Based on analysis of personal attacks and other machine-learned elements of language, a research company figured out which subreddits are the most toxic, then charted that toxicity against supportiveness.

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I have always been told you can't fix anything with those automotive solutions-in-a-can. Perhaps unsurprisingly, I poured some fuel injector cleaner in my carbureted motorcycle and things got a lot better.

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This insane timelapse video shows the two minutes of darkness caused by the total solar eclipse in T'orshavn, Faroe Islands on March 20, 2015. (more…)

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Professor Brian Cox, Dara O'Briain and Liz Bonnin covering the 2015 solar eclipse, over the Faroe Islands. (more…)

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Ronald Wimberly is a comics and animation artist, the author of Vertigo's Prince of Cats, and a character designer for Black Dynamite: The Animated Series. Wembly has illustrated a work experience he had while coloring an X-Men comic. His story, Lighten Up, appears on the excellent blog The Nib, a site devoted to "political cartoons, comics journalism, humor and non-fiction." Read the rest

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Brian Barrett quotes creator Sonny Tulyaganov: “[Streak] allowed users track emails, see when, where and what device were used to view email…very disturbing, so decided to see who is actually tracking emails in my inbox.” (more…)

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Times are a'changin' at the FAA: "The Federal Aviation Administration on Thursday gave Amazon permission to conduct test flights of its drones outdoors, as long as the company obeys a host of rules like flying below 400 feet and only during daylight hours."

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I agree that mandatory voting is a powerful check against moneyed interests hijacking the government, but Australia, which has both mandatory voting and preferential ranked ballots, has still managed to elect some fucking awful politicians. Read the rest

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If you're on Genius reading Book V of The Iliad, the recommendation system has some suggestions for you. Read the rest

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Take the "Realism Challenge" by creating hyperrealistic versions of common objects that look just like the real thing. Read the rest

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Twiddle a few knobs and in about five minutes you're making thick, lovely bleepy sounds. Great for a) creating indie-game background music b) procrastinating. (Thanks to Mefi for finding this!)

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Paul Dini is having a garage sale, and you're invited. No, it's not for charity, and these are not big ticket items, it's just, in his words, "Original art, collectibles, One-of-a-kind pieces, animation memorabilia, costumes, and generic crap I don't want to pay storage fees on anymore." It's his collection of mostly unopened toys and action figures; but to geeks, these are Paul Dini's toys!

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631 lovingly scanned pages for your perusal; may I draw your attention to the electronic toys, including Little Professor at $15, Speak and Spell digital at $62, Coleco Frogger at $60, Merlin at $31.50, Simon at $32, Pocket Dungeons and Dragons at $20 and Electronic Battleship at $40 (multiply by 2.42 to adjust for inflation). Read the rest

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He has severely limited vision, and is almost blind. He uses various assistive devices so that he can create these GIFs. Read the rest

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The IP Box costs less than £200 and can guess all possible four-digit passwords in 111 hours. Read the rest

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The Icelandic Pirate Party is out-polling all the country's other parties, with 24% of the population backing them. Read the rest

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Oops. A quadcopter meets its untimely demise. (more…)

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Stian Korntved Ruud has been carving a new wooden spoon once a day. Some of them are wild. Read the rest

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