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19 Apologies from Bullies that will Restore Your Faith in Humanity

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At some point in our lives, we’ve all been bullied, and we’ve all been bullies. But as a wise Beatle once wrote, “Life is very short, and there’s no time for fussing and fighting, my friend.” So, if you have the chance to apologize to someone you’ve hurt, take it. And if someone asks for your forgiveness, give it to them. In either case, if your efforts are sincere, you’ll never regret it. Take it from these 19 bullies, who decided to apologize to the people that they had been cruel to in the past. Advertisement I’ll go first. Be the hero of the story. Glee GIF from Glee GIFs I used to bully this kid named Michael all through elementary school up until 8th grade. I was his hero because I had so many friends and girls liked me. From then on, I would jump on anyone’s ass that … Continue reading →

Reality Check: What could Brexit mean for the Premier League?

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Miles Jacobson, director of Sports Interactive, the company behind the Football Manager video games, was on BBC Radio 4 on Friday talking about the potential impact of Brexit on the Premier League. At the moment, players from the European Union are allowed to play professional football in England as part of freedom-of-movement rules, while those from outside the EU need work permits. Mr Jacobson said that if the rules for players from the EU were the same as the current ones for non-EU players, 152 players – about 25% of the total – would “definitely not get work permits”. Image copyright Reuters But if a player does not automatically qualify, their prospective club can apply to the Exceptions Panel, arguing that the player’s experience and value mean that they should be granted a GBE, despite their lack of (qualifying) international football. The panel operates on a points-based system, awarding points … Continue reading →

Congress Has a $95 Million Proposal to Study Techs Effect on Kids

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Like a lot of people, you probably spend a fair bit of time worrying about how much time you spend on your phone. Who doesn't these days? But what really concerns you is the youth. What is all that swiping and snapping and gramming doing to their still-developing brains? Surely somebody's studied this—the effect of all this screen time. So what have they found? Well, to be honest: nothing conclusive. At least not yet. On Thursday, Colorado senator Michael Bennet introduced legislation that would give the National Institutes of Health $95 million1 to investigate technology's impact on infants, children, and adolescents. Called the Children and Media Research Advancement Act, or CAMRA for short, the bill would see that money distributed over the next five years, to researchers studying how things like mobile devices, social media, and virtual reality affect the way kids think, grow, and socialize. The bill, which is … Continue reading →

Theres absolutely nothing wrong with ‘Fortnite’ tutors or the people who hire them

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Picture: epic games Probably it’s time we stopped using the pearl-clutching over video games. Fortnite was big news upon Tuesday, when the Wsj published a feature looking at parents who employ tutors to help their kids (and themselves) get good.   The article itself is really a fine example of non-biased journalism: There is agenda, and the story works to notify and help people understand this growingly regular practice without casting any decision. But the response has been something else. In 2018, folks are still freaked out simply by video games. The revelation that mother and father hire video game tutors has motivated a mixture of negative reactions from particular excitable corners of the internet: Surprise, incredulity, disgust, derision, even overall horror. What have y’all already been doing for the past 40 years while this has been turning into one of the most popular pastimes on earth? SEE ALSO: Bill … Continue reading →

Branded Worlds: how technology recentralized entertainment

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I love The show biz industry box-office numbers because they provide a tough statistical view of cultural currents. Did you know, for instance, that there had never ever been a weekend when almost eight of the top 10 movies in America had been sequels — until this month ? Or even that, while almost 400 films were released in the first 1 / 2 of 2018, nearly 40% of their overall accumulated revenue came from just four releases, all of which were superhero sequels? This is simply not what was supposed to happen. Ten years back people thought that visual storytelling will be democratized; that new cameras, brand new editing suites, cheap streaming, plus BitTorrent would combine to provide high-cost obsolete-infrastructure Hollywood irrelevant. An international cohort of genius independent filmmakers would use this new generation associated with accessible tools to slowly usurp Hollywood studios and producers since the drivers of … Continue reading →

The teenager left to waste away

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When she realised the baby has been unresponsive, she wrapped his continues to be in plastic bags and concealed them in a rucksack in a wardrobe, exactly where they were not found until right after Jordan’s death in June 2016. Dr Cleo Van Velsen, a consultant doctor who assessed Dawn, told the particular trial the house was “sealed off” and the family had made the “psychic retreat into a cave” to shield themselves emotionally. “You pay a price for that, because of not connecting with the world; they strengthened each other’s behaviour rather than questioned each other. ” Image copyright laws West Yorkshire Police handout Image caption The particular living room of the house where Jordan had been found by medics was messy with Dawn’s shoeboxes and Abigail’s possessions Neighbours described the family as “strange and reclusive”. “I saw [Jordan] really occasionally, I never saw your pet out on his … Continue reading →

‘I was shocked it was so easy’: meet the professor who says facial recognition can tell if you’re gay

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Psychologist Michal Kosinski says artificial intelligence can detect your sexuality and politics just by looking at your face. What if hes right? Vladimir Putin was not in attendance, but his loyal lieutenants were. On 14 July last year, the Russian prime minister, Michal Kosinski, who had been flown from the city centre by helicopter to share his research. There was Lavrov, in the first row, he recalls several months later, referring to Russias foreign minister. You know, a guy who starts wars and takes over countries. Kosinski, a 36-year-old assistant controversial paper in which he showed how face-analysing algorithms could distinguish between photographs of gay and straight people. As well as sexuality, he believes this technology could be used to detect emotions, IQ and even a predisposition to commit certain crimes. Kosinski has also used algorithms to distinguish between the faces of Republicans and Democrats, in an unpublished experiment he … Continue reading →