Linkee-poo is rushed

Apparently today is international "OMG we forgot and now need this tomorrow" Day.

"A new study I published with my co-author examines gender bias in student evaluations. We looked at the content of the comments in both the formal in-class student evaluations for his courses as compared to mine as well as the informal comments we received on the popular website Rate My Professors. We found that a male professor was more likely to receive comments about his qualification and competence, and that refer to him as 'professor.' We also found that a female professor was more likely to receive comments that mention her personality and her appearance, and that refer to her as a 'teacher.'" As the husband of a professor, yes this to a thousand. (Grokked from Kelly Link)

Second-hand marijuana smoke may have worse health effect than tobacco smoke. But here's the thing, any kind of smoke is fine particulate matter (including ash), which settles deeply in the lungs. That makes it hard for your body to expel.

"A self-driving car operated by Uber struck and killed a pedestrian who was walking her bicycle in Tempe, Ariz., Sunday night. The incident could be the first pedestrian death involving a self-driving vehicle." Well, that didn't take as long as people might have thought. So now all those hypotheticals are about to get real.

An e-paper smart calendar. Yes, wants. When e-ink was first developed it was thought there would be a lot of these types of items, sadly the only real use we've seen has been as e-book readers (I think there was a watch, but not much more than that). (Grokked from Rodney)

"A sheriff’s spokeswoman said three people were injured in a shooting at a high school in southern Maryland on Tuesday, including the shooter."

"A package destined for an address in Austin, Texas, exploded at a FedEx distribution facility near San Antonio early Tuesday morning, reportedly resulting to a slight injury to an employee." Well, there's a mistake. Using FedEx creates a long paper trail. And at least around me FedEx no long has drop-off boxes, you have to go into an actual store which have cameras. This is also why the police made the appeal to talk with the bomber, because in talking they begin to make mistakes. Mistakes lead to clues to identity, which leads to arrests. This is what gets most criminals. They escalate, they get cocky, they taunt police, and then they get sloppy and/or changeup their MO.

"'The enemy is forgetting': Bernanke, Geithner and Paulson on why we must remember the 2008 financial crisis." Unfortunately humans are really good at forgetting (or at least ignoring) things. BTW, that's a fabulous story title.

"Senior executives at Cambridge Analytica – the data company that credits itself with Donald Trump’s presidential victory – have been secretly filmed saying they could entrap politicians in compromising situations with bribes and Ukrainian sex workers." Nice people. (Grokked form Katheryn Cramer)