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People in Rio de Janeiro mock surreal prices

mardi 4 février 2014 à 13:00

People in Rio de Janeiro are mocking the surreal prices provoked by the coming World Cup.

Facebook

mardi 4 février 2014 à 13:00

One user writes that Facebook led her to be in love with "the projection of [her] own desired life".

Cutting down on the amount of her usage by Facebook may have addressed this problem, but not all the others.

Uganda bans miniskirts

mardi 4 février 2014 à 13:00

Uganda's first step to impose control on women is to ban miniskirts, not to mention bikinis, and any pictures of them, and any writing about them.

I think even the song "Itsy-bitsy teeny-weeny yellow polkadot bikini" will be criminalized by this law, not to mention lots of movies that could get a G rating in the US.

How web sites correlate information about visitors with names

mardi 4 février 2014 à 13:00

Clever tricks that web sites use to collect information about visitors and correlate those with names.

How these companies currently use the data they collect is not significant because (1) they could change those policies tomorrow and (2) those policies don't apply when government agencies such as the NSA collect the data.

Mexico's supposed crackdown on pimps

mardi 4 février 2014 à 13:00

Mexico's supposed crackdown on pimps that force women into prostitution has got off to a weak start.