Interesting Links for 22-02-2015

[andrewducker]

• A map of states where it is legal to argue that a trans woman is to blame for your decision to murder her
  (tags: LGBT law usa maps )
• I read only non-white authors for 12 months. What I learned surprised me
  (tags: reading race )
• Why Women Stay Quiet at Work
  (tags: gender work management talking women )
• How the Photocopier Changed the Way We Worked-

Comments

[kalimac]

The article on the revolution in photocopying is very good on the cultural impact of the copier - I date back to days when copiers, while already common in offices, were rare anywhere else, and it really did affect how you thought of and moved information once you got access to one - but it has some problems

[fub]

You can make one copy for yourself, yes. But making multiple copies, even for a small classroom handout, without copyright permission is strictly forbidden (though this is often breached).
At my university, they went around this by collecting copies of all the articles we'd have to read for a particular class into one folder. This folder was then put in a central place (next to all the other folders of all the other courses) "for perusal". This spot just coincidentally happened to be five steps away from the copier...
(We had to pay for every page we copied though -- which also ensured you wouldn't make more than one personal copy.)

[fanf]

Isn't "wet xerography" a contradiction in terms? :-)

[darkoshi]

I hadn't realized that the price of 3D printers had come down so much already. I suppose it won't be long until 3-D printing services will be readily available, where you can submit specs of what you want printed, and get it printed in various materials... Oh wow, yes, simply search on "3d printing services". One can even get items done in cast metal - I hadn't thought of that. Wow, this is going to open up a lot of possibilities.