The End of the Big Mac – The Atlantic

The burger’s demise won’t be marked by a declaration in a quarterly report, but by a collective appreciation for the comfort it offered America. Francis Vallance/Flickr/McDonald’s/The Atlantic If you like to lunch on two all-beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions on a sesame seed bun, you’d better act fast: McDonald’s has announced plans…

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Silicon Valley Could Learn a Lot From Skater Culture. Just Not How to Be a Meritocracy | WIRED

Silicon Valley Has Lost Its Way, the WIRED headline began. Sure, I’ll go with that. It continued, Can Skateboarding Legend Rodney Mullen Help It? And there it is: the idea that skate culture could energize a languid tech world. Is skateboarding the EpiPen the Valley needs? No. Please no. Not now. The last time skateboarding was a…

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Why Are People Seeing the Dress in Different Colors? This Person Googled It For You. | Mother Jones

—Ben Dreyfuss on Thu. February 26, 2015 9:17 PM PDT “What color is this dress?” What color is this dress? White and gold, or blue and black? Photo on Tumblr divides Internet: http://t.co/la2B6vGtOt pic.twitter.com/dpb8h1SjQ3 — KTLA (@KTLA) February 27, 2015 It’s the defining question of our generation. I felt very strongly that it was gold…

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Why that dress looks white and gold: It’s overexposed

Why that dress looks white and gold: It’s overexposed Left: The “original” photo. Right: The photo corrected for overexposure. By Jonathan Ellis & Dustin Drankoski2015-02-27 04:03:25 UTC Yes, the Internet went crazy Thursday night over a dress that looked white and gold to some people, and blue and black to others. We’re not here to…

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