Interesting Links for 6-9-2011

[andrewducker]

• Do Happier People Work Harder? Why yes, yes they do.
  (tags: happiness work productivity management business)
• Become a Good Programmer in Six Really Hard Steps
  (tags: programming development advice)
• Androgen and Estrogen levels tied directly to finger length
  (tags: hormones gender biology)
• A breakdown of the figures in the latest Independence poll
  (tags: scotland independence)
• Yes voters take lead in new independence poll
  (tags: independence scotland)
• They're finally about to finish painting the Forth Road Bridge
  (tags: scotland construction bridge technology)

Comments

[gonzo21.livejournal.com]

Does the AB/C1/C2/DE affluence rating in the independance poll also roughly correlate to education levels?

So more educated people are more against independence, while less educated people are for it?

[del-c.livejournal.com]

My lot hint at getting rid of people who don't appear to be happy enough. This is so "the beatings will continue until morale improves" in its backwardness it's stunning. But then they also "solved" the problem of a high Dilbert Index by banning Dilbert cartoons in the workplace.

[philmophlegm.livejournal.com]

Just out of interest, does anyone in the Hebrides ever mention a third alternative - independence from Westminster and from Edinburgh, but union with Man, thereby reforming the mediaeval Kingdom of the Isles and Man?

Living in somewhere as beautiful as say South Uist with low taxes sounds really quite attractive. Much more so (at least to me) than it would in a Labour / SNP socialist utopia...