1 day ago
Mind-Melter of the Day
It turns out that if you divide 1 by 998,001 you get all three-digit numbers from 000 to 999 in order.
Except for 998.
(via Futility Closet)
Kind of interesting.
via kateoplis
1 day ago
Tokyo, Japan — Deciduous vines provide this building with summer shade, and winter sun; reducing energy demands, while contributing to bird habitat and urban green.
Cool bro.
(Source: tokyogreenspace.com)
via maximisaac
The Pirate Bay now lets you download physical objects (via courtenaybird)
Despite having read the Wikipedia article, I still can’t really get my head around 3D printing. That, however, doesn’t mean I’m not certain this shit is about to get real.
Well, technically speaking it is actually real already, but what I mean is that I’m sure it won’t be too long (maybe five years?) until 3D printing operations start to pop up in garages and basements across the world, letting people build their own spare parts, tools, clothing items, furniture, sculptures, you name it!
This will have humongous ramifications for manufacturing industries across the world, and may even shift the balance of world trade as everyday products (not to mention ubiquitous knock-offs and copies) are produced locally and on-demand almost instantaneously.
Seriously people, THE FUTURE IS NOW.
via emergentfutures
Whoa. Just watched this full screen, on quite a large screen monitor. Cool.
Also, ntrnts.
(Source: televandalist)
via ntrnts
3 days ago
3 days ago
Spectacular Aurorae Erupt Over Norway
Over the weekend, the Earth’s magnetic field was struck by a coronal mass ejection (CME). The CME — a vast bubble of solar plasma that had erupted from the sun on Jan. 19 — took longer than expected to travel through interplanetary space, but on Sunday it made contact.
via discoverynews
next stop ebi station
The more I use the internet, the more I am finding great pleasure in things that are completely, insanely ridiculous. The slippery slope to insanity has begun.
(Source: dailyportalz)
via fuckyeahdementia
4 days ago
5 days ago
Two lessons from the Megaupload seizure «
The U.S. really is a society that simply no longer believes in due process: once the defining feature of American freedom that is now scorned as some sort of fringe, radical, academic doctrine. That is not hyperbole. Supporters of both political parties endorse, or at least tolerate, all manner of government punishment without so much as the pretense of a trial, based solely on government accusation: imprisonment for life, renditions to other countries, even assassinations of their fellow citizens. Simply uttering the word Terrorist, without proving it, is sufficient. And now here is Megaupload being completely destroyed — its website shuttered, its assets seized, ongoing business rendered impossible — based solely on the unproven accusation of Piracy.
Congratulations, citizens, on your cute little “democracy” victory in denying us the power to shut down websites without a trial: we’re now going to shut down one of your most popular websites without a trial.
via kateoplis
Fuck I love the internet.
1 week ago
