You discover that your mother or father secretly stole $100,000 from you. You have proof. Would you report them to the police?
The Question That Changed My Relationships
For most of my life, I thought relationship problems were fairly straightforward.
Someone did something annoying. I got annoyed. Someone said something hurtful. I got hurt. Someone acted selfishly. I got angry.
Case closed.
The solution seemed obvious: if everyone else would stop doing irritating things, life would be much easier.
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Linkage
In first, California city overwhelmingly votes to permanently ban datacenters – The Guardian
22 Fascinating Specialized Tools Designed for One Specific Job – Ned Hardy
If you are looking for a floodlight camnera, consider this one. Its POE, not reliant on wifi, no subscriptions and has a 180° Panoramic View – Amazon
How Turkey Hacked the Hair-Transplant Industry – Wired
Do You Know as Much About Personal Finance as These High-Schoolers? Take the Quiz – WSJ
Australian surfer Mikey Wright rushes into the Hawaiian sea to rescue a struggling swimmer – Reddit
Imagining how aliens might communicate prepares us for first contact and illuminates the nature of our own languages – Aeon
A Damn Fine Collection of Fascinating Photos – Ned Hardy
If you prefer a fluoride-free toothpaste, David’s is a solid option that keeps the ingredient list simple and leaves your mouth feeling clean – Amazon
Who Would Win In An Ultimate Presidential Fist Fight? – Ranker
China is training a robot future — one folded shirt at a time – Rest of World
21 stunning Nat Geo pictures that will take your breath away – Archive.ph
I rode Elon Musk’s Vegas Loop, the worst transit system on Earth – SFGate
Thieves are targeting the world’s copper. This phone company is fighting back – NPR
The military draft lottery in Thailand – Reddit
Caveman Approved Products of the Week
The smart shutoff valve that gives plumbing problems a little less power: Moen Flo Smart Water Shut Off Valve
Water damage is one of those things nobody thinks about until it is suddenly the only thing you can think about.
This watches a home’s water use and can shut things off when something seems wrong. It’s not flashy, but it adds a layer of protection that makes sense.
“I Had an Obsessive Stalker for Two Years”
For two years, there was a stranger living at the edges of my life.
He wasn’t someone I knew. I never dated him. I never had a friendship with him. To this day, I don’t even know for certain where he first saw me. The police believed he probably followed me home from somewhere—a work event, a social gathering, a night out—but nobody was ever able to determine exactly when I first entered his orbit.
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Could the Internet Actually Be Destroyed?
The internet feels permanent.
It’s there when you wake up. It’s there when you go to bed. It’s there when your boss sends an email at 9:47 p.m. and there when you spend twenty minutes watching videos about restoring rusty tools.
It feels less like a technology and more like a force of nature.
Which raises an interesting question:
Could the internet actually be destroyed?
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How a Single Technical Error Wiped Out a Wall Street Firm
Most expensive mistakes happen slowly.
A bad acquisition. A failed product launch. A CEO who spends years steering a company into a ditch.
Then there’s what happened to Knight Capital.
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Why Loneliness Hurts More Than You Think
There’s a strange irony about modern life.
Human beings have never been more connected.
You can send a message across the planet in a second. You can see what your high school classmates ate for breakfast. You can watch a stranger’s wedding in Brazil, a political protest in France, and a guy teaching woodworking in Montana before lunch.
Linkage
20 Fascinating Photos Collected From History – Ned Hardy
Biz is like a cheat code for laundry—it helps remove old sweat stains, odors, and built-up grime that regular detergent leaves behind, making clothes look and smell noticeably cleaner. – Amazon
‘At what point does it make sense to ditch a gas car for an electric vehicle?’ – NPR
‘It was poignant, knowing that these were the last images she did’: The intimate final photos of Marilyn Monroe – BBC News
A Portrait of America in 25 Buildings and Monuments – Time
An OpenAI model solved a famous math problem that stumped humans for 80 years – Ars Technica
Trump ‘shouted and cursed Netanyahu over threat to resume Beirut bombing’ – The Guardian
Today’s Internet Rabbit Hole – Ned Hardy
A 36-ounce insulated water bottle turned drinking water from something I should do into something I actually do, because it stays cold all day and means far fewer trips to refill it. – Amazon
Eight data centers threaten to transform this small Texas county. Local officials say they have no power to stop them. – Texas Tribune
The Strange Appeal of the Solitude Influencer – Archive.ph
Android will now warn you if a caller is impersonating someone you know – Engadget
Ebola may have been spreading unchecked since January, aid groups fear – Telegraph
Stephen Curry signs $400M deal with China’s Li-Ning – ESPN
A New Declaration Warns AI Could Threaten the Foundations of Mathematics – Gizmodo
Microsoft Wants to ‘Make People Addicted’ to its New AI Assistant, Internal Documents Reveal – 404 Media
