not usually a filter guy but i’ll make an exception for the 2nd amendment.
Have you ever wondered which part of the other side of the earth is directly below you?
trying to legit zone out.
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“Your probability of dying during a given year doubles every 8 years. For me, a 25-year-old American, the probability of dying during the next year is a fairly miniscule 0.03% — about 1 in 3,000. When I’m 33 it will be about 1 in 1,500, when I’m 42 it will be about 1 in 750, and so on. By the time I reach age 100 (and I do plan on it) the probability of living to 101 will only be about 50%. This is seriously fast growth — my mortality rate is increasing exponentially with age.” — Your body wasn’t built to last: a lesson from human mortality rates (via deplorableword)
getting over a cold this week.
(via deplorableword)
had family over on jan. 2, 2012.
(via polaroidbreak)
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To explore the consequences of viewing one’s virtual doppelgänger, we ran a simple experiment using digitally manipulated photographs (Ahn & Bailenson, 2011). We used imaging software to place participants’ heads on people depicted in billboards using fictitious brands, for example holding up a soft drink with a brand label on it.
After the study, participants expressed better memory as well as a preference for the brand, even though it was obvious their faces had been placed in the advertisement. In other words, even though it was clearly a gimmick, using the digital self to promote a product is effective.
” — Advertising through avatar-manipulation « Mind Hacks (via slantback)testing this…soon.
(via slantback)
If you don’t know about http://www.mattutd.com/ you really should take some time and go check it out.
lollerskates.
“You get to make a choice. You can remake that choice every day, in fact. It’s never too late to choose optimism, to choose action, to choose excellence. The best thing is that it only takes a moment — just one second — to decide.” — Seth Godin (via azspot)
2012.
(via azspot)
related, this is what one billion dollars looks like.
My life got no better, same damn ‘Lo sweater
Times is ruff and tuff like leather“C.R.E.A.M.” - Wu-Tang Clan
A Decade into “Always-On” Internet -
from christian sandvig discussing the current state of bandwidth in america.
In other words, Comcast has monopoly power in cable television in many markets. It has set its 250 GB/month cap so that it is impossible to buy television over its Internet service (take that, Netflix!) or to use free Internet video services in lieu of cable TV (take that, YouTube!), thus maintaining its monopoly in video. By the way, that is the definition of a violation of antitrust law. Hello, Justice Department?
related, i received this notice on 12/16. then another about two days ago. my phone sits on wi-fi the entire day except, usually, the two hours i’m commuting during a 5-day work week.
looking at my phone statistics (assuming since i’ve owned the iphone 4, not previous versions - but without logging into at&t’s web site, not sure), i’ve sent/received a total of 19.4 GB of data over their cellular network. my girlfriend and i pay, on average, $150/month to have both of our iphone 4 devices supported by at&t’s network. on top of that, another $100/month for verizon to grant us internet access and cable television over their fios network.
it costs me $3,000 a year to stay “always-on.” so, yeah, of course i agree with this shit.