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8 tips to eliminate distractions in your workplace

Aug06
by on August 6, 2019 at 5:03 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Podium


Technology promised to automate the tasks humans weren’t absolutely needed for, giving us time back and making us more productive in one fell swoop. But it did something else, too: It added distractions we’d never known. Technological distraction eats up a lot of the time and mental space technology itself had given us. From social media to Reddit to online gaming, we find ourselves devoting hours to the addictive outlets tech has provided us. The worst part is that these distractions can lure us in at the exact place where it will hamper our productivity: work. Work is full of…

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Here’s what we need to build our first moon base

Aug06
by on August 6, 2019 at 3:57 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Space, syndication, world


Half a century after humans first walked on the moon, a number of private companies and nations are planning to build permanent bases on the lunar surface. Despite the technological progress since the Apollo era, this will be extremely challenging. So how should you get started? The conditions at the lunar surface are extreme. The moon has a 28-day rotation period, resulting in two weeks of continuous sunlight followed by two weeks of darkness at most latitudes. As the moon lacks any significant atmosphere to distribute heat from the sun, temperatures during the day can rise to 130°C. Meanwhile, the…

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Everything you ever wanted to know about the Apple Card

Aug06
by on August 6, 2019 at 1:52 pm
Posted In: Around the Web


Apple is rolling out its much sought-after credit card to select users today. The company said the card, issued in partnership with Goldman Sachs, will be made available to all iPhone users in the US later this month. Users will have to apply for the Apple Card through the wallet app on their iPhone. They’ll need to fill in information such as their name, birthdate, income level, and last four digits of their Social Security number. Apple says this information will go to Goldman Sachs’ servers and approval will take under a minute. Once approval is granted, users can Apply…

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Meet the YouTube Mortician teaching people not to fear death

Aug06
by on August 6, 2019 at 1:52 pm
Posted In: Around the Web


Growing up, I watched Disney movies on repeat where a mermaid gave up her voice for a man and was taught I should be a damsel in distress until my Prince Charming rescued me. But I was sheltered from movies like Bambi and Lion King where, for once, the evil character didn’t die, the loved parent did. After hours of therapy (alone at night thinking about death and staring into the pit of darkness that is my soul), I self-diagnosed my borderline unhealthy obsession with death to have occurred because I was never exposed to death. Death is something we…

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The ‘feral hog’ meme encapsulates the best side of the internet

Aug06
by on August 6, 2019 at 1:43 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Social Media


If you’ve opened Twitter today, you’ll likely have been inundated with a single theme: feral hogs. Yep, when I stirred, and flipped open my phone this morning, my feed was filled with memes about garden-roaming, kid-attacking wild swine. I was utterly confuddled. After a bit of digging, I found the tweet that started it all: Legit question for rural Americans – How do I kill the 30-50 feral hogs that run into my yard within 3-5 mins while my small kids play? — William McNabb (@WillieMcNabb) August 4, 2019 Now, anyone who spends any sort of time online knows memes…

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