Interesting Links for 09-11-2018
Nov. 9th, 2018 11:00 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
andrewducker- The spotlight of attention is more like a strobe, say researchers
- (tags: psychology attention perception )
- Dyson wins ruling over vacuum cleaner tests
- (tags: vacuum testing europe )
- "Don't Call Yourself A Programmer" , And Other Career Advice | Kalzumeus Software
- (tags: programming business )
- Plan to ban cars along Edinburgh's George Street
- (tags: Edinburgh cars )
- Scots curriculum to include focus on LGBTI issues
- (tags: lgbt school Scotland GoodNews )
- To deter crime, don't increase sentences, increase certainty of punishment
- (tags: crime effectiveness )
- Disney's new Netflix rival will be called Disney+ and launch late 2019
- (tags: Disney marvel Pixar streaming )
- China's 'AI newsreader': Which of these isn't real?
- Spoilers - it's the one which sounds like a robot.
Bonus points to whoever at the BBC referred to it as a "programme".
(tags: china ai news tv )
Re: To deter crime, don't increase sentences, increase certainty of punishment
Date: 2018-11-11 10:24 am (UTC)https://www.nber.org/digest/jan03/w9061.html
It's the probability of getting caught that affects the crime rate. But so does income. So make getting caught more likely as well as increase the incomes of those at the bottom.