Interesting Links for 29-05-2012
May. 29th, 2012 12:00 pm- How does UK employee protection compare with other countries?
- Everyone cheats a little bit, but not so much that they feel bad about it. (Plus tips on how to make them do it less)
- Male boards tend to hire people that are like them.
- If you like Community then you have to read this hilarious spoof of the new showrunners
- World’s first heterosexual lolly launched
- The Beard Trustworthiness Scale
- Secret courts plans watered down, but not far enough
- If people put their effort into writing better emails, rather than inventing a replacement, there wouldn't be a problem with it.
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Date: 2012-05-29 12:14 pm (UTC)* It's a little better now he's not 18 any more, but it's still kinda funny. Lucky for him that they got knocked out early this year really.
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Date: 2012-05-29 12:24 pm (UTC)Article: "One percent of people will always be honest and never steal."; "lots of people who cheat just by a little"; "many good people cheat just a little here and there"
Looks like at least one WSJ sub-editor is in the cheating category.
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Date: 2012-05-29 12:30 pm (UTC)From page two of this.
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Date: 2012-05-29 01:15 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-05-29 01:24 pm (UTC)I don't think I'd cheat on this type of study today, but when I was an undergraduate I certainly would have.
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Date: 2012-05-29 01:53 pm (UTC)Eg, if I email about 'Hey let's go to the cinema' and a week later you want to email 'Can I borrow your book', start a new email rather than hit reply!
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Date: 2012-05-29 02:27 pm (UTC)Particularly in GMail, I'd have though, with its threading.
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Date: 2012-05-29 07:53 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-05-30 01:46 pm (UTC)