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Thu, 02 Aug 2018 21:49:39 GMT

Popular Culture:

• Man Skipped Work For 6 Years And No One Noticed Until He Won An Award
• Triesdorf: So lebt es sich in Deutschlands kleinstem Hochschulort
• A new digital divide: Young people who can’t use keyboards

Nerd Culture:

• Petition: Add Waluigi to Higher Algebra
• Axel-Stoll-Klangbrett
• Fields-Medaille und Brieftasche gestohlen

STEM/MINT:

• A Virus-Infecting Virus
• Fibonacci meets Pythagoras
• QED - an interactive textbook – I don't like that kind of classical logic, though.
• 3D-printed Deep Learning neural network uses light instead of electrons
• Nutritional supplement may succeed where antidepressants fail
• Sparkassen starten neue App „Mobiles Bezahlen“ mit digitaler Mastercard und girocard – what could possibly go wrong?

WTF:

• Deutschlands schönstes Schlagloch
• A bunch of Lava Lamps for secure random numbers

Zeroth World/SciFi becoming Reality:

• 40,000-year old worms revived from Siberian permafrost
• Humans Show Racial Bias Towards Robots of Different Colors (via)

Art (Comics etc.):

• The greatest fear
• The Standard Model of the Ario Theory
• Something Beautiful
• Timelines

Quotes:

• Some people are like slinkies not really good for much, but bring a smile to your face when pushed down the stairs