We Come From The Year 2049

They've come from the future for two reasons: 1) To save us from ourselves; and 2) to make YouTube confessionals.

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SECOND LIFE WHAT A TIME TO BE ALIVE, APPARENTLY The Rise In Self-Proclaimed Time Travelers melmagazine.com They've come from the future for two reasons: 1) To save us from ourselves; and 2) to make YouTube confessionals. VESPENE GAS IN THE TANK The Staying Power Of 'StarCraft' theringer.com Twenty years after Blizzard's baby redefined a genre and spawned the esports movement, it remains a timeless proof of concept for what online competition can be. PLAY IT AGAIN, FUNCO The Company Behind Used Video Games tedium.co The story of FuncoLand, the retailer that made the used video game market a thing — and how GameStop, which bought Funco, sort of bastardized that mission. MORTGAGES WE DIGG ǀ SPONSORED Here's The Real Way To Calculate How Much House You Can Afford better.com Better Mortgage Corporation has the only end to end mortgage application to closing process that is 100% online. That means you can get pre-approved in less than three minutes and see a real estimate of how much house you can afford. If only getting on 'House Hunters' was this easy. THE WEEK IN PICTURES FALLING FROM ORBIT The Week's Coolest Space Images digg.com Every day satellites are zooming through space, snapping incredible pictures of Earth, the solar system and outer space. Here are the highlights from this week. PICTURE THIS The Best Photography Of The Week digg.com The strange beauty of sandstorms, Ireland's disappearing storefronts, and a village where only women and children live in. KNOCK IT OFF KENTUCKY LIED CHICKEN How Bootleg Fast Food Conquered Iran atlasobscura.com If there was one thing the government couldn't suppress, it was taste. That's why Iran is now home to dozens of knockoff franchises, from Mash Donald's to Sheak Shack, that have taken advantage of hostility toward American fast food to serve dangerously delicious burgers, fries, and burritos. IF ONLY EVERY LUNCH THIEF GOT CAUGHT The Office Lunch Theft Tweet Thread That The Internet Can't Look Away From digg.com We talked to Zak Toscani, the man behind the perfect Friday mystery, and got the HR email. 'THE BITCOIN TOOK THE LONGEST' Rise Of The DIY Death Machines motherboard.vice.com In 1996, Philip Nitschke used a computer to facilitate the first legal euthanasia in history. Today, he is teaching elderly people how to buy Bitcoin, use encrypted messaging, and navigate the dark web to end their lives on their own terms. SWEET AND SOUR Trouble In Candy Land washingtonpost.com How Peeps, pensions and a lawsuit threaten to upend the American retirement system. VIDEO OF THE DAY HOLY HELL A Montage Of The Most Gnarly, Hair-Raising Content On YouTube digg.com And you can watch this one worry-free because "absolutely no one was killed in any of these clips." FROM THE DIGG STORE These Are The First THX® Certified Headphones store.digg.com These elite headphones have been expertly tuned by Grammy-winning sound engineer Luca Bignardi for a fully balanced and ultra-realistic soundstage. No need to time travel right now: It's Saturday morning. View the Edition at Digg.com »

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Between A Nuke And A Hard Place

​Welcome to What We Learned This Week, a digest of the most curiously important facts from the past few days. This week: Mars One is a scam, "Deep Space Nine" has a good baseball episode and the four-hour work week is a lie.

Digg Editions Morning · Fri, Mar 30

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I WANT TO GO TO THERE WHAT WE LEARNED THIS WEEK Mars One Might Be A Scam, 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: Mars One is a scam, "Deep Space Nine" has a good baseball episode and the four-hour work week is a lie. HONKY TONK WOMEN How Nashville Became One Big Bachelorette Party buzzfeed.com Over the last decade, Nashville has become one of the nation's leading non-Vegas bachelorette party destinations. The bachelorettes are a vivid symbol of the city's rapid gentrification — and the pitfalls of a new, "experience"-driven brand of tourism. TABLE FOR WHO We Suck At Reservations grubstreet.com Inside the high-tech, high-stakes race to help restaurants manage us, the unruly and unreliable customers. STYLE WE DIGG ǀ SPONSORED Sometimes You Just Need A Damn Good Looking Pair Of Shoes acemarks.com Ace Marks is the #1 shoe campaign in Kickstarter history because their direct-to-consumer model allows their luxury Italian leather shoes, which would run you $600+ in the department store, cost less than $200. IN A BAD SPOT (IT WOULD BE REALLY BAD) This Nuclear Explosion Simulator Shows Just How Screwed We'd Be If Russia Dropped Another Tsar Bomba digg.com There's a new nuclear simulator on the internet, and it's here to emphasize just how awful a 50,000KT blast would be. BURNING QUESTIONS The FBI Agent Who Can't Stop Thinking About Waco texasmonthly.com A quarter century after 82 Branch Davidians and 4 federal officers died outside Waco, retired FBI agent Byron Sage still can't stop thinking — and arguing — about what happened. TESLA FOILED Things Are Not Looking Good For Tesla Right Now jalopnik.com As its stock nosedives and its credit gets downgraded, Tesla might finally be forced to ask itself: What if this, in fact, is entirely unsustainable? SHE IS EVERYONE'S MOM RN The Facebook/Cambridge Analytica Scandal, According To My Mom huffingtonpost.com Zuckerberg doesn't seem so nice after all, she says. "Not that I'd be upset if you married him." VIDEO OF THE DAY CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE CHEETAH KIND African Safari Gets Awkward Super Fast When A Cheetah Suddenly Jumps Into The Car digg.com When the people on this safari signed up for getting closer to nature, they definitely didn't sign up for this. IN THE NEWS EPA Prepares To Roll Back Rules Requiring Cars To Be Cleaner And More Efficient California Judge Rules That Coffee Requires Cancer Warning Adnan Syed Wins Appeal For New Trial In Murder Case Made Famous By 'Serial' The Story Behind Sex-Slavery And Branding Cult Nxivm Keeps Getting Weirder Dept. Of Veterans Affairs Has Paid $8.7 Million In Sexual Harassment Settlements Since 1998 DIGG PICKS The One Umbrella That Will Convince You To Stop Buying Shitty Umbrellas Huckberry.com Unlike the $5 emergency umbrellas you're constantly buying and breaking, Blunt umbrellas won't blow out, give up or fly away. The Blunt Metro is designed to endure serious rain and wind while remaining small and portable. Just in time for April Showers Season. You may not get to go to Mars, but tomorrow is the weekend. View the Edition at Digg.com »

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