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andrewducker) wrote2012-05-04 12:00 pm
andrewducker) wrote2012-05-04 12:00 pm
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Interesting Links for 04-05-2012
- Judge: An IP-Address Doesn’t Identify a Person (or BitTorrent Pirate)
- I don't remember any company losing the vote on executive pay before. I wonder how they'll react...
- If money doesn't make you happy, then you probably aren't spending it right
- Man has both legs amputated, applies for disability benefit & gets asked: 'So, how far can you walk?'
- How to report on Pinterest without coming across as horribly sexist.
- PE lessons put girls off exercise (and me. I hated them.)
- Have sleep problems? CBT significantly more effective than drugs, especially in the long-term
- Cover art and blurb for the new Iain M. Banks Culture novel. Mine is already on order.
- There are some things that do not require data to back them up.
- Kevin Shields interviewed on the My Bloody Valentine remasters
- Murdoch has been the bravest media owner in Britain in the last 40 years
Purely because it's worth hearing the other side of the argument sometimes.
- A fascinating series of posts on theatre, directing and improvisation
- What should we pay MPs? You won't like the answer.
- Less than half the seats at the last election had Labour and Conservatives in the top two positions
- Why is hazing so common, and what do people get out of it?
- E-Mail Confused Osama, and 5 Other Revelations From the Bin Laden Files
- One to Two and a half hours jogging per week increases lifespan by six years.
- To Hell With The Lot Of Them (A better post on the elections than I wrote, but much of the same thoughts.)
- Quiet Hands - on forcing people to conform.
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But remember that they are claiming that the minimum wage and a bed-sit are ACCEPTABLE LIVING CONDITIONS for many people. If they themselves are not willing to live in those conditions why are they claiming they are acceptable?
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I accept I'm never going to get this to actually happen though. Because,well, people are selfish and want nice stuff.
Maybe we could require MPs to try living at that level for say... 1 week a year? at least let them see what the working poor are living with.
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