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  • Great discussions are par for the course here on Lifehacker. Each day, we highlight a discussion that is particularly helpful or insightful, along with other great discussions and reader questions you may have missed. Check out these discussions and add your own thoughts to make them even...
    Source: Life Hacker
  • Everything you ever wanted to know about the praying mantis -- narrated in a Morgan Freeman-ish (emphasis on 'ish') voice. More About: Morgan Freeman, videos, Watercooler
    Source: Mashable
  • Just last month, Dutch architects unveiled plans to build the world’s first 3D-printed house out of sand, with a construction time of 18 months. Now British architecture collective Softkill Design has announced that it too is planning to build a 3D-printed house, but it can be printed in three...
    Source: Mashable
  • Unless there's any more last-minute tweaks, those fussy perfectionists at Belkin are ready to lift the cloche on the Thunderbolt Express dock. We'd originally seen the unit at last year's CES, but the company postponed the launch after adding a trio of USB 3.0 ports and eSATA to the hardware. If...
    Source: Engadget
  • There's a disconnect between companies that are popular with consumers and companies that are popular with investors. This infographic sets out to show you a microcosm of that phenomenon, picking out three companies that are loathed by many but the favorite of many investors, and three companies...
    Source: Mashable
  • This week’s Ask A VC show put Bain Capital Ventures’ managing director Ajay Agarwal in the hot seat. Agarwal heads the firm’s recently launched Palo Alto office. We sat down with Agarwal to chat about how the firm is independent from Bain Capital, the asset management and...
    Source: TechCrunch
  • Tooke writes "I've developed focal hand dystonia from playing clarinet. It affects my right pinky (and my ring finger, but to a lesser extent). My pinky isn't totally unusable when typing; however, it isn't nearly as agile as it used to be. When I must press a key with it, I tend to keep the whole...
    Source: Slashdot
  • The GoPro camera is a great tool for getting personal POV videos, but challenges arise when you want to mount the camera to, say, a car. Instructables user gjchandler offers a simple solution: use magnets. More »
    Source: Life Hacker
  • Sorry, Lil' Bub and Grumpy Cat, the Internet has a new cutest animal and it doesn't even use a litter box. A little Namaqua Rain Frog we'll just dub "Bud" has the web vocalizing a collective "awwww." YouTube user Dean Boshoff posted a thirty-second clip of what is most likely the world's cutest...
    Source: Mashable
  • Vizio's Co-Star hub is still one of the cheapest points of entry into the Google TV world, so it's comforting to see the set-top box getting an update -- albeit somewhat behind Google's own pace. The previously promised release mostly focuses on giving it the third-generation Google TV interface...
    Source: Engadget