestors weren't big meat eaters, according to new scientific research on their fossilized remains. Australopithecus africanus—a bipedal primate that lived between 3.2 and 2 million years ago—were primarily vegetarians. LIKE BOING BOING BUT NOT...
Now seems an appropriate time to remember the message Obi-Wan Kenobi left for the survivors of Palpatine's Order 66… LIKE BOING BOING BUT NOT THE ADS? CLICK HERE TO GO AD-FREE! This is Master Obi-Wan Kenobi. I regret to report that both our Jedi Order and the Republic...
There are a number of things to worry about in this Semafor article about interviewing the CEO of an AI company. While Semafor seems most interested in Replit's shift from making a tool for coders to becoming a professional services company, replacing coders including their ...
I owned Vortex's Core mechanical keyboard, a tiny 40% model. It was an idea of minimalism, focusing the user on the letters, the writing. In practice, it left me dependent on the included keycaps to figure out how to access everything in that 60% the base layer didn't hit. —...
Almost none of the folks who funded the Reevo Hubless e-bike got one, which has kept them from dying on this dangerous and ill-conceived 'bike of the future.' Holy cow! Is this bike horrible! They took everything good about a bicycle and left it out. — Read the rest The...
In 2024, the most-read articles are Wikipedia were Deaths in 2024, with 50,119,053 views, 2024 United States presidential election, with more than 31m views, Kamala Harris, with more than 29m views, Donald Trump, with nearly 28m views, then Lyle and Erik Menendez, JD Vance,...
I can't get enough of this video showing mushrooms playing the keyboard. I've seen videos of various fruits and vegetables making noise through sensors before, but never one like this. In this video, the mushrooms, growing from a bag, are connected through sensors and servos ...
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