Interesting Links for 22-09-2017

This is what happens when you ask Twitter to buy the drinks

(tags: birthday Twitter alcohol funny )

Acclaimed French chef asks to be stripped of three Michelin stars

(tags: food reviews france stress )

Why Is Payroll Software Hard

(tags: software design money tax law )

IBM contract cost for failure-plagued Phoenix payroll system jumped to total $185M

(tags: computers money ibm epicfail )

Council agrees business case for extending Edinburgh tram to Leith

(tags: Edinburgh trams )

Another problem with “we’ll just hire the best.”

(tags: diversity psychology work )

EU paid for report that failed to prove piracy is harmful– and tried to hide findings

(tags: Europe piracy copyright OhForFucksSake )

Individualized diets for irritable bowel syndrome better than placebo

(tags: food IBS )

Babies learn benefits of hard work by witnessing parents persevering with difficult tasks

(tags: psychology behaviour children parenting )

In favour of an opt-out organ donation system

(tags: organdonor law UK )

Why Wages Aren’t Growing

(tags: economics wages )

Weather forecasting is better than it’s ever been.

(tags: viaFanf weather )

When Amazon recommendations and dodgy journalism lead to a moral panic

(tags: Amazon journalism panic OhForFucksSake )

Uber London licence not renewed

(tags: London taxi )

Female film casting same as 100 years ago

(tags: movies women UK viaSwampers )

What do American college students think about the First Amendment?

(tags: usa freespeech university polls )

More details on Uber losing its license

(tags: London taxi regulation )

The time we went and stayed with the ducks

Jane and I went up to Nethy Bridge, near Aviemore, and stayed at the Lazy Duck in one of their Eco-Lodges. Which is a cabin built for two, with electricity, gas cooking, and (distant, wobbly) wifi, right next to a large duck pond full of a variety of different species of ducks.
( Loads of photos and four videos )