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The user who asked Reddit to help him decode an encrypted message has deleted his account after receiving threatening messages and phone calls. At 10:38 a.m. ET, Reddit user delverofsecrets deleted the original content of his thread and replaced it with an update:
"EDIT AS OF 10:38am 7/13 Received a phone call today threatening violence against me and my family, going so far as to name members of my family and their addresses, unless I delete this post. The caller also told me not to show up on the 19th and to inform anyone planning to show up on the 19th that nothing would happen. This will be my last message from this account before I delete it. I'll also be changing my number…
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Around 150 people descended on the intersection of West 56th Street and 6 1/2 Avenue in New York City Thursday in the hopes of catching an exchange between two characters in a code-cracking drama that unfolded on Reddit last night.
Reddit user delverofsecrets claimed a "raggedy dressed man" handed him a cryptic code on the subway. Users of the social news site quickly decoded the message, revealing the location and time of a meeting for Thursday, July 19th.
Because of the publicity the story received, however, a new Reddit user claiming involvement sent delverofsecrets a private message with a new code, also quickly deciphered by Reddit:
YOU HAVE MANAGED TO FIND THE MESSAG…
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Reddit user delverofsecrets posted photos of a cryptic note that he or she obtained from a "homeless looking man" on the 1 train in New York City.
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Sub-atomic music isn't some new indie rock craze. It's what happens when you assign pitches to data points. Third-party researchers have collaborated to set the Higgs boson experiments to music, and the result is a sweet little ditty reminiscent of a traditional Cuban dance.
Discovery News reports that computer scientists from Dante (Delivery of Advanced Network Technology of Europe), the ASTRA Project and INFN Cantania worked together to "sonify" CERN's experiments. By assigning notes to data intervals, the researchers were able to extract melodies from repeating patterns. You can listen to the short composition here.
The project demanded an enormous amount of processing power…
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Redditor cef2010 posted this pic to /r/gaming, explaining that his dad painted it for a client. The beautiful wall art depicts an orange portal leading to the defunct chamber where GLaDOS awaits you in the PC game Portal 2.
"It was in an office in Las Vegas," cef2010 explains in the comments. "He's an independent artist. Typically he uses airbrush." The user goes on to say that the artist works for an interior design company called Chemical Spaces.
SEE ALSO: What Would You Do With a Real-Life Portal Gun? [VIDEO]
Your office feels pretty lame now, huh?
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Originally released by Squaresoft in 1987, the Nintendo title set the standard for fantasy role-playing games and spawned a franchise spanning decades and platforms. The first, second and third installments have been remade for iOS, with a sleek new user interface and graphics.
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If those Angry Birds are leaving you feeling hollow inside, it might be time to rev up the App Store time machine and delve back into the games of yesteryear. So many classics have been ported to iOS -- you just need to know where to look.
SEE ALSO: 10 Classic PC Games That Found New Life on the iPhone
Above, we've highlighted some of our favorites. Go on and download a few for this weekend. You've earned it.
Thumbnail courtesy of deviantART / artemanati.
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Perhaps you've heard of The Internet. It's civilization's greatest communications tool, which is why we mostly use it to make Carly Rae Jepsen videos.
If you're anything like us, you feel driven -- nay, compelled! -- to share these videos with everyone you've ever met. Today, we do it with a click, but woe to the generations before the social web. Anthropologists tell us they gathered around ancient cisterns known as "watercoolers" to discuss matters of the day.
Modern humans remain passionate for tidbits, humor, gossip and good stories, but we share them well beyond the office break room. Today, Mashable pays homage to this wonderful banter. We're seriously jazzed to launch W…
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Think the average Facebook game is boring? You ain't been bored 'til you've played DesertVille, an insipid little app imagined by YouTube animator somegreybloke.
DessertVille on the other hand -- we could get into that.
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Twitter is great for sharing quick inner thoughts. Less great for composing esteemed works of literature.
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Love or hate Apple products, there's no denying the iPhone's indelible mark on technology, culture and business. Five years ago, the first iteration was unleashed on throngs of early adopters, who ogled its touchscreen interface and poked at little icons. Today, the smartphone concept is no longer the bastion of tech nerds and fan girls. It has become standard issue, thanks in large part to the iPhone's overwhelming success and iconic design.
The device revolutionized Apple itself. iPhone sales were a tiny slice of Apple pie in 2007. In 2012, it accounts for 58% of the company's revenue (which, overall, has skyrocketed, thanks to a culture of iTunes and apps propagated by the iPhone).…
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