Interesting Links for 11-05-2018

The strangest place people have written software

(tags: software weird )

Jeremy Thorpe: Who was the Liberal Party leader and what led to his spectacular fall from grace?

(tags: politics history liberal uk )

Is Iran really the world’s leading state sponsor of terror

(tags: Iran terrorism facts )

Salary transparency continues to be in everyone's interests except your boss'

(tags: transparentsociety salary money )

Making tiny swords out of nails (and large ones out of railroad spikes)

(tags: weaponry )

Reasons why babies cry

(tags: babies crying funny )

Digital photocopiers contain copies of everything they've seen. Companies sell them without wiping them

(tags: data Technology privacy fail )

Google Grapples with ‘Horrifying’ Reaction to Uncanny AI Tech

(tags: ai Google )

Solo: First Reactions Twitter Roundup

(tags: StarWars )

If you tell people they're seeing an advert because you're tracking them they like it less

(tags: advertising surveillance )

Scientists Stuffed a Crocodile Into an MRI Machine to See If It Likes Bach

(tags: crocodile music mri )

Positive parenting doesn't help children's friendships, but negative parenting harms them

(tags: children friendship parenting )

Flexible work arrangements reduce wage gap for mothers

(tags: wages inequality mother )

Stanford Study Shows the Productivity Boost of Working From Home

(tags: work productivity )

What’s the waiter doing with the computer screen?

(tags: ux design restaurant viaSwampers )

This Comic From 1919 Imagines What It’s Like to Have a Phone in Your Pocket

(tags: phones comic thefuture )