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Re:The mystery of the mimic plant (2022) by Wherecombinator on Sunday December 24, 2023 @09:32AM (#38753678)
On iOS here and half the screen is taken up by a cookie pop up and my only option to dismiss it is by accepting. Is that legal in the eu?
Re:The mystery of the mimic plant (2022) by ajb on Sunday December 24, 2023 @10:26AM (#38754071)
Same on Firefox on Android, but reader mode gets past the popup

The plant the article is talking about is https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boquila which can apparently mimic nearby plants of different species, and can mimic several at the same time. It's not understood how yet.

One experiment showed that it could mimic fake plastic plants, which would be mind blowing as it would require something approaching vision, but the study apparently has flaws.

Re:The mystery of the mimic plant (2022) by melagonster on Sunday December 24, 2023 @11:24AM (#38754487)
the interesting part is main author of the research just did his experiments in home. he contacted a professor and hope professor do research on his plant. but the professor encouraged him finish this by himself. unfortunately, this why critics found problems in it.
Re:The mystery of the mimic plant (2022) by ajb on Sunday December 24, 2023 @11:31AM (#38754546)
Does that mean this plant is easy to obtain? That would be cool!

(Edited to add - yes, I can find it online for £25)

Re:The mystery of the mimic plant (2022) by melagonster on Sunday December 24, 2023 @01:11PM (#38755308)
gue I don't need response, thank you :)
Re:The mystery of the mimic plant (2022) by e40 on Sunday December 24, 2023 @09:59AM (#38753847)
Don’t see that myself but using a couple of extensions in safari. 1Blocker and AdGuard.
Re:The mystery of the mimic plant (2022) by _a_a_a_ on Sunday December 24, 2023 @10:10AM (#38753923)
Disable JS. No popup or anything. Full article visible.
Re:The mystery of the mimic plant (2022) by n8cpdx on Sunday December 24, 2023 @02:05PM (#38755749)
Between 1Blocker, consent-o-matic, and Lockdown Mode, I didn’t have any issues. I checked and lockdown mode isn’t the cause of the good experience this time, so it must be one of the extensions.