Interesting Links for 11-02-2016

Microsoft’s Cortana has no time for sexist bullshit

(tags: Microsoft sexism ai )

Someone has proposed a Monument Valley Lego set

(tags: games Lego )

Twitter puts video ads at top of users’ timeline feeds

(tags: Twitter video advertising )

Common gene variant may lead girls to make healthy or unhealthy food choices — depending on their early socioeconomic environment

(tags: society genes diet )

The “Scottish Landscape Photographer of the Year” photos are understandably gorgeous

(tags: landscapes Scotland photography beauty )

54% of Scots would back independence if the UK leaves the EU

Here are the breakdowns: https://www.ipsos-mori.com/Assets/Docs/Scotland/scottish-monitor-feb-2016-tables.pdf
(tags: Scotland independence UK Europe )

If you win at something, you’re more likely to cheat.

I suspect that this is because “stopping winning” feels like moving backwards, and people feel much worse about it than if they hadn’t won in the first place. I suspect this is also the reason why people defend their privileges…
(tags: cheating competition viaSwampers )

Gadgets, Guns, and the Struggle for a Sustainable Future in the Rare Metal Age

(tags: mining technology recycling )

A Mammal’s Brain Has Been Cryonically Preserved and Recovered

(tags: cryonics viajohnbobshaun rabbits )

Coco bonds: what are they and why have they hit bank shares?

(tags: banking finance ImpendingDoom )

Bacterial spores may be effective treatment for recurrent C. difficile (And restore microbiome)

(tags: bacteria microbiome infection )

Android app helps Iranians avoid morality police checkpoints

(tags: Iran morality police android apps )

How the movie Airplane! is like Gilbert and Sullivan

(tags: comedy movies opera )

A movie producer tweets descriptions of women from the scripts he’s sent

(tags: women movies writing )

Beliefs about all-knowing gods fosters co-operation

(tags: society religion )

The Problem with Time & Timezones

(tags: video time computers )

The Russian Cosmonaut Who Crashed To Earth ‘Crying In Rage’

Please do read the story linked at the top, which adds corrections from other historians.
(tags: Russia space history death OhForFucksSake )

Why you shouldn’t believe the government health advice on the dangers of drinking

Although you also shouldn’t believe the person criticizing them either: http://www.tobaccotactics.org/index.php/Christopher_Snowdon
(tags: alcohol health advice lies )