Interesting Links for 25-11-2022

[andrewducker]

1. Anyone I know fancy a plush sphinx?

(tags:toys )

2. Google is changing how it provides its services so it can track you better

(tags:viaSwampers Google web surveillance )

3. Want your car to accelerate faster? Then you'll need to pay a monthly fee

(tags:OhForFucksSake cars business )

4. DragonForce - My Heart Will Go On

(tags:music Titanic cover )

5. LessWrong/Effective Altruism as racists

(tags:racism )

6. 10 years after stalking was made illegal, victims feel abandoned by the law

(tags:UK stalking law fail OhForFucksSake )

7. Oxford scientists crack case of why ketchup splatters from near-empty bottle

(tags:food physics )

Comments

[nancylebov]

Two of the major EA charities are giving malaria nets to save lives in Africa and GiveDirectly, which is about giving money to poor people.

This strikes me as very inefficient racism.

[wildeabandon]

Now now, don't let those pesky facts get in the way of Diva's ranting about how evil we all are...

[nancylebov]

To be fair, it's both true that EA is trying to save black people's lives and has enough respect for people to just give poor people money, *and* that a great many people in the rationalist community believe that there are genetic racial differences in IQ.