Links on 8/31/2013

When to go on the record with email at work | mathbabe.

On being ‘right’ in science | The Student Blog.

Human Resource Executive Online | A Mass Exodus of Millennials?.

Why Have There Been So Few Sexual Assault Prosecutions In the Agriculture Industry? | Rape in the Fields | FRONTLINE | PBS.

The first arrest filmed on Google Glass? | Technically Incorrect – CNET News.

….A Google Glass explorer happens to be on a New Jersey boardwalk when a fight breaks out. His footage shows how easy it is to film, well, anything surreptitiously with Google’s glasses….

Links on 8/30/2013

New evidence on anchoring effects.

New Study Finds That State Crime Labs Are Paid Per Conviction.

You Could Be Held Legally Liable For Texting A Driver Who Crashes.

What Whistle Blower and Former High Level Executive Michael Winston Knows About Bankers Crimes Will Horrify You | Alternet.

6 Ways That Workers Are Being Treated Like Machines | Alternet.

Human Resource Executive Online | A Different Kind of Discrimination.

Testosterone Pit – Home – LEAKED: German Government Warns Key Entities Not To Use Windows 8 – Links The NSA.

How Much Is Your Personal Data Worth? – Truthdig.

Links on 8/21/2013

Christie's appraisal will reveal value of Detroit Institute of Arts' collection | Detroit Free Press | freep.com.

Changing IP address to access public website ruled violation of US law | Ars Technica.

ObamaCare’s Relentless Creation of Second-Class Citizens (6) « naked capitalism.

(1) The Ultimate Cheat Sheet For Starting And Runni… – The Altucher Confidential – Quora.

Giant Fatberg Found Under London Has Surprising Use.

Feds Slash Colorado River Release to Historic Lows.

Sugar.

BOLD – Internet Privacy – Module 4.

Groklaw – Forced Exposure ~pj.

Russia vs. U.S. Gas "Cold War" Underlying Edward Snowden Asylum Standoff | MyFDL.

IP Cloaking Violates Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, Judge Rules | Threat Level | Wired.com.

Links on 8/20/2013

Among the NSA's Own Tips for Securing Computers: Remove the Webcam – Alexis C. Madrigal – The Atlantic.

How One Plus One Became Everything: A Puzzle of Life : Krulwich Wonders… : NPR.

Here’s what you find when you scan the entire Internet in an hour.

Teach People to Beat a Polygraph? Go to Jail..

Obama’s FBI Channels the Tea Party: Partner with the Banks and Blame the Poor for the Crisis | New Economic Perspectives.

Craigslist can use anti-hacking law to stop firm from scraping its data, court rules — Tech News and Analysis.

When big data goes bad in a totally predictable way | mathbabe.

Links on 8/19/2013

A Powerful Legal Tool, and Its Potential for Abuse – ProPublica.

Infographic: An Amazing Atlas of the World Wide Web | Wired Design | Wired.com.

Artificial Intelligence and What Computers Still Don’t Understand : The New Yorker.

Sarah Stillman: The Use and Abuse of Civil Forfeiture : The New Yorker.

US Potential GDP Growth Lowest Since WW2 – Business Insider.

Adam Savage: How Simple Ideas Lead to Scientific Discoveries | The Big Picture.

So what about the rest of your workforce? | MyFDL.

Snowden leaks: the real take-home – Charlie’s Diary.

New approach assembles big structures from small interlocking pieces.

This “Hyperlapse Postcard” Makes You Want to Go to Georgia | Co.Create: Creativity \ Culture \ Commerce.

Links on 8/18/2013

IT now 10 percent of world’s electricity consumption, report finds • The Register.

Google goes dark for 2 minutes, kills 40% of world’s net traffic • The Register.

The Notorious MSG’s Unlikely Formula For Success.

Chasing Coincidences – Issue 4: The Unlikely – Nautilus.

When Past Disasters Are Prologue – Issue 4: The Unlikely – Nautilus.

Merchants of Meth: How Big Pharma Keeps the Cooks in Business | Mother Jones.

Morsels for the mind – 16/8/2013 › Six Incredible Things Before Breakfast.

Links on 8/17/2013

BBC – Capital – What's really holding women back in the workplace?.

Arctic ice grows darker and less reflective – environment – 05 August 2013 – New Scientist.

Brazil uprising points to rise of leaderless networks – life – 26 June 2013 – New Scientist.

The American dream myth: Income mobility; 4 out of 5 Americans struggle with poverty, joblessness, or go on welfare at some point during their lives; and bottom 80 percent of Americans control 7 percent of total wealth..

The Offline Wage Wars of Silicon Valley.

Higher social class predicts increased unethical behavior.

James Galbraith on Europe, Greece (and Syriza), Germany and America | Yanis Varoufakis.

Three brief Greek summer tales | Yanis Varoufakis.

Links on 8/16/2013

Firefighter Handcuffed, Threatened with Taser After Waving at Cops.

Lean In hypocrisy: Sheryl Sandberg org is hiring an unpaid intern..

The ‘preserved mustard index’ ???? | Fuchsia Dunlop.

451 Unavailable | Home.

….ISPs often don’t say why a website is blocked and court orders are rarely voluntarily published. So when sites are blocked, it’s really hard to find out why….

Gmail promises “no reasonable expectation” of privacy – Salon.com.

Climate change may make trees grow faster – Salon.com.

40 maps that explain the world.

I hate to be a pest, but … — Crooked Timber.

Links on 8/15/2013

Bash Brothers: How Globalization and Technology Teamed Up to Crush Middle-Class Workers – Derek Thompson – The Atlantic.

Why Is Inequality So Much Higher in the U.S. Than in France? – Matthew O'Brien – The Atlantic.

Stop Thinking That Tech Hacks Will Fix Our Surveillance Problems | Wired Opinion | Wired.com.

Storefront Window Turns Office Workers Into Zoo Animals | Wired Design | Wired.com.

Why are Appraisers Furious at Fraud by their Peers while Corporate Lawyers are Complacent? | New Economic Perspectives.

Debt Obligations and the Need for Regulation | New Economic Perspectives.

The FBI’s 2010 Mortgage Fraud Report Reveals Why the Banksters Love Holder | New Economic Perspectives.

*Ninety Percent of Everything*.

A Black Hole Mystery Wrapped in a Firewall Paradox – NYTimes.com.

With So Many Job Openings, Why So Little Hiring? – Bloomberg.

Why is Obama So Keen to Appoint Larry Summers to the Fed? « naked capitalism.

The Real Foreclosure Scandal: Why Have Virtually No Lawyers Been Disbarred? « naked capitalism.

Gmail security: Google says users have "no legitimate expectation of privacy.".

The Business Habits of Highly Effective Terrorists | Foreign Affairs.

“I don’t normally do this kind of thing”: 45 small fates – The New Inquiry.

Links on 8/14/2013

Exegesis: How early adapters, innovative publishers, legacy media companies and more are pushing toward the annotated web » Nieman Journalism Lab.

….new way of linking through annotation

Wonkbook: Is there a doom loop between economic and political inequality?.

Don’t take my pension!: The looming public worker nightmare – Salon.com.

How to be a pickup artist, Silicon Valley style | mathbabe.

Yet Another White House Obamacare Delay: Out-Of-Pocket Caps Waived Until 2015 – Forbes.