Wow! It's amazing no one got hurt through all that.
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Wow! It’s amazing no one got hurt through all that.
A landslide last week in Ronchi di Termeno in northern Italy sent two boulders tumbling downhill, narrowly missing a farmhouse. -
Awe… These commercials are so cute!
Awe… These commercials are so cute!
Watch Budweiser’s Super Bowl XLVIII commercial following the special friendship between the Clydesdales and a puppy. #BestBuds budweiser.com Music: Let Her G… -
Hopefully this is true!
Hopefully this is true!
Samsung’s super Android phones, and its Android devices in general, have long been hindered by the terribleness of the proprietary UI and apps the company insists on bundling with its hardware. Re/Code reports that Samsung’s gonna cut it out. Let’s hope so. -
Good tip! #transcription
Good tip!
#transcription Most of us don’t need to transcribe audio too often, which means that paying for a service is generally out of the question. If you just need to do it once and you’re not terribly concerned with accuracy, Andy Baio suggests using YouTube’s built-in captioning system. -
It’s like a miniature version of the space shuttle.
It's like a miniature version of the space shuttle.
In 2016, a new kind of space shuttle will rise to the skies atop an Atlas V rocket. Developed by a private company—the Sierra Nevada Corporation—it would be able to ferry seven astronauts to orbit and back. Its name is the Dream Chaser and this video shows its (spectacular) development progress so far. A fine spaceship indeed! -
This is so cool!
This is so cool!
Think back: you’ve just dumped a bin of LEGOR bricks onto the floor with a satisfying crash, and you have the whole day ahead of you to build whatever you want. There’s something pretty amazing about being able to piece toget… -
Tough to get a break these days.
Tough to get a break these days.
Canadians paid more than Americans for most consumer items — even those made in Canada — when the loonie was strong. And we’re going to pay more again now that it’s gone into a nose dive? What’s wrong with this picture? Neil Macdonald asks. -
I’m sure this is part of the reason why we still don’t have Google Play Music here in Canada. #googleplaymusic…
I'm sure this is part of the reason why we still don't have Google Play Music here in Canada.
#googleplaymusic Dear Lifehacker,
I’ve always wondered why Blu-rays have regions, or why a music service is available in one country but not another. The Internet is global, right? And why are videos that stream in one country blocked in another? Is there any rhyme or reason, or is it all just to be annoying? -
This is pretty amazing and all but I sure hope this leads us to better treatments for memory loss.
This is pretty amazing and all but I sure hope this leads us to better treatments for memory loss.
For the first time in history, scientists at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have captured how our brain makes memories in video, watching how molecules morph into the structures that, at the end of the day, make who we are. It’s there’s a soul, this how it gets made. -
This sure makes me wonder what they’ve got planned with all these acquisitions. #google
This sure makes me wonder what they've got planned with all these acquisitions.
#google Google can’t stop buying robotics companies. In the past two months, eight of the 12 companies the search giant has acquired have “robotics” in their name or descriptions. Here’s your complete breakdown of the robot army presently at Google’s command. -
China’s Lunar Rover Only Lasted a Month
China’s Yutu Lunar Rover landed on the moon just over a month ago, and promptly started sending back photos. Unfortunately, it looks like China’s triumph could be short-lived; the Xinhua news agency reported that the rover stalled in its tracks while shutting down for the evening. Space is hard! -
As awesome as it was to see a ship intentionally run aground, I can’t imagine all that crap flowing …
As awesome as it was to see a ship intentionally run aground, I can't imagine all that crap flowing back into the sea is environmentally friendly.
When a ship comes to the end of its working life, it has to be torn apart, piece-by-piece, to be disposed of. By that point, though, little care needs to be taken in getting it ashore–so they’re just intentionally run aground. This is what it looks like. -
Google Found an Artificial Brain to Power Its Robot Army
Clearly not content with buying a terrifying robot army, Google is now purchasing a London-based artificial intelligence company to go with it–for a cool $500 million. -
I can’t believe it’s been 10 years already.
I can't believe it's been 10 years already.
Ten years ago today, the Opportunity rover landed on Mars. In this newly released retrospective, NASA engineers reflect on the challenges they’ve faced keeping this intrepid little rover roving well beyond its original 90-day mission. -
Hmmm… Might have to do some reorganizing.
Hmmm… Might have to do some reorganizing.
We throw a lot of food away each year and much of that comes from food going bad due to less-than-ideal storage. We’ve talked before about how to store food in your fridge and freezer and the general basics of food storage. This graphic from PartSelect serves as a handy at-a-glance guide to keeping refrigerated food its freshest. -
Google Apologizes For Sporadic Outages In Gmail And Other Services, And Explains What Went Wrong
If you were unable to access Gmail, Google+, Google Calendar, Google Drive, and other online services from The Big G earlier today, you were not alone. A w… by Michael Crider in Google, News -
This is impressive!
This is impressive!
What would you like in a house? A roof. Central air is nice. Some insulation probably. Maybe a fireplace if you like that. A yard for the kids with a white picket fence for your dreams. What about a freaking rideable scale train that goes completely around the entire property? Yeah, you know you want that. You want it bad. -
Here’s a few more pictures that compare the two. #ford #mustang
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Pretty cool stuff, go internet!
Pretty cool stuff, go internet!
Ask MetaFilter member JannaK presented the community with a puzzle that had been troubling her family for nearly 20 years. Her grandmother died in 1996 from cancer and in her last days she scribbled down a seemingly non-sensical string of characters on index cards. Nobody knew what it all meant. Then the Metafilter community solved the puzzle in 14 minutes.