Notices by ☆ Dmitri ☭ (yogthos@mastodon.social), page 6

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if you're using WhatsApp it's a really good time to start looking at the alternatives https://www.forbes.com/sites/parmyolson/2018/09/26/exclusive-whatsapp-cofounder-brian-acton-gives-the-inside-story-on-deletefacebook-and-why-he-left-850-million-behind/#ff93c283f200

EU approves controversial Copyright Directive, including internet ‘link tax’ and ‘upload filter’

https://www.theverge.com/2018/9/12/17849868/eu-internet-copyright-reform-article-11-13-approved

AMP is a fucking atrocity https://www.polemicdigital.com/google-amp-go-to-hell/

https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/captcha

https://www.monkeyuser.com/2018/implementation/

Belka and Strelka became the first dogs in space and returned safely to Earth.

a shepherd dog at work captured by a drone

scientists have directly observed bacteria "harpoon" DNA in the environment to speed up their evolution.

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41564-018-0174-y

Academic Torrents – Making 27TB of research data available http://academictorrents.com/

ninja cat (needs sound :)

this is how a rabbit swims

Facebook put out a patent application for a face recognition system that will match your face in stores and correlate it with your social media profile to assign you a shopper trust level.

That's some seriously dystopian shit right there.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/09/technology/facebook-facial-recognition-privacy.html

cell mitosis visible through a microscope

Phobos over Mars

The Arctic 103 years ago compared to today

a photo gallery of the awesome and crazy vehicles at Burning Man
http://www.alexandralier.com/#/mutant-vehicles/

we've updated our privacy policy

rapid industrial expansion in the 19th century Germany was likely due to an absence of copyright law

http://m.spiegel.de/international/zeitgeist/no-copyright-law-the-real-reason-for-germany-s-industrial-expansion-a-710976.html

Meditation helps people realize the meaninglessness of work under #capitalism.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/14/opinion/sunday/meditation-productivity-work-mindfulness.html