Archive for 3/3/2005

De-policing

Mar 3rd

Posted by David Veksler in [...]

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Story on the evening news: “de-policing” is a popular response to allegations of racial profiling. Cops are stopping fewer minorities in order to avoid creating statistical patterns that might implicate them or their departments in racial profiling.

Is anyone really surprised by this?

Picassa Trick: Subfolders

Mar 3rd

Posted by David Veksler in [...]

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I was disappointed to see that Picassa doesn’t support subfolders – all folders are shown as a long list. But guess what, here is an undocumented trick direct from a Google employee: the “My Pictures/Picassa” folder is special. Any folders placed inside it will display in a hierarchy. Voila!”