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Tue. 08/10 - A New Carnivorous Flower CAPTCHAs Its Prey

Tue. 08/10 - A New Carnivorous Flower CAPTCHAs Its Prey

FromCool Stuff Ride Home


Tue. 08/10 - A New Carnivorous Flower CAPTCHAs Its Prey

FromCool Stuff Ride Home

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Length:
17 minutes
Released:
Aug 10, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Why are CAPTCHA’s so frustrating and, in a way, so grim and disconcerting? Plus, botanists have identified the first carnivorous plant in twenty years, but don’t go calling it Audrey III just yet. And, a new development in the McFlurry Cold War.Links:Why CAPTCHA Pictures Are So Unbearably Depressing (Clive Thompson)How to Solve Captchas—and Why They've Gotten So Hard (Wired)1st Carnivorous Plant Identified In 20 Years Grows Near Vancouver (NPR)This Flower Hides a Secret: It’s Actually a Carnivore (New York Times)A Carnivorous Plant Has Been Hiding in Plain Sight in North America Triantha occidentalis is picky (Gizmodo) McFlurry Machine Maker At the Center of Right-to-Repair Fight (Gizmodo)Why the McFlurry Machine Company Just Got Hit With a Restraining Order (Motherboard)Did the Company That Makes McFlurry Machines Get Hit with a Restraining Order? (Snopes)Fri. 04/23 - A McShake Up: The Battle Over McDonald's Ice Cream Machines (Kottke Ride Home)Kottke.OrgJackson Bird on TwitterSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Released:
Aug 10, 2021
Format:
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