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What travellers during baroque period would bring home: “Engravings made ideal souvenirs: they were light, portable, and relatively affordable. Long after the tour ended, they could serve as a focus for treasured memories and display the wonders of Rome to the people back home.” Read more here.

The New York Times on what some of the filed Facebook patents tell about their privacy policy: “Facebook’s patents show a commitment to collecting personal information, despite widespread public criticism of the company’s privacy policies and a promise from its chief executive to “do better.””.

Winter cleanup: trying to delete google activity…so much different kinds… 😱 But at least the tools to manage the data are great 🙃

TIL how soy sauce was introduced do the US market and how Kikoman “had to adapt its sauce to the local cuisine if it was going to succeed” by creating new recipes and branding it differently". More here at The Economist.

Via Bloomberg: Facebook has become part of the e-commerce infrastructure in emerging markets so of course it’s hard to quit.

A Short Video Introduction to Hilma af Klint, the Mystical Female Painter Who Helped Invent Abstract Art via [@openculture] (http://www.openculture.com/?p=1059102).

Scary TedEd talk on fake videos of real people, but the last part of the title seems to be missing from the talk. “And how to spot them” = install the browser extension?

Kids say the darndest things 🍃

Not that funny, but still a good video on why we need right to repair legislation:

Can hacking be justified? An analysis of Kenneth Himma’s argument on hacking as civil disobedience, and a discussion on how risks for security are distributed between who decides, who receives benefit and who the cost. Great lecture with @KMacnish on computer ethics today!