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Monday, October 17, 2016

10/17/16

10/17/16

News

  • WikiLeaks has confirmed that Ecuador is responsible for cutting Julian Assange's internet access
  • UK admits it spied illegally for 17 years, is sorry, won't stop
  • Russia Today bank accounts 'frozen in UK'

Science

  • Largest-Ever Destroyer Just Joined US Navy, and It Can Fire Railguns
  • The U.S. government just made its biggest clean energy purchase ever: "will power roughly one-third of the electricity needs of 14 naval installations in the state, including San Diego’s naval base and the Marines’ Twentynine Palms and Camp Pendleton."
  • AI can now independently learn from its own memory

Showerthoughts

  • If Netflix required you to sign in frequently, 80 percent of the people I know wouldn't have Netflix.
  • Every time I watch a mountain climbing documentary, all I can think is how the true star is the cameraman.
  • The ultimate goal of a good dating app is to be deleted.

Cool Images

  • Burning steel wool
  • Dual handed water painting
  • Freezing a bubble
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