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Game of Thrones is more realistic than you'd think.
If you're watching Game of Thrones for its realism, you should probably pick a different show. (Spoiler alert: Dragons!) That said, if you want a rundown of all the major weapons in the series and how they would actually have been used in "real life," this is piece is for you. Valar morghulis. [via Vulture]
Space got its first Vine.
And it's sort of beautiful. Watch the fast-motion single Earth orbit below. [via Gawker]
Meet The Economist's obituary writer.
Anne Wroe writes one obituary per week for The Economist magazine. She says her most difficult piece was about Swedish existential film director Ingmar Bergman: "I had to spend the whole night watching the movies, and by the end I was suicidal. They were so dark, and they were getting darker and darker." [via The Hairpin]
Could $335M save NYC from global warming?
Maybe! But it would take a crazy amount of work. This proposed plan would build a sloped barrier around most of lower Manhattan. [via Wired]
Are computers taking over?
Yesterday a computer successfully passed the Turing test, proving that they could—in some circumstances—answer questions indistinguishably from a human. Are we headed for SkyNet, or just a less dumb version of Siri? It could be either, or neither, or both. [via Gizmodo]
Grimes played some new music at Governors Ball.
Here's footage of the singer performing a new song called "Go." It sounds pretty good! [via Stereogum]
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