Obesity…Sorry, ‘Thickness’ Is Reflected In Facebook Likes
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This is groundbreaking research. If you pay attention to her “likes” you won’t get fooled by the much too common above the shoulder pictures. From Huff Post:
A new study from Boston Children’s Hospital researchers shows that the more people in a certain area or region who “like” or share information on healthy activities on Facebook, the lower the likelihood of that area having a high obesity rate. Similarly, the more people in a certain area or region who “like” or share information about TV on Facebook, the higher the likelihood of that area having a higher obesity rate.
“The tight correlation between Facebook users’ interests and obesity data suggest that this kind of social network analysis could help generate real-time estimates of obesity levels in an area, help target public health campaigns that would promote healthy behavior change, and assess the success of those campaigns,” study researcher John Brownstein, Ph.D., of the Boston Children’s Hospital Informatics Program, said in a statement.
The new study, published in the journal PLOS ONE, involved comparing obesity rates around the U.S. with TV- or activity-related interests on Facebook. Researchers found strong correlations between obesity and activity-related or TV-related Facebook “likes.”
For example, researchers found that the highest number of activity-related “likes” were in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, and that the obesity rate is 12 percent lower in this area than in Kansas City, Missouri-Kansas, where there was the lowest number of activity-related Facebook “likes.”
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Bill Gates Offers $100,000 For ‘Next Generation Condom’
Posted by Dewan Gibson | Filed under Health, Technology
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is backing a $100,000 challenge to develop the next generation condom. You have until May 7th to submit a proposal. Don’t even think about stealing my idea to create a nearly invisible retractable condom worn all day that expands to only cover the tip as the penis becomes erect. No Amaechi. It’ll look like a stringless doo-rag for your joint but slightly more stylish. From Grand Challenges:
Condoms have been in use for about 400 years yet they have undergone very little technological improvement in the past 50 years. The primary improvement has been the use of latex as the primary material and quality control measures which allow for quality testing of each individual condom. Material science and our understanding of neurobiology has undergone revolutionary transformation in the last decade yet that knowledge has not been applied to improve the product attributes of one of the most ubiquitous and potentially underutilized products on earth. New concept designs with new materials can be prototyped and tested quickly. Large-scale human clinical trials are not required. Manufacturing capacity, marketing, and distribution channels are already in place.
We are looking for a Next Generation Condom that significantly preserves or enhances pleasure, in order to improve uptake and regular use. Additional concepts that might increase uptake include attributes that increase ease-of-use for male and female condoms, for example better packaging or designs that are easier to properly apply. In addition, attributes that address and overcome cultural barriers are also desired.
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Shock Your Friends With An iPhone Stun Gun Case
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The Yellow Jacket iPhone case can deliver a 650,000 volt shock to attackers or women who won’t give you their phone numbers. It’s only $139.99 and will also be available for the Samsung G3. For a cheaper form of self-defense that’s equally as discrete and effective consider keeping a razor beneath your tongue like Tupac did in “Above The Rim.” Carrying pool balls in an old sock also works great, or a throwing star dipped in botulinum bacteria.
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You Can’t Help But To Pull Women In This Ride
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The Buffalino is a scooter transformed into a camper, complete with a bed and mini-fridge. It’s designed for the burgeoning serial killer or lonely traveler. Remember, if she gets in this car with you that’s considered foreplay.
Use Facebook Time Wisely With The ‘Bang With Friends’ App
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Simple concept: Signup for the app and select friends with whom you’re “Down To Bang.” This changes his or her status to “Awaiting Bang.” Then you go to church numerous times that week and pray that she’s accepted your offer. If so, you two (or three!) can have quick and intense sex–like the preview for a straight-to-DVD of “Wild Things Part Whatever They’re On Right Now.” The anonymous app creators claim that over 30,000 people have signed up, I’m thinking 29,999 of them are men.
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Accused Hacker Extorted 350 Women With Their Nude Pics
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So much for nerds being cool nowadays. There’s no reason to hack and end up facing 105 years in the booty house (not the good kind of booty house) when all you have to do is log onto Facebook, Twitter or Instragram around 9pm, when young women are posting scandalous pictures before they go out in hopes of boosting their self-esteem via likes and retweets . From the L.A. Times:
Karen “Gary” Kazaryan, 27, who was arrested without incident Tuesday by agents with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, is charged in a federal grand jury indictment with 15 counts of computer intrusion and 15 counts of aggravated identity theft, the U.S. attorney’s office said Tuesday. He faces 105 years in federal prison if convicted on all counts.
The 30-count federal grand jury indictment alleges that the Glendale resident hacked into the victims’ Facebook, Skype and email accounts, and changed the passwords, locking victims out of their own online accounts. He then allegedly searched emails or other files for naked or semi-naked pictures of the women, as well as other information, such as passwords and the names of their friends.
Kazaryan then posed online as those women and sent instant messages to their friends, coaxing them into removing their clothing so that he could view and take pictures of them, according to the indictment.
When those victims found out someone else had posed as their friend, Kazaryan used the “fraudulently obtained” photos to “again coerce the victims to remove their clothing on camera,” according to the U.S. attorney’s office.
Federal agents said Kazaryan repeatedly contacted his victims and demanded that they expose their breasts to him on Skype. Kazaryan also allegedly posted nude photos of some victims on their Facebook pages when they failed to comply with his demands.
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The New Lenovo Tablet PC Is The Size Of A Coffee Table
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Lenovo debuted the 27-inch IdeaCentre Horizon Table PC at International CES in Las Vegas on Sunday. The idea was to create a tablet that families could use together to play games like e-Monopoly. One great thing about the 15-pound PC is that it costs $1,700 so if Dad loses the game he’ll be less likely to slam it to the ground and tell everyone to fu** off.
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Google’s ‘Make Me Asian’ App Merges Technology & Racism
Posted by Dewan Gibson | Filed under Humor, Technology
Is there not an Asian Al Sharpton to address this issue while extorting Google? No way would this happen is there was a “Make Me Black” app that let users imagine themselves with a nose that wraps clean across their face. Worse yet, a teardrop tatted near their eyelid. That’s so wrong…LOL. Well how about a “Make Me White” app that automatically turns your picture into a saltine cracker that looks like every other saltine cracker out there. Now that’s worth a download, cracka. From the Shangaiist:
“Google is facing uproar from Asian American groups among others over the ‘Make Me Asian’ app available in the Google Play Android app store, which allows users to add Fu Manchu moustaches, coolie hats, slanted eyes, and yellow skin effects to their photos because being ‘Asian’ is hilarious for a certain type of white person.
The free ‘Make Me Asian’ app has so far been downloaded between 50,000 to 100,000 times, according to Google Play statistics. Google says that it will not withdraw the app as it does not violate app store guidelines.
A petition on Change.org, calling for the removal of the app (and its equally racist counterpart ‘Make Me Indian’) has so far attracted over 7,000 signatures.”
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Facebook Is Charging A Dollar To Send Messages
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Say you’re the average single guy who spends his evenings sending messages that read “What’s up with you tho?” to random women you see on friends’ profiles. With a strong work ethic and lots of thirst you can easily send 200 to 300 messages a night. Now, because you don’t have regular communication with these people, Facebook plans to charge you one dollar per message. Might as well go to the massage parlor with a backdoor entrance that’s open 24 hours a day. From NBC News:
“A pair of updates to Facebook’s messaging feature is sure to ignite controversy over the holidays. While the improved filtering Facebook has implemented will be welcomed, an experiment allowing strangers to pay $1 to give their message high priority will likely cause serious unrest…
Messages from people you aren’t closely connected to usually end up in the ‘Other’ folder. But Thursday’s update would allow the sender to spend a dollar to have it appear in the regular inbox.
Facebook’s justification is that while that person, say, who’s a missed connection from the bar will be happy to spend a buck to say hello, bad actors like bots and spammers won’t find such a cost worthwhile — they’d have to spend thousands to get it to enough people.
Put that way, it sounds reasonable enough — but the update inarguably allows strangers to spend money for priority access to your inbox.”
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Tom From Myspace Reappears As Quick-Witted Comedian
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Just the mention of Myspace brings tears to my eyes; I miss those days. So with the world ending in mere hours let’s pay homage to Myspace as the greatest 24-hour nightclub that ever existed. You can’t search by body type on Facebook!
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