m0nster0 posted this 3mm-thick slice of a Seymchan pallasite meteorite to Reddit. He says its “one of my favorite bits of space rock.” I can’t argue with that! He bought it on eBay from this guy , who sells some stunning specimens.
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Beautiful Seymchan pallasite meteorite
Tofugu (where my wife Carla is exec editor) has a great article about the 20 best anime movies not made by Studio Ghibli ( Totoro, Spirited Away ). https://youtu.be/xGOneMdjpw4 19. REDLINE Often times, “anime” is defined by its lack of motion . Redline punches this “limited animation” concept in its motionless face. It’s easily the busiest, most overstimulating animated film we’ve ever seen. A daredevil speedster named JP enters the Redline, a high-stakes, weaponized space race that nearly took his life. But first, he’s gotta get back into racing shape to challenge the best in the universe with pure speed and guts. Along his comeback trail, JP meets Cherry-Boy Hunter, a young female competitor who unearths old memories. Can JP return to form in time for the Redline? Is Cherry-Boy Hunter friend or foe? Can JP survive the intergalactic conspiracy that saturates the race? Sure, Redline’s plot plays like a giant stone soup of anime tropes: space, vehicles, aliens, and giant pompadours. Check, check, and check. The film took seven years and 100,000 hand drawings to create, all that hard work paid off. Down to its pop-art presentation, Redline is anime pulp fiction at its best. What it lacks in depth, it makes up for with an adrenaline-fueled circus of speed and action.
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The 20 best anime movies not made by Studio Ghibli
After N2SUB posted a thoughtful, negative review of Ham Radio Deluxe, the company responded to his open trouble ticket with instructions that tricked him into bricking his software, in the guise of fixing his problem, then told him they’d done it on purpose, and wouldn’t let him use their software anymore unless he deleted his review, and threatened to sue him. (more…)
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Company retaliates for negative review by tricking customer into bricking his copy of their software
As someone who’s struggled with his weight all his life (and who comes from a family with similar problems), I’ve long been fascinated with the science of weight and obesity; many years ago I listened to a Quirks & Quarks segment detailing the theory that the modern obesity epidemic was the result of a bird flu that affected our gut flora and changed our metabolisms to make us hungrier and more susceptible to convert the food we ate to fat. (more…)
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A virus first found in chickens is implicated in human obesity
Despite what you might have read in this alarming story in the Washington Post , Russia did not hack Vermont’s power authority. (more…)
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No, Russia didn’t hack Vermont’s power grid
André Roubo’s series on carpentry called L’Art du Menuisier mentions a polissior , a small device made of broom straw for polishing wood. In the two centuries since Roubo’s book, the device had faded from memory until a couple of years ago, when Don Williams recreated one from an illustration in Roubo’s book. It turned out to work amazingly well. (more…)
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Artisans revive the polissoir, a nearly-forgotten woodworking tool
Here’s a free 853-page Kindle edition of Robert E. Howard’s Conan the Barbarian Stories . I got it and the formatting looks good, which is not often the case for free/supercheap ebooks. I read the reviews and people complained about missing chapters, but it looks like the publisher made corrections.
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Conan the Barbarian: The Complete Collection – free Kindle edition
Spring. Summer. Fall. Winter. Boring. Ancient Japan had 72 microseasons each lasting about five days. They each have wonderfully evocative names like “Spring Winds Thaw the Ice” and “The Maple and Ivy Turn Yellow.” We just finished “The Bear Retreats to its Den,” and this microseason 64, falling immediately after the solstice, is called “The Common Heal-All Sprouts. (more…)
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Why just four seasons? Ancient Japan had 72 microseasons
If you end up at some fancy event this month where gold leaf decorates the food, that gold leaf will be far thicker than traditional Japanese hand-pounded gold leaf, which can be as thin as 0.0001 millimeters. See how it’s made in the fascinating video. (more…)
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Watch how incredibly delicate Japanese gold leaf is made and applied
“Replicants are like any other machine. They’re either a benefit or a hazard. If they’re a benefit, it’s not my problem.” In theaters October 6, 2017.
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First look at Blade Runner 2049!