2012-08-02
I have two questions I need answers to.
Note, for "irrational" read "imaginary" in the second question.
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The context for the second one was a post on FB by Colin, who mentioned seeing a disturbing number of people dresses as cowboys today. Which led onto a discussion of what that number might be.
The first one appeared in my head as I was falling asleep last night.
[Poll #1857810]
The context for the second one was a post on FB by Colin, who mentioned seeing a disturbing number of people dresses as cowboys today. Which led onto a discussion of what that number might be.
The first one appeared in my head as I was falling asleep last night.
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Interesting Links for 02-08-2012
- Tax avoidance investigations into big businesses get more aggressive - and pull in nearly £1billion more
- The curious case of the blind man who could still see.
- Fifty Shades of Grey is now the bestselling book ever on Amazon - beating off Harry Potter.
- New drywall building material can cut buildings' energy consumption by 40% by stabilising temperature.
- I just pledged towards a Kickstarter for finding out how to make America more like Scandinavia
- Dan "Community" Harmon has _three_ shows in development. Yaaaaaay!
- Wrigley Co. Uses Bestiality to Sell Skittles
- Real life mech! Or possibly very nicely faked mech! Either way: mech!
- Cabinet discusses full nationalisation of RBS
- 007 - The Business of Bond
Don't forget to click "adjust for inflation" to see how the early movies compare. Particularly considering their budgets.
- Valve's Source Engine runs faster on Linux than it does on Windows.
- E-book festival aimed to attract 25,000 people - manged less than 100.
- Hamas blasts Palestinian official's Auschwitz visit
- No-frills savings plans outlined by the UK Treasury.
Can't see them being popular, myself. If the government wants a good baseline savings product it could do them itself, via the Post Office.
Your links are in another castle
There's something in today's linkpost which LJ doesn't like, so the crosspost is failing. I can't fix it easily from work, so you'll have to go here to read them.
Bank lending
There’s something about the government's repeated attempts to make banks lend more that troubles me. If banks aren't lending to businesses then it's because they view them as being high risk for repaying them. Lending to people who weren’t able to pay it back was the prime cause of the recent banking boom/crash.
So why do we think that loosening lending requirements is a good idea now?
I’m serious, can someone explain it to me?
So why do we think that loosening lending requirements is a good idea now?
I’m serious, can someone explain it to me?
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