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Scroll through the weird shit folks found digging a metro line in Amsterdam

Jul02
by on July 2, 2018 at 9:51 am
Posted In: Around the Web, distract, Insider


The other week, I dropped my bike keys into the canal. While it sucked, Below The Surface – a project that catalogues objects dug up from Amsterdam’s riverbeds – has given me hope that maybe one day my lost keys will be memorialized in the way they deserve. The project began in 2003 with the construction of Amsterdam’s North/South metro line, a 9.7km connection between the two parts of the city separated by a body of water called the IJ. This huge undertaking required workers to drain part of the Amstel River, the central axis of old Amsterdam. And, as…

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Tesla’s next energy storage project in California could be its biggest yet

Jul02
by on July 2, 2018 at 8:31 am
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Tesla has teamed up with The Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E), one of the largest electric energy companies in the United States, to produce a massive battery system with a capacity of upto 1.1 GWh. Electrek reported that the project proposed to begin in California would have a larger energy capacity than what Tesla has produced in any single project since the company was started in 2015. PG&E, which services nearly 16 million people in Northern and Central California, submitted four new energy storage projects to the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) for approval last week. The battery packs for…

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The EU’s disastrous copyright reform will sabotage internet culture

Jul02
by on July 2, 2018 at 7:05 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Contributors


When you say “copyright law,” people’s eyes glaze over. It’s not the most interesting topic. It’s obscure and currently winding its way through the complex bureaucracy that is the EU Parliament — an equally arcane process. And yet there’s ample reason to pay attention. Because the outcome of the copyright vote on July 4 and 5 (a re-do after it passed in committee) could be really, really bad for the internet as we know it. Indeed, how the vote unfolds will impact countless, more interesting topics — from selfies and online entertainment to popular parody and memes. Here’s why. Let’s…

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500px no longer lets you sell photos directly or publicly license them for free

Jul02
by on July 2, 2018 at 6:16 am
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web


Over the weekend, 500px shut down its Marketplace, which was set up in 2014 and allowed members to license their photographs for commercial use through its platform. And with that, users have also lost the ability to share their work with content creators to remix and use in their own projects under Creative Commons licenses. The change will affect not only 500px’s community of 13 million users around the world, but also those who relied on the platform for images to purchase directly from photographers, and use publicly licensed ones for free. Photos will now be available exclusively through Getty…

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500px no longer lets you sell photos directly or publicly license them for free

Jul02
by on July 2, 2018 at 6:16 am
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web


Over the weekend, 500px shut down its Marketplace, which was set up in 2014 and allowed members to license their photographs for commercial use through its platform. And with that, users have also lost the ability to share their work with content creators to remix and use in their own projects under Creative Commons licenses. The change will affect not only 500px’s community of 13 million users around the world, but also those who relied on the platform for images to purchase directly from photographers, and use publicly licensed ones for free. Photos will now be available exclusively through Getty…

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