What are bitcoins?
Mt.Gox, the largest Bitcoin exchange in the world, has launched this website trying to explain to us mere mortals what the fuck bitcoins are.
What are bitcoins?
Mt.Gox, the largest Bitcoin exchange in the world, has launched this website trying to explain to us mere mortals what the fuck bitcoins are.
Q: Are real spies as talented and lethal as the characters depicted in movies, such as Jason Bourne? - Quora
A:
The NCS direct-action arm is the Special Activities Division, which conducts raids, ambushes, sabotage, assassinations, unconventional warfare and psychological operations (“covert influence”) in denied areas.
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Q: Are real spies as talented and lethal as the characters depicted in movies, such as Jason Bourne? - Quora
A:
The NCS direct-action arm is the Special Activities Division, which conducts raids, ambushes, sabotage, assassinations, unconventional warfare and psychological operations (“covert influence”) in denied areas.
Read more on Quora.
Origins of common UI elements. Click for a bigger image.
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Origins of common UI elements. Click for a bigger image.
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos announced a drone-delivery service for Amazon Prime customers, Amazon Prime Air yesterday on 60 minutes.
That’s what I was thinking about here.
You can learn more about it here.
Don’t expect it before a number of years, though.
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos announced a drone-delivery service for Amazon Prime customers, Amazon Prime Air yesterday on 60 minutes.
That’s what I was thinking about here.
You can learn more about it here.
Don’t expect it before a number of years, though.
“All this technology is making us antisocial”.
Right.
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“All this technology is making us antisocial”.
Right.
Sherlock will return to BBC1 on New Year’s Day when the mystery will finally be resolved how the sleuth survived that plunge to his apparent certain death.
Yes! If you haven’t watched, please do.
Sherlock will return to BBC1 on New Year’s Day when the mystery will finally be resolved how the sleuth survived that plunge to his apparent certain death.
National Geographic Photo Contest 2013, Part II, courtesy of Alan Taylor for In Focus. All are amazing, follow the source link.
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National Geographic Photo Contest 2013, Part II, courtesy of Alan Taylor for In Focus. All are amazing, follow the source link.
Why first-person shooters are so enjoyable
Why first-person shooters are so enjoyable
It’s not simply the first-person perspective, the three-dimensionality, the violence, or the escape. These are features of many video games today. But the first-person shooter combines them in a distinct way: a virtual environment that maximizes a player’s potential to attain a state that the psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi calls “flow”—a condition of absolute presence and happiness.
Indeed:
“Flow,” writes Csikszentmihalyi, “is the kind of feeling after which one nostalgically says: ‘that was fun,’ or ‘that was enjoyable.’ ” Put another way, it’s when the rest of the world simply falls away. According to Csikszentmihalyi, flow is mostly likely to occur during play, whether it’s a gambling bout, a chess match, or a hike in the mountains. Attaining it requires a good match between someone’s skills and the challenges that she faces, an environment where personal identity becomes subsumed in the game and the player attains a strong feeling of control. Flow eventually becomes self-reinforcing: the feeling itself inspires you to keep returning to the activity that caused it.
All these years I’ve waited for someone to scientifically explain why Halo was such an awesome game, and they did it.
Why first-person shooters are so enjoyable
It’s not simply the first-person perspective, the three-dimensionality, the violence, or the escape. These are features of many video games today. But the first-person shooter combines them in a distinct way: a virtual environment that maximizes a player’s potential to attain a state that the psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi calls “flow”—a condition of absolute presence and happiness.
Indeed:
“Flow,” writes Csikszentmihalyi, “is the kind of feeling after which one nostalgically says: ‘that was fun,’ or ‘that was enjoyable.’ ” Put another way, it’s when the rest of the world simply falls away. According to Csikszentmihalyi, flow is mostly likely to occur during play, whether it’s a gambling bout, a chess match, or a hike in the mountains. Attaining it requires a good match between someone’s skills and the challenges that she faces, an environment where personal identity becomes subsumed in the game and the player attains a strong feeling of control. Flow eventually becomes self-reinforcing: the feeling itself inspires you to keep returning to the activity that caused it.
All these years I’ve waited for someone to scientifically explain why Halo was such an awesome game, and they did it.
Fidel Castro shares at least one belief with the majority of Americans: He is convinced that the assassination of President John F. Kennedy was not the work of a lone gunman, but was the culmination of a broad conspiracy.
Jeffrey Goldberg form The Atlantic went to Cuba and paid a visit to Fidel. Interesting conversation.
Fidel Castro shares at least one belief with the majority of Americans: He is convinced that the assassination of President John F. Kennedy was not the work of a lone gunman, but was the culmination of a broad conspiracy.
The Story of the Bass.
The Story of the Bass.