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Court Says Police In Ohio Can Just Guess How Fast You Were Going And Give You A Ticket | Techdirt
Independent verification of the vehicle’s speed is not necessary to support a conviction for speeding. Say what? via Court Says Police In Ohio Can Just Guess How Fast You Were Going And Give You A Ticket | Techdirt. (Shared by … Continue reading
If San Francisco Crime were Elevation | Doug McCune
These interesting visualizations transform San Francisco crime data into a topographical map. Mt. Loin and the Mission Range are not very surprising. I’d be curious to see what a similar visualization for Atlanta would look like. If San Francisco Crime … Continue reading
Locals and Tourists
This is a pretty fascinating set of images produced by plotting the locations of photos taken and coloring them based on whether the photographer was (presumably) a local or a tourist. I can see these being potentially valuable for finding … Continue reading
Wondering what century Microsoft thinks this is…
via tweetie
PCRM >> Good Medicine Magazine >> Health vs. Pork: Congress Debates the Farm Bill >> Autumn 2007
via pcrm.org Nice graphical argument for ending the current ag-subsidy programs.
Oh, the irony
A 45-year-old woman, charged with ending a domestic dispute by killing her 26-year-old husband of five days, is a registered lobbyist for a group fighting domestic violence. via ajc.com
Daniel Kahneman: The riddle of experience vs. memory
This is a great talk. Kahneman’s vacation thought experiment is particularly interesting.
LBJ orders pants
Take a few minutes out of your day and spend it with this audio tape of Lyndon Baines Johnson, our 36th President, while he orders a few pairs of trousers from the Haggar company in Dallas. via coudal.com This is … Continue reading
Richard Feynman explains magnets, sort of
via kottke.org This is one of those down-the-rabbit-hole explanations like the ones that make Feynman’s books so interesting to read.