L33t Links: Long List, Short Summaries

[l33tminion]

• The Case for Separated Bike Lanes in NY: Good short documentary essay.
• The Filled Pause Research Center: Um...
• Absurdly Long Key Lengths in Crypto are Silly: Includes an interesting argument about computer science based on physics.
• The Conservative Bible Project: Wonder what they'll do about Jonah.
• Quine Relay in 11 Languages: I am in awe.
• An Anecdote About Health Insurance: Yet another reason why paying for health insurance doesn't necessarily help if you actually get sick.
• Avego Shared Transport: Interesting idea, but won't it run afoul of laws on commercial vehicles, cab licenses, and so on?
• Drinking Age of 21 Doesn't Work: I agree.
• The Story of the Gömböc: An odd tale of geometrical modeling.
• EVAL-WHEN Considered Harmful to Your Mental Health: Read if you're a Lisp programmer.
• On Overdraft Fees and Usury: $38.5 billion / year in the US alone.
• On the Overton Window, Columbine, and Healthcare: An interesting essay.
• An Interview With Patrick Galbraith: Mainly, I like the guy's wholehearted rejection of critical distance in ethnographic study.