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15 damn near impossible to beat video games Challenge is what makes video games fun, but everybody has a different barometer for what's hard and what's complete bullshit. Let's explore the BS part of the spectrum.
We’ve all had those moments where we rage quit a game that seems nearly impossible to beat and go back to casual games. Sometimes you just need more practice, and other times you might need to level up. But there are some games that are undeniably difficult no matter how you slice it, and the internet is full of angry anecdotal evidence for it. Challenging gameplay is precisely what makes video games fun, but everybody has a different barometer for what’s acceptably hard and what’s complete and utter bullshit. Whether you’re a hardcore gamer up for the challenge, and here’s a list of hard games for you if you are, or…
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The new rules: writing effective essays in the modern college A pragmatic approach that takes into account both student and institutional weaknesses.
Making the transition from high school to college is tough on most students. Modern high schools only provide you with the most rudimentary knowledge, and the sudden jump in difficulty is accompanied by a shipwrecking on a strange learning island with entirely new life circumstances and unexplored freedoms and challenges. But for now, we’ll only deal with how to write effective essays that will get you ahead of the curve. This requires a pragmatic approach and going beyond all the already ample material on writing tips and citation styles. We take into account the dreaded P-word: politics. So let’s get to our strategies on how to write stellar college essays…
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These ancient technologies were way ahead of their time Incredible artifact discoveries reveal many ancient cultures were capable of far more than previously thought.
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10 serial killers caught for the stupidest reasons If you're thinking of asking the task force trying to catch you if it's safe to send them the floppy disk you used to keep personal files on, read this first.
Serial killers are hunted by the finest detectives and law enforcement agencies in the world, and it’s only a matter of time until a tiny error or oversight leads to the capture. But those errors – seen in hindsight or not – are sometimes pretty damn stupid. Dennis “the BTK killer” Rader Between the years of 1974 and 1991, Dennis Rader murdered 10 people in Sedgwick County, Kansas. He was known as the BTK killer for his murder M.O.: bind, torture, kill. And he was caught due to one of the dumbest mistakes in crime history. Like some other entries on this list, Rader thought he was smarter than everyone…
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The incredible technologies and inventions now lost to history Some may be nothing more than legends, while others are well documented or even surviving as unexplained curios to this day.
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Cops share their creepiest paranormal encounters Cops have to deal with a lot of weird shit, and the paranormal—or what seems to be—is sometimes part of it.
Remember the viral video of a police chase ending up with the car disappearing into thin air? Watch this video on YouTube Cops have to deal with a lot of weird shit, and the paranormal – or what seems to be – is sometimes part of it. Here are the freakiest creepy stories and paranormal encounters put to print by former and current cops. The indian procession My dad used to work as a CO (corrections officer) at a rural prison. He drove perimeter, which just means he made circles around the jail in a truck, checking empty buildings for runaway inmates and just generally being bored for eight hours…
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Cruel and unusual: history’s most disturbing medical treatments Let's be grateful for how far healthcare has come.
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Choosing the right educational tech for your classroom It's ultimately about the student.
Technological innovations make life more efficient, but having a clear strategy on how to implement them is especially important in the field of education. There are hundreds of programs, gadgets, widgets, zippers, and zappers to choose from, most of them custom-built for education and promising you the world – and they’re marketed by marketing pros rather than educational pros. So how to choose? In this article, we explore how to navigate the world of education technology to optimize learning and student participation at a reasonable budget. When to use technology in the classroom In technology, as is the case with any of our tools, being able to use it does…
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How our caveman instincts explain why we play video games Video games are fun - that’s a given. But here's what makes them fun.
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10 heartbreaking stories about dementia that make you appreciate our old people Fairy tales, confusion, and living hell.
Joe Biden is prominent in the news lately, and for good reason. The 78-year-old politician has made history as being the first US presidential candidate from the dementia community. But what do people really know about dementia? What could we expect from our first person of dementia at the desk in the Oval Office? You could of course look up the wikipedia article and find out it’s “a broad category of brain diseases that cause a long-term and often gradual decrease in the ability to think and remember that is severe enough to affect daily functioning.” You may already have the correct notion that Alzheimer’s disease is one of the…
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Left and right hate trolls and MLM marketers, disagree on everything else WIHT survey: There is also disagreement about what is worth feuding over online, and a surprising amount of people fight over flat earth.
It seems like there isn’t anything that the political left and right can agree on any more. But according to a survey done by WhoIsHostingThis, there is one thing they do agree on: trolls are the most annoying people on the internet. When asked to pick the five most annoying people online, a majority – roughly 53% – picked trolls. And with that, we can all march into the sunset singing Kumbaya. Or we could if it weren’t for the other 47% of the people who probably are the internet trolls – based on our non-scientific estimate that there just seem to be a lot of trolls on the internet.…
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The mystery of Larry Wachowski Could the co-creator of The Matrix real life truly be stranger than fiction?
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r/InstagramReality is the best subreddit for all the wrong reasons Looking like an IG model isn't easy, and many choose to cheat. And they really, really suck at it.
It’s not easy to look like a model in photos. There’s always something off about your face—your nose is too big, there’s blemishes on parts of your forehead you didn’t know existed. Are you frowning or do you just have a resting bitch face? That’s not a good look. Maybe you’re just not a model, like the 99% of the rest of humanity. But with the popularity of Instagram at an all time high, there’s a lot of pressure to look like the person you imagine yourself to be—or perhaps even someone you wish you looked like, but don’t. To that end, many narcissistic, self-obsessed people have taken to modifying…
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10 lesser-known cryptid monsters that turned out to be hoaxes A lot of these are silly as heck, too. Don't get caught believin'.
How I survived a year of SHTF in 90s Bosnia No electricity, no food, no running water, no law. In a now legendary forum thread, a user named Selco tells preppers about his experiences and what he and his family did to stay alive.
The 15 red flags that reveal you’re about to get fired It's better to have quit than having been fired. Look out for these signs that definitely mean your company wants you gone.
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10 biggest internet security fails of all time From Kurt Eichenwald's eternal association with tentacle porn to simply asking celebs for their PWs so you can download their nudes, and everything in between.
Technology has brought many positive changes to our world, but it also means millions of people at a time have their sensitive and personal data leaked – a story by now so common that we’ve all been desensitized to it. In fact, if you go to https://haveibeenpwned.com/ and type in an email address you’ve used for many years, chances are it’ll show you your account has been part of a leak somewhere. It’s practically inevitable and basic internet security now means you should never tie any data point – on any service – to a public email address unless you want the entire world to eventually know it. PS. If…
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46 things I learned from being gulaged Varlam Shalamov spent much of the period from 1937 to 1951 gulaged in the arctic cold of Kolyma. These are the 46 things he learned from the experience.
Varlam Tikhonovich Shalamov (June 18, 1907 – January 17, 1982) was a Russian writer, journalist, poet and Gulag survivor. He spent 15 years enslaved in Soviet gulags — six of them in the gold mines in the bitter arctic cold of Kolyma — due in part to having supported Leon Trotsky and praised the anti-Soviet writer Ivan Bunin. One of Shalamov’s surviving writings is a 1961 list of 46 things he learned from his gulag experience. You will benefit the most from it by already knowing the basics about these slave camps which worked many inmates to death (and in some cases even forced the slaves to eat each other),…
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