Archive for the 'Off Topic' Category
From Darkness To Light
August 27th, 2019Via: Ty Schmitt: From Darkness To Light is an 8k Time-Lapse film shot by storm chaser Ty Schmitt. All the clips in the film were captured on the Great Plains during the 2019 spring storm season. Ty traveled over 30,000 miles in 3 months chasing Mother Nature’s most intense moments.
Avoiding Oil Change Scams
August 22nd, 2019Via: Car Wizard:
Off Topic: 3.5mm Audio Port Almost Gone from High End Phones, Consider Samsung Note 9
August 7th, 2019Off Topic – First World Problems — Update: Samsung, You’ve Let Yourself Down, You’ve Let Us Down Via: Android Authority: — Update: Samsung Is Hiding Its Ads That Made Fun of Apple’s Removal of Headphone Jack Via: Android Authority: Yesterday, Samsung made the Samsung Galaxy Note 10 and Note 10 Plus official. The release of […]
Samsung’s 2019 Galaxy Tab A 10.1-inch 128GB Tablet for $250 on Amazon (Reg. $330)
July 24th, 2019Wow. That’s a good deal. Samsung Galaxy Tab A 10.1 128 GB WiFi Tablet Black (2019)
Scientists Are Using Subatomic Particles To Search For a Mirror Universe
July 3rd, 2019Via: Slashdot: At Oak Ridge National Laboratory in eastern Tennessee, physicist Leah Broussard is trying to open a portal to a parallel universe. She calls it an “oscillation” that would lead her to “mirror matter,” but the idea is fundamentally the same. In a series of experiments she plans to run at Oak Ridge this […]
Literal Fur Babies: The Evolution of ‘Puppy Dog Eyes’
June 17th, 2019Via: AFP: The researchers found two muscles around the eye were routinely present and well formed in the domestic dogs, but not the wolves, and only dogs produced high-intensity eyebrow movements as they gazed at the human. “It makes the eye look larger, which is similar to human infants,” Professor Anne Burrows of Duquesne University […]
New Human Species Found in Philippines
April 10th, 2019Via: BBC: There’s a new addition to the family tree: an extinct species of human that’s been found in the Philippines. It’s known as Homo luzonensis, after the site of its discovery on the country’s largest island Luzon. Its physical features are a mixture of those found in very ancient human ancestors and in more […]
Black Hole Picture Captured for First Time
April 10th, 2019Via: Guardian: Astronomers have captured the first image of a black hole, heralding a revolution in our understanding of the universe’s most enigmatic objects. The picture shows a halo of dust and gas, tracing the outline of a colossal black hole, at the heart of the Messier 87 galaxy, 55m light years from Earth. The […]
Left Handed, Large Hands? SteelSeries Sensei 310 Mouse
March 11th, 2019If you’re looking for a high quality, larger-than-average mouse to use left handed, the SteelSeries Sensei 310 is a fantastic option. I’ve gone from office grade Logitech mice, to Razer, to G-Skill and the Sensei 310 finally feels like my PC mouse search is over. The fit of the mouse in hand is very comfortable. […]
When Does Intelligence Peak?
March 1st, 2019Via: Scientific American: When does cognitive functioning peak? As we get older, we certainly feel as though our intelligence is rapidly declining. (Well, at least I do!) However, the nitty gritty research on the topic suggests some really interesting nuance. As a recent paper notes, “Not only is there no age at which humans are […]
