The Daily Populous

Monday October 8th, 2018 morning edition

image for The Internet’s keepers? “Some call us hoarders—I like to say we’re archivists”

“I’ve got government video of how to wash your hands or prep for nuclear war,” says Mark Graham, director of the Wayback Machine at the Internet Archive.

“We could easily make a list of .ppt files in all the websites from .mil, the Military Industrial PowerPoint Complex.”.

And the immediate takeaway is that the scale of the Internet Archive today may be as hard to fathom as the scale of the Internet itself.

The archive also maintains a nearby warehouse for storing physical media—not just books, but things like vinyl records, too.

In total, Graham says the Internet Archive adds four petabytes of information per year (that's four million gigabytes, for context).

Graham shares that the Wayback Machine had, in fact, captured 835 instances of the Google homepage that day in January 2018.

To improve these kind of efforts, Graham says the Wayback Machine has been subtly working on improving its user-facing tools. »

Study: Yoga practice reduces the psychological distress and paranoid thoughts of prison inmates

Authored by psypost.org

Practicing yoga can help reduce paranoid thoughts, memory problems, trouble concentrating, and obsessive thoughts in prison inmates, according to new research published in Frontiers in Psychiatry.

“We know that changing the brain to alter behaviours may not necessarily/inclusively require pharmacy or any invasive form of therapy.

The study, “Yoga Practice Reduces the Psychological Distress Levels of Prison Inmates“, was authored by Anis Sfendla, Petter Malmström, Sara Torstensson and Nóra Kerekes. »

Pilot shot in helicopter crash which killed senior Putin prosecutor

Authored by dailymail.co.uk

The pilot involved in the helicopter crash which killed one of Vladimir Putin's top prosecutors was found with two bullets in his body, it has been claimed today.

Deputy prosecutor-general Saak Karapetyan - a former MP and long-time ally of President Vladimir Putin - died in a helicopter crash.

Reports say Karapetyan and his nephew Arutyunyan, 47, a senior customs official, were using the helicopter for a hunting trip. »

Moray rapist who tried to cheat justice by claiming he was too fat to appear in court died of heart disease

Authored by pressandjournal.co.uk

A rapist who tried to cheat justice by claiming he was too fat to appear in court died of obesity, an inquiry has ruled.

A special sitting of the high court had to be convened in Elgin because the morbidly-obese 69-year-old – who tried to claim he was unfit to stand trial – was incapable of travelling further.

A fatal inquiry was held, and the court heard the cause of Sandison’s death was obesity and heart disease. »

TIL Pink Floyd is inducted into the National Association of Brick Distributors' Hall of Fame for their services to the brick industry through their 1979 album, "The Wall".

Authored by angelfire.com

The newly-opened hall is somewhat damaged by soap rings and trampled flowers, and the Floyd are thereafter banned from the hall.

Oct 10, 1991 Pink Floyd is inducted into the National Association of Brick Distributors' Hall of Fame.

Jan 17, 1996 Pink Floyd is inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame at New York's Waldorf Astoria Hotel. »