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andrewducker) wrote2012-01-04 11:00 am
andrewducker) wrote2012-01-04 11:00 am
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- value,
- violin,
- weight
Interesting Links for 04-01-2012
- This is What Happens When You Give Thousands of Stickers to Thousands of Kids
- The US ends its pro-democracy pretense
- Some science on why dieting doesn't work (and what you need to do to make it work).
- 'Big banks make their money from optimism' - an interview with an investment strategist
- Killer instinct - the financial company that deliberately hired psychopaths.
- Paypal forces buyer to destroy disputed violin worth thousands of dollars
- Top Ten Cutest Photos of 2011
- The Dumbest Idea In The World: Maximizing Shareholder Value
- Mineways - 3D printing of Minecraft landscapes/objects.
- Steam reaches 5 million concurrent user mark
So, PC gaming still not dead? I wonder what the comparative figures for the 360 and PS3 would be.
- I Have Seen the Future of Retail…And It Doesn't Have Cashiers
Of course, this is about the low end of the market. Where people are prepared to pay higher prices there will be assistants there to make it easy for them.
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This I can handle. What I find unacceptable is a self-scan terminal that insists on every object being placed in a carrier bag on their scales (or alternatively, for you to press the "I'm not going to put the next item on your scales" button after every scan) because, heavens forbid, you might be shoplifting paracetamol worth less than 50p.