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• Creature Comfort

  By Shaun on February 19, 2017 • ( 0 )

• Twitter users know more about God than the Pope apparently

  By Shaun on February 18, 2017 • ( 2 )

  The Pope has been critical of President Trump’s treatment of immigrants. But some American Catholics think the Pope needs to slow his roll. Yes, some Catholics are trying to explain to the Pope why God believes in the so-called “extreme… Read More ›

• 40% of Wikipedia is under threat from deletionists

  By Shaun on February 18, 2017 • ( 1 )

  1. An editor, usually a woman or a minority group member, writes a stub for a requested article, including references and assertion of notability. 2. That editor leaves the project, typically because of harassment or because someone deleted one of… Read More ›

• Is this the most accurate map of the World?

  By Shaun on February 18, 2017 • ( 0 )

  This original mapping method can transfer a spherical surface to a rectangular surface such as a map of the world while maintaining correctly proportions in areas*. AuthaGraph faithfully represents all oceans, continents including the neglected Antarctica. These fit within a… Read More ›

• I look at Moore’s Law in two ways

  By Shaun on February 18, 2017 • ( 0 )

  I look at Moore’s Law in two ways. One is the traditional getting more into a chip. The other is the overall power of a PC. That includes the GPU as well as the CPU. Unless you’re strictly heavy number… Read More ›

• Try Alexa in your browser

  By Shaun on February 18, 2017 • ( 0 )

  You can use Alexa through your browser. Amazon’s AVS cloud services are now available to access through Reverb. AVS is Amazon’s cloud service that allows Alexa to be accessed through a web browser on macOS or Windows operating systems. You… Read More ›

• How Planet Earth II filmed its thrilling “Snake Island” chase scene

  By Shaun on February 18, 2017 • ( 1 )

  The drama of “Snake Island” — as the Vox Culture team calls it — would not be denied. The clip raced around the internet quicker than the baby iguana fleeing certain peril, proving the power of combining life-and-death stakes with… Read More ›

• Macro Photos That are Out of This World

  By Shaun on February 18, 2017 • ( 0 )

  Let’s have a look at even more incredible examples of macro photos that are totally out of this world… More at photographytalk. Stunning, just stunning.

• Imagine being drunk and going to this bathroom

  By Shaun on February 18, 2017 • ( 0 )

  Tweeted by You Had One Job.

• 99.6% of new smartphones run iOS or Android

  By Shaun on February 17, 2017 • ( 0 )

  In the smartphone operating system (OS) market, Google’s Android extended its lead by capturing 82 percent of the total market in the fourth quarter of 2016 (see Table 3). In 2016 overall, Android also grew its market share by 3.2… Read More ›