Interesting Links for 17-01-2014
Jan. 17th, 2014 11:00 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
andrewducker- What's expected of us (a neat short story on determinism)
- The Independent seeks a buyer
- Meet the Man Google Hired to Make AI a Reality
- Dutch scheme aims to reintegrate alcoholics by giving them beer
- I'm fairly sure that this much happiness in one place is illegal.
- Very Sleepy Animals
- 7 Actually Useful Children's Books for Twenty-Somethings
- The article (on bigfoot erotica) is ok. The comments thread is _amazing_.
- Michael Gove or Dolores Umbridge? (Hint: Umbridge is better written)
- Britain, is it still a major military power?
- Google is producing a smart contact lens for diabetics
- Genomes of modern dogs and wolves provide new insights on domestication
- The Japanese WW2 soldier who refused to surrender for 29 years has died
- On the benefits of local banks
- 95% of ATMs are running Windows XP.
- Music labels now make more from streaming than they do from sales.
- Young offenders will spend twice as much time in education as they currently do.
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