Swiss to vote on 2,500 franc basic income for every adult
BERNE (Reuters) - Switzerland will hold a vote on whether to introduce a basic income for all adults, in a further sign of growing public activism over pay inequality since the financial crisis.A grassroots
Why Do We Eat Popcorn at the Movies?
The movie theater's most popular concession wasn't always associated with the movies--in fact, it used to be explicitly banned
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Posted on 2013-10-05T18:10:05+0000
You say Twitter, I say Tweeter: Investor mix-up?
A bankrupt electronics retailer appears to have gotten caught up in the investor fervor for Twitter. Shares of Tweeter Home Entertainment Group Inc. rose as high as 15 cents Friday. That's up 1,400 percent ...
Center Of The Universe
I read something on the internet one recent evening that made a brief and tangential reference to a serial killer preying on Marines in Southern
Hover! by Internet Explorer
Play the remake of the classic capture-the-flag game originally created for Windows 95 and updated to celebrate WebGL in Internet Explorer 11.
Hasnain says:
Ah, nostalgia.
They even replicated the bug where the bot gets stuck in a wall.
Posted on 2013-10-02T22:18:47+0000
The Indian and his insatiable appetite for the college degree
I’m the only person in my fairly large extended circle who didn’t end up having a formal college education I started my…
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Posted on 2013-09-30T10:21:42+0000
Looks good on paper
DISGUISED as employees of a gas company, a team of policemen burst into a flat in Beijing on September 1st. Two suspects inside panicked and tossed a plastic bag...
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Posted on 2013-09-29T17:22:15+0000
New Pakistan quake island emits gas
Visitors to an island that emerged from the sea off Pakistan during an earthquake on Tuesday say it emits flammable gases.
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"There were dead fish on the surface. And on one side we could hear the hissing sound of the escaping gas," Mr Baloch said.
Though they couldn't smell methane, they did put a match to the fissures from where the gas was oozing, and set it on fire.
"We put the fire out in the end, but it was quite a hassle. Not even the water could kill it, unless one poured buckets over it."
... Sure, there's a bunch of gas in an area known for gas deposits, let's light a match!
Posted on 2013-09-25T21:16:15+0000
https://www.usenix.org/system/files/1309_14-17_mickens.pdf
usenix.org
Hasnain says:
Some of the best computer-y comedy I've read in ages.
Posted on 2013-09-24T16:55:08+0000
CCC | Chaos Computer Club breaks Apple TouchID
The biometrics hacking team of the Chaos Computer Club (CCC) has successfully bypassed the biometric security of Apple's TouchID using easy everyday means. A fingerprint of the phone user, photographed from a glass surface, was enough to create a fake finger that could unlock an iPhone 5s secured wi...
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Apple: "Learn about Touch ID advanced technology and security benefits."
CCC: "Cool story, bro"
Posted on 2013-09-22T20:13:33+0000