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It's a sad truth, but the Internet consumes our lives. A day without Netflix, a moment without email or a second without Google is beyond imagination

But there once was a time — many, many years ago (but not really that long) — when humans had to find a non-web-based form of entertainment

In this Sunday comic, Nitrozac and Snaggy of The Joy of Tech imagine how our prehistoric ancestors wasted time without the luxury of social media

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As part of what we can only assume is preparation for some very intense mad scientist Halloween costumes, IBM has announced a prototype computer that is both powered and cooled by an electrolyte liquid.

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So, ummm. The game of Dota 2 has changed in a BIG way. First of all, normally these giant patches hit the original DOTA first, then making their way over to Dota 2 about a week later.

That didn't happen.

This patch hit Dota 2 first, and has turned the game upside-down. Here's my thoughts on this insane patch, along with most of the patch notes. See the complete patch notes here.

*Note: My thoughts on the Hero changes are coming soon! All of the information hits the character limit for a single post.

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You know those gadgets that you can buy at drugstores? Back in the early 2000s it was all portable CD players and PC speakers. Now it's MP3 players with 2GB of storage and wimpy tablets. And if you've ever done last minute Christmas shopping at a Walgreens you know that the brands start to become recognizable for their no-name-ness. Coby was a staple in that lineup until recently. Now a titan of cheap, sometimes questionable electronics has fallen.

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rtoz writes "The National Security Agency (NSA ) of United States hacked into the Mexican president's public email account and gained deep insight into policymaking and the political system. The news is likely to hurt ties between the US and Mexico. This operation, dubbed 'Flatliquid,' is described in a document leaked by whistleblower Edward Snowden. Meanwhile U.S. President Barack Obama's administration is urging the Supreme Court not to take up the first case it has received on controversial National Security Agency cybersnooping."

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Imagine a world in which everything you care about could be tracked. You'd never misplace your shoes, keys and bags, or lose track of your loved ones.

Thanks to a tiny, solar-powered GPS tracker that can attach to virtually anything, that future may be possibleRetrievor is a tiny disk that's around the size of a U.S. quarter, and as thick as four stacked quarters, according to the project's Indiegogo campaign

As its name suggests, the device aims to help users find all kinds of things. After placing Retrievor in a bag or attaching it to a keychain, users can track the device using a web browser, or via an Android or iPhone app Read more...

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After studying more than 200 billion Facebook ads, it has been discovered that the ads are more effective on iOS than on Android. The study conducted by Nanigans shows that Facebook ads on iOS are 1,790% more profitable than on Android-powered devices.

Nanigans is one of Facebook’s largest ad buyers specifically focusing on retail advertising. According to the company (via VentureBeat), iOS-based ads have shown a surprisingly high click through rate:

“Retailers are realizing significantly greater return from audiences on iOS than audiences on Android,” the report says. “For the first three quarters of 2013, RPC [revenue per click] on iOS averaged 6.1 times higher than Android and ROI [return on investment] on iOS averaged 17.9 times higher than Android.”

“Audiences cost more on iPhone, and the reason is that it’s worth it,” Slagen said. “Typically, we’re not looking to acquire one-time customers, we’re looking to invest over time … so we pay more up front for better long-term results.” Read more...

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Jerry Montoya is just a struggling comedian trying to climb up the ladder in the underworld. Say hello to his little friends, none of whom will cooperate with his schemes.

Vandelay Industries is still in the export/import business. But it’s not latex that they’re moving around.

Matin Comedy, which previously added the music and laugh track from Seinfeld to Breaking Bad, now brings us Scarface—the show about nothing and cocaine. Surprisingly, there is no profanity in this video. I didn’t think that it would be possible to get two minutes of that from the original Scarface movie.

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I know most of these, but there are some I’m not sure about.

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Don't trust your computer. It's not your friend; it doesn't have your best interest at heart; and it will trick you

In this comic, artist Pablo Stanley illustrates why computers are sneaky little fellas

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An anonymous reader writes "NFTables is queued up for merging into the Linux 3.13 kernel. NFTables is a four-year-old project by the creators of Netfilter to write a new packet filtering / firewall engine for the Linux kernel to deprecate iptables (though it now offers an iptables compatibility layer too). NFTables promises to be more powerful, simpler, reduce code complication, improve error reporting, and provide more efficient handling of packet filter rules. The code was merged into net-next for the Linux 3.13 kernel. Iptables will still be present until NFTables is finished, but it is possible to try it out now. LWN also has a writeup on NFTables."

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I must admit it's not troll post.


I knew that 3rd building collapsed, but never saw it or never heard in my country about how awkward it was.
And ye it was awkward.









Controled building implosion



Watcha think?

(917): I realize designer coke was a douchey thing to say but the point of the story is I did bath salts.