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andrewducker) wrote2012-05-02 12:00 pm
andrewducker) wrote2012-05-02 12:00 pm
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Interesting Links for 02-05-2012
- MPs announce that Rupert Murdoch is not a fit person to run News Corp
- The EU's Common Agricultural Policy is slowly being reformed.
- Unrealistic expectations of relationships are a scourge on society.
- How Marvel took The Avengers from a throwaway reference in Iron Man to a record-breaking movie
- Sleep cancels out obesity gene
- Pakistani province's high court orders government to stop censoring websites illegally
- See which parties voted the way that you would want them to.
- Want to know what TV comes out when? Then this is the most awesome site in the universe.
- The dilemmas of TV filming - camera types are changing, and the different styles cause different emotional effects
- Nine more people arrested for naming a rape victim on Twitter.
- Wormworld saga chapter 3 is out. The art is still gorgeous.
- On rape within the BDSM community
- Have 26 per cent fewer houses been built under the Coalition?
- Consumer ebooks sales increased by 366% in 2011. Still only 6% of physical books.
- Microsoft removes racy apps from Windows Phone store. So glad my apps aren't censored.
- SPDY Performance on Mobile Networks. (From the figures, I think SPDY caches will be damned useful)
- Final Fantasy 13-2 characters model Prada. (Okay, gaming is now officially completely mainstream)
- A computer built into a radiation detector. Gloriously retro-looking
- Android Ported to C# - staggeringly faster
- Vote for the person, not the party, in your local council elections (if you're in a country with a sensible voting system)
- Scottish children drinking less fizzy drinks, drinking lots of alcohol, doing no exercise, are very happy.
- Radical Honesty - a step too far?
- Cutting red tape and taxes will not revive Britain - it's spending it in the best places that will help.
- Neal Stephenson answers interview questions (including the one about his epic battle with William Gibson). Old, but good.
- Protection of Freedoms Act landmark achievement in fight for civil liberties.
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But that's a much more difficult proposition.
Education within the community, particularly for newbies, would cut down on nonconsent issues very quickly. Once you had that issue dealth with you then you could work on the the long term issues of weeding out bad doms and empowering subs