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andrewducker) wrote2012-06-29 12:00 pm
andrewducker) wrote2012-06-29 12:00 pm
Interesting Links for 29-06-2012
- The internet will never catch on! (Article from 1995. Looks like satire from this perspective.)
- More details (and insider info) on what happened to RBS with their "software glitch".
- 35% of Scottish electricity needs came from renewables in 2011 - and 2012 is up 45% on 2011 so far!
- If the writers of computer programming books wrote arithmetic textbooks
I have seen so many coding books which use examples that are whole, useful programs to illustrate things, rather than tiny snippets that a beginner can actually understand.
- JPMorgan's $2Billion Trading Loss May be a teensy bit higher
- Money-laundering and corruption charges rock Edinburgh council.
As Zornhau put it "HEADS ON SPIKES! BRING BACK IMPALING FOR CORRUPT OFFICIALS!"
- When SCOTUS Upheld Obamacare
- People Who Say They're Moving To Canada Because Of ObamaCare
- A great review of Season 1 of The Legend of Korra which highlights all the things that annoyed me about it.
- Is 40% the maximum level for UK public expenditure?
- Labour’s cowardice on immigration is sickening (Lib Dems also far too quiet)
- Upcoming Science Fiction and Fantasy Movies That Aren't Remakes, Sequels or Prequels
- Ursula the Sea Witch Forced to Get Liposuction for Disney Villains Beauty Line
- Verdict on 'not proven' sought from Scottish public
- Time to scrap the tax on e-books
- Scientists come up with spray on battery
- Israel stages Holocaust survivor beauty pageant
- A touching story of intolerance that brought a tear to my eye.
- The Nordic Model - I thoroughly approve
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