Why are young people having so little sex?
The Atlantic
Despite the easing of taboos and the rise of hookup apps, Americans are in the midst of a sex recession. Read the full story
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11.17.2018
Because you can't actually do it on Instagram
This could get pretty interesting pretty fast
Machine Learning Can Create Fake 'Master Key' Fingerprints | WIRED
The group has developed machine learning methods for generating fake fingerprints—called DeepMasterPrints—that not only dupe smartphone sensors, but can successfully masquerade as prints from numerous different people.
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Facebook's top execs 'make tobacco executives look like Mr. Rogers'
Recode
The company is under fire, again, this time for years of dirty tricks exposed by the New York Times.
"Can you think of any individuals who have made so much money doing so much damage? I mean, they make tobacco executives look like Mr. Rogers."
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So it's arrowed, really?
'Toxic' Is Oxford's Word of the Year. No, We're Not Gaslighting You.
The New York Times
The word, which is increasingly applied to nonphysical things, beat out others, including "gaslighting," "incel" and "techlash."
"Toxic" derives from the Greek "toxikon pharmakon," meaning "poison for arrows." (The part of the phrase meaning arrows, rather than poison, became the basis for the word.)
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There was a brief, magic moment Wednesday…
…when I thought the snow forecast for Thursday would be a mere flurry, melted off again by the end of the day. Fat chance.
We got six, maybe eight inches, and it's wet and dense and staying around, possibly, until July. Or at least for a while yet.
The only good news is the sidewalks are pretty clear, except where they aren't. There's a local ordinance that requires sidewalks to be shoveled but it seems not to apply to those who've fled, long-term, to warmer climes. And even if it did, would Florida extradite? Can Florida get anything right?
We got six, maybe eight inches, and it's wet and dense and staying around, possibly, until July. Or at least for a while yet.
The only good news is the sidewalks are pretty clear, except where they aren't. There's a local ordinance that requires sidewalks to be shoveled but it seems not to apply to those who've fled, long-term, to warmer climes. And even if it did, would Florida extradite? Can Florida get anything right?
11.15.2018
So you can sleep safe at night
System error: Japan cybersecurity minister admits he has never used a computer | World news | The Guardian
Buzzword alert (and more)
10 software selection factors to be ready for what's next in manufacturi | IFS
Exploiting the opportunities posed by servitization…
What this, servitization, means is that somewhere in the near future your refrigerator will no longer be an appliance, it'll be a service. It'll no longer be a product you buy, it'll be a service you subscribe to. Ditto your oven, your washing machine, your lawnmower, and, who knows, maybe your bed. Everything. Everything you, well, not exactly "own" anymore.
Hence, "opportunities."
11.14.2018
Eagle.walks.such…
…is the address of Chicago's Buckingham Fountain using the addressing convention developed by what3words.
Fun to play around with; avoids much work. (And yes, there's an app.)
Welcome to our first (maybe) installment of Work Avoidance Pro
Rainbow Jell-O being smashed through a tennis racket, captured in slo-mo / Boing Boing
O brave new world
Police: Woman remotely wipes phone in evidence after shooting | The Daily Gazette
She now faces evidence tampering and prosecution hindering counts
Apparently you can be prosecuted for trying to hinder your own prosecution. I can't wait for the movie.
11.13.2018
Couldn't we just take the rest of the month off?
They're still counting votes from the last election, aren't they?
Also, it's November 13 and some stores are already having Black Friday sales. What's wrong with this picture? It's not even National Spicy Guacoamole Day yet.
This kind of story…
 | Alexandra N. Wilson (@AlexandraNWil) |
Meet the #ForbesUnder30 Class of 2019: From creating milk without cows to trucks without drivers, these innovators are shaking up some of the world's stodgiest industries. @Forbes @ForbesUnder30 forbes.com/sites/alexandr… | |
…always reminds me about a piece I read in the New Yorker several decades ago, a short story about the last guy on Earth who remembered how to do long division. Fortunately, he was an American; he instantly became a top-secret military asset, the person who would save us if an enemy somehow managed to disable all our calculators.
Who's going to save us when we forget how to milk a cow?
[Full disclosure: I never knew. So there's also that.]
Beer fight!
The end of Pabst Blue Ribbon? Beer giants pop a top on bitter court battle
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