Bookmarks for 28 Nov 2011
- Racism And Meritocracy | TechCrunch
A brilliant piece by Eric Ries on the most likely reasons minorities are really under-represented in Silicon Valley startup incubators: implicit bias. (startups investment psychology racism ) - The life of a software engineer
Harsh but… fair enough (software_development humour cartoon dopost ) - A probability paradox? | Understanding Uncertainty
Some possible answers to: “Multiple Choice: If you choose an answer to this question at random, what is the chance you will be correct? A) 25% B) 50% C) 60% D) 25%” (probability maths dopost ) - Alan Moore – meet the man behind the protest mask | Books | The Observer
Good interview with Alan Moore, reflecting on the use of his (?? not artist John Lloyd’s?) V for Vendetta
mask at the Occupy * protests (politics protest comics interview ) - Tim Harford — Article — Back to the glory days of Northern Rock
Great Q&A-style piece on the folly of the government’s mortgage support plan. (housing banking mortgages economics )