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Great Films Unfairly Forgotten in Time

7 min read · Jul 15th · Tom Jolliffe on great films unfairly forgotten in time… Time is a cruel mistress. It’s the one constant and something no one can alter (except Marty McFly and Doc Brown). Looks go, memories fade and…
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sleep
tv
movies
entertainment
KDnuggets

The 5 Hardest Things to Do in SQL

6 min read · Jul 26th · The 5 hardest things Josh Berry, a 15 year analytics professional, experienced while switching from Python to SQL. Offering examples, SQL code, and a resource to customize the SQL to your own project.
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programming
data science
NPR

Seeing double: Near-identical films that came out at the same time

5 min read · Jul 26th · What happens when two studios are making the same movie and neither studio blinks?
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tv
Lifehacker

17 of the Most Disturbing Films Ever Made

~13 min read · Jun 14th · These are great works of art you'll never want to see again.
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tv
film
nolanlawson.com

The collapse of complex software

4 min read · Jun 9th · In 1988, the anthropologist Joseph Tainter published a book called The Collapse of Complex Societies. In it, he described the rise and fall of great civilizations such as the Romans, the Mayans, an…
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software engineering
programming
Robin Sloan

The lost thread

2 min read · Apr 26th · The speed with which Twitter recedes in your mind will shock you.
Reader View · Shared by 152, including Alexis C. Madrigal, Mark Armstrong, Kyle Chayka, Mathew Ingram, Richard MacManus, Cory Doctorow, Fred Scharmen, Ralph Straumann, Ines Bieler, Anne Helen Petersen, Simon C, Chaotic Goode, JJ Flash, Craig Mod, Merlin Mann
social media
media
twitter
elon musk
elephant.art

Crowd and Proud: The History of the Flash Mob

5 min read · Apr 20th · Quick! Gather a hundred strangers together and all read this article together right now!
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culture
digital life
contrachrome.com

https://contrachrome.com/comic/page01

Apr 15th
Shared by 10, including mrbrown, JJ Flash
The Guardian

Your attention didn’t collapse. It was stolen

~14 min read · Jan 2nd · Social media and many other facets of modern life are destroying our ability to concentrate. We need to reclaim our minds while we still can
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psychology
productivity
social media
attention
digital life
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“an attentional pathogenic culture” – an environment in which sustained and deep focus is harder for all of us
Nieman Lab

Algorithms, lies, and social media

8 min read · Apr 7th · Achieving a more transparent and less manipulative online media may well be the defining political battle of the 21st century.
Reader View · Shared by 154, including Tactical Tech, luis antónio santos, Thomas Pleil, Nieman Foundation, Matt Navarra, Grzegorz Wapiński, Evan Kirstel the $B2B Techfluencer, JJ Flash, Ines Bieler, Dorothy Bishop
social media
Lifehacker

The Smartest Ways to Use Dishwasher Tablets to Clean Your House

3 min read · Mar 29th · Dishwasher tablets can work on household stains, mildew, oil, and odors.
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better living
PsyPost.org

Reading on a smartphone promotes overactivity in the prefrontal cortex and lowers reading comprehension, study finds

3 min read · Apr 4th · A new study published in the journal Scientific Reports lends support to a body of research suggesting that reading on electronic devices reduces comprehension. The study found that reading on a…
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The study found that reading on a smartphone promotes overactivity in the prefrontal cortex, less frequent sighing, and lower reading comprehension
Vulture

‘I Have to Make This Game — Otherwise I’ll Die’

5 min read · Mar 9th · How Devolver Digital became the HBO of video games.
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gaming
SleepScore

What Are the Benefits of Sleeping Naked?

4 min read · Mar 4th · What Are the Benefits of Sleeping Naked Do you sleep naked? If you do, here’s some good news for you: sleeping naked may help you fall asleep quicker and, as a result, benefit other aspectsREAD MORE
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sleep
Mozilla

How to make sure you aren’t spreading misinformation online

2 min read · Mar 1st · Facts can be empowering during uncertain times, and perhaps there’s no fact-finding tool more accessible than the internet. But as past years have taught
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social media
media
fake news
Thrillist

Steven Spielberg's 32 Movies, Ranked from Worst to Best

~18 min read · Feb 11th · Now that he's got another Oscar nomination for Best Director, we're looking back on each of his films.
Reader View · Shared by 108, including Hugo Londoño, JJ Flash, Digg, Marsha Collier
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