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Sunday, January 1, 2017

1/1/17

1/1/17

News

  • Hollywood Sign Vandalized and Now Reads 'Hollyweed'
  • L.A. sheriff's deputies disciplined after horrific torture death of 8-year-old boy
  • Costa Rica completes 2016 without having to burn a single fossil fuel for more than 250 days. 98.2% of Costa Rica's electricity came from renewable sources in 2016

Science

  • MIT's self-folding origami technology
  • 13-foot Avatar-like manned robot built by South Korean robotics companyTesla completes another microgrid project with Powerpacks – powering an island in North Carolina
  • Amazon has 45,000 warehouse robots, bought the robot company

Showerthoughts

  • I find strangers attractive because they haven't pissed me off yet.
  • Every year when I see the 'NYE' acronym I read "New York...ah fuck"
  • The "Be Cool. Stay In School." campaign is what taught me that dropping out was even a possibility.

Cool Images

  • An amazing eyeball drawn with ballpoint Pen
  • The floating ball
  • Pong in space

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