Sunday 24 December 2017

10 perfect ways to respond to a text from your good for nothing ex

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1The (literally) rubbish diss
You know that ex? The one you really hate. Well next time they text you, try one of these responses. We’ve all got one ex who we basically want to die. It’s not pretty, but it’s just the way life goes. But for some reason, your extreme hatred hasn’t put them off getting in touch. Why? Because they’re stupid (but that’s a whole other matter). And no matter what you say, they keep coming back. Like a bad smell. A really obnoxiously persistent bad smell. Well not any more, because we’ve found 18 perfect ways to shut them down.
2The casual change of subject
3Letting the facts speak for themselves
4Agreeing. That really throws them off
5Deferring to (our new favourite inanimate object) the magic conch
6The right-back-atcha
7Taking it to the bad bad place (sometimes it’s the only way) /
8The in ya face comeback
9The get the hint
10The corporate approach
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Friday 22 December 2017

Cyberpunk City: World’s First Self-Driving Grocery Store Hits Streets of Shanghai

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It’s a tale as old as time, or at least: science fiction films — an autonomous grocery store on wheels (staffed by a holographic assistant) that can deliver late-night snacks as well as everyday essentials.
The Wheelys “Moby Mart” looks the part as well, sporting a trapezoidal shape, illuminated display in front, vintage neon sign on top, and mysteriously uniform boxes on the shelves inside.
But that retrofuturistic look is just part of the package: fueled by solar panels on the roof, this driverless shopping center operates staff-free 24/7.

When it runs low on stock it returns itself to a warehouse automatically for reloading — eventually, its makers hope to task a fleet of rooftop drones to do those pickups (maybe they could be extended to make deliveries, too).
Like other new grocery store prototypes, there will be no need to check out — items taken are automatically tallied and added to a shopper’s bill. If you need any help, the aptly named Hol (a holographic store assistant) is on hand to assist.
To top it all off, the Moby Mart has the potential to be carbon-negative, at least in terms of its urban travels — soaking up the sun for fuel, it also captures and cleans smog on its grocery runs.
A project of Himalayafy, Hefei University and Wheelys the first prototype is currently being tested out in Shanghai, a sweet spot for cyberpunk fans but a bit far for some of us to travel. But don’t worry: if all goes well your city may get one soon, too.


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Human Anxiety in Late-Stage Capitalism

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How is it then, liberals fail to grasp the fact that the Trump presidency is not an aberration; rather, his ascension to power should be regarded as being among the high probability variables of late-stage capitalism and empire building? The psychopathic, tangerine-tinged clown Trump is the embodiment of the Second Law of Thermodynamics, a development that is concomitant to over-expanded empires. Thus he will continue to flounce deeper into the quagmire of crash-engendering, economic legerdemain and perpetual war.

The crowd at President Trump’s inauguration on Jan. 20, 2017. (Screen shot from Whitehouse.gov)
Empires are death cults, and death cults, on a subliminal basis, long for their own demise. Paradoxically, the collective mindset of imperium, even as it thrusts across the expanse of the world, renders itself insular, cut off from culturally enhancing novelty, as all the while, the homeland descends into a psychical swamp of churning madness.

A draining of the swamp of the collective mind cannot come to pass, for the swamp and citizenry are one. Withal, the likes of leaders such as Trump rise from and are made manifest by the morass of the culture itself. In a swamp, the gospel of rebirth and redemption is heard in the song of humus. New life rises from its compost.

In the presence of Trump’s debased mind and tombified carcass, one is privy to arias of rot. While Hillary Clinton’s monotonous tempo was the dirge of a taxidermist — cold, desiccated of heart, and devoid of life’s numinous spark — Trump’s voice carries the depraved cacophony of a Célinean fool’s parade … its trajectory trudging towards the end of empire.

Amazing The Tower of Peretti Italy

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 This magnificent fantasy-like fireplace was cast after one of the giant's heads in the Baroque 16th-century Bomarzo gardens. It belongs to the Tower of Peretti. Originally it was built by Spanish invaders as a watchtower & military lookout on the steep and craggy cliffs of Southern Tuscany in the 16th-century.
At the time when these photos were taken it was (and probably still is) the holiday retreat of jewelry designer Elsa Peretti who hired Milanese architect Renzo Mongiardino to turn the awkward and spartan interiors with their thick stone walls, cell-like rooms and cracks for windows into welcoming spaces and to create the illusion of living in a three-dimensional fairy tale tower.

Amazing 10 pictures that perfectly capture The constant warfare among Our coronary heart And brain

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we all have had those moments in our lives whilst we had a difficult time finding out between our heart and brain. nowadays, we're going to take a look at the works of Nick Seluk, who occurs to be the artist in the back of the Awkward Yeti webcomic. in this particular series, he frequently specializes in the brain and coronary heart. So, allow’s have a glance and recollect to percentage them along with your pals.
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Thursday 21 December 2017

INSIDE THE PRESIDENT'S ARMORED LIMO

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It's called "The Beast," but it might surprise you to learn that President Barack Obama's massive Cadillac isn't really a Cadillac. And there's not one, but a dozen, in the highly classified motor pool, each costing more than $1 million. The cars travel with their own mechanic, an armed federal agent who carries a vast arsenal of electronic diagnostic devices and tools.

We've come a long way since JFK's opentop Lincoln. Until only recently, the Secret Service bought the presidential limousines off the lot, then modified them with super-secret aftermarket products and systems. All that changed when George W. Bush became president. The reason? The stock presidential limos kept breaking down. All the extras the agency added to each vehicle created excess stress and weight beyond the real operational limits of the original cars. As a result, the transmissions often failed, “and the brakes would last about two trips,” said one veteran agent. “The cars were just too heavy, and they were a terror to drive, and even harder to stop.”

So the Secret Service decided to design and then build the car from the ground up. “The car may say Cadillac,” explained one agent, “but very little in that car is Cadillac.” Indeed, it is built by an R&D arm of General Motors in Detroit. But “even the Cadillac emblems on the hood and trunk are supersized. The car is really a truck that looks like a limo. And it drives like one, too.”

-- The fuel tank is armor-plated and encased in special foam to protect it from rupture in case of collision-or small-arms fire. And, perhaps not surprisingly, there's an onboard Halon fire-suppression system.

-- What's in the trunk? Extra weapons, a separate oxygen supply under the president's seat and emergency medical equipment, including bottles of the president's blood type in case the ambulance (one always travels in the motorcade) gets cut off.

-- The Beast is heavy: The armor plating (on five newer models) is so thick and the doors so heavy that it's nearly physically impossible for the president to open them from inside.

-- The interior is cut off from the outside world and sealed (in case of chemical attack). There's an encrypted satellite phone inside and a special interactive video system so the president can conduct secure video conferencing with officials in the Situation Room, embassies abroad or the Pentagon.

-- The car features military-grade armor (steel, aluminum, titanium and ceramic), surrounded by removable fiberglass sheets on the doors and fenders.

-- The Beast has special locking mechanisms, and communications and fire-suppression systems. It rides on special Kevlar-reinforced Goodyear run-flats.

-- The Secret Service has been experimenting with special night-vision cameras and monitors (the camera is mounted inside the grille) to be used in a doomsday scenario if, say, the windshield was somehow compromised or views were obstructed.

Any Secret Service agent assigned to drive the president has to take an intense weeklong defensive-driving course on a special track at the Secret Service academy in Beltsville, Md. They practice evasive maneuvers, high-speed cornering and precision driving. "It actually handles quite well, considering how much it weighs," one agent said. For additional training, the agency uses Chargers, Camaro and Mustangs.

What doesn't it have? Sorry, 007 fans, but there are no rocket launchers, grenades or built-in weapons of any kind. No escape pod or ejection seat. Oh, and here's a mythbuster: The Beast is not diesel, but a gasoline V8. "Surprisingly," said one agent, "it has pretty good 0-60 pickup."

3.7: Average miles to the gallon

12: Number of actual Beasts in service

$1.5 million: How much each Beast costs

18: How long the Beast is, in feet

8: Thickness, in inches, of the doors' armor plating

5: Thickness, in inches, of the windows–bulletproof, of course

15,000: Best guess on how much the Beast weighs, in pounds (the exact number is classified)

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Best of the ‘I Lied’ Meme (15 Comics)

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The English term comics is used as a singular noun when it refers to the medium and a plural when referring to particular instances, such as individual strips or comic books. Though the term derives from the humorous (or comic) work that predominated in early American newspaper comic strips, it has become standard also for non-humorous works. It is common in English to refer to the comics of different cultures by the terms used in their original languages, such as manga for Japanese comics, or bandes dessinées for French-language comics. There is no consensus amongst theorists and historians on a definition of comics; some emphasize the
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Haunting Visuals of the Ocean That Will Surely Give You Goosebumps

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Perhaps the scariest thing about an ocean is its vastness. You don’t know what is beneath you. You never know what will pop up in front of you, maybe an Orca. Though it doesn’t harm humans, it will definitely scare you to see it in front of you.
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Imagine that you went for Scuba diving and you see an enormous school of sharks around you. Frightened, aren’t you? How will you get rid of them, will you swim to the surface or go further down?
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Though this photo looks like it has been taken on some other planet, this is actually the photo or a Scuba diver under a frozen lake. Scary, isn’t it?
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Even this one looks like a nightmarish drawing. But this is actually the first photo ever taken underwater.
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This photo, clicked in Dumaguete, Philippines shows a garden of eels. Surely not a garden where you can walk around.
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Whales possess enormous beauty and intelligence, and also frighten you in cases like this. Maybe the boat should have been bigger
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This one is most probably the scariest. Imagine what all may be beneath that man. He’s in the middle of a vast ocean without a coastline. Will he survive?
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