Can Data Die? Tracking the Lenna Image.
Why one of the Internet’s oldest images lives on without its subject’s consent.
Netzfrequenz als Grundlage für forensische Analysen (PDF; via fahrplan.privacyweek.at).
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Dubai Is A Parody Of The 21st Century.
The worst of urban planning and capitalism, plus some slavery for good measure. Welcome to Dubai, everyone.
Watch out, Trotsky!
cleanup.pictures – Remove objects, people, text and defects from any picture.
The Nasty Logistics of Returning Your Too-Small Pants (via densediscovery.com).
Now is usually when people start wondering why more returns aren’t just donated. Don’t lots of people in the U.S. need winter coats and smartphones and other crucial tools of everyday life that they can’t afford? Wouldn’t providing those things be good PR for retailers? Wouldn’t it be a tax write-off, at the very least? Donation would be the morally sound move. But companies have little incentive to act morally, and many avoid large-scale domestic donations because of what is politely termed “brand dilution”: If paying customers catch you giving things to poor people for free, the logic goes, they’ll feel like the things you sell are no longer valuable.
The posthuman dog.
If humans disappeared tomorrow, about 1 billion dogs would be left on their own.
10 Idées reçues sur l'UX Design.
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The Covid Art Museum.
The world’s 1st museum for art born during Covid19 quarantine.
Full of gems.
The Syllabus’ 100th Edition Retrospective.
Fixing a bug is not refactoring. Adding a new feature is not refactoring. But we may refactor before we fix a bug or add a feature.
Actually, it’s a good idea to do so.
It’s also a good idea to keep these 2 phases distinct.