Author: firewall5000
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2020 Timeline of Crazy Events
A timeline of the major events that occurred during this year. Including scientific breakthroughs, Black Lives Matter and of course COVID-19.
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This 1895 video was restored in 4K
This 1895 video was restored in 4K and runs at 60 frames per second. It was taken at the La Ciotat train station by the Lumière Brothers. It’s considered one of the first motion pictures ever made. The 1st embed is the original while the 2nd has been restored. As a result the video plays…
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Right to Repair
Right to Repair laws needs to become a reality. It’s becoming harder to repair devices and thus increase longevity. This practice not only fucks over people’s wallets, it’s taking a terrible toll on the environment. I’ll never forget a video posted by a friend where he had to take apart an entire laptop. This was…
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Why This Bernie Bro Doesn’t Think Impeachment is a Great Idea
My sentiment towards Trump is about as hostile as those who constantly call for his impeachment. However, I’ve shy’d away from backing this because I think it’s a tactical error. In fact, I recently had an exchange with someone who acknowledged the shortcomings of an impeachment. However, still insisted it had to be done anyways…
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Why I’m For Twitter’s 280 Character increase
On November 7th, 2017 Twitter announced they were increasing the character limit on tweets from 140 to 280 characters. The internet tends to be resistant to any kind of big changes so not surprisingly a lot of people complained. Personally, I say that it is about time! Twitter has never been the best place in…
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How To Use ‘Press This’ On WordPress #bloggingtips
Nice How-To article down below when it comes to using the ‘Press This’ button (by hughsviewsandnews.com) Source: How To Use ‘Press This’ On WordPress #bloggingtips
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Equifax’s Breach: 5 Things To Do About It
Discussing Equifax’s recent data breach that’s affecting 143 million people. Also some simple things to do in protecting yourself.
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Seeing the 2017 Total Solar Eclipse
I traveled to Beatrice, Nebraska to see a total solar eclipse on August 21st, 2017. It was difficult to film due to mother nature being difficult. Fortunately the clouds cleared a bit and stopped drowning out the moon’s silhouette. Originally, I was going to see this in Pawnee City, Nebraska but they looked even worse…
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Photoshop – Easiest Way to Blend Tutorial
Here’s a method I’ve done in Adobe Photoshop that makes blending colors in images easy and looks real nice as well. You are going to use the smudge tool and create a custom brush preset in several steps down below. Step 1: Select the Smudge tool and at the menu bar click Window>Brush.