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The Rogue Tesla Mechanic Resurrecting Salvaged Cars

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Tips For A Creative Life

David Hieatt, co-founder of The Do Lectures, spoke at their daughter’s Teen Do Conference in 2017. Love his message to this room of teenagers: Stop Caring What Other People Think.

Vitalik Buterin on Cryptoeconomics and Markets in Everything

At the intersection of programming, economics, cryptography, distributed systems, information theory, and math, you will find Vitalik Buterin, who has managed to synthesize insights across those fields into successful, real-world applications like Ethereum, which aims to decentralize the Internet. Tyler sat down with Vitalik to discuss the many things he's thinking about and working on, including the nascent field of cryptoeconomics, the best analogy for understanding the blockchain, his desire for more social science fiction, why belief in progress is our most useful delusion, best places to visit in time and space, how he picks up languages, why centralization's not all bad, the best ways to value crypto assets, whether P = NP, and much more.

Review: Philips Outdoor Hue Color Spotlights

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Philips Hue Lily finally takes HomeKit and Alexa outdoors. Now you can control these multi-color LED spotlights from the Home app and through Siri or Alexa. Schedule automations to trigger based on time of day, people, motion sensors, and more.

Beyond the Equipment - Lens Choice in the Digital Era

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CINEMATOGRAPHER WILLIAM WAGES cites Ability to Change Focal Lengths without Switching Lenses, Optical Quality and Size Discussed as Top Advantages for Filmmakers Photo courtesy of Fuji Film North America Corporation For  William W ages, ASC ,  filmmaking  is first and foremost about storytelling .  His role, as a premier cinematographer, is to capture the best  performances  with  the least intrusion.  “It’s less about the technology, and more about the story,” he  relates  in the latest video  by  Fujifilm , “ Conversation with William Wages, ASC .” Cinematographer William Wages, ASC Talks Lens Choices from FUJINON Lenses on Vimeo . The winner of three ASC Awards, including  ASC Career in Television honors in 2012 , and two Emmy  nominations , Wages  is   known for   his  sumptuous  landscape and intimate   photography   in features such as Maya Angelou’s “Do...

The perfect storm: building a crypto-utopia in Puerto Rico

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Aphex Twin - T69 Collapse

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