{"id":14469,"date":"2010-04-11T08:09:45","date_gmt":"2010-04-11T08:09:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/visual-tricks-can-make-downloads-seem-quicker-illusions\/"},"modified":"2010-04-11T08:09:45","modified_gmt":"2010-04-11T08:09:45","slug":"visual-tricks-can-make-downloads-seem-quicker-illusions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/futurist\/visual-tricks-can-make-downloads-seem-quicker-illusions.php","title":{"rendered":"Visual Tricks Can Make Downloads Seem Quicker [Illusions]"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!--  div style=\"background-color: #B3B3B3; width: 160px; padding: 1px;\"&gt;<a title=\"Click here to read Visual Tricks Can Make Downloads Seem Quicker\" href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/tag\/illusions\/\"><span>#<\/span><span>illusions<\/span><\/a>&lt;\/div --><div><a title=\"Click here to read Visual Tricks Can Make Downloads Seem Quicker\" href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/5513404\/visual-tricks-can-make-downloads-seem-quicker\"><br>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"padding-left:10px; padding-right: 10px;\" height=\"120\" width=\"160\" alt=\"Click here to read Visual Tricks Can Make Downloads Seem Quicker\" src=\"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/c414e_160x120_loading.jpg\"><br>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/div><\/div><p>\t\t\t\tTwiddling our thumbs while waiting for files to download is one of the great frustrations of our high-speed, technologically interconnected world. 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