HealthCare.gov sends personal data to dozens of tracking websites
The Associated Press reports that healthcare.gov–the flagship site of the Affordable Care Act, where millions of Americans have signed up to receive health care–is quietly sending personal health information to a number of third party websites. The information being sent includes ones zip code, inco…
Hasnain says:
That query string...
" smoker=1&parent=&pregnant=1&mec=&zip=85601&state=AZ&income=3500
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How Uber and Lyft have exploited long waits, slow travel and poor service to crack open...
An inside look at the behavior of riders in San Francisco.
Hasnain says:
" In one of their more striking findings, Rayle and co-authors found that 66 percent of the trips taken by people who use these app services would have been twice as long if taken by public transit instead (that's if nearby transit was at least available). That number includes all of the time spent just waiting for the trip to begin. "
Posted on 2015-01-21T17:12:07+0000
Is 'SimCity' Homelessness a Bug or a Feature?
A new 600-page, two volume epic about how to get rid of the homeless in SimCity.
Hasnain says:
" "To me video games are the so-called 'real America,'" he said. "The real America operates according to a video game logic, and that game logic is neo-liberalism, and that absolutely manifests in San Francisco, that to me is the epicenter of inequality. In San Francisco you either have a Tesla and you drink a seven dollar cappuccino or you're homeless in the streets.""
Posted on 2015-01-21T17:04:40+0000
A Designer's War on Misleading Parking Signs
The story of a girl who got too many parking tickets, and dared to dream of a better tomorrow.
Hasnain says:
It would also be cool if the laws can be improved to simplify the rules
Posted on 2015-01-21T16:57:51+0000
SpaceX Sells 10% Stake to Google, Fidelity for $1 Billion
Space Exploration Technologies Corp., the rocket maker run by billionaire Elon Musk, said that Google Inc. and Fidelity Investments have invested $1 billion that will give them a combined stake of almost 10 percent.
Animal Welfare at Risk in Experiments for Meat Industry
In the past 50 years, lamb chops have gotten bigger, pork loins less fatty and steaks easier to chew — all thanks in part to the U.S. Meat Animal Research Center. But these achievements have come at a steep cost to the center’s animals.
Hasnain says:
" Roger Ellis, a scientist and veterinarian who now works for a cattle nutrition company, said that when he determined about 10 years ago that a sheep had died at least in part from neglect, a center official pressed him to “soften the diagnosis.” Dr. Ellis said that he refused, and that the center had an outside veterinarian change the death record."
Posted on 2015-01-20T17:56:08+0000
HTML5 Genetic Algorithm Biped Walkers
rednuht.org
What the Web Said Yesterday
The Web is continually erasing its past. The Wayback Machine aims to preserve its tracks. Jill Lepore reports.
Hasnain says:
The title is funny given that the article is dated the 26th of January. Really good read though.
Posted on 2015-01-20T01:22:47+0000
Google Nears $1 Billion Investment in SpaceX
Google Inc. is close to investing roughly $1 billion in Space Exploration Technologies Corp. to support its nascent efforts to deliver Internet access via satellites.
The Fine Art of Bullshit
Killed by Google