Not sure where you've been, but we definitely have seen the surface of Venus... several Russian landers have sent back imagery from the surface.

I run the Smart Things hub and that device is top. It's accepted every device that I've tried to add to my home automation system.

17,000 miles an hour is closer to the speed they are traveling-

No, but what reasonable basis would have for finding one among species with the constraints of some form of scarcity and/or limited intellect? Even if you have both of those things, if everyone isn't in agreement on what is ethical, some form of social contract is going to form in order to protect people from the…

This line: "Travelers here don't much feel the effects of gravity, which is why we have so many videos of space station denizens floating happily in their shirtsleeves." is very misleading.

Well shit, if Nicholas freaking Stango isn't seeing it, well then, neither am I!

You know you're spending too much time on Gizmodo when a snarling, gun toting raccoon conjures one simple image:

You left off one: just about every American micro-brewer's IPA. The typical IPA brewed in this country is loaded with hoppy bitterness overkill to hide the fact that there's absolutely no other flavor in the beer. It's like the Starbuck's French Roast of beer.

Was just in Hanoi last week. What you do is just close your eyes and wade into the pool of fish and walk. By fish I mean motorcycles.

Hey, you forgot the one in Chicago!

That drain from always on appliances like cable boxes and the vampire energy from keeping things plugged in really adds up. I put all of my living room electronics on a power strip that's only plugged in during the evenings when I'm home, and even after a price increase from ConEd my bill dropped about 40%.

Come to New York.

None of the key points you mentioned happened at any of the times you specified.

That's why I do edibles.

Manhattan apartments carved at a 1:1 scale.

Roku does have access to the TWC and Aereo apps which allow live TV streaming for subscribers, different from XBox one which is more of a pass-thru.