BlogHide Resteemsabradjan (14)in life • 7 years agoIrish abortion referendum: Counting starts as exit polls show landslide in favorDublin, Ireland (CNN)The counting of votes was underway Saturday following Ireland's referendum to lift its constitutional ban on abortion after exit polls pointed to an emphatic "Yes." A poll…abradjan (14)in life • 7 years agoAmazon Echo Recorded And Sent Couple's Conversation — All Without Their KnowledgeAs secret recordings go, the Portland couple's conversation was pretty mundane: They were talking about hardwood floors. But their Amazon Echo was listening and recording their discussion. The…abradjan (14)in life • 7 years agoAfter Russia scandal, Facebook begins labeling political adsFacebook on Thursday began following a long-held practice of the television and newspaper industry: Labeling political ads. The move came more than a year after the US intelligence community…abradjan (14)in life • 7 years agoEthereum Classic 51% Attack Would Cost Just $55 Mln, Result in $1 Bln Profit: ResearchA Brazilian researcher has calculated that it could take just $55 mln to hack a major cryptocurrency network for $1bln profit in new findings, TNW reports Friday, May 22. Husam Abboud of FECAP…abradjan (14)in life • 7 years agoPresident Trump Says North Korea Summit Still PossibleLess than 24 hours after President Trump sent notice to North Korea that he was canceling next month's summit with Kim Jong Un, Trump told reporters Friday that the meeting could still happen as…abradjan (14)in life • 7 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.IBM Reveals Blockchain Computer ‘Smaller Than Grain Of Salt’ To Track Objects, DevicesIBM announced today, March 19 that the world’s smallest computer – its dimensions less than a grain of salt – will use Blockchain technology and soon be “embedded into everyday devices”. In a…abradjan (14)in life • 7 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County by Mark TwainIn compliance with the request of a friend of mine, who wrote me from the East, I called on good-natured, garrulous old Simon Wheeler, and inquired after my friend's friend, Leonidas W. Smiley, as…abradjan (14)in life • 7 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.Florida Bridge Collapse: ‘There Are Bodies Down There and We Can’t Get to Them’MIAMI — Investigators on Friday searched for bodies and sifted through the rubble of a new pedestrian bridge whose collapse on Thursday afternoon left at least six people dead and prompted scrutiny…abradjan (14)in life • 7 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.Seven More Lies Bitcoin (And Altcoin) Fans Tell ThemselvesLie #1: The ‘Black and White’ Fallacy In the previous article, I pointed out that Bitcoin wasn’t sufficiently similar to other things to draw comparisons. A common response: I fell into my own…abradjan (14)in literature • 7 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.A Helpless Situation BY MARK TWAINOnce or twice a year I get a letter of a certain pattern, a pattern that never materially changes, in form and substance, yet I cannot get used to that letter--it always astonishes me. It affects me…abradjan (14)in literature • 7 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.The Happy Prince BY OSCAR WILDEHigh above the city, on a tall column, stood the statue of the Happy Prince. He was gilded all over with thin leaves of fine gold, for eyes he had two bright sapphires, and a large red ruby glowed…abradjan (14)in literature • 7 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.The Little Mermaid BY HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSENFar out in the ocean the water is as blue as the petals of the loveliest cornflower, and as clear as the purest glass. But it is very deep too. It goes down deeper than any anchor rope will go, and…abradjan (14)in literature • 7 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.The Murders in the Rue Morgue BY EDGAR ALLAN POEWhat song the Syrens sang, or what name Achilles assumed when he hid himself among women, although puzzling questions are not beyond all conjecture. --SIR THOMAS BROWNE, Urn-Burial. THE mental…abradjan (14)in literature • 7 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.The Lady With The Dog BY ANTON CHEKHOVI IT was said that a new person had appeared on the sea-front: a lady with a little dog. Dmitri Dmitritch Gurov, who had by then been a fortnight at Yalta, and so was fairly at home there, had…abradjan (14)in life • 7 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.The Masque of the Red Death BY EDGAR ALLAN POETHE "Red Death" had long devastated the country. No pestilence had ever been so fatal, or so hideous. Blood was its Avatar and its seal --the redness and the horror of blood. There were sharp pains…abradjan (14)in life • 7 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.The Head-hunter BY O HENRYWhen the war between Spain and George Dewey was over, I went to the Philippine Islands. There I remained as bushwhacker correspondent for my paper until its managing editor notified me that an…abradjan (14)in life • 7 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.Alone BY EDGAR ALLAN POEFrom childhood's hour I have not been As others were; I have not seen As others saw; I could not bring My passions from a common spring. From the same source I have not taken My sorrow; I could…abradjan (14)in life • 7 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.How Much Land Does a Man Need? BY LEO TOLSTOYI An elder sister came to visit her younger sister in the country. The elder was married to a tradesman in town, the younger to a peasant in the village. As the sisters sat over their tea…abradjan (14)in life • 7 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.God Sees the Truth, But Waits BY LEO TOLSTOYIn the town of Vladimir lived a young merchant named Ivan Dmitrich Aksionov. He had two shops and a house of his own. Aksionov was a handsome, fair-haired, curly-headed fellow, full of fun, and…abradjan (14)in life • 7 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.The Idiots BY JOSEPH CONRADWe were driving along the road from Treguier to Kervanda. We passed at a smart trot between the hedges topping an earth wall on each side of the road; then at the foot of the steep ascent before…
