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If The Moon Were Only 1 Pixel
A tediously accurate scale model of the solar system
I can’t even begin to grasp how big things in space are, but this does a pretty good job explaining.
Tokyo's Cityscape Recreated With Stickers
By artist Yukino Ohmura.
My Last Days: Meet Zach Sobiech
Story by Upworthy.
Zach Sobiech was diagnosed with terminal cancer at age 14. He used the small amount of time he had left to produce music, which has reached and touched millions.
I want to be remembered as the kid who went down fighting and didn’t really lose.
Zach passed away on May 20, 2013. Buying his album on iTunes will support a cancer research fund set up on his behalf, or you can donate directly.
Geoguessr
See a Google Street View at a random point in the world, guess where it is on a map.Guillaume Lorentz dances to Macklemore's 'Can't Hold Us'
I absolutely love the energy'Gitmo is Killing Me'
A chilling story told by a prisoner at Guantanamo Bay. I hope that someday we’ll look back and wonder how anything like this could have been possible.
I’ve been detained at Guantánamo for 11 years and three months. I have never been charged with any crime. I have never received a trial.
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The situation is desperate now. All of the detainees here are suffering deeply. At least 40 people here are on a hunger strike. People are fainting with exhaustion every day. I have vomited blood.
And there is no end in sight to our imprisonment. Denying ourselves food and risking death every day is the choice we have made.
I just hope that because of the pain we are suffering, the eyes of the world will once again look to Guantánamo before it is too late.Computer program that learns to play classic NES games
The program is given a set of inputs from a human playing the game, and analyzes the RAM to define success in the game. It then plays the game with no knowledge of the rules, and works incredibly well.North Korea missle launch delayed by Windows 8
#OnionOrActualHeadline
The announcement from the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) did not indicate a new scheduled time for a missile test, saying only that it was “working with Windows 8 support to resolve the issue.”
A source close to the North Korean regime reported that Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un is furious about the Windows 8 problems and is considering a number of options, including declaring war on Microsoft.
Daft Punk Skrillex Remix - Conte
I’ve always been a fan of Jack’s solo work and his work as part of Pomplamoose. His new electronic sound is excellent as well.Skycons - Free HTML5 weather icons
Skycons is a set of ten animated weather glyphs, procedurally generated by JavaScript using the HTML5 canvas tag.
