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The Weird, Dangerous, Isolated Life of the Saturation Diver – Atlas Obscura

What Ever Happened to Ethan Phillips, Neelix From Star Trek: Voyager? – Ned Hardy

If you got some cash you want to burn, these are the endgame of high end headphones and are most definitely at the top of the heap when it comes to overall performance – Amazon

5 Tech Tricks for Learning a Musical Instrument – Popular Science

Here’s What a $2 Million Retirement Looks Like in America – WSJ

The 12 Best Tustin, CA Restaurants In 2022 – Van Life Wanderer

More Than Half Of All Bitcoin Trades Are Fake – Forbes

Don’t worry, the IRS isn’t hiring an ‘army’ of auditors—here’s what’s really happening – CNBC

Clueless: Stacey Dash Breaks Down On TikTok After JUST Learning DMX Died A Year Ago! – Instagram

My Buy Nothing Month: How I Learned To Spend Less – Money Under 30

If you ever had to walk two dogs at the same time, you know how much of a hassle it is when the leashes get tangled and tied up, this double leash solves that – Amazon

‘Netflix Party’ and Four Other Chrome Extensions That Are Actually Malware – Lifehacker

Guy Wonders What Child-Free People Will Do When They’re 40, Twitter Responds – Ruin My Week

This is how all street fights should end – Reddit

Ever wonder what happens when you press play on your favorite song? We look how artists get paid from streaming music – The Pudding

Dana White Really Hired The Young Woman From The Viral Bestbuy Video 2 Years Ago After She Was Fired! – Worldstar

Awesome picdump of the day – Leenks

The cleavage down under is bringing us all to our knees (47 Photos) – The Chive

Charlie Sheen Settles Ex-Girlfriend HIV Lawsuit For $120K – Towleroad

What Math Problems Are They Trying To Solve When Mining For Crypto?

There is a special function called a cryptographic hash. Basically it takes anything as input and produces a fixed-length output. For all intents and purposes here, you can basically treat the output as being random. Meaning you can’t predict what the output is going to be for any given input without simply trying.

For miners, the input is the block they want to add to the block chain, plus a magic number they get to come up with. They then combine the two and perform the cryptographic hash. What they’re looking for is for a output of the hash that has certain properties. For example, the hash (being a number) has 32 trailing zeros.

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Picture of the Day

Hunter S. Thompson and Oscar Zeta Acosta at Caesar’s Palace, 1971

“We had two bags of grass, seventy-five pellets of mescaline, five sheets of high powered blotter acid, a salt shaker half full of cocaine, and a whole galaxy of multi-colored uppers, downers, screamers, laughers… and also a quart of tequila, a quart of rum, a case of Budweiser, a pint of raw ether and two dozen amyls.
Not that we needed all that for the trip, but once you get locked into a serious drug collection, the tendency is to push it as far as you can.”
― Hunter S. Thompson, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

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‘Mortal Kombat: Annihilation’ Cast: Where Are They Now? – Ned Hardy

3 Simple Habits That Can Protect Your Brain From Cognitive Decline – Fast Co

One of the best non-stick fry pans out there and probably the best in terms of value – Amazon

We watched 100 episodes of The Big Bang Theory to figure out what the government in China censors, and why – The Pudding

Inside the rise of ‘stealerships’ and the shady economics of car buying – NPR

10 Surprising Facts About the Titanic That Will Blow Your Mind – Linkiest

How To Choose the Best Steak at the Grocery Store, According to Experts – Eat This

Scammers, hackers stole US$3.3 billion worth of cryptocurrencies in last 12 months – Straits Times

Inside LeBron’s Grand Plan To Play In The NBA With Bronny And Bryce – Sports Illustrated

Inside the Pain Cave – Courtney Dauwalter, the world’s greatest ultrarunner, has a visualization method that helps her conquer hundreds of miles at a time – The Ringer

This thing is super easy to install and will help you keep your car nice and tidy – Amazon

Crypto.com mistakenly sent a customer $7.2 million instead of a $68 refund – The Verge

Hot women in Yoga Pants, nuff said – Leenks

Real money, fake musicians: A million-dollar Instagram verification scheme – ARS Technica

10 Axioms That Crypto-Shills Don’t Want You to Know – Linkedin

15 Signs to Know When to Leave a Relationship – Knowledge For Men

An AI-Generated Artwork Won First Place at a State Fair Fine Arts Competition, and Artists Are Pissed – VICE

Ranked: The Most Popular Fast Food Brands in America – Visual Capitalist

Was Deckard a Replicant in Blade Runner?

In the Theatrical cut the answer is left ambiguous. In the Director’s and Final cuts the answer is definitely yes. In the Theatrical cut most widely seen in the US there are still hints that Deckard might be a replicant which include:

  • The fact that there is no mention of, or questions asked about, Deckard’s life during the period between his (alleged) previous stint as a police officer and the events of the film. The only exception being the mention of a failed marriage early in the film.

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Picture of the Day

four penny coffin

Four Penny Coffin in England, 1900

The shelter was named the “four penny coffin” because its sleeping quarters consisted of rows of coffin-shaped beds where homeless people could spend the night for a sum of four pennies. The four penny coffin was popular because it was cheaper than several small shelters that existed at the time, and its clients praised it because the Salvation Army allowed them to actually lie down and sleep on their backs.

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How The Power Of Forgiveness Will Set You Free

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(photo: @jasonhogan)

“To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you.” — Lewis B. Smedes

Forgiveness does not erase the past, but looks upon it with compassion.

To withhold forgiveness keeps alive emotions of hurt, anger and blame which discolour your perception of life.

To forgive, avoid ruminating on thoughts of being wronged. Rather, trust the power of forgiveness to heal the hurt and pain.

By holding on to pain and resentment, you suffer because the sorrow is intensified to keep it alive.

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She Earned $34,000 In One Month Through Financial Domination – BuzzFeed

Whatever Happened To Garrett Wang, ‘Harry Kim’ From Star Trek: Voyager – Ned Hardy

This memory foam cushion, that helps reduce lower back pain and tailbone pain, is perfect for an office chair or use it as a car seat cushion – Amazon

Trespassing ex boyfriend gets shot by girl’s father – Reddit

WWF SummerSlam ’92 is Still a Slam Dunk 30 Years On – Den of Geek

Why the Number of Sexless Men TRIPLED in 10 Years – Wing Girl Method

This Teen Was Prescribed 10 Psychiatric Drugs. She’s Not Alone – NY Times

10 of the Best Philosophy Books of the Last Decade – Book Riot

These Foods Are Safe to Eat Well Past Their ‘Expiration Dates’ – Life Hacker

How to Excel at the Moments That Matter in Life: Think Like an Actor – Ideas

If coffee makes you feel tense, anxious and drained, switch to matcha green tea. Sustained energy without the crash. Just smooth sailing – Amazon

The 12 Best Restaurants In Irvine In 2022 – Van Life Wanderer

Vintage photos show how glamorous the old days of train travel used to be, 1900s-1940s – Rare Historical Photos

The Last Member Of An Uncontacted Amazon Tribe Has Died After Decades Of Isolation – NPR

7 Timeless Kitchen Upgrades You Won’t Regret – Apartment Therapy

Vegan mom gets life in prison for starvation death of son – AP News

A New Approach to Car Batteries Is About to Transform EVs – Wired

Man who pretended to be NFL player gets 3 years in Tom Brady Super Bowl ring scam – NBC

10 Frequently Misunderstood Works of Literature – Listverse

What You Need to Know Before Seeing ‘The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power’ – The Ringer