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Interesting Links for 14-03-2017
Mar. 14th, 2017 05:00 pm- Does Scotland want a second referendum
- (tags: scotland independence referendum polls via:andrewducker )
- Project Yorick
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- UK Hearthstone players aren't happy with price increases
- (tags: UK Brexit Hearthstone gaming )
- Mel Gibson turning Scottish referendum into wildly inaccurate blockbuster
- (tags: independence satire funny scotland via:andrewducker )
- Mama Yuli: The trans women's leader no-one messes with
- (tags: lgbt trans Indonesia )
- Heinz actually uses the ad campaign pitched by Don Draper in 'Mad Men'
- (tags: TV advertising Heinz )
- ‘Divisive’ referendum ‘will cause huge economic uncertainty’ says woman enacting divisive referendum causing huge economic uncertainty
- (tags: satire UK politics Scotland independence funny )
- Found: The World’s First Known Fluorescent Frog
- (tags: biology wow frogs animals Argentina )
- Sony plans to let PC owners play PS4 games
- Woohoo!
(tags: gaming computers Sony ) - Can you solve the chess problem which holds key to human consciousness?
- (tags: consciousness puzzles AI intelligence chess )
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Interesting Links for 07-03-2017
Mar. 7th, 2017 05:00 pm- Revealing the Blue-Footed Booby’s True Colors
- (tags: birds reproduction behaviour )
- SNAKISMS
- (tags: games philosophy snake )
- Celine's depression: 'My selfies tell a story'
- (tags: photography depression )
- Murder defendant volunteers Echo recordings Amazon fought to protect
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- The best Twitter bots of 2015
- OK, so I'm a year behind. Still, these are fun.
(tags: Twitter coding )
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Interesting Links for 23-02-2017
Feb. 23rd, 2017 05:00 pm- 35-Year-Old Downloads The Sims to Play Out Home Ownership Fantasy
- (tags: housing games fantasy via:andrewducker )
- The best anagrams in the English language
- (tags: coding analysis language via:andrewducker )
- A lovely Calvin and Hobbes sketch - in 3D
- (tags: comics wow art Calvin-and-Hobbes via:andrewducker )
- The Example of Easter Island Shows Why Humanity Will Be Extinct Within 100 Years
- Probably. Maybe.
(tags: extinction global-warming economics ecology ) - The Slow Confiscation of Everything
- “The end is nigh. Coffee helps.”
(tags: apocalypse climate ) - The Myers diff algorithm
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- Single women hide their ambtion if others can see them.
- (tags: feminism women jobs society via:andrewducker )
- Amazon Argues Alexa Speech Protected By First Amendment In Murder Trial Fight
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- Lexical Distance Among the Languages of Europe
- (tags: europe language visualisation via:andrewducker )
- The Man Who Wants to Rescue Infinity
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- Perspective - Now anyone can deploy Google's anti-troll API
- (tags: coding AI trolling Google )
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Interesting Links for 17-02-2017
Feb. 17th, 2017 05:00 pm- The writing system only women could write
- (tags: women writing language China )
- The Ghost In The Shell Movie Has Some Very Expensive Statues
- If you ever wanted a 1/4th sized robo-Geisha, here's your chance
(tags: movies merchandising wow anime ) - Cheater Ends Up In Match With Pro Overwatch Players, Gets Wrecked
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- Donald Trump Told Chris Christie To Eat Meatloaf
- To be fair, Frankenfurter made everyone eat Meat Loaf
(tags: wtf politics ) - Scarier Than 'Psycho': Twitter Erupts Over Trump's 'Bats**t' Press Conference
- Unsure if this is an interesting read or just worth remembering as the 'good times' when the shells are dropping all around
(tags: wtf politics USA ) - The Amazon Fire Stick Juggernaut
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- Scientists appeal for more people to donate their brains
- (tags: brains neurology science )
- Hans Rosling – the World’s Greatest Data-Storyteller
- (tags: data visualisation )
- British queuing and 'the power of six'
- (tags: queueing UK society anthropology )
- How to Tame Quantum Weirdness
- (tags: puzzles quantum-mechanics physics )
- Researchers Tap a Sleep Switch in the Brain | Quanta Magazine
- Includes the best fragment I'll see all day: "...a colony of narcoleptic dogs at Stanford..."
(tags: sleep science neurology ) - Examining relationships between further education and financial responsibility
- (tags: education finance data stats )
- What are the Celtic Languages?
- (tags: languages Wales Scotland Ireland )
- The rise of the £300 smartphone—you want how much for a flagship?
- (tags: phones technology sales economics )
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Interesting Links for 16-02-2017
Feb. 16th, 2017 05:00 pm- The Genderbread Person
- (tags: lgbt gender visualisation )
- Depression symptoms among men when their partners are pregnant
- (tags: depression men children via:andrewducker )
- Ronald D. Moore's Philip K. Dick anthology series picked up at Amazon
- (tags: scifi Amazon wow via:andrewducker )
- Explaining the basics of Git in simple words
- (tags: git via:andrewducker )
- Arrival: Author Ted Chiang reveals how his story went from page to screen
- (tags: scifi writing short-story movies via:andrewducker )
- Nokia 3310, 'the world's most reliable phone', to be re-launched
- (tags: phones nostalgia )
- Meet Facebook, Your New Financial Regulator
- (tags: facebook advertising regulation )
- This Machine Turns Trump Tweets into Planned Parenthood Donations
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- Burger King Israel includes (v tame) sex toys in its very happy meal
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- BrewDog offering paid 'puppy leave' for new dog owners
- (tags: dogs business Scotland )
- A 17th-Century French Couple Traded Hearts Before Being Buried
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- R for Excel Users
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- Would Harold Pick Maude on Tinder?
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- Psychologists Think They Found the Purpose of Depression
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Interesting Links for 10-02-2017
Feb. 10th, 2017 05:00 pm- Saint Salvador's Unlucky PH – Saint Andrews, Scotland
- My Alma Mater. (I obviously stepped on these initials after my graduation!)
(tags: superstition university Scotland ) - The Paisley Witches Memorial
- (tags: Scotland superstition witchcraft )
- This Machine Turns Trump Tweets into Planned Parenthood Donations
- (tags: politics charity USA )
- Lots of things are getting more expensive and nobody knows why
- (tags: economics history via:andrewducker )
- The most scientific Amazon review of all time
- (tags: science physics review amazon funny via:andrewducker )
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Interesting Links for 30-01-2017
Jan. 30th, 2017 05:00 pm- MOCAS, the oldest computer program to still be in use turned 58 in 2016
- (tags: software history via:andrewducker )
- 900,000 Brits Sign Petition to Block Trump's State Visit Due To 'Misogyny and Vulgarity'
- (tags: UK USA politics )
- Text to speech for International Phonetic Alphabet
- (tags: speech language programming )
- Notable Quotables
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- Using rational numbers to key nested sets
- (tags: database mathematics )
- Statistical Breakup
- I'm now choosing to believe all my previous relationships were part of control groups
(tags: science relationships funny webcomic ) - The dirtiest things in your home
- (tags: data cleanliness wow )
- Designing a financial product with mental health issues in mind
- (tags: design finance mental-health )
- New parents and sleep
- (tags: data stats sleep parenting babies )
- Internet Discussion Error Codes
- (tags: facebook twitter discussion )
- Prime of Life: The Story of My 20s, as Told in Amazon Purchases
- (tags: Amazon funny )
- UN denounces Trump's travel ban as 'mean-spirited' and illegal under human rights law
- (tags: politics USA UN )
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Interesting Links for 24-01-2017
Jan. 24th, 2017 05:00 pm- O'Brien Must Suffer!
- (tags: star-trek TV )
- Trekkies can now wake up their Amazon Echo by saying 'computer'
- OK - I may buy one, now.
(tags: star-trek geekery WANT Amazon ) - The world's happiest children
- (tags: Netherlands parenting children happiness )
- Official summary of the Supreme Court judgement on whether the government can invoke Article 50 without parliament
- (tags: law europe uk Brexit )
- Model Hanne Gaby Odiele reveals she is intersex to 'break taboo'
- (tags: lgbt intersex )
- How insects like bumblebees do so much with tiny brains
- (tags: intelligence insects bees wow )
Interesting Links for 31-10-2016
Oct. 31st, 2016 03:00 pm- Seattle: Highest Minimum Wage, Lowest Unemployment Rate
- (tags: usa economics via:andrewducker minimum-wage )
- A fascinating review of PS1 game Parasite Eve
- (tags: gaming review games Japan horror )
- Descendants of Jewish refugees seek German citizenship after Brexit vote
- (tags: politics history Germany UK wow )
- Amazon vs Netflix - period drama is the next battlefield
- (tags: TV Netflix Amazon )
- Costumes for wheelchairs at Halloween
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Interesting Links for 30-09-2016
Sep. 30th, 2016 04:00 pm- Amazon is now making videogames
- (tags: Amazon games gaming )
- How do you feel when politicians criticise your employer?
- (tags: work politics via:andrewducker )
- London hasn't been kind to the man behind the Tube Chat badge
- (tags: London transport society UK chat )
- Using Mathematics to Repair a Masterpiece
- (tags: art history mathematics )
Interesting Links for 30-06-2016
Jun. 30th, 2016 04:00 pm- SNP bids to replace Labour as official Commons opposition
- (tags: snp labour funny politics uk scotland via:andrewducker )
- Open plan offices are basically terrible in every way
- (tags: office work fail via:andrewducker )
- UK in breach of international human rights
- (tags: humanrights austerity welfare uk via:andrewducker )
- 13 Questions to Ask Before Getting Married
- (tags: marriage relationships via:andrewducker )
- Researchers have devised a treatment called MEND to reverse Alzheimer’s in Early-stage patients.
- (tags: mental-health Alzheimers medicine )
- Eight Years in Azeroth - a story of guild leadership in World of Warcraft
- This is just the first post. This is a very long blog!
(tags: warcraft history ) - That terrible helium shortage is vastly inflated.
- Haha! Boom-boom!
(tags: helium science economics geology ) - Amazon now selling budget phones (and good ones too!) for Prime members
- (tags: Amazon technology phones business )
- Siri doesn't want to answer your Game Of Thrones questions directly
- (tags: funny technology game-of-thrones )
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