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I was An Invisible Girlfriend For A Month, Three Great Articles Worth Your Time This Week, How To Stay Cool, Dry And Stylish This Summer, Microsoft's Costliest Mistakes, Why Is Popping Bubble Wrap So Satisfying?, Why The Great Glitch Of July 8th Should Scare You The Daily Digg Thursday, July 9, 2015 GHOST IN THE MACHINE I was An Invisible Girlfriend For A Month fusion.net After just a few conversations, it became clear to me that people weren't just using this as "social cover." THE LONG-READER'S DIGEST Three Great Articles Worth Your Time This Week digg.com ​In this week's edition of the Long-Reader's Digest: A fugitive on the Appalachian Trail, a family's quest to cure their son's epilepsy with cannabis, and the IT guys behind a Dutch drug trafficking operation. CLOTHES WE DIGG SPONSORED How To Stay Cool, Dry And Stylish This Summer ministryofsupply.com You can't change the polo shirt's classic look. But you can make it a hell of a lot more comfortable. MACRO BLUNDERS Microsoft's Costliest Mistakes bloomberg.com Remember the Red Ring of Death? THE GOOD KIND OF POPPING Why Is Popping Bubble Wrap So Satisfying? nymag.com Recently, the manufacturers of Bubble Wrap, the alarmingly addictive packaging that was apparently a brand name all along, announced that they would be redesigning their product. The new version — the horror— will not pop. This raises an important question: What, exactly, was ever so satisfying about popping Bubble Wrap, anyway? OUR SOFTWARE IS BAD AND WE SHOULD FEEL BAD Why The Great Glitch Of July 8th Should Scare You medium.com The big problem we face isn't coordinated cyber-terrorism, it's that software sucks. Software sucks for many reasons, all of which go deep, are entangled, and expensive to fix. (Or, everything is broken, eventually). This is a major headache, and a real worry as software eats more and more of the world. Get more stories on Digg.com → DUNKING, AND GETTING DUNKED Filipino boys play basketball in floodwaters from a swollen creek at a coastal village in Malabon, north of Manila, Philippines, Wednesday, July 8, 2015. Typhoon Chan-Hom passing over the northeastern waters of the Philippines heading to northern Taiwan has enhanced the seasonal monsoon, dumping heavy rains over the capital, Manila, and the northern provinces. Credit: AP Photo/Aaron Favila Digg iOS app   •   Digg Android app Twitter   •   Facebook   •   Tumblr   •   YouTube Advertise on Digg digg.com   •   Unsubscribe © 2015 News.me Inc. 416 West 13th Street #203, NY, NY 10014