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YouTube has quietly been rolling out a new feature that will automatically play the next suggested video when the current one you’re watching is done. Here’s how to disable it.

At the very top of the suggested videos (which may be next to your video or just below it, depending on the size of your player), there’s a blue button that says Autoplay. This button is in the same space that YouTube’s ads usually go, so you might already be trained to ignore it. Simply click this button and videos should stop autoplaying.

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Kenneth Roberts, “a 92-year-old World War II US Navy veteran” recently had a letter to the editor published in the Las Vegas Informer. Appropriately titled Questioning the Second Amendment, he poses seven questions designed to demonstrate, despite all evidence … Read More

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To be fair, this is actually a new TV spot, not a full trailer. But something tels me that really won’t bother you much when this unbelievably amazing new batch of footage kicks your ass. You don’t believe me? Go ahead and watch.

See?! We‘re a little worried that Avengers: Age of Ultron is revealing too much footage, but it’s really hard not to stay excited when Thor hits Cap’s shield with his hammer and knocks it through Ultron minions like they were butter. May 1st, guys. A month and a half to go.

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When you’re bustling in the kitchen prepping a meal, quickly grabbing a knife out of a storage block is easier than digging through a drawer to find one. Storing them in a block is also just a better way to keep your knives sharp and in good shape, but it unfortunately means they’re easily accessible to children. So Joseph Joseph has incorporated a locking mechanism into its new LockBlock that makes knives harder for kids to remove.

You’ll actually need a pair of adult-sized hands to operate the block’s stiff blade release which helps to make it kid-proof. And each knife is locked in place with a clever "Cam-lock mechanism" that increases the grip the harder a knife is pulled, making them all but impossible to remove using just brute force.

The LockBlock itself, with universal slots that will accommodate your existing knives, is available now for $60. But there’s also a $150 version that comes with six knives of its own and slots custom-sized to fit each one if you’re just starting to outfit your kitchen.

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A Locking Knife Block Keeps Your Blades Inaccessible to Kids

Excel formulas can do a lot of really great things, from helping you get your finances together to helping manage your entire life. You might think of counting and adding formulas as relatively mundane compared to more advanced formulas that are out there, but having a good handle on these functions can help you save a lot of time when you need to collect information about the data in your spreadsheet. COUNT The COUNT function counts the number of cells in a range that have numbers in them. If you use a formula to run a lot of calculations, you may find yourself…

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Close to a decade ago a clever inventor came up with a safety feature for power tools that could detect when a blade made contact with human flesh and instantly retract it to prevent injury. Unfortunately, it destroyed the tool in the process.

The SawStop technology was amazing, and probably life-saving, but it left a lot of people without saws. Bosch’s new REAXX Portable Jobsite Table Saw does the exact same thing, except that it can be reset to working order again in just 60 seconds.

The secret to the saw’s near-instant reaction time is an explosive cartridge that’s triggered when the saw blade detects the conductivity of human flesh. Sort of like how your smartphone’s display is able to detect your fingers. The blade is instantly retracted into the table saw preventing serious physical injury, but without warping, bending, or permanently damaging it in any way. And it has all the tools built-in needed to flip the two-shot cartridge around and get back to work in about 60 seconds.

The REAXX table saw also has a series of easy-to-understand LED warning lights letting the operator know if it’s safe to operate. And the flesh-detecting system can be temporarily de-activated when cutting conductive materials that might accidentally trigger it. It will be available this fall for $1,500, and while there’s no word on how much the replacement cartridges will sell for, the fact that they actually exist is what’s important here. Because last we checked, finger replacements aren’t yet available. [Bosch]

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Flesh-Detecting Saw Instantly Drops the Blade Without Destroying It

This is the most terrifying thing I’ve seen in a long time. Like, monsters are real and the apocalypse is nigh terrifying. And yet I can’t look away because the footage of Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano is so stunning that I can smell my fear burning as the molten lava rock starts taking over the Earth.

Kilauea is the most active volcano in Hawaii and Lance Page wanted to document the volcano’s violent beauty and came away with absolutely daring footage for his short Kilauea – The Fire Within. Page writes:

Many in Hawaii refer to the lava as ‘Pele’, the Hawaiian goddess of fire. After our incredible experiences at the volcano it’s not hard to see why so many islanders to this day see her as a living breathing thing. I wanted to capture her beauty and mysteriousness as well as her unimaginable power in the best way that I knew how. I wanted to just see it doing what it does. I shied away from any human interaction and turned the cameras to the fiery blood of the Earth.

This six and a half minute film is my best attempt at capturing what it felt like to witness molten rock slowly burning down a dense wet rainforest or to peer into a six-hundred-foot-wide lava lake at Kilauea’s summit crater.

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Stunning footage of molten lava proves that volcanoes are hell monsters

A new business article on “measuring innovation” notes that 50% of firms investing in R&D are not patenting the results of their research. The main thrust of the article is that, because so many firms are avoiding the patent system, that patents do not make sense as a broad measure of innovation. Their solution is to use the […]
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There are plenty of DIY shed tutorials online, but what’s often lacking is how to properly construct the foundation to ensure it’s square, level, and less prone to rot. This videos shows you how to accomplish all three.

Take your time and don’t rush the construction of your shed. The easy way to check that your base 2×6’s are square is to measure corner to corner and adjust until the two measurements match. Use 1/2" plywood to temporarily lock in each corner after it’s square and use 4" deck screws with washers to attach the corner 2×6’s to each other.

Raising the platform off the ground will protect it from rotting, but it can be difficult to make it level. Use a bubble level and clamps to adjust the height. For a final check, place the level across the corner so it rests on opposing sides and then clamp it tight and attach your frame to the footing.

The best tip here is how to set the floor joists when you are by yourself. Use a clamp to attach a 2×4 to the underside of the frame and use that to rest your floor joist on as you position it into place and secure it.

This video has a lot of other tips including best practices for measuring joists and how to prevent critters from making a home underneath your shed or tiny house.

How to build a level shed platform | Jon Peters (YouTube)

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Build a Square and Level Platform for a Shed or Tiny House