Interesting Links for 17-06-2013

[andrewducker]

• Iran just elected a Glaswegian as president.
  (tags: iran glasgow )
• Javapocalypse (and I am now totally onboard with the idea of movies about programming languages)
  (tags: programming apocalypse java )
• Why internet dating is the best way to meet people.
  (tags: internet relationships )
• On coalitions, courts, and the future after Legal Aid
  (tags: law politics uk )
• GCHQ intercepted foreign politicians' communications at G20 summits
  (tags: uk spying )
• Big Multiple Sclerosis Breakthrough
  (tags: viaDrJon medicine )
• 11 ways to live an entirely average life.
  (tags: life advice )
• Wealth makes you selfish
  (tags: behaviour money wealth )
• The bad science scandal: how fact-fabrication is damaging UK's global name for research
  (tags: uk fraud science )
• Throwing children in prison turns out to be a really bad idea
  (tags: prison children viafanf )
• Between 1990 and 1997 the UK government monitored all phone calls leaving Ireland
  (tags: uk spying ireland )
• Exposure to general anaesthesia could increase the risk of dementia in elderly by 35 percent
  (tags: dementia elderly )
• A baying mob of MPs shows politics is rotten to the core
  (tags: politics bullying uk )

Comments

[dalglir]

The Javapocalypse 'trailer' was awesome.

Is anyone actually surprised that throwing children in jail can be a bad idea? Interesting to see a study on it.

Our politicians could learn a lot from Lieutenant General David Morrison.

"The standard you walk past is the standard you accept. That goes for all of us, but especially those who by their rank have a leadership role."

I despair of UK politics.

[andrewducker]

Yeah, I thought his speech was fantastic.