answered by Scott Wiecenski, Police Dispatcher (2002-present) When I got married to my now ex-wife, her father, at the reception, stood up and made an announcement that he was giving us a $5000.00 check as a wedding present. I thought this was odd, because her parents were quite poor. He took the check from his […]
ONE DAY IN late February of 2016, Mark Zuckerberg sent a memo to all of Facebook’s employees to address some troubling behavior in the ranks. His message pertained to some walls at the company’s Menlo Park headquarters where staffers are encouraged to scribble notes and signatures. On at least a couple of occasions, someone had […]
Apple and Qualcomm met each other in court this week in what was supposed to be a brutal trial. Turns out that wasn’t the case, as the two companies surprisingly agreed to a settlement yesterday. This means three things. Firstly, the settlement ends all ongoing legal action across the board—from Apple, Apple’s manufacturing partners, and […]
It happened every Friday evening, almost without fail, when the sun resembled a giant orange and was starting to dip into the blue ocean. Old Ed came strolling along the beach to his favorite pier. Clutched in his bony hand was a bucket of shrimp. Ed walks out to the end of the pier, where […]
by CHRIS HOFFMAN Google’s Sensorvault is a location history database that police can query to see phones near the location of a crime. Google is the only company with such a database—and innocent people have been arrested because of it. How Does Sensorvault Work? According to a New York Times investigation, Sensorvault works using Location […]
excerpt from Tom Brown’s Guide to Wild Edible and Medicinal Plants (1986) It was in the summer of my twelfth year when Grandfather said that I must learn to hunt like a man. I had to seek out the truths of the real hunt and understand what the hunt was all about, accepting the awesome […]
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Hoe waar hierdie is kan ek nie sê nie, daar is argumente daarvoor en daarteen, maar dit bly vir my ‘n pragtige storie! ? Poem by Tamara Hillman Why did Jesus fold the linen burial cloth after His resurrection? I never noticed this…. The Gospel of John (20:7) tells…
answered by Julian Frank, Film Lover, Caffeine Addict, Amateur Writer, Awkward Teen. One day in 2008, a Russian man named Dmitry Agarkov was sifting through his junk mail, when he came across an offer for a credit card from Tinkoff Bank. At first glance, the offer didn’t look too bad, offering 13% interest and decent […]
In 2005, Facebook hired graffiti artist David Choe to paint murals in their new office space; Choe accepted Facebook shares instead of a $60,000 cash payment, and when Facebook went public in 2012, his payment for the murals ballooned into a $200 million payoff.
answered by Ken Heilbrunn, former Retired Radiologist (1984-2012) The narcissistic injury — the shame of making a mistake, being wrong, failing — is probably the most powerful emotional event a human can have. It’s all about shame and the narcissist’s acquired deficiency in shame repair. Narcissists are addicted to flattery and allergic to shame. Their […]
