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Get Nautilus 3.4 Features Back In Ubuntu 13.04

Yes. Completely necessary. I gave it a few hours trying to cope with not having a way to open nested folders. It’s a terrible time suck.

The constant experimentation with UX in each new version of Ubuntu has become irritating. Not quite irritating enough yet to switch, but it’s getting close.

Get Nautilus 3.4 Features Back In Ubuntu 13.04 With SolusOS Patched Nautilus ~ Web Upd8: Ubuntu / Linux blog

Get Nautilus 3.4 Features Back In Ubuntu 13.04 With SolusOS Patched Nautilus ~ Ubuntu / Linux blog

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Filmmakers to excavate Atari E.T. landfill

They should make a monster movie instead. Excavating the landfill should wake a 50 foot tall version of E.T. who punishes us for creating pollution.

Documentary filmmakers to excavate infamous Atari E.T. landfill

Canada-based film production company Fuel Industries has obtained permission from the City Commission of Alamogordo, New Mexico to excavate a landfill containing a large quantity of unsold Atari 2600 games, for the purpose of filming a documentary. Local news outlet KRQE reports that Fuel Industries will have access to the site over the next six months.

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5 HTML5 Features you need to know

All good.

5 HTML5 Features you need to know – Adnane Belmadiaf’s Blog

HTML5 has been around for a while now, it introduces lots of new and exciting new JavaScript and HTML APIs for both mobile and desktop, so in this post you will discover some HTML5 features that will enhance your web apps and will save you a lot of time.

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Is your sunscreen causing cancer?

I do much better when I get my 30 minutes of sun and then cover up with clothing.

Is your sunscreen causing cancer?

The majority of sunscreens on the market today are more harmful than beneficial.  Sunscreens are designed to decrease your risk of skin cancer and allow you to enjoy the sun without worry.  Unfortunately, most modern day sunscreens may increase your risk of cancer and disrupt the functioning of your hormones (14, 15).

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Sucralose affects insulin response

Granted this is somewhat narrower than my title suggests, but it should make you think twice about eating sucralose (Splenda).

Diabetes Care | Mobile

OBJECTIVE Nonnutritive sweeteners (NNS), such as sucralose, have been reported to have metabolic effects in animal models. However, the relevance of these findings to human subjects is not clear. We evaluated the acute effects of sucralose ingestion on the metabolic response to an oral glucose load in obese subjects.