Funky Weird Blog Spot: October 2015

(10/1) What is the best book ever written on regression modeling / predictive modeling? - Quora:

Doesn't require previous R knowledge, so it can be used to learn R and regression modeling simultaneously

CRAN: Contributed Documentation: Manuals, tutorials, etc. provided by users of R.

Kangaroo is an amazing $99 Windows 10 portable PC | VentureBeat |
Mobile | by Emil Protalinski

http://venturebeat.com/2015/10/26/kangaroo-is-an-amazing-99-windows-10-portable-pc/

http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Leg-ulcer-venous/Pages/Treatment.aspx

To help your ulcer heal more quickly, follow the advice below:

The Business Case for Gender Diversity - by Caroline Turner - AMERICAN DIVERSITY REPORT: According to Cumulative Gallup Workplace Studies cited in “Business Case for Diversity with Inclusion,” organizations with inclusive cultures do better on several scores than those that aren’t inclusive:
39% higher customer satisfaction
22% greater productivity
27% higher profitability.

Minorities Absent In Growing Cyber War | The Daily Caller: African-Americans and Latinos make up less than 10 percent of the cyber workforce, according to the International Consortium of Minority Cybersecurity Professionals

Study Reveals Why Lefties Are Rare

Professor Daniel M. Abrams and graduate student Mark J. Panaggio—both
right-handers—are the first to use real-world data (from competitive
sports) to test and confirm the hypothesis that social behavior is
related to population-level handedness.

http://m.livescience.com/19968-study-reveals-lefties-rare.html

Eight charts that put tech companies’ diversity stats into perspective | Gigaom: "High level conclusions: Cisco and Intel lead the pack with the worst gender diversity, 77 percent (Cisco) and 76 percent (Intel) male. "

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A Few Thoughts on Cryptographic Engineering: A riddle wrapped in a curve

http://blog.cryptographyengineering.com/2015/10/a-riddle-wrapped-in-curve.html?m=1

Risky business – five facts you should know about the EMV Liability
Shift - Lexology

http://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=2dec0544-d3e6-4513-90d7-2842e5752d14

EMV liability shift calls for renewed focus on employee security
behaviors | Point of Sale News | POS News, Information and Resources

http://pointofsale.com/201510067817/Point-of-Sale-News/EMV-liability-shift-calls-for-renewed-focus-on-employee-security-behaviors.html

CAESS - FAQ - Car hacking context:

http://www.autosec.org/faq.html#q3

BlackBerry’s Priv Android Slider Phone up for Pre-order at $699 | Re/code: "Priv will pack a 5.4-inch dual-curved screen and an 18-megapixel camera as well as a feature designed to warn users when their privacy could be at risk. "

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Bacteria found in deep sea could help neutralize industrial carbon
dioxide : News : University Herald

http://www.universityherald.com/articles/25210/20151023/bacteria-found-in-deep-sea-could-help-neutralize-industrial-carbon-dioxide.htm

Hacktivism 1-2-3: how privacy enhancing technologies change the face of anonymous hacktivism | Internet Policy Review: Through the short summary of the ad-hoc vigilante group Anonymous, this article describes hacktivism 1.0 as electronic civil disobedience conducted by outsiders.

Interview With Julie Ann Horvath by Julie Ann Horvath | Model View Culture

"Julie: I think a lot of marginalized people who have had really bad
experiences in tech, need that non-disparagement money to survive."

https://modelviewculture.com/pieces/interview-with-julie-ann-horvath

Online Poker 'Moratorium' Being Discussed On Capitol Hill: Report: "Online casino games are regulated in Nevada, New Jersey and Delaware, but California, New York and Pennsylvania are all taking serious looks at the casino gaming sub-industry."

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The NSA sure breaks a lot of "unbreakable" crypto. This is probably
how they do it. / Boing Boing

https://boingboing.net/2015/10/15/the-nsa-sure-breaks-a-lot-of.html

Could Tramadol cause Gout aggravated - eHealthMe.com:

Gout aggravated is found among people who take Tramadol, especially for people who are male, 60 old...

The fake LinkedIn recruiter network hackers are using to reel in business users | ZDNet: "Hackers known to use Zeus malware to hack critical infrastructure targets have developed an elaborate network of fake recruiter profiles for phishing on LinkedIn."

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LinkedIn Sockpuppets Are Targeting Security Researchers | News from the Lab: "Multiple LinkedIn accounts recently targeted numerous security specialists in an attempt to map their social graphs."

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Managing Risk in the "Digital Forevermore" | OpenMarkets

http://openmarkets.cmegroup.com/7206/managing-risk-in-the-digital-forevermore

Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) | Internet of Things Poses
Opportunities for Cyber Crime

http://www.ic3.gov/media/2015/150910.aspx

Family Tree DNA Partners with National Geographic's Genographic
Project to Provide Additional Insight into Family History and
Ancestral Roots | news.sys-con.com

http://news.sys-con.com/node/3483540

5 Tools To Check For Broken Links On Your Website - WPUniversity: Unlike Xenu’s Link Sleuth, Screaming Frog is explicitly intended for site optimization. It dives deeper into page-level elements like heading tags and meta data.

Privacy in the Age of Big Data - Stanford Law Review: At the same time, the “data deluge” presents privacy concerns that could stir a regulatory backlash, dampening the data economy and stifling innovation.

The Schizophrenic State: Data Protection versus Surveillance in Europe and America by Alessandro Guarino :: SSRN: On both sides of the Atlantic the tension between privacy and security in cyberspace, as well as the very definition of these concepts has been very much in the forefront since 2001 and recently much more so

The Right to Be Forgotten - Stanford Law Review: Although Reding depicted the new right as a modest expansion of existing data privacy rights, in fact it represents the biggest threat to free speech on the Internet in the coming decade.

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