Rent. Or Do Not Rent. There Is No Buy

The Rent Vs. Buy Debate Is Silly And Other Facts, Why MakerBot — And The Maker Revolution — Failed To Deliver, This Isn't A Smart Remote, It's The Smartest Remote, Does The 'Like' Mean Anything Anymore?, How Kerry Washington Became A Publicity Magician, A Tour Of The International Banana Museum The Daily Digg Friday, May 6, 2016 WHAT WE LEARNED THIS WEEK The Rent Vs. Buy Debate Is Silly And Other Facts digg.com ​Welcome to What We Learned This Week, a digest of the most curiously important facts from the past few days. This week: the meaninglessness of the rent versus buy debate, the 11 lines of code that broke the internet and something called a "whoosh bottle". THEY MET THEIR MAKER Why MakerBot — And The Maker Revolution — Failed To Deliver theawl.com Nine months ago, MakerBot's future seemed tentatively optimistic. Now, the company is closing it's large Brooklyn factory. What happened to MakerBot? TECH WE DIGG SPONSORED This Isn't A Smart Remote, It's The Smartest Remote ray.co The Ray Super Remote replaces your jumble of old remotes with one beautifully designed, intelligent package, and its simple touchscreen lets you easily switch between any of your entertainment devices. It's the future of TV, folks. AGREE? SMASH THAT LIKE BUTTON Does The 'Like' Mean Anything Anymore? nymag.com The like doesn't mean what it used to — not just to people looking for easy validation, but to brands and companies looking for popular, high-engagement accounts. 'SCANDAL,' SANS SCANDAL How Kerry Washington Became A Publicity Magician buzzfeed.com The easiest way to maintain your fame while revealing nothing of your private life? Hide in plain sight. THIS SHIT IS BANANAS A Tour Of The International Banana Museum luckypeach.com In 2010, Coachella Valley local Fred Garbutt bought enough cans of yellow paint to transform the drab exterior of a dive bar into an unmissable canary-colored funhouse, where he now houses seventeen thousand banana photographs and tchotchkes he found for sale on eBay. Get more stories on Digg.com A DUCK ON SWAN LAKE A duck paddles past three dancers from The Australian Ballet dressed in white swan tutus as they pose for photos on floating barge in Penrith Lake in Sydney, Australia, Friday, May 6, 2016. The Australian Ballet announced today it would hold performances on an open air stage on Lake Penrith in November 2016.​ Credit: AP Photo/Rob Griffith Digg iOS app   •   Digg Android app Twitter   •   Facebook   •   Tumblr   •   YouTube Advertise on Digg digg.com   •   Unsubscribe © 2016 Digg Inc. 50 Eldridge St, NY, NY 10002