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Picture of the day for May 3, 2016

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Irises, by Vincent van Gogh. Oil on canvas, 74.3 × 94.3 cm, created in May 1889 in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, France..

Picture of the day for May 3, 2016

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Picture of the day on May 3, 2016: Irises, by Vincent van Gogh. Oil on canvas, 74.3 × 94.3 cm, created in May 1889 in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, France.

America Has Never Been So Ripe for Tyranny

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America Has Never Been So Ripe for Tyranny In the wake of Trump's most recent primary triumphs, at a time when he is perilously close to winning enough delegates to grab the Republican nomination outright, I think we must be clear about what this election has already revealed about the fragility of our way of life and the threat late-stage democracy is beginning to pose to itself.

Well, It Looks Like Someone Actually Invented A Real Hoverboard

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Well, It Looks Like Someone Actually Invented A Real Hoverboard

Well, It Looks Like Someone Actually Invented A Real Hoverboard

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Well, It Looks Like Someone Actually Invented A Real Hoverboard Franky Zapata popped up a few weeks ago with a brief look at a new, Green Goblin-esque hoverboard. We weren't 100% sure it was real, but now he's back and he flew the dang thing over 7,000 feet. So, this seems like a legit hoverboard? May 2, 2016 at 04:36PM

Article of the day for May 3, 2016

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Article of the day is The Carpet from Bagdad. Check it out: http://ift.tt/1oWeX6W

America Has Never Been So Ripe for Tyranny

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America Has Never Been So Ripe for Tyranny

Article of the day for May 3, 2016

The Article of the day for May 3, 2016 is The Carpet from Bagdad . The Carpet from Bagdad is a 1915 American silent adventure film directed by Colin Campbell and based on Harold MacGrath's 1911 novel of the same name. In the story, Horace Wadsworth (played by Guy Oliver), one of a gang of criminals planning a bank robbery in New York, steals a prayer rug from a Baghdad mosque. He sells the carpet to antique dealer George Jones (Wheeler Oakman) to fund the robbery scheme. The carpet's guardian kidnaps both men and Fortune Chedsoye (Kathlyn Williams), the innocent daughter of another conspirator, but they escape. Marketing for the film included a media tour of part of the set and an invitation-only screening sponsored by the publisher of MacGrath's book. The Carpet from Bagdad was released on 3 May 1915 to mostly positive reviews. Many praised the tinted desert scenes and realistic Middle East imagery, although some felt the scenery overshadowed the characters. The film is n...

needn't: Word of the day for May 3, 2016

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Word of the day is needn't : (Britain) Need not.

needn't: Word of the day for May 3, 2016

needn't , contraction : (Britain) Need not.

Can We Talk? The Deepening Conversation Between Humans and Computers

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Can We Talk? The Deepening Conversation Between Humans and Computers

Can We Talk? The Deepening Conversation Between Humans and Computers

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Can We Talk? The Deepening Conversation Between Humans and Computers Apple, Amazon, Google, and others are pushing us to use our voices rather than our fingers to interact with their products.​​ But do we really want our assistants to be more human?

New edit in the Article on Google

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Google Custom Search Engine edited the Article on Google http://ift.tt/1oWeX6W

New edit in the Article on Google

On May 2, 2016 at 01:27PM, made an edit the Article on Google . The edit was about In the third paragraph "Rapid growth": added "video chat" function for "Hangouts"; rephrased "communications hardware" sentence; added "Chromeboxes" subsentence behind "Chromebooks".

How Sex Toy Makers Sneak Around Digital Filters

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How Sex Toy Makers Sneak Around Digital Filters

How Sex Toy Makers Sneak Around Digital Filters

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How Sex Toy Makers Sneak Around Digital Filters Facebook, Twitter, Kickstarter, and other websites don’t want to promote sex toys. But some companies are getting them to do it anyway.