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Interesting Links for 11-11-2015
- It's going to be okay. - The Oatmeal
On the unexpected directions life takes us in
Interesting Links for 23-07-2015
- The Fermi Paradox - Wait But Why
A rather good explaination of a big question, and some of the possible answers.
Interesting Links for 14-01-2014
- Why "Stop taking photos and enjoy the view" is wrong
To be fair, I do try and avoid doing too much 'must capture it all' on events I'm going to, gigs, or whatever. But there's a joy in sharing the random weird stuff I find in London, or the fucked up stuff we come up with in our games of Cards Against Humanity, or just grabbing a few cool moments from a fun night out to remind yourself of it months or years later.
- Why are my feminist friends still taking their husbands' surnames? | Zoe Holman | Comment is free | theguardian.com
An interesting question; I can certainly see the very strong arguments for keeping your name, but I can also see those for wanting to share a name as part of the togetherness of marriage. The problem is that patriarchal culture means everyone expects it to be the man's name. Of course, in that case you can double-barrel, or you could even come up with an entirely new name (though few would, I think)
- “What Happened Next?” update chapter from Bad Pharma 2013
- Why people on benefits have a flatscreen TV
and expanded musings on the nature of cashflow, and what stuff counts as a 'I have a bit of extra cash, get something nice' purchase
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- photography,
- relationships
Interesting Links for 10-11-2013
- American photographer Angelo Merendino photographed every stage his girlfriend went through in her battle with cancer - Imgur
Powerful. But not for the faint-hearted.
Interesting Links for 06-11-2013
- Galaxy is STUFFED with HABITABLE WORLDS - and probably ALIENS • The Register
'Nearest ones are probably getting our TV from 2001'
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Interesting Links for 20-09-2013
- Median house prices as a multiple of earnings, '97 to '13 | Liberal Conspiracy
- Life 'originated from space' claim scientists - Telegraph
'...sending a balloon high into the stratosphere. On its return they found organisms that were too large to have originated from Earth.'
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- amusing,
- augmented reality,
- books,
- death,
- design,
- google,
- google glass,
- health,
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Interesting Links for 02-05-2013
- Top Ten Horrible Book Covers | Ramp.ie
Actually there's 34. But they're pretty funny.
- BBC News - MMR: How parents feel now about avoiding jabs
- Google Glass makes everything look like Knightmare
'Logan’s girlfriend Emma Bradford said: “We talked about buying a house and having kids but since he got these glasses his main goal has become finding a magical scroll.'
- How Not to Die.
When my mother was dying, her knowledge of the health system meant she could make her choices with open eyes and understanding. And I think we are better at having The Conversation here than they are in the US. But it's still something worth considering.
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- advertising,
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Interesting Links for 25-02-2013
- Raul Castro To Retire As Cuban President In 2018
'Raul Castro announces he will stand down in five years as he is joined by his elder brother, Fidel, in a rare public appearance.'
- Tattoo shop uses their help-wanted ad as step one in the application process - 22 Words
'requires artists who hope to work there to prove themselves a bit before even getting the necessary information to apply…'
- Tim Loughton: Male MPs struggle to balance family and politics just like women, says ex-children's minister - Telegraph
'male MPs struggled to spend time with their families but were embarrassed to discuss the problem'
Interesting Links for 22-01-2013
- Troubling number of women denied constitutional rights based on pregnancy | The Raw Story
'a wide range of cases in which pregnant women were arrested and detained not only if they ended a pregnancy or expressed an intention to end a pregnancy, but also after suffering unintentional pregnancy loss.'
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Interesting Links for 15-08-2012
- Our Presidents • “In Event of Moon Disaster”, July 18, 1969. White...
'White House speechwriter, William Safire, was asked to write a speech that President Nixon would make in case the Apollo 11 astronauts were stranded on the Moon. It was never delivered, and this speech was quietly tucked away into Nixon’s records.'
- Leader Of Anti-Semitic Party In Hungary Discovers He's Jewish : The Two-Way : NPR
- Peer of the Week: The Earl of Rosslyn | Unlock Democracy
Voted 7 times since '99, 5 against Lords Reform, claimed near 16k tax free this year despite no votes nor questions, his historic family home has had a third of a million spent on its refurbishment, but only limited public access, despite the fact he rents out rooms to people.
- BBC News - Virgin Trains loses West Coast Mainline franchise
'will be replaced by the UK's largest rail operator, FirstGroup.'
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- america,
- anonymous,
- awesome,
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- censorship,
- comment,
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- computers,
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- drugs,
- fail,
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- via andrew ducker,
- warren ellis,
- weird,
- what the everliving fuck,
- windows,
- wtf
Interesting Links for 04-05-2012
- Warren Ellis » GUEST INFORMANT: Anonymous
- The Alpha Parent: Sexism and the Early Learning Centre
- Holy crap, these bees will DRINK TEARS FROM YOUR EYES
'Closing the eye did not necessarily dislodge bees but some continued to suck at the slit.' (Warning, contains images of bees drinking from open human eyes)
- DEA apologizes to student left in cell | UTSanDiego.com
'engineering student accidentally left in a holding cell without food or water for five days'
- Microsoft drops DVD support from Windows 8 | bit-tech.net
'Windows Media Centre will be a paid-for add-on - and mandatory if users want DVD playback support.' (Well, mandatory as in you'll need it *or* some other specific playback program.)
- It's Time to Give Digital Rights Management the Boot | PCWorld
'Today is the Free Software Foundation's Day Against DRM'
- Linux Format censored over 'Learn to Hack' feature | bit-tech.net
'A controversial hacking how-to in the last issue of Future's Linux Format has led to the magazine being pulled from the shelves of US bookselling giant Barnes & Noble.'
- Learn to Hack | TuxRadar Linux
Essential disclaimer: Hacking is bad/illegal Mmmmmkay? If it's not your computer and you're doing bad stuff, anyway. 'There are two rules of computer security: one – don’t buy a computer; and two – if you have to buy a computer, don’t turn it on. If you break these rules then you’ll be opening yourself up to potential problems. No system is 100% safe from hackers, but by following a few simple steps you can make yours much harder for intruders to attack.'
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Interesting Links for 25-03-2012
- BBC News - Tory Peter Cruddas sold access to PM, Sunday Times alleges
'co-treasurer… offered access to the prime minister and chancellor for £250,000'
- Guest of honour: Queen leaves couple stunned after Her Majesty accepts wedding invitation at Manchester town hall | Manchester Evening News - menmedia.co.uk
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- xandar; our reign has gone on long enoug
Interesting Links for 18-03-2012
- Daily Kos: Texas loses Medicaid funding in effort to spite Planned Parenthood
'the state would lose basic health and family planning services funding from Medicaid because it is in violation of federal law'
- 100 Real Tweets from Homophobes Who Would Murder Their Gay Child · homophobes · Storify
- Nano Ink 'Tattoo' Could Monitor Diabetes: Discovery News
"injectable nanotech ink" makes it sound like something out of Shadowrun or Cyberpunk (Edit: Old story, but variations on this are still being worked on)
- Why We Have to Go Back to a 40-Hour Work Week to Keep Our Sanity | Visions | AlterNet
'One hundred fifty years of research proves that shorter work hours actually raise productivity and profits -- and overtime destroys them. So why do we still do this?'
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Interesting Links for 13-03-2012
- BBC News - 'Locked-in syndrome' man to have right-to-die case heard
- Downing Street Lord asks Mayor to Replace Tube Escalators with Slides - Going Underground's Blog
- Yahoo files lawsuit against Facebook | Technology | guardian.co.uk
'claims Facebook infringes patents covering advertising, privacy controls and social networking'
Interesting Links for 03-03-2012
- Einstein's theory is proved - and it is bad news if you own a penthouse - Science - News - The Independent
Scientists use atomic clocks to show that time moves faster at altitude, even on Earth
- Sex and the modern girl: Are we witnessing a new age of female sexual assertiveness? - Men & Women - Love & Sex - The Independent
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Interesting Links for 09-01-2012
- The Seeing Tongue - Free Online Library
The body can rewire how it thinks, making use of information such as representing someone's surroundings on their tongue. 2001 link, wonder if there's been any development of this…
- BrainPort: Helping Blind People See - Using Their Tongue
An answer to the last link; it's gotten noticeabbly better over that time, and they're still improving it.
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Interesting Links for 05-01-2012
- How the Candidates Roll - Graphic - NYTimes.com
The modes of travel and the entourages of the Republican potential nominees vary widely.
- BBC News - Loch Ness is giant 'spirit level'
Does that mean if we bash it on the ground a few times it'll work better?
- Management Myth #1: The Myth of 100% Utilization | Project Management
There was a time when it was important to get 100% utilisation of a company's computers, because they were so expensive. But now? That doesn't really work. And it doesn't work with people either.
- What Video Games Can Learn from Board Games
'right now board games invite, whereas video games only permit.'
- Space Exploration History: The Space Shuttle and the Horse's Rear End
The width of the booster rockets for the space shuttle is partially determined by the width of the arse of a Roman chariot horse.
- Babes of the BNP | VICE
The stupid, it burns. Particularly "I wouldn't mind them if they actually worked and didn't take all of our jobs" That's an impressive self-contradiction to fit into a single sentence. Some of the pictures may be mildly NSFW.
- Lord, spare us this wave of nerdy new scientists | This is Cornwall
Anti-elitism is making its way to the UK. Who needs all those physicists? Certainly not anyone who appreciates how MRI machines allow the easy detection or diagnosis of many sorts of health problem…
- From the Mailbag | Regretsy
Buyer disputes authenticity of the $2500 violin he's just bought? Paypal says to get a refund he must DESTROY THE VIOLIN!!!
- ‘Yes we know it’s Christmas’ say African musicians as they finally record a response to Band Aid - Hayibo | Hayibo
After 28 years of silently tolerating it, a group of unemployed local musicians have joined forces to release a Christmas single, entitled ‘Yes we do,’
- This is What Happens When You Give Thousands of Stickers to Thousands of Kids | Colossal
A room done entirely in white. Many, many coloured stickers. Lots of children. The result? Something quite beautiful.
- BBC News — Q&A;: Assisted suicide
'A group of experts have called for a change in the law to allow assisted suicide.'
- Brits' Unpaid Overtime 'Worth A Million Jobs'
'Workers gave bosses nearly two billion hours of unpaid overtime last year'
- Can we run PC Pro on tablets? Live blog
Is it viable to write articles, answer email & update magazine's blog via tablets?
Interesting Links for 07-12-2011
- BBC News - Panorama - Revealed: The truth about supermarket 'bargains'
'Britain's biggest supermarkets spend a lot of advertising money telling us they offer great value. But an investigation by Panorama has revealed that not all "bargains" are quite what they seem.'
- How Doctors Die « Zócalo Public Square
'It’s not a frequent topic of discussion, but doctors die, too. And they don’t die like the rest of us. What’s unusual about them is not how much treatment they get compared to most Americans, but how little. '
- Free schools and academies must promote marriage - Telegraph
'Headteachers will be told that children must be "protected from inappropriate teaching materials and learn the nature of marriage and its importance for family life and for bringing up children".'
- How to Conquer a Dragon in Skyrim - Dorkly Comic
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Interesting Links for 21-11-2011
- Telegraph hires virulent homophobe as columnist | Liberal Conspiracy
'The Reverend Peter Mullins has just made his debut on the Telegraph website as a regular columnist'. He's previously made blog posts 'demanding gay men should be forced to have “sodomy” warnings tattooed on their bodies.'
- FAIL UPWARDS | Dave Trott's Blog | CST The Gate
How many failures can lead to great opportunities.
- Congressional SOPA hearings: no opponents of the bill allowed
'As the House of Representatives opens hearings on SOPA, the worst piece of Internet legislation in American history, it has rejected all submissions and testimony from public interest groups and others who oppose the bill.' (I have a vague suspicion it *may* not be quite that cut and dried, but it does seem focused towards its support rather heavily)
- Daft hysteria over the EU's ruling on water and dehydration | by Martin Robbins @mjrobbins | Science | guardian.co.uk
'The EU has not said that water isn't healthy, and it's ruling on the vexatious claim that bottled water can prevent dehydration is perfectly sensible'
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Interesting Links for 6-11-2011
- 10 More Stubborn Food Myths That Just Won’t Die, Debunked by Science
'We asked our nutritionists back to debunk some more common misconceptions about food, health, and nutrition that are still widely believed, even though there's overwhelming evidence to the contrary.' - CBS 5 Investigates mail order diseases - CBS 5 - KPHO
Doctors and medical experts are concerned about a new trend taking place on Facebook. Parents are trading live viruses through the mail in order to infect their children. - Daily Kos: Loudoun County Republican wants voters to stand with Soviet communists
'In a recent mailer, she calls out [Virginia Democratic State Sen. Mark] Herring for not thanking veterans -using a picture of a SOVIET officer. Look closely and you'll even see the "CCCP" in one of the medals on his chest.' - Mightygodking.com » Uber-Time: A Theory of Time Travel In Doctor Who
- BBC News - Self-extinguishing cigarettes and other curious little safety inventions
'In Europe, "self-extinguishing" cigarettes are about to become law but where do they stand in the pantheon of safety innovations?' - Psychologist admits to faking dozens of scientific studies
'"We have some 30 papers in peer-reviewed journals where we are actually sure that they are fake, and there are more to come," says Pim Levelt, chair of the committee that investigated Stapel's work. If all of these papers are withdrawn, Stapel's will become one of the worst cases of scientific misconduct in history.'