Here's What LA's Mass Transit System Could Look Like In 40 Years
The Los Angeles public transportation system is easily derided as useless and underused, an afterthought in a city dominated by cars. But the county's long range transportation plan includes ways to...
View ArticleComposite Photos Show How Much London Has Transformed Over Two Centuries
A Reddit user called shystone combined Google Street Views of London with famous 18th and 19th century paintings to create highly unique then-and-now images (via My Modern Met and/r/London).Shystone...
View ArticleA Reddit AMA Featuring A Top Microsoft Exec Was Mysteriously Shut Down (MSFT)
The folks at Microsoft love doing Reddit "ask me anything" sessions. Bill Gates just did one earlier this month, and a top Windows exec, Brad Anderson, was scheduled to do one on Thursday.The company...
View ArticleThe Statements From People Who Lost Their Money On Mt. Gox Are Seriously Sad
Last week, Mt. Gox CEO Mark Karpeles admitted that the exchange's 850,000 bitcoins — worth nearly half a billion dollars — were gone.The firm, Karpeles said in a press conference in Tokyo, is filing...
View ArticleAziz Ansari Asked Reddit Users Personal Questions About Dating In The Digital...
Aziz Ansari created a subreddit called Modern Romantics on Tuesday, as research for his debut book about dating in the digital age.The responses are equal parts heart-warming and cringe-worthy."You...
View Article19 Things America Does Better Than The Rest Of The World
America may be far from perfect, but life here is pretty sweet.A recent /r/AskReddit thread posed the question: What does America do best?The outpouring of responses covered everything from food to...
View ArticleBusiness Advice, Sex Tips, And More From Martha Stewart's Reddit AMA
Martha Stewart participated in a Reddit "Ask Me Anything" on Thursday and answered questions on business, tech, sex, and her time behind bars.We've collected some of the highlights from the Q&A.She...
View ArticleString Theory Genius Explains The Coming Breakthroughs That Will Change Life...
String field theory co-founder Michio Kaku did not even try to explain his controversial yet undeniably brilliant cosmological theory of everything during his interview on Reddit, beyond this...
View ArticlePictures Of An Unlivable College Dorm That Houses Over 1,200 Students
A photo album posted to Reddit shows the disgusting and arguably unlivable conditions in a massive student dormitory in Macedonia.Posted by Reddit user nocturnalmk with the title "Yes, this is a...
View Article25 Books That Will Blow Your Mind
Sometimes a book is so good, it not only sticks with you long after you put it down, but it alters the way you view the world going forward.On a recent Reddit thread, readers commented on this very...
View ArticleDr. Sanjay Gupta: 'I'm Doubling Down On The Legalization Of Medical Marijuana'
Dr. Sanjay Gupta — CNN's chief medical correspondent — revealed on a Reddit "Ask Me Anything" this week that he's "doubling down on the legalization of medical marijuana."In the AMA, Gupta tried to...
View ArticleThis Is The Future Of Imgur, The Massive Photo-Sharing Startup Yahoo Wants To...
Imgur, the site that hosts a bunch of images and GIFs found on Reddit, has a new hire. Tim Hwang, founder of Internet meme convention ROFLCon, is joining Imgur as its Head of Special Initiatives.Imgur...
View ArticleA Guy Who Owns A Bitcoin-Only Electronics Store Is Revealing Everything On...
Reddit user "Leeburg"has written a post on his nine months and counting of experience in running a Bitcoin-only storefront online. The site is called CoinsForTech, and it deals in smartphones,...
View ArticleHalf-Ukrainian, Half-Russian Protester Addresses Crimea Misconceptions In...
Reddit user 2positive has a unique perspective on the situation in Crimea: he grew up in a half-Ukrainian, half-Russian family and now has a Crimean girlfriend.In a candid Reddit AMA, he says he...
View ArticleA Visual Guide To Matching Suits And Dress Shoes
It's the eternal conundrum: What color dress shoes go with a navy or brown suit?Style aficionado and redditor stRafaello put together this handy graphic showing which types of shoes match with which...
View ArticleHow To Instantly Browse The Most Popular Images From All Of Reddit
A site called Oublio sends queries to Reddit once an hour in order to identify the most popular image being shared on the site at that time.Once identified, Oublio makes the image and accompanying...
View ArticleHere's How Posts Make It To The Front Page Of Reddit
Have you ever wondered why most of the posts on Reddit's front page are less than 12 hours old? Or why a post with a score of 4,000 is ranked below 3,000 score post? It all has to do with Reddit's...
View ArticleTaco Bell President Reveals The Company Will Add Even More Breakfast Items
Taco Bell President Brian Niccol said Thursday that the fast food chain is already planning to expand its breakfast menu, which launched nationally this morning."We are just getting started with the...
View ArticleHe Started A Website In College — Now 130 Million People Read It And...
Photo-sharing and hosting site Imgur has raised $40 million from Silicon Valley venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz.The company, which was founded by Alan Schaaf in his Ohio University dorm room...
View ArticleSAE Brothers Say That Banning Pledging Will Destroy The Fraternity
The Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity made news last month when it banned new-member pledging in an attempt to shed its reputation as the "most deadly fraternity in America."However, as SAE members'...
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