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Interesting Links for 27-08-2015
Aug. 27th, 2015 12:00 pm- Why Do Colleges Give Out “Honorary” Degrees? (Spoilers: For money and publicity)
- BBC deprivation study made people change their views on the licence fee: "Being without the BBC was absolutely dreadful"
- I just back Divinity: Original Sin 2 on Kickstarter. (And I am _very_ excited about that)
- How a desalination plant makes ocean water drinkable
- Another tiny step forward for fusion power!
- What’s Marathi for Orc? Translating ‘Lord Of The Rings’ into an Indian language
- Lego a better investment than shares and gold
- It seems that Jeremy Corbyn is the only politician in the Labour leadership race able to give a straight answer
- Who's in charge if someone blows up the opening of Parliament?
- GRRM on how the Hugo Losers party first got started
- Parks and Prejudice
- I have a new favourite blonde joke!
- What does society look like when we're producing far more fiction that anyone can actually experience?
- Ashley Madison looks like it was always a big sad scam
- AS Byatt reviews Terry Pratchett's last novel and reminisces on Discworld. (Many spoilers)
- Turnout in British general elections has been going up since 2001
- 10 Ad Blocking Extensions Tested for Best Performance
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