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Reader skarhead187 has submitted several desktops to the Lifehacker Desktop Show and Tell pool, and the thing that always stands out most—aside from a great eye for minimalism—is that despite using popular dock application ObjectDock, most of his desktops don't show any icons or branding. Keep reading for a look at a few more of skarhead187's desktops and to hear why he likes "genderless, organic desktops": Windows needs a global menu; OS X has it, ...Shared by Aaron R (151) b-rad (41) bodzasfanta (153) Chris (13) Christopher (57) Gienah Ghurab (21) Humberto Gonzalez (49) Jan Zimak (36) jason o (296) kliger (27) Kwasi (70) Lee G. (31) Matthew Tripp (204) Mikey (68) Nathan (38) neal (402) Perry (10) rzklkng (202) Satchel (24) Steve (57) tarman (48) Thomas Carrington (1)Contribute comment - Asteroid to be harmless fireball over Earth (1)
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Sarah Kershaw of the New York Times reports on research published at Siggraph about a computer program developed at Tel Aviv University that changes the geometry of faces in photographs to make them more beautiful. (Photo: Lars Klove for The New York Times, manipulation by Tommer Leyvand) The photograph on the right was doctored by the “beautification engine” of a new computer program that uses a mathematical formula to alter the original form into a ...Shared by Alex Plank (10) Bill (12) Carl (10) crosby (43) Getinet (27) Gienah Ghurab (21) Melkir (22) morgan180 (47) Ryan S (60)Contribute comment -
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How a $700 billion bailout became a $800 billion "rescue plan" | Wise Bread (4)
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By Andrea DicksonYou know how, when the bailout package was first proposed by Henry Paulson and Ben Bernanke, Congress and the public were generally outraged that the Fed Chairman and the Secretary of the Treasury would ask for so much money to bailout large corporations and Wall Street? Seriously, Congress was all "OMGWTF, $700 billion!?!?!? That's, like, nearly a trillion dollars! FAIL." Joe Public probably thought that Congressional outrage was along the same lines of ...Contribute comment - Fannie Mae forgives loan for woman who shot herself (1)
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