'The Red Awning, Paris' Joseph Zbukvic, watercolor on paper, 2017

TIL of the non-24-hour sleep–wake disorder, which affects a person's circadian rhythm, giving them a biological clock of over 24 hours - often around 25, but up to 26. This means the affected can rarely function in a 24-hour society. It is incredibly rare, however, with 0.03% of people having it

First tattoo done by Kalawa @ Karbone Tattoo Studio (Eguilles, near Marseille, south of France)

A Systematic Review Shows How to Maintain Sexual Desire in a Relationship. Studies show that partners must both feel attractive and be attracted to their significant others. This encompasses emotional and physical facets. Emotionally, confidence and attentiveness factor most into attraction.

VSCode Extensions for JavaScript developers 2018

Andrew Yang is running for President to save America from the robots - Yang outlines his radical policy agenda, which focuses on Universal Basic Income and includes a “freedom dividend.”

People on antidepressant medication tend to also report experiencing emotional bluntness, a condition known as alexithymia, according to a preliminary study published in the journal Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology.

From the books community on Reddit

Researchers reviewed claims that meditation reduced violence, quoting the Dalai Lama: “If every eight-year-old in the world is taught meditation, the world will be without violence within one generation”. Study found it caused a modest increase in compassion and empathy, but noted potential biases.

Virtual wearable UI tracking technology

Intel just open sourced Stephen Hawking’s speech system and it’s a .NET 4.5 WinForms app that you can try for yourself

This is why our phones are making us miserable: happiness isn't the same thing as pleasure, and our brain knows it

Researchers have used A.I. to discover nearly 6,000 previously unknown species of virus.

Ryan Dahl, the creator of Node.js, will be giving a talk on Propel, a JS machine learning framework, at JSConf EU

From the Frugal community on Reddit

[crosspost] I am historian Niall Ferguson, and my new book is The Square Tower: Networks and Power from the Freemasons to Facebook. Ask Me Anything!

I really like reading the strategy guides that some of the banned players wrote.

From the onebag community on Reddit

Scientists have discovered that stress transmitted from others can change the brain in the same way as a real stress does.

Stoics and existentialists agree that meaning in life doesn't come from outside; it is constructed by you. Therefore, the answer to Camus' question on whether to commit suicide or have coffee is also entirely yours.

Vegvísir and Yggdrasil by Andrew from Bläckfisk Tattoo, Berlin (my first tattoo!)

Danger noodle! Tattoo don’t by me, Sewp, at Sang Bleu in London

Building a neural network in JS even if you don’t really understand neural networks

Men with more prefrontal brain activity, a brain region associated with executive control, are also more committed to staying faithful in their relationship.

Fibonacci - acrylic on canvas, A1

A Stray Sumerian Tablet: Unravelling the story behind Cambridge University Library’s oldest written object

TIL Not being able to poop in public toilet is a condition called parcopresis.

[HELP] Tutorial on how to do the circle/futuristic design?

Psychologists confirm the narcissistic spectrum model in a new study: The higher the narcissist’s self-entitlement and grandiosity, the more and more separation occurs between grandiosity and vulnerability. Those highest in self-entitlement are either almost all grandiose or almost all vulnerable.

'Think of yourself as dead. You have lived your life. Now take what's left and live it properly.'-Marcus Aurelius. Memento Mori means to 'remember that you must die', you payed no heed to where you where before you where born, so why does death frighten you?