These images are floating around Reddit at the moment, acting as a sort of cautionary tale for either falling asleep in public or drinking too much. Or both. Pictured is The Maccabees drummer Sam Doyle missing his chance to meet Dave Grohl and John Paul Jones.
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The megacities in China captured by German photographer Michael Wolf are “as surreal as they are kinda terrifying,” states Tom Hawking. Wolf describes his project in an interview with Vice:
First off, what’s a megacity?
Cities that have a population with more than 5 million. I wouldn’t really consider any European city a megacity. Paris has a population of 2 million, whereas in China, for instance, a city with 3 million is considered small. I’m talking about populations of 5, 10, 20 million—up to 25 million.
Why do they look so depressing in your photos?
Well, some things about megacities have a lot of downsides. These are profit centers. The people who run them are not really concerned about the populations that live in them. They are concerned about making money. So on the one hand they are very intimidating and frightening but on the other hand they are extremely beautiful. In The Architecture of Density (his photo series featuring an extremely dense Hong Kong high-rise), you can almost see them as a tapestry.
How he describes the message of his work:
I’ve always been a social liberal. I’ve always been for the underclass. For example, I did a project called 100×100 where I photographed 100 apartments in a Hong Kong building that was about to be demolished, all measuring ten feet by ten feet. I am showing the living conditions of the city—but again, I’m looking at the vitality and resourcefulness of the people. They are everyday human beings and that’s what I am trying to document.
Previous Dish on Wolf’s work here.
Here's your dose of mind-bending physics for the day. In 1970, a young Soviet physicist named Vitaly Efimov proposed a trio of ultracold particles could arrange themselves in an "infinite nesting-doll configuration." Scientists have now published compelling evidence that this state of matter, once dismissed by physicists, totally does exist.
Microsoft has unveiled a new Surface Pro 3 device at a press event in New York City today. Like the previous Surface tablets it still includes a kickstand, but Surface chief Panos Panay says it's designed to remove the conflict of buying a laptop or a tablet. The kickstand on the device is multi-stage, and the device is just 9.1mm thick. "This is the tablet than can replace your laptop," claims Panay. Microsoft has moved to a 12-inch screen on the Surface Pro 3 with a 3:2 aspect ratio and HD display, but the new tablet also has thin bezels with a silver and black design. Microsoft will start accepting pre-orders on the Surface Pro 3 tomorrow starting at $799.
Along with the Surface Pro 3 being a lot thinner, it's also a lot lighter than the previous models as it's 800 grams in weight. The weight of the original Surface Pro tablets was a big drawback, and it appears Microsoft has really focused on removing the bulk this time around. Panay used Apple's MacBook Air to compare the popular laptop with the new Surface Pro 3 on stage at Microsoft's event in New York City today, noting the weight benefits and screen resolution improvements. Microsoft has also been working closely with Intel to ensure the Surface Pro 3 includes the latest Core i7 processors. The processor still requires a fan, but Microsoft has refined the chassis on the Surface Pro 3 so you no longer notice the fan ridge the company used on the Surface Pro and Surface Pro 2.
A new kickstand and Type Cover might make it better on your lap
Perhaps the most important part of the Surface Pro 3 is the new kickstand and Type Cover combination. Panay once again talked up "lapability" at the Surface event today, a problem that has never been fully addressed by the Surface Pro and Surface Pro 2 so far. The new kickstand now supports a "canvas mode" that places the Surface Pro 3 in a 150 degrees angle, designed primarily for inking. The multiple kickstand angles might also help with using the device in your lap as a tablet or laptop as Microsoft has created a new Type Cover that magnetically seals itself to the screen to provide more sturdiness. The kickstand will support multiple positions, and the Type Cover adapts appropriately at an angle to balance the device out in your lap. It's a small change, but one that might finally address the ability to use a Surface in your lap as a laptop. Microsoft has also added a larger trackpad to the Type Cover, a change that should help improve mouse input with the Surface Pro 3.
Surface Pro 3 gets a pen upgrade
It's clear Microsoft's new Surface Pro 3 is designed primarily for professionals who need access to powerful desktop apps like Photoshop. Microsoft even invited Adobe on stage to demonstrate a new touch-optimized version of Photoshop for Windows. While Adobe isn't ready to release the update to Photoshop yet, you'll be able to pinch and zoom around photos and manipulate them using the Surface Pro 3 stylus. Panay talked up the abilities of the pen input on the Surface Pro 3, which has changed to a silver version to match the style of the new tablet. The updated Surface Pro Type Covers will also house the stylus in a little sleeve. Microsoft is also using N-trig’s integrated pen and touch technology in the Surface Pro 3 instead of the Wacom digitizer it used in the original Surface Pro tablets.
Surface Pro 3 users will be able to sync notes that are made on documents, and they can also be shared in real-time with other Windows users. The stylus has been redesigned so that you can click the top of it to launch OneNote, even when the Surface Pro 3 is powered off. When you write notes using OneNote you can then click the top of the stylus again, just like an ordinary pen, and it will sync those notes up to the cloud instantly so they're available elsewhere. OneNote will also bring in content from the web when you tap on the stylus, allowing you to turn anything into a note. It appears to be one of the main new advantages of the updated stylus and the Surface Pro 3.
Available to pre-order tomorrow starting at $799
Microsoft will take pre-orders for its Surface Pro 3 tablet tomorrow, but it won't be available in all configurations immediately. An Intel Core i3 model starts at $799, a Core i5 version starts at $999, and the most powerful Core i7 starts at $1,549. Surface Pro 3 Core i5 models will be available starting June 20th in the US and Canada, with additional configurations launching during August. By the end of August Microsoft hopes to make Surface Pro 3 available in 26 additional markets outside of the US.
It just so happens that if you add up the diameters of every planet in the solar system but earth, the number is less than 238, 555 miles. Which means that if you could fit them together nice and snug, you could line them up between here and the moon…
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Diane, 11:30 am, February twenty-fourth. Entering town of Twin Peaks.
Beijing’s beleaguered commuters already have to deal overcrowded public transportation, massive traffic jams and air so dirty that biking to work is often not an option. This week brought a new woe: airport-style security at some subway stations, which created massive lines and long waits to get on trains in the first place.
Beijing’s subway network is the busiest in the world, and commuters take about 10 million rides a day between approximately 200 subway stations. Even a small malfunction, like a temporary signal failure, can lead to huge crowds on subway platforms.
“The usual subway security check no longer involves just ‘putting your bags through’ [an X-ray scanner] as commuters now have to be checked as though they are going through airport customs,” The Nanfang Insider reported. Nine stations have instituted the new checks, which according to Beijing police “should not take more than 30 minutes.” (link in Chinese)
The heightened security comes after attackers threw explosives into a crowded marketplace in Urumqi, western China, killing more than 30 people earlier this month. In response, China has announced a stepped-up fight against homegrown terrorism.
Beijing has also introduced a new helicopter fleet that is taking real-time surveillance photos at transport hubs, shopping centers and tourist hubs. And police patrolling subways are newly equipped with guns.
The added security checks at Beijing’s subway stations didn’t make some citizens feel much safer. As social media users traded photos of the Beijing commuter queues, many questioned the purpose of it all. Surely “throwing a bomb into this crowd would be more lethal” than setting one off on the subway, noted one skeptic (link in Chinese).
This post originally appeared on Quartz, an Atlantic partner site.
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In RoboCop (2014), we can see that the main character is not only running Java in his brain but suddenly before aiming at the villain in the final scene, the source code [link] of a library management system comes up.
You know in case you need books you can always count on this guy!
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Google Maps has a clever Easter egg in its map of Washington, D.C., the shadow of the Washington Monument moves throughout the day to reflect the position of the sun.
image via Chris Fahey
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