Extenuating Circumstances

This is an auto-posted collection of public links I’ve either posted to, or favourites from Twitter, my Instapaper bookmarks and my public links posted to Pinboard.in for December 18th from 01:11 to 11:11:

• The secret to the Uber economy is wealth inequality – Quartz – "It did not take technology to spur the on-demand economy. It took masses of poor people."
• Fantastic Mr ( ；´Д｀) on Twitter: “Just bought my little dude a wooden toy car he’s going to lose his isht over when Santa brings it for Christmas. http://t.co/N4u0mT91sb” – Just bought my little dude a wooden toy car he's going to lose his isht over when Santa brings it for Christmas.
• arcadephile – wasted too many quarters playing this dumb thing
• Tiny Cartridge on Twitter: “wasted too many quarters playing this dumb thing http://t.co/0loGCh48yk http://t.co/mTEXJoBAkR” – wasted too many quarters playing this dumb thing
• Excerpts from NBA Jam – check out this sweet essay collection about NBA Jam no seriously
• Untitled (http://priceonomics.com/how-diverse-is-your-city/) – How Diverse is Your City? . (SpoilerPortland OR still the whitest major city in America)
• Target found negligent in data breach, argues against culpability – FierceRetail – Target found negligent in data breach, opening the door for banks/credit unions to sue for compensation:
• Untitled (http://m.imore.com/ios-8-review-3-months-later) – More of this please: an iOS 8 review, three months into actually, really really using it.
• Nasri Atallah on Twitter: “The little-known fourth major monotheistic religion… http://t.co/k086TdsdEz” – The little-known fourth major monotheistic religion…
• Untitled (http://mobile.nytimes.com/2014/12/18/world/asia/us-links-north-korea-to-sony-hacking.html?_r=3&referrer=) – The last line of this is chilling. Cyberattacks = the new asymmetric, guerrilla warfare?
• Christopher Mims on Twitter: “The last line of this is chilling. Cyberattacks = the new asymmetric, guerrilla warfare? http://t.co/dDWCnNUZl7 http://t.co/xS1g8uszKc” – The last line of this is chilling. Cyberattacks = the new asymmetric, guerrilla warfare?
• A Breakdown and Analysis of the December, 2014 Sony Hack – Violet Blue ®: This. A thousand times this: http://t.co/TLFEF1sED2 #SonyHack Especially 4 and 5.
• Why the Sony hack is unlikely to be the work of North Korea. – Violet Blue ®: This. A thousand times this: http://t.co/TLFEF1sED2 #SonyHack Especially 4 and 5.
• Eight Things I Wish for Wall Street – sumit paul-choudhury: "Of what use is a predatory algorithm to a sane and happy 85-year-old woman?" http://t.co/1PfCfa2iG1