Interesting Links for 05-09-2015

• Launch of in-car trials for development of 3D-LiDAR high-performance, compact, low-cost driving sensor
  • (tags: cars driving robots )
• A million interest-only mortgage holders face repossession
  • (tags: mortgages UK headdesk )
• Barclays to become the first major bank to accept Bitcoin
  • (tags: bitcoin banking UK )
• Minecraft with a 4000 block render distance
  • (tags: minecraft )
• What happens if you weigh yourself every hour
  • (tags: weight viaCipherGoth )
• Why drivers in China intentionally kill the pedestrians they hit. (Perverse legal incentives)
  • (tags: law driving China murder )
• Hawaii First to Harness Deep-Ocean Temperatures for Power
  • (tags: Hawaii ocean power )
• Scientific studies show why everyone should play video games
  • (tags: games )
• Volcano supervillain lair for sale
  • (tags: volcano housing )
• This just in: murderbots more efficient than humans.
  • (tags: robots murder death ocean )
• Reminder: There is no historical evidence for boob armour. But dick armour was totally a real thing.
  • (tags: penis armour history )

I am preparing myself

Order of the Stick book 5: Blood Runs In The Family is arriving on Monday.

I am thus planning to spend the weekend largely re-reading books -1 to 4.

It's a hard life.

(We did spend an hour this morning tidying the flat in anticipation of joexnz dropping over, which has turned out well despite her change of plans, as now I'm sitting in a _tidy_ living room with a bunch of books. Also, there's curry planned in for tonight with friends. But mostly, reading awesome comedy comics inspired by DnD.)