Random links
- *Savage Continent*
- A book on the aftermath of World War 2. A portion of the excerpt there: "The number of sexual relationships that took place between European women and Germans during the war is quite staggering. In Norway as many of 10 percent of women aged between fifteen and thirty had German boyfriends during the war. If the statistics on the number of children born to German soldiers are anything to go by, this was by no means unusual…" I read the book PostWar a while back which is based on a similar topic, but it didn't really seem to get into this particular angle.
- On OSHA
- How much of an impact did the US government bringing increased health and safety regulations in 1970 have on workplace fatalities? There's an interesting figure graphing trends in workplace fatalities from 1933-1993 in the US, with essentially no change in the trend line after the introduction of those new rules.
- What does it take to be jailed? Smirking thug with 51 convictions walks free despite attacking two men with a champagne bottle… after judge says she’s a ‘caring mother’
- To add a bit from a journal article: "females receive even shorter sentences relative to men than whites relative to blacks. The discrimination literature generally argues that females are objects of discrimination and receive worse outcomes. In sentencing, however, women receive better outcomes, consistent with women’s being treated paternalistically in court. Although some contend that the sentencing guidelines harm women, studies have usually concluded that females are sentenced more leniently than males." The New York Times seems to concur with that assessment.
- Midea Innovation: World's First Solid State RF Microwave Oven
- "Compared to traditional microwave ovens, the Midea solid state RF microwave oven has many advantages including high intelligence, longer life, lower voltage operation, lower noise, full DC operation capability and smaller footprint. It has the fundamental innovation in overall form factor and appearance, "green" levels of electricity consumption and improved ease of use." Lower noise and longer life both sound good - not sure how expensive this thing is likely to be relative other microwaves. (I bought a low-end microwave when my old higher-end one died a year or two ago... and I find the noise of the thing a bit annoying).