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The legend of 3M's invisible electrostatic wall
21 January 2025 @ 10:49 pm
Giant polypropylene rollers at the 3M factory generated so much static electricity that it formed a strange "invisible wall" that would alarm and impede employees there. William Beatty, citing David Swenson, described the peculiar phenomenon in 1996—as observed in late summer in South Carolina, August 1980, in high humidity. &iScanner is better than your desktop scanner
21 January 2025 @ 10:25 pm
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How many old sci-fi movies have taken place in the far-off 2You should play Balatro
21 January 2025 @ 9:53 pm
The triple-A gaming industry might be going through a rough patch, but the state of indies has never been better. It's a feat in itself that Balatro, a game developed by a single hobbyist, was up for Game of the Year, but it's somehow even more impressive that it's really, really good. — Read the Republican Senators find their spines hiding behind a brave woman
21 January 2025 @ 8:40 pm
Republican Senators reportedly required Danielle Hegseth, former sister-in-law to Pete Hegseth, release "a statement attesting to your personal knowledge about Mr. Hegseth's fitness to occupy" the job of United States Secretary of Defense before they'd vote against him. Pete Hegseth is the same person he was before this statement was released. — Read the resMysterious floating orb and ghostly activity caught on security cam inside bar after closing time (video)
21 January 2025 @ 8:23 pm
The security camera at the Clevedon Cricket Club in Somerset, England captured this bizarre video below from inside the facility's bar after closing time. It appears to depict an orb dancing around inside. According to a Facebook post, the club's chairman noticed the strange activity when he checked the video after the WiFi weWant to be more efficient this year? You need Microsoft's project management tools
21 January 2025 @ 8:22 pm
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21 January 2025 @ 7:39 pm
Fujifilm's compact digital cameras, especially the X100VI and the new XM-5, are hard to find unless you're willing to line the pockets of scalpers. Its instant-film models, though, have come a long way from the plastic toys they were a decade ago. — Read the rest
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21 January 2025 @ 7:36 pm
Taipei City, Taiwan plastic surgeon Chen Wei-nong decided to have a vasectomy—reportedly as a "gift" to his wife. For some reason, he was compelled to take a DIY route though. In the below video that he posted to social media, he explains the vasectomy procedure and then performs it on himself. — Break up with Microsoft 365 ASAP and own your Microsoft apps instead
21 January 2025 @ 7:27 pm
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21 January 2025 @ 7:15 pm
Anyone who has played a sport or musical instrument has experienced the dreaded plateau, or "ceiling effect," when they cannot progress further. A study published in Science Robotics has found that a robotic exoskeleton can break through the plateau.
The study enlisted pianists who had been playing since early childhood and for more than 10,000 hours to prac