An otherwise boring medical records company in Wisconsin called Epic Systems has a fantasy-themed corporate headquarters with buildings that look like castles and medieval towns.
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Father Ted creator Graham Linehan arrested at Heathrow for ‘anti-trans posts’
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Mr Crowley Fingerstyle Guitar
The greatest metal band of all time.
New study shows that a cultural feedback loop between ChatGPT and its users is boosting the popularity of words like “delve,” “meticulous,” and “bolster” in everyday conversation
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Motorist driving at 199 mph (321 km/h) on Germany's Autobahn is fined more than $1,000
English-language discussions related to Germany.
A global design challenge to create a self-sustaining spacecraft for 500 - 1500 people on a centuries-long journey to the exoplanet Proxima b (~4 light-years from Earth) has crowned the Chrysalis the winner for its modular, fusion-powered generation ship concept.
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A global design challenge to create a self-sustaining spacecraft for 500 - 1500 people on a centuries-long journey to the exoplanet Proxima b (~4 light-years from Earth) has crowned the Chrysalis the winner for its modular, fusion-powered generation ship concept.
A subreddit devoted to the field of Future(s) Studies and evidence-based speculation about the development of humanity, technology, and civilization. -------- You can also find us in the fediverse at - https://futurology.today
Bar Exam Scores Show Little Connection to Lawyer Effectiveness, Study Finds
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August 1 marks a symbolic moment: Tim Cook’s tenure as CEO has now equaled Steve Jobs’s at 5,090 days.
An unofficial community about Apple and all of its devices and software.
TIL that the VOC / Dutch East India Trading Company was worth the equivalent of $10.2 trillion, to put the current valuations of e.g. Apple ($3.2T) or Nvidia ($4.2T) or Microsoft ($3.8T) into perspective.
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A company called Radia is building "the world's largest aircraft – 12x bigger cargo volume than a 747 and able to land on unpaved landing strips"; its initial purpose will be to transport 100-meter long wind turbine blades
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Warehouse Robots Reduce Serious Injuries, Increase Minor Ones
Zandvoort residents falsely reporting street closures on Google Maps to redirect traffic away from their neighborhood
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New preprint: "Our findings indicate that the opening of a plasma center in a city leads to a 12% drop in the crime rate..."
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Nearly half of Finns now identify as right-wing
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"On both Facebook and Instagram, we found no detectable effects of removing political ads on political knowledge, polarization, perceived legitimacy of the election, political participation ..., candidate favorability, and turnout," for both Democrats and Republicans.
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New study finds that Ozempic (and GLP-1 drugs in general) significantly reduces taste perception across all five basic tastes, though smell remains mostly unaffected.
Everything Ozempic Questions? Answers. Accomplishments!
New preprint study shows remote work boosts entrepreneurship: remote employees are more likely to launch startups, and launch higher-quality startups, due to more time, flexibility, and reduced career risk.
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Feeling old: the Dutch song Watskeburt was released *20* years ago (May 17, 2005)
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New study shows that blockbuster movie releases are linked to higher stock market returns and lower market volatility in the following week, both in the U.S. and internationally.
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A new study finds that Apple's green bubble design reduces the social appeal of Android phones, making iPhone users less likely to switch and boosting Apple's market power; not by adding value, but by creating stigma for non-users.
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New study finds that Chicago gangs see "hyper surveillance" by police not as a worrisome threat, but as high-status validation
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TIL that when Poland's Karol Józef Wojtyła became Pope John Paul II in 1978, it marked the first time since 1523 that the Pope was not Italian.
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New study shows that using abbreviations in texting makes you seem insincere, and leads to fewer replies
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