Things I learned lately 31 Aug

• A 10 bedroom penthouse apartment in Hell's Kitchen in NYC comes with some extra perks to try and sell it, because it's been on the market for 5 years. 2 tickets to outer space ($250,000 each); and extra 5,000 square feet (half of the next floor down); 2 Rolls Royce Phantoms and a Lamborghini Aventor ($1.2 million); a Hamptons vacation rental for one summer; court-side season tickets to the Brooklyn Nets for a year (up to $130,000); a $1 million yacht with one year of docking fees; a $2 million renovation credit to fix things you don't like. Cost: $85 million.
• Trump's disapproval rating hit 60% during the last week of August 2018.
• U.S. District Judge Naomi Reice Buchwald in Manhattan ruled on May 23 that comments on the president's account, and those of other government officials, were public forums and that blocking Twitter Inc users for their views violated their right to free speech under the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.
• Google now sells a security dongle called the Titan Security Key (pictured). It is meant to be a physical layer of security to protect your Google account. Hackers would need your username, password, AND the dongle to get into your account. It costs $50 and either plugs into your USB port or pairs with your phone / tablet via Bluetooth or NFC.
• Trump's claim that Google is biased because it didn't promote his State of the Union address on 12 Jan 2016 is completely fabricated. Not only is the video he used to prove it fake, because the updated Google logo is missing, that day also featured a Cinderella doodle, also missing from the video clip.
• As of June 2018, Germany boasts 1 million homes that have rooftop solar installed. And now, 100,000 homes also have battery storage for excess electricity.
• People don't have a strong intuitive sense of how much bigger one billion is compared to one million. One million seconds is 11.5 days. One billion seconds is 31.7 years.
• Typical garage sale banter: Browser: How Much? Seller: $2 Browser: Are you firm on that price? Seller: .........................