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"Although its unlikely a policy change this momentous would be made, Valve has a history of making changes based on court rulings it’s involved in." Sooo...Valve has a history of c…

If you're seriously interested in the magic of Heinz Ketchup, this New Yorker longread by Malcolm Gladwell from 2004 remains the benchmark- https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2004/…

Artificial refrigeration and air-conditioning also serves as a handy proof of work for all the cities that in fifty years will have newly hot climates battling scorching temperatur…

Just last week on January 28th Vogue Business ran a huge feature on Angela Ahrendts with an exclusive interview and photo shoot, and now this? Seems like weird timing with how "wor…

I find it's easiest to avoid a lot of these scammy practices without the mental load of double- and triple-checking labels by only shopping at places that stake their reputation on…

Can't wait till rogue arrays of lasers start beaming advertisements directly into your ear while walking down the street.

If so, it'll weigh a lot more. It's easy to make a light vehicle that isn't reinforced.

How do these do in a crash test?

But Target and Walmart have a large amount of products in stock within an hour or so ready for pickup from small towns on up. That's not true for Amazon except in large cities. For…

This is what the pros use- https://www.christmasdesigners.com/100-light-2800k-warm-whit... They are full-wave rectified so they don't flicker, and have an interesting semi-directio…

No one uses Bing.... except every user of Windows 10 by default

I always wondered how Chinese sellers on Ebay could sell small toys and trinkets for less than a dollar with free shipping that took several weeks to arrive. It would cost more tha…

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"Direct primary care only works as a complement to insurance that pays for more catastrophic care like emergency room visits and specialists." This is like saying: "I've found a so…

"Because society is sexist against women, society should be sexist against women."

"Apple removing the iPhone SE from sale does not mean you can stop designing for its resolution soon. Non-Plus iPhones can be used in zoomed mode, which means they’ll have the same…

If only the journalists that reported these stories in 2017 at BuzzFeed were real: * Helping to free an innocent man who'd spent 23 years behind bars * Exposing the true scale of R…

The front page of NYTimes.com currently lists among the hard news the headline "Dogs in Poofy Dresses. You're Welcome." but I don't think that prevents a wide range of age brackets…

All this plus-it is so much easier to have all my subscriptions for apps in one place to know who I'm paying monthly, and to able to cancel them all in one place through Apple. I'm…

Counterfeit goods are made and sold at a scale unseen in the West in China. There are markets the size of football fields hawking these rip offs. How is it racist to suggest the Ch…

To get accurate prices on ebay, check the filtering options in search results for your query and tick "Sold Listings." It will then show only recently sold listings along with what…

What do people actually use voice for besides playing music, smart home, transcribing and "widget" stuff like timers and weather? Are there lots of people out there actually using …

Scary to think that the reveal of all passwords on MacOS shoulders on one person's accidental copy + paste of one line.