The five stages of a day off:
1. Iβm going to get SO much done.
2. Iβll start in a little while.
3. I still have plenty of time.
4. Iβll do it later.
5. Oh no.
π¨#BREAKING: Utah Valley University issues safety alert after woman allegedly threatened to shoot a small group near campus; suspect remains at large.
THIS WEBSITE LETS YOU SIT IN THE WINDOW SEAT OF ANY PLANE FLYING OVER YOUR HOUSE RIGHT NOW.
no download. no app. no account.
you open the tab and you are in the sky.
it's called Stowaway. https://t.co/WFCxwmTfQi.
it finds your location. pulls every plane and satellite passing over you right now. click one. hit "Stow away" and you are in the window seat. real terrain. real weather. real light for this exact minute.
the guy who made it, jheising, said on Hacker News he built it because as a kid he would watch planes cross the evening sky and try to imagine what the world looked like from up there. Stowaway is that, without the airport.
441 points on Hacker News. people are not bookmarking it. they are flying in it.
just a website that lets a normal person see Earth from a stranger's window seat for a few minutes.
we built the internet and somehow one of the best things on it right now is still:
open tab.
sit in a stranger's plane.
watch the sunset from 35,000 feet.
A boat clocking 213 mph at the Lake of the Ozarks Shootout flew into the air after crossing the finish line, flipped, and crashed back upright into the water. One person broke his leg, the other walked away, and both survived.
Hereβs the mug shots of the sick fucks who abducted, sexually assaulted, and held 163 children captive in Florida.
Not trans
Not immigrants
Not Muslim
And you donβt even need to wonder who they voted for: The convicted felon and child-raping pedophile in the White House.
Wife of U.S. Service Member Aboard The USS Abraham Lincoln Responds to Trump Dismissing Appalling Living Conditions: βItβs politically sound for them to use βsupport our troopsβ - until our troops need support.β