An alien’s guide to Earth

Plus, here's $11. Can you close that door for me?

// Long-live 2017 MacBooks » Advertise | Talk To Us | Shop | Unsubscribe  The Futurist is your daily tech, cosmic, and science (both weird or otherwise) newsletter with articles and content curated just for you. Help us spread the word: Send the sign-up link to your friends. This startup thinks it can make rocket fuel from water. Stop laughing "There's been this hand-wave, this assumption, this yada yada at the core of our long-term space programs. If we can return astronauts to the Moon, we'll find ice there. And if we find that ice in sufficient quantities, we'll break it down into hydrogen and oxygen, and yada yada, we'll use that fuel to fly deeper into the solar system, maybe even to Mars. And if we get to Mars, we'll find even more ice on the Red Planet. We'll mine that, combine it with the carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, and yada yada, we'll use that to fly the astronauts back." WIRED » You don't reserve a Nasdaq ticker by accident… Companies don't usually reserve a Nasdaq ticker unless they expect to be seen later. RAD Intel did. The name is out, the press followed, and 15,000+ investors have already joined a Reg A+ that's raised over $60M so far. Shares currently sit at $0.85, with tiered bonuses up to 15%. 3/12 is when the number changes — whether you're paying attention or not. [Ad] Review the round » DoorDash drivers are getting paid to close Waymo car doors "Waymo's fleet of robotaxis can drive passengers to various destinations without a human driver at the wheel. However, when it comes to closing the car door, Waymo's self-driving cars apparently still need help from humans. And humans who do gig work on DoorDash can now get paid to close Waymo car doors. On Reddit earlier this week, a Redditor in the subreddit community for DoorDash workers called r/DoorDash_Dasher shared a screenshot of an offer they just received in the DoorDash app. The gig was paying $11.25 to drive to a Waymo vehicle nine minutes away and close the car's door." Mashable » 10 natural wonders that will make you think you're on another planet "With ice-blue caves, kaleidoscopic lakes, and confusing rock formations, Earth is capable of producing some over-the-top scenery. These transportive landscapes are escapes from modern life — sometimes to what feel like other planets altogether. Below are some of our favorite otherworldly natural wonders across the world, from the marvelous to the strange." Atlas Obscura » Image Source - Giphy Your bank statement just got audited by AI Be honest: you don't actually know where your money goes. It just sort of… evaporates. Spendify turns your bank statements into an AI-powered breakdown of what you're really funding: subscriptions, impulse buys, and that suspicious amount of takeout. Upload, analyze, adjust. No spreadsheets. No linking your bank. Just cold, hard data about your soft, chaotic spending habits — for life. [Ad] Make money moves » The freakiest cult movie you've never seen is now on shudder "Amid a filmography mostly distinguished by projects… married creative team Willard Huyck and Gloria Katz have one oddball credit: 1974's Messiah of Evil. The eerie story of a woman (Marianna Hill) searching for her missing father has just arrived on Shudder, and it's well worth seeking out. Not only is it an early-career curiosity for Huyck and Katz, but it's also an exceptionally dread-filled example of the 'beach horror' subgenre. Despite the coastal vibes in Point Dune, which looks suspiciously like Malibu, you wouldn't want to vacation here; the waves roll in, and the sand conceals dark secrets — until they claw their way to the surface." Gizmodo » // Most sheets feel fine for about five minutes. Then you start negotiating with the pillow. These bamboo waffle-hem sheets are the kind that make getting out of bed feel like a bad decision » // Some ideas start as messy boxes and arrows on a napkin. Visio turns that chaos into actual diagrams, flowcharts, and systems maps without the usual spreadsheet gymnastics » // What if your AI assistant never sent your data anywhere? Pansophy keeps things wonderfully local » @romanbratschi Interested in having one of your social posts featured in The Futurist? 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