This man is about to launch himself in his homemade rocket to prove the Earth is flat
Goodbye, cold, flat Earth.
CEO of HQ, the Hottest App Going: If You Run This Profile, We’ll Fire Our Host
The trivia app has become a sensation on the app store and a darling for media prognosticators. Its CEO threatened to fire its star host for talking to us about salad.
Sex matters in experiments on party drug — in mice
Ketamine lifts rodents' mood only if administered by male researchers.
Hasnain says:
"Suspecting that scent was involved, the researchers put the animals inside a fume hood so that the mice couldn’t smell who was injecting them. This completely eliminated the effect of the ketamine, regardless of the experimenter’s sex. When Georgiou and her colleagues placed a t-shirt worn by a man next to the mice in the fume hood, mice injected with ketamine swam for longer than those injected with a placebo. This suggested that male odour was necessary for the drug to work."
Posted on 2017-11-22T06:03:39+0000
Uber Concealed Cyberattack That Exposed 57 Million People’s Data
Hackers stole the personal data of 57 million customers and drivers from Uber Technologies Inc., a massive breach that the company concealed for more than a year. This week, the ride-hailing company ousted Joe Sullivan, chief security officer, and one of his deputies for their roles in keeping the h...
Hasnain says:
Man this is huge. Not just the breach, but the cover-up. Looks like the Chief Security Officer was fired for the cover-up.
"At the time of the incident, Uber was negotiating with U.S. regulators investigating separate claims of privacy violations. Uber now says it had a legal obligation to report the hack to regulators and to drivers whose license numbers were taken. Instead, the company paid hackers $100,000 to delete the data and keep the breach quiet. Uber said it believes the information was never used but declined to disclose the identities of the attackers."
Posted on 2017-11-21T22:33:39+0000
Modern Media Is a DoS Attack on Your Free Will - Issue 52: The Hive - Nautilus
It’s not that James Williams, a doctoral candidate at the Oxford Internet Institute’s Digital Ethics Lab (motto: “Every Bit…
Hasnain has not yet written a summary for this.
Posted on 2017-11-21T16:23:46+0000
Nehru, the Patron Saint of Soviet Sexual Liberation?
In the early 1950s, urban social life in the Soviet Union was constrained, with few opportunities for young people to meet and date. But that changed after Jawaharlal Nehru's visit in 1955.
When Unpaid Student Loan Bills Mean You Can No Longer Work
Twenty states suspend people’s professional or driver’s licenses if they fall behind on loan payments, according to records obtained by The New York Times.
Hasnain has not yet written a summary for this.
Posted on 2017-11-19T20:41:01+0000
The Disappearing Right to Earn a Living
Want to become a florist in Louisiana? A home-entertainment installer in Connecticut? Or a barber anywhere? You’re going to need a license for that—and it’s going to cost you.
Hasnain has not yet written a summary for this.
Posted on 2017-11-19T01:15:18+0000
Analysis | Ancient data, modern math and the hunt for 11 lost cities of the Bronze Age
The research may help archaeologists discover ruins of cities from the ancient world.
What Happened to the Internet’s Favorite T-Shirt Company?
Threadless figured out how to make money on the internet before anyone else. What went wrong?
Hasnain says:
" Concerns about controlling quality make sense given that artists on Threadless’s forum complain that they’re unable to promote their work because the print quality has dropped to the point that designs flake off after a few washes. Reviewers say the sizing, feel, and weight of Threadless’s shirts is inconsistent and getting worse over time, with some customers reporting that shirts bought five to 10 years ago are still holding up better than those purchased this year."
Sums up my experience :(
I bought some shirts 5 years ago that are holding up really well, and others I bought earlier this year that didn't even last the first wear
Posted on 2017-11-16T08:10:41+0000