11 Irrational Beliefs before breakfast

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And now...breakfast.

(Note - Approximations and lesser versions count. For instance, I'm ticking 7, because I went through a period where I avoided dealing with a bunch of stuff, because it felt easier to do so.)

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Delicious LiveJournal Links for 11-5-2010

• The brain has a negative bias. Making life altogether too easy for the shit-stirrers amongst us.
  (tags: psychology brain)
• A stock-take of Conservative and Liberal Democrat compromises
  (tags: libdem conservatives coalition government uk)
• Canadian couple give away 98% of their lottery winnings.
  (tags: canada ethics lottery)
• Without sleep, the brain dramatically overreacts to negative experiences
  (tags: emotion brain psychology)
• Fathers are happier when doing more housework. Fewer men than women believe raising a child is women's work.
  (tags: relationships parenting family society uk feminism)
• How Obama Saved Capitalism and Lost the Midterms
  (tags: obama capitalism politics economics economy)
• Stephen Fry on the "women don't like sex" furore.
  (tags: sex stephenfry)
• Treasury confirms that buying one aircraft carrier would have cost £300m more than buying both of them.
  (tags: EpicFail military contracts business)
• Kinect has problems following dark-skinned users. Does nobody learn? Or at least watch Better Off Ted???
  (tags: racism technology EpicFail)
• Electrical stimulation of the brain boosts maths ability. Sign me up for three thousand volts!
  (tags: mathematics brain learning)
• UK copyright laws to be reviewed to make them fit for the internet age.
  (tags: copyright ip law uk)
• Lost Book Sales - a catalogue of publishing failure.
  (tags: books publishing EpicFail)
• Labour may rethink Trident replacement - Yay! Now, if they can rethink a bunch of other stuff I could actually vote for them...
  (tags: labour politics uk)
• Some info on the Virgin Tivo box. I cannot fucking wait. Miss my old Tivo _so much_.
  (tags: tivo television cable virgin)
• Does torture work?
  (tags: science psychology torture)
• I'm tired of seeing naked dinosaurs
  (tags: dinosaurs)
• BNP on the verge of bankruptcy - woohoo! This would ban Nick Griffin from being an MP!
  (tags: bnp politics EpicWin)
• BSkyB/Rupert Murdoch split cabinet down LD/Tory lines - bit of a victory there in getting it referred.
  (tags: RupertMurdoch libdem competition government uk)
• 74% of offenders return to crime. I'd like to see more breakdown of stats, and some international figures.
  (tags: uk crime)

*sigh*

I really wish that C# had duck typing.

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In the future, everyone will think you're crazy

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