Sunday, 16 December 2018
If You're Born In The Sky, What's Your Nationality? An Airplane Puzzler
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An American lady boards a plane and, pregnant as she is, they allow her on. Her flight, on Lufthansa Airlines, will leave Frankfurt, Germany, and travel nonstop to the Maldive Islands in the Indian Ocean. Hours later, just as her plane passes 37,000 feet above Karachi, Pakistan, heading south, her baby, in an inconvenient act of impetuosity, decides she wants to be born right then, right there. So , we've got an American mom on a German airplane in Pakistani airspace.
What nationality is the baby?
Why blockchain b2b will be the megatrend of 2019
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2019 will be known as the enterprise-to-enterprise boom in blockchain.
B2B blockchain companies will out-perform the market because they provide the tools that other businesses need in order to survive.
Blockchain is expected to become a $2-billion-dollar industry in the next three years.
Saturday, 15 December 2018
Why women make businesses more profitable
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While the workplace is slowly diversifying, some industries have been slow to change.
A growing body of research is uncovering that workplaces with greater diversity actual perform better. One of the clearest examples of this effect is in venture capitalism, where nearly all venture capitalists are white, male, Harvard graduates.
When venture capital firms hire more women, their effectiveness and profitability explodes.
While the workplace is slowly diversifying, some industries have been slow to change.
A growing body of research is uncovering that workplaces with greater diversity actual perform better. One of the clearest examples of this effect is in venture capitalism, where nearly all venture capitalists are white, male, Harvard graduates.
When venture capital firms hire more women, their effectiveness and profitability explodes.
Friday, 14 December 2018
The 50 Top Movies of 2018
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2018 in movies was endlessly tumultuous. If you like movies, the sheer range of available titles and ways to watch them could be intoxicating -- and maddening. The scale of new releases means a conventional top ten list can't really grapple with the full landscape. You need a bigger list, one that makes room for blockbusters and smaller movies that might've fallen through the cracks.
The 13 Best New USA Restaurants for 2018
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As the country was scoured, looking for the most impressive new restaurants, it was thought a lot about the word “best.” According to Merriam-Webster it is defined as “excelling all others,” but what does that really mean when it comes to food?
Add at least one of these train trips to your bucket list
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The most laid back style of travel is most probably by train. Just sit back, relax and enjoy the view going by. Any rail buff needs to make this a bucket list item to ride one of these 23 train rides at least once.
Thursday, 13 December 2018
What You Need To Know About Your Digital Life After Death
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A true fact: We are all going to die one day. Despite every effort, no one can live forever. You've prepared for dying by getting insurance, saving up for those you're leaving behind and making up a last will and testament. Now you also need to decide what will happen to your online life after death. What can you do to prepare for it, and what can you do to help if someone close to you passes away?
Monday, 10 December 2018
Ever wondered how most things work?
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Made by Jacob O'Neal, Animagraffs is an informative website that shows you how most things work. You can see in detail how a jet engine works, or a car engine, how speakers make sound, how to do the moonwalk, or the technology behind a LED flat screen display.
The Internet in Real Time
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On finishing this sentence, there will have been 219,000 new Facebook posts, 22,800 new tweets, 7,000 apps downloaded, and about $9,000 worth of items sold on Amazon... depending on your reading speed, of course. Now that the Internet is available just about everywhere, just one second of global online activity is jam-packed full of events, from communication with others to data storage to entertainment options galore.
Saturday, 8 December 2018
So....why is it named Area 51?
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The USAF facility better known as Area 51 is a remote area of Edwards Air Force Base, within the Nevada Test and Training Range. It is publicly unknown what the base's current primary purpose is, however, based on historical data, it most likely supports the development and testing of experimental aircraft and weapons systems.
The secrecy concerning the base has made it the frequent subject of conspiracy theories and a central component to UFO's. Questions about the site remain unanswered.
Friday, 7 December 2018
Apple offers Safari users safer browsing with USB security key support
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Apple's latest preview version of Safari features support for the WebAuthentication (WebAuthn) API that lets users login using USB security sticks, according to the release notes.
Read A REAL Book - 8 Science-Backed Reasons Why You Should
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Although more and more people own e-books, there's nothing like the smell of old books or the crack of a new one's spine. It seems safe to say that real books aren't going anywhere yet. Most people who read e-books continue to read printed ones as well - and you'll never run low on battery. And it turns out that diving into a page-turner can also offer benefits toward your health and happiness.
Wednesday, 5 December 2018
The Nazca Lines Of America - Blythe Intaglios
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About 15 miles north of Blythe, just west of U.S. Highway 95 near the Colorado River, the Blythe Intaglios (or Blythe Geoglyphs) decorate the desert floor. These six enormous ground designs, in three locations, remain one of the enduring historic mysteries of the United States. They represent a human figure at each location and animal figures depicting serpents and quadrupeds at the other two sites. No one knows precisely who created them or when.
13 Cool Hotels Converted From Different Structures
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Regular hotels may make for comfortable homes away from home, but they can be boring and bland and even similar to one another - wherever you go to stay.
However, for the more adventurous vacationer, there are plenty of options that offer something completely different while still retaining all the modern amenities of a conventional hotel.
80 million year old Resavska Pecina Cave
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The Resavska Pećina cave is in eastern Serbia, in the region of Gornja Resava, 20 km from the town of Despotovac. It is one of the oldest caves in Serbia, some 80 million years old, with some of the older formations dating back around 45 million years.
Tuesday, 4 December 2018
Top Ten Podcast Sites For Promoting Your Content And Getting Links
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If you're interested in promoting your website through podcast sites then this list is for you. Promote your podcast on 4-5 popular podcast sites and gain a readership
What does your eye color say about you?
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They say that your eyes are the window to your soul - look into them and your true character will come tumbling out. It's true that you can tell a lot about someone from their eyes. What does your eye color say about you?
Monday, 3 December 2018
A wormhole - what is it?
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Wormholes (also known as an Einstein-Rosen bridge) are predicted by the theory of general relativity and is in fact a theoretical method of folding space and time so that you could connect two places in space together.. But be wary: wormholes bring with them the dangers of sudden collapse, high radiation and dangerous contact with exotic matter. What exactly is a wormhole?
The World's Darkest Material - Vantablack
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Vantablack®, made by the British company Surrey NanoSystems, is a super-black coating that holds the world record as the darkest man-made substance, absorbing all but 0.035% of visual light.
Sunday, 2 December 2018
Mo'ynoq - the city of the beached ships
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What happened to the sea that Mo'ynoq stood on is considered one of the most severe anthropogenic ecological disasters of all time. Once a thriving port city with lots of happy citizens, Mo'ynoq is now considered one of the creepiest places on Earth.
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