Interesting Links for 07-08-2020

[andrewducker]

Pulse oximeters give biased results for people with darker skin

(tags:racism technology medicine )

Scientists rename human genes to stop Microsoft Excel from misreading them as dates

(tags:genetics date OhForFucksSake )

Germany plans to dim lights at night to save insects

(tags:Germany insects light )

The Cummings effect: How England's trust in the government plummeted

(tags:pandemic trust uk government )

The Dark Triad traits predict authoritarian political correctness and alt-right attitudes

(tags:psychology politics )

Taking apart the three major planks of the transphobic movement

(tags:LGBT transgender )

Comments

[claudeb]

Gee, you mean Microsoft's shoddy software can actually impact the work of people who are trying to, you know, cure cancer and the like? Good going. Not that people with less than white skin being potentially left to die due to a poorly calibrated device is much better. And that was just what I had the patience to finish reading. What a crop today.