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San Francisco: New paint makes pee bounce off of walls

Posted: 03 Aug 2015 02:07 PM PDT

San Francisco has become the testing ground for a special type of paint that makes pee bounce off of walls. If you feel like going, better look for a tree instead.

The San Francisco city has announced that they will be trying out a new special type of paint in the city, one that repels urine in the walls of the city where this shameful activity seems to be kind of popular. The system behind this paint is pretty simple: once the pee-er starts urinating, the liquid might bounce on his pants or shoes instead of staying on the wall.

This paint is not original from San Francisco. It’s very used in Germany, in areas with bars and pubs, and has gotten very good results in stopping people from this nasty habit. Community groun IG St Pauli from Hamburg have decided to use this paint to deal with problems in a neighborhood visited by more than 20 million tourists each year.

"The paint, called Ultra-Every Dry, creates an air barrier in front of the surface which repels almost any liquid", said the creators in an interview with the BBC.

This special paint is being used now in San Francisco, and many walls around bars and pubs, in neighborhoods with many homeless people, where this type of conduct is more likely to happen. Also, signales in many languages have been added which read: “hold it! This wall is not a public restroom. Please respect San Francisco and seek relief in an appropriate place”.

“The idea is that they will think twice next time about urinating in public”, said Rachel Gordon in representation of the city. “We have gotten many, many phonecalls where citizens asked us to apply this pain on their alleys or buildings”. The city of San Francisco has also said that applying this paint is also cheaper than assigning a cleaning team specifically to these areas.

Pee in public spaces is a big concern for San Francisco and its citizens, where fines for peein outside of bathrooms can go from $50 USD to $100 USD.

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OnePlus Two: 2014’s Best Flagship Killer Gets a Sequel

Posted: 03 Aug 2015 01:04 PM PDT

When OnePlus launched the One in April 2014, it really took the whole world by surprise, as no one expected to see such great specs at such a low price. OnePlus Two means to take things further, but

OnePlus seems to have become overconfident after One’s incredible success, as it has already named Two the 2016 flagship killer. The technical specs of their new smartphone are not bad at all, but some of the yet-to-be-launched flagships it will have to compete against include iPhone 6S, Samsung Galaxy Note 5 and 5 Edge, and a bunch of Windows phones that Microsoft will undoubtedly launch to take advantage of the new Windows 10. Besides that, OnePlus lacks some major features that most people would have expected to see in a flagship killer.

OnePlus Two is based on Qualcomm’s SnapDragon 810 SoC, which in other phones has caused serious overheating problems. However, the manufacturer claims it’s a new version of 810, which doesn’t have such issues. Furthermore, the Two comes in two versions: one with 3GB of RAM, and one with 4GB, depending on how many apps you intend to run simultaneously. As for storage, the former sports 16GB of ROM, while the latter has 64GB. Neither of them has a microSD card slot, but considering the great number of cloud and streaming services, the lack of one is not such a great tragedy. Speaking of slots, OnePlus Two is a dual-SIM phone, meaning that you’ll be able to use the services of two operators.

A lot people were expecting to see a 2K display, but OnePlus settled (see what I did there?) for a 1080p with a 5.5″ diagonal and a 401ppi density. That’s compensated by a 13MP camera on the back that OnePlus takes pride in, as well as a 5MP snapper in the front. Below the display, there is a fingeprint scanner that’s faster than TouchID, yet less reliable.

Two other highlights are the USB Type-C port that will save a lot of people from going nuts when trying to plug the cable blindly, and a 3,300mAh battery. OnePlus Two should have sported Quick Charge, among many other things, if it really wanted to kill next year’s flagships.

Some Chinese resellers have already added OnePlus Two to their offer, with GearBest featuring a pre-sale until August 27. The pre-sale price of $397.89 for the 3GB RAM/16GB ROM version, respectively $477.89 for the 4GB RAM/64GB ROM version is higher than what OnePlus intends to sell it for. The 16GB version will be sold by the manufacturer for $329, while the 64GB one will cost $389. To this price you need to add the time you will have to spend trying to get an invitation (since that system is back in place for the new phone), as well as the shipping costs, which are zero when purchasing from such resellers.

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