Re alleged iPhone electrocution, “uncertified power chargers could turn a smartphone into a ‘pocket grenade.’†http://t.co/0EprtRLkkK
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@page88 @carlzimmer I get what you guys are doing: This is a Baudrillardian simulacrum of the all-time worst freshman lit seminar ever.
@page88 @carlzimmer I get what you guys are doing: This is a Baudrillardian simulacrum of the all-time worst freshman lit seminar ever.
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Sorry; my inner 12-year-old was amused. MT @TheAtlanticWire No, these ‘Asian’ names aren’t the pilots of Asiana 214 http://t.co/Bc2B9NQ1Fz
Sorry; my inner 12-year-old was amused. MT @TheAtlanticWire No, these ‘Asian’ names aren’t the pilots of Asiana 214 http://t.co/Bc2B9NQ1Fz
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Well damn RT @joshpetri: DARPA built a terminator http://t.co/w5gzXAE3FL
Well damn RT @joshpetri: DARPA built a terminator http://t.co/w5gzXAE3FL
via Gabriel Snyder’s Stellar faves http://twitter.com/JHWeissmann/status/355670881093156866
‘Pacific Rim’ writer Travis Beacham: Hollywood needs original stories
Beacham discusses the evolution of “Pacific Rim” and the need in Hollywood for more original stories in the genre.
Beacham discusses the evolution of “Pacific Rim” and the need in Hollywood for more original stories in the genre.
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via L.A. Times – Entertainment News http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-et-hc-pacific-rim-writer-travis-beacham-hollywood-sl,0,4459928.storylink?track=rss
India’s telegram service goes dark after 163 years
NEW DELHI (AP) — For 163 years, lives across the vast Indian nation have been upended by the knock of the khaki-clad postal worker armed with a telegram.
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How Snowden can get out of town: Fly commercial
By Timothy Heritage MOSCOW (Reuters) – When an Aeroflot plane from Moscow took an unusually southerly course to Havana on Thursday, it quickly triggered speculation that American fugitive Edward Snowden could be on board. But the plane was probably just avoiding turbulence, like other aircraft that crossed the Atlantic yesterday. There was no sign of Snowden on arrival – he remained at Sheremetyevo airport in Moscow, where he was to meet human rights groups on Friday. Still, aviation experts said such speculation is not without merit. …
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“It’s exactly what you think it is—a tornado full of sharks”
The rise of video-on-demand services like Netflix and dedicated cable-TV channels has created a new industry in low-budget B-movies; meet Asylum Films, an outfit in California following in the footsteps of historical B-movie auteurs like Roger Corman, Menahem Golan and Uwe Boll, with films with titles like Sharknado, Transmorphers, Sex Pot and Abraham Lincoln vs. Zombies. Asylum’s new B-movies are made quickly and cheaply to ride the coattails of the big studios’ fads, filling gaps in the market for more films about, say, adorable puppies, alien battleships or apocalypses. The films are made to a strict formula, are played entirely seriously, with no hint of irony or knowingness, and are designed primarily to pad out rental lists and appeal to recommendation engines, though the producers point out that often mainstream Hollywood fare is often no less hackneyed and formulaic. (Previously…)
via MetaFilter http://www.metafilter.com/129922/Its-exactly-what-you-think-it-isa-tornado-full-of-sharks
There Are More Eyes on Your Facebook Posts Than You Can Even Imagine
A recent report from Stanford University and Facebook suggests we consistently underestimate the size of our audience on social media.
Whether you’re a ninja, guru, or mere mortal user of social media, you’ve likely guessed how many people read your Facebook posts. Among the estimation techniques reported in a recent study by Stanford University and Facebook: “I figured about half of the people who see it will ‘like’ it, or comment on itâ€; “number of people who liked it times 4â€; and “maybe a third of my friends saw it.â€
It turns out, however, that none of these strategies are particularly accurate. Throughout June 2012, researchers tracked Facebook posts from 220,000 users while asking the posts’ authors to guess how many friends had seen individual updates. On average, participants guessed their audience was about 27% of its true size.
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via Fast Company http://www.fastcompany.com/3014190/there-are-more-eyes-on-your-facebook-posts-than-you-can-even-imagine
Keith Olbermann returning to ESPN?
Is Keith Olbermann headed back to ESPN? The Daily News has learned Worldwide Leader is in serious discussions with Olbermann to host a New York-based late night talk show on ESPN 2, according to industry sources.
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