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It's easier to be an annoying conversationalist than it is to be a skilled one.

Who wants to listen to the other person when you could instead talk endlessly about yourself, or pretend you're listening when you're really scrolling through your Facebook newsfeed?

Over on Quora and Reddit, users are having an ongoing vent session, sharing the conversation behaviors they find most irksome.

Below, we've rounded up some of the most cringe-worthy —... Читать дальше...

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The Trump Administration is but a few weeks old, but already a massive change is occurring in the future course of space exploration.

NASA is weighing in, but a lot of the change is being driven by the private sector, some eager to be part of a return to the moon, which had been off the table during the previous administration.

First, NASA announced that it is conducting a feasibility study, on behalf of the Trump administration, of sending an Orion spacecraft... Читать дальше...

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A few days before the American Health Care Act, the Republican replacement bill for the Affordable Care Act, was pulled from the floor of the House of Representatives, House Republicans had a sharp rebuke for chief White House strategist Steve Bannon when he met with them at the White House, according to a report from Axios. 

The conversation started off on the wrong foot, with Bannon adopting a tone the report characterized as authoritative.

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On Wednesday, Roger Goodell wrote an open letter to NFL fans saying the league was taking steps to improve the pace and flow of games, reduce the number of interruptions, and clean up the commercialization of broadcasts.

On Thursday, Goodell was a guest on ESPN's "Mike & Mike" and went into more detail on the steps the league plans to take and they sound fascinating.

Here are some of the more compelling changes Goodell says are coming to NFL games.

Eliminate double-ups. Читать дальше...

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The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries made a smart move to limit production, but the move has had some unforeseen effects, according to Goldman Sachs analysts. 

In November, some OPEC members agreed with a few non-members to lower their production levels in a bid to support oil prices. It was the most significant agreement since the oil crash in 2014 as OPEC fought for market share with US shale producers.

The oversupply from the moves... Читать дальше...

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Iran denied on Saturday U.S. accusations that its fast-attack boats were "harassing" warships at the mouth of the Gulf, and said Washington would be responsible for any clashes in the key oil shipping route.

U.S. Navy commanders earlier accused Iran of jeopardizing international navigation by "harassing" warships passing through the Strait of Hormuz and said future incidents could result in miscalculation and lead to an armed clash.

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Since the ECB meeting earlier this month, there has been increasing speculation that they may raise the deposit rate, currently set at -0.4%, before beginning to taper their Quantitative Easing (QE) programme, currently set at €80bn of bond purchases per month. Most recently, Ewald Nowotny from the Governing Council explained that the central bank need not follow the same timeline as the Federal Reserve, addressing the possibility they could raise rates first.

When most people think about clean energy, they think of wind and solar providing their homes and workplaces with electricity. But the transportation sector — which includes cars, trucks and airplanes — recently overtook the electricity sector as the leading source of greenhouse gases in the United States.

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The U.S military confirmed on Saturday that U.S. warplanes had hit an Islamic State-held area of the besieged Iraqi city of Mosul where residents and officials say dozens of civilians have been killed as result of an air strike.

The incident occurred on March 17 but what exactly happened is still unclear as IS militants fight to defend the areas of the city they still control.

Iraqi government forces paused in their push... Читать дальше...

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China is not militarizing the South China Sea, Premier Li Keqiang said on Friday, although he acknowledged that defense equipment on islands in the disputed waterway had been placed there to maintain "freedom of navigation".

China has drawn international criticism for large-scale building in the South China Sea, although Li told reporters in Australia the development was for civilian purposes only.

"China's facilities, Chinese islands and reefs, are primarily for civilian purposes and... Читать дальше...

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Morgan Stanley is bullish on the Tesla stock price, as anticipation builds ahead of the launch of Tesla's Model 3 car.

A note out March 23 by a group of equity analysts at the US bank said the car, which is set to launch in mid-2017, will be far safer than the market is expecting. 

"You don't put a liquid cooled supercomputer in every car to make it twice as safe as other cars," the bank said."We believe these cars will be far safer than that."

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Pimco, the investment-management firm, has released its latest cyclical outlook for the global economy during the next 12 months.

The firm's outlook, which is released three times per year, "analyzes business cycle dynamics across major developed and emerging market economies with an eye toward identifying potential changes in monetary and fiscal policies, market risk premiums and relative valuations that drive portfolio positioning."

In "Cyclical Outlook: Scaling... Читать дальше...

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As if traveling to the United States wasn’t hard enough already, now travelers flying from from the Middle East and North Africa can’t carry their electronic devices onboard with them — just what the people knee-crunched in economy on a 14-hour flight need right now.

Travelers are already bemoaning the new security-related restrictions, which came without warning on Monday. But Royal Jordanian Airlines, one of the nine airlines operating out of 10 airports impacted by the U.S. ban... Читать дальше...

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On Saturday, President Donald Trump hosted 25 living recipients of the Medal of Honor at the White House in recognition of the rarely-celebrated Medal of Honor Day.

But being awarded the the nation's highest military award doesn't happen often. The medal has only been conferred just 18 times after more than a decade of combat in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Many recipients lose their lives in the act that the award recognizes.

But some, like retired Marine Cpl. Kyle Carpenter ... Читать дальше...

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With an estimated cost of $20 billion, New York City's Hudson Yards neighborhood is set to become the most expensive private real estate development in American history.

When construction is complete in 2024, it will include all types of buildings, from luxury condos to boutiques to offices.

Elsewhere in the US, there are several similar projects — some of which cost billions.

Take a look at a few below.

City Center in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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If your dream is to work in television or you already do, a new survey shows what you can (or should) make. But in the process, it also highlights the pay disparity for women and minorities.

On Monday, New York-based production services and career consultants, Brits in the Box, and online production job site, ProductionBeast, released their 2016 Annual Production Salary Report.

The report focuses on non-union salaries in TV and digital media production. Читать дальше...

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Love it or loathe it, there was a European Union protest to suit all tastes on Saturday in the Italian capital.

Federalists, nationalists, populists, unionists and anarchists headed to one of six rallies and demonstrations called to coincide with the 60th anniversary of the signing of the founding treaty of the European Union.

While 27 EU leaders staged a solemn celebration on the ancient Capitoline Hill, thousands of ordinary people took to the streets, some... Читать дальше...

Warner Bros. just dropped the first full trailer for the upcoming "Justice League" movie and it looks pretty awesome. The movie will unite Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, Cyborg, Flash, and Aquaman on screen for the very first time. The movie is scheduled to hit  theaters in the United States on November 17, 2017.

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DHAKA (Reuters) - At least three people, including a policeman, were killed and scores wounded in two separate bomb blasts on Saturday near a militant hideout that was raided by commandos in northeastern Bangladesh, police said.

The explosions in the Sylhet district came a day after a suicide bomber blew himself up at a security checkpost near the country's main airport in an attack claimed by Islamic State.

Two people were killed and more than 30 injured in... Читать дальше...

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Grammar rules can seem like a nuisance. Honestly, do you really need to check every single document for appropriate hyphenation? 

According to CUNY Journalism Press editor and writing coach Timothy Harper, the answer is a resounding "YES."

"The whole point of grammar and punctuation is clarity," he told Business Insider. If you write that a woman has "dirty-blonde hair," for example, people know that you're referring to the color. "It doesn't mean that she needs a shampoo," Harper said... Читать дальше...

Four months ago I attempted to synthesize Wikipedia's crazy list of cognitive biases, and after banging my head against the wall for weeks, came up with this Cognitive Bias Cheat Sheet which John Manoogian III, beautifully organized into the above poster. Since then, I've started working on a book proposal (get on the email list!) around these topics, and wanted to start by creating an actual cheat sheet that doesn't take so long to read. Here it is …

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Facebook announced on Wednesday it is partnering with six ad tech firms to open up its Facebook Audience Network — which lets thousands of developers and publishers make money from their apps and mobile sites with Facebook ads — to their header bidding platforms.

For Facebook, which is often accused by the ad industry of being a "walled garden" that doesn't offer full access to its lucrative data and inventory, the news marks an unprecedented step to build a relationship with the ad tech community. Читать дальше...

Amazon Studios

Once again, Amazon Prime Video wants to know what you think of its new pilots.

On Friday, the company kicked off its newest pilot season with two one-hour drama pilots and three half-hour comedy pilots.

Instead of a bunch of suits debating what to greenlight, viewers can watch the pilot episodes and review them in order to help Amazon choose which ones it will order to series.

The stakes are pretty high for Amazon. According to estimates, it's investing... Читать дальше...

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One of the biggest hedge fund launches in recent memory is planning to double its investment team and more than double its assets.

UK-based Rokos Capital Management, which makes macroeconomic bets, is looking to grow its number of portfolio managers to 10 from five in a gradual expansion, people familiar with the matter said.

The people requested anonymity because the information wasn't public.

The expansion would allow the fund to eventually manage as much as $15 billion... Читать дальше...