2017年8月12日 星期六

what gives? desensitize, fake tears

Steven Soderbergh Quit Movies. Now He's Back. What Gives?

By DAVE ITZKOFF

The director admits to "shooting my mouth off," but he was genuinely fed up with prestige filmmaking. The caper "Logan Lucky" is his bid for a new way forward.



Presidents often have their differences with congressional leaders. But rarely, if ever, do they call them out by name, and question the sincerity of their tears.


Chuck Schumer, a New York Democrat, became emotional yesterday, calling the President's travel ban "un-American." The president took aim at him in…
NPR.ORG




In this hilarious talk, Jia Jiang shares what he learned from seeking out rejection for 100 days — and the wacky ways he got it:
What I learned from 100 days of rejection


Jia Jiang adventures boldly into a territory so many of us fear: rejection. By seeking out rejection for 100 days -- from asking a stranger to borrow $100 to requesting a "burger refill" at a restaurant -- Jiang desensitized himself to…


TED.COM|由 JIA JIANG 上傳

MIT Technology Review

Facebook has reportedly built a new censorship tool as part of its bid to succeed in China—a revelation that’s hard to square with its response to its fake news problem.

Facebook agrees to help censor content in China, but won’t fight fake news—what gives?

A tool to censor content in China seems at odds with the social network’s inaction over fake news in the U.S.

TECHNOLOGYREVIEW.COM|由 JAMIE CONDLIFFE 上傳


desensitize
diːˈsɛnsɪtʌɪz/
verb
past tense: desensitized; past participle: desensitized
  1. make less sensitive.
    "creams to desensitize the skin at the site of the injection"
    • make (someone) less likely to feel shock or distress at scenes of cruelty or suffering by overexposure to such images.
      "people who view such movies become desensitized to violence"
    • free (someone) from a phobia or neurosis by gradually exposing them to the thing that is feared.


what gives?
phrase of give
  1. 1.
    informal
    what's the news?; what's happening? (often used as a friendly greeting).
It means like, What is going on? Why you doing that?

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