U.S. senators introduce social media bill to ban 'dark patterns' tricks
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-tech/u-s-senators-introduce-social-media-bill-to-ban-dark-patterns-tricks-idUSKCN1RL25Q
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@MOTT
The formation of morals is subjective but they're function for the user is to be absolute.
Ketamine derivative gets FDA approval for adjunct use in treatment-resistant major depressive disorder.
@mngrif
Seven Lions is one of my favorite EDM artists. I've seen him a few times.
Countries with some of the lowest rates of diet-related disease, per a new study:
• Israel 🇮🇱
• France 🇫🇷
• Spain 🇪🇸
• Japan 🇯🇵
The United States ranked 43rd.
https://n.pr/2Uvr9iA
Ex-Mozilla CTO: I was grilled for three hours at US airport by border cops
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/04/02/us_border_patrol_search_demand_mozilla_cto/
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@kelbot
I believe you can use any router and install the OpenWRT firmware on it.
“The precise moment at which our needs are met,” Zuboff writes, “is also the precise moment at which our lives are plundered for behavioral data.” We find ourselves in an elegantly designed, frictionless trap.
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/building-the-digital-iron-cage
@Estrusflask Thanks for bringing this to my attention.
The dangerous suppression of research by online mobs.
https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/science-socialmedia/
Funnel-web spider venom could protect stroke victims from further brain damage
"To borrow a phrase from the philosopher Ned Block, willpower is a mongrel concept, one that connotes a wide and often inconsistent range of cognitive functions. The closer we look, the more it appears to unravel. It’s time to get rid of it altogether."
@arteteco Haha, right? 😂 Like you've spent time doing something, realized you've retained nothing, and then either give up defeated or waste more time on a second attempt.
The neurological costs of skim-reading.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/aug/25/skim-reading-new-normal-maryanne-wolf
The end of an 11 year epidemiological study yields startling connection between particulate air pollution and the development of Alzheimer's dementia.
https://trustroots.org is an open source hosting exchange website (like couchsurfing) born in the hitchwiki.org community, and is an awesome one. The android app was in the play store only, but today platschi put the android app in a #fdroid repo:
https://platschi.net/f-droid-repository-for-trustroots.html
nice job!
Researcher in neuroscience, psychology, pharmacology, and the intersections therein. Dabbler of cybersecurity and data/internet privacy. Document editor extraordinaire.