Interesting Links for 16-06-2025

[andrewducker]

1. Damaged paintings can now be restored in hours rather than months but printing the fix and applying it on top.

(tags:painting technology art )

2. The Meta AI App Lets You 'Discover' People's Bizarrely Personal Chats

(tags:privacy ai facebook )

3. A New Obesity Pill May Burn Fat Without Suppressing Appetite

(tags:weight medicine obesity )

Comments

[vargrave]

Saw this on the Latest Things page, and that second link is concerning, to say the least. I don't even know why I'm still surprised at this behaviour from Meta; it's par for the course from them.

Thanks for sharing.

[andrewducker]

You're welcome, and yes. People will be sharing things not aware that they're doing so publicly.

[anna_wing]

A similar-in-principle technique is already applied to textile conservation. Print the missing/damaged bit onto a piece of clorh of similar weight and then weave it in by hand.

[andrewducker]

That's very cool!

[calimac]

1) “Because there’s a digital record of what mask was used, in 100 years, the next time someone is working with this, they’ll have an extremely clear understanding of what was done to the painting,”

You think your digital record of today will still be readable in 100 years?

[andrewducker]

That doesn't seem very likely to me. Possible, but not likely.