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 August 29th from 20:41 to 11:01:

• Microsoft Cortana Analytics Workshop 2015 – Register Now Return to Existing Registration During this two-day technical workshop you will have the opportunity to learn about Microsoft’s advanced analytics…
• If These Girls Knew That Slender Man Was a Fantasy, Why Did They Want to Kill Their Friend for Him? – Payton had been called “Bella” since about the first grade. Morgan had been ­Bella’s best friend since fourth. Both girls loved cats and ­playing dress-up.…
• Webrtc in Safari? – What is WebRTC again? WebRTC is a set of browser APIs and protocols being worked on by the W3C and IETF standardization bodies. With WebRTC, developers can…
• Here’s some perspective on how good we have it, from economist Brad DeLong – wheat grain field Shutterstock Economist Brad DeLong recently spoke with " Trekonomics " author Manu Saadia about how we're living in post-scarcity world .…
• The Future of Flashlight · Issue #537 · nate-parrott/Flashlight – Skip to content Learn more Please note that GitHub no longer supports old versions of Safari. We recommend upgrading to the latest Safari, Google Chrome, or…
• The Case of the MH370 Wing Segment Keeps Getting Weirder – When a wing section of a Boeing 777 washed up on the Indian Ocean island of La Réunion last month, the Malaysian government quickly ascribed the part to missing…
• Greg Borenstein on Twitter: “Share a Coke with a predator drone. Share a Coke with a black site. Share a Coke with defense. http://t.co/AJg53r5dHY” – RT @atduskgreg: Share a Coke with a predator drone. Share a Coke with a black site. Share a Coke with defense.