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Clinton and Trump are looking for an easy out on the Internet. Don’t give it to them. Donald Trump.

Clinton and Trump are looking for an easy out on the Internet. Don’t give it to them.

(Daniel Acker/Bloomberg) Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are about as different stylistically as can be. But when it comes to Internet policy, they're both equally in the dark — and just as willing to dismiss gaps in their thinking by making vague assumptions about America's engineering know-how. This resort to hand-waving about "brilliant people" is problematic, not least because some of the very technologists whom the candidates invoke to justify their positions are the same people telling them things aren't as easy as they seem. Swipe Right On Monogamy — Matter. Swipe Right On Monogamy Hook ups are no longer progressive and exciting.

Swipe Right On Monogamy — Matter

Now, we’re all ready for more than just sex. Specs spies on speeding motorists. A new kind of speed trap is to be launched in a bid to cut deaths on one of Scotland's most dangerous roads.

Specs spies on speeding motorists

The Speed Enforcement Camera System (Specs) will track drivers over a 28-mile length of the A77 and calculate their average speed. The stretch of road between Ayr and Girvan is an accident blackspot with 15 fatalities and 314 accidents between 1999 and 2004. It was officially launched on Thursday with speeders facing various penalties. Those caught out by the Specs systems could end up having three points added to their licence and a fine of at least £60. Uk.businessinsider. Lockheed Martin/Chad BellayReleasing Flares: An F-35A releases infrared-countermeasure flares during test flights near Edwards Air Force Base.

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Lockheed Martin's F-35 has had a busy 2015. In November, the plane tested its onboard cannon aerially for the first time. This came months after the plane first successfully fired its cannon in June. Successes such as these led the Marine Corps to declare, in July, that the F-35B was ready for combat. And internationally, the F-35 continued to be a focus on attention. The 'Unitasker' Kitchen Gadgets Alton Brown Loves To Loathe. Cooking gadgets seem to be a solid go-to when you're not sure what to give someone.

The 'Unitasker' Kitchen Gadgets Alton Brown Loves To Loathe

Who wouldn't be charmed with a laser-guided pizza cutter? A one-click butter dispenser? An electric bacon-bowl maker? Alton Brown, that's who. The Food Network host and celebrity chef has always railed against single-use kitchen gadgets. How to never forget anything ever again — Life Tips. Two years ago I was having breakfast with a man who was purportedly the most successful Jeopardy contestant ever — behind Ken Jennings (and the Watson supercomputer).

How to never forget anything ever again — Life Tips.

As someone who is always interested in learning new things, I wanted to know how he was able to remember so much stuff. “Have you ever heard of spaced repetition?” Quora. See where the US would have nuked the Soviet Union if the Cold War turned hot. This holiday season, while you're spending time with family and friends, why not take a moment to remember how close the world came to total nuclear destruction just a few decades ago?

See where the US would have nuked the Soviet Union if the Cold War turned hot

During the 50 years of the Cold War, the United States and the Soviet Union stuck to an uneasy — and sometimes broken — peace, held in place by the theory of mutual assured destruction (MAD). If one nation pulled the trigger on a nuclear attack, the other would respond in kind, automated systems, long-range aircraft, and roving submarines pummelling a multitude of targets with a vast stockpile of atom and hydrogen bombs. And now, thanks to William Burr, a senior analyst for the National Security Archive at George Washington University, we know exactly where the United States would have sent its nuclear bombs if full-scale war had erupted between the USSR and its allies.

One list includes population centers as specific targets. The New York Times - Breaking News, World News & Multimedia. Cheetahs migrated from North America. The cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) is now at home on the African plains, but it started a migration 100, 000 years ago from North America towards its current habitat.

Cheetahs migrated from North America

The research, published in the open access journal Genome Biology, found that the migration from North America was costly for the species, triggering the first major reduction in their gene pool. The modern African cheetah is found across eastern and southern Africa, but it is highly endangered because of their small free ranging population and inbreeding.

Researchers from St. What the Economic Crash of 2008 Taught Me. I’d lost almost $200 million in October.

What the Economic Crash of 2008 Taught Me

November wasn’t looking any better. It was 2008, after the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy. Turkey seeks return of Santa Claus' bones. A Turkish archaeologist has called on his government to demand that Italy return the bones of St Nicholas to their original resting place.

Turkey seeks return of Santa Claus' bones

The 3rd Century saint - on whom Santa Claus was modelled - was buried in the modern-day town of Demre in Turkey. But in the Middle Ages his bones were taken by Italian sailors and re-interred in the port of Bari. The Turkish government said it was considering making a request to Rome for the return of the saint's remains. Comcast's CEO Wants the End of Unlimited Data. In business there are some things better left unsaid. The CEO of a candy company may hope that people choose to be less healthy and the leader of a factory which makes ammunition may wish for war, but most people in those positions are smart enough to not verbalize those thoughts.

It's similar to how I used to feel back in my days as the editor of small-town daily newspapers. Chicago Christmas, 1984. At twenty-six, at the embarrassing end of a series of attempts at channelling Kerouac, I was beyond broke, back in my home town, living in my aunt and uncle’s basement. Having courted and won a girl I had courted but never come close to winning in high school, I was now losing her via my pathetically dwindling prospects. One night she said, “I’m not saying I’m great or anything, but still I think I deserve better than this.” That fall, my uncle called in a favor and soon I was on a roofing crew, one of three grunts riding from job to job in the freezing open back of a truck. Uk.businessinsider. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro A Pakistani flag flies on a mast as paramilitary Frontier Corps soldiers guard Karachi's District Malir prison, August 23, 2013. The year ahead will bring no shortage of international issues that will keep the US and its partners occupied, ranging from the fight against ISIS to the implementation of the Iran nuclear agreement.

But there's been another serious impending crisis building in the background — one involving terrorism, nuclear weapons, interstate power politics, and an important US ally. The crisis isn't likely to explode in 2016. Its eruption is currently far from inevitable. But there's a good chance, depending on what happens in 2016, that it could become more likely. The best (and worst) smartwatches, fitness bands, and wearables of 2015. It has been a big year for wearables. The Apple Watch was born (finally), Google Glass died (finally), and bands that track everything from steps to mood changes have grown up and become not terrible (finally!). While wrist-bound devices have cemented themselves as the face of wearables, we started to see other forms of wearable technology grow in popularity, like smart scales, textiles, and jewelry. America Is Becoming More Liberal. Over roughly the past 18 months, the following events have transfixed the nation.

In July 2014, Eric Garner, an African American man reportedly selling loose cigarettes illegally, was choked to death by a New York City policeman. That August, a white police officer, Darren Wilson, shot and killed an African American teenager, Michael Brown, in Ferguson, Missouri. For close to two weeks, protesters battled police clad in military gear. Australian government tells citizens to turn off two-factor authentication. Large Cross-National Differences in Gene × Socioeconomic Status Interaction on Intelligence. The woman who can smell Parkinson's disease. Quora. Why Airlines Want to Make You Suffer. ELI5: What makes our brains go "that was funny, now let's laugh"? : explainlikeimfive. Pets are awesome to grow up with.

Google Plans New, Smarter Messaging App. Bonsai Tree Castle. History, Travel, Arts, Science, People, Places. Christmas in Yiwu. Uk.businessinsider. Why Do Oculus Rift and Other Virtual Reality Experiences Feel So Real? Uk.businessinsider. Is the Feud Between Iran and Saudi Arabia Really About Islam? Why Americans Work So Much Despite Economist John Maynard Keynes's Prediction. What to Expect When You Start Working Out Again After a Long Break. Quora. This guy knows what he's doing.

Apple Buys Artificial-Intelligence Startup Emotient. Syd Barrett: the genius who almost was – a classic profile by Nick Kent. The heroes who saved the Internet in 2015. The UN library announced its most-checked-out book of 2015. It's kind of disturbing. Harry Potter vs. Huckleberry Finn: Why the British Tell Better Children’s Stories Than Americans. China market turmoil pulls Brent oil to levels not seen since 2004. Everything You Should Know About This Year's Air Travel Changes. Dutch government backs strong encryption, condemns backdoors.

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Why We All Dream of Being Jewel Thieves. China Halts Stock Trading After 7% Rout Triggers Circuit Breaker. Mark Zuckerberg's perfect response to the idea that girls should "date the nerd" Star Wars: meet the monkey who might have played Yoda. Quora. Quora. Periodic table's seventh row finally filled as four new elements are added. Can I Just Tell You: Problems Money Can't Fix. 'Like a beautiful painting': image of New Year's mayhem in Manchester goes viral.

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