andrewducker | Interesting Links for 29-05-2017

Lawmaker resigns after being revealed as founder of women-hating community the Red Pill: (tags: misogyny usa politics )
18 Science Facts We Didn't Know at The Start of 2017: (tags: science )
The Real Reasons for Marvel Comics’ Woes: (tags: marvel comics business fail )
A 16th-century engineer whose work almost defeated an Empire: Well, defended against it.
(tags: history engineering war )
A year of digging through code yields “smoking gun” on VW, Fiat diesel cheats: (tags: cars pollution software fraud )
The rise of the QR code in China: (tags: China technology code qr )
How rich would you need to be to have the same quality of life as a billionaire one hundred years ago?: (tags: money history )
Book Review: The Entrepreneurial State (why government funded basic research is a major driver of the economy): (tags: research economy review )
Song calling Theresa May a ‘liar’ reaches tenth place in download charts but radio stations refuse to play it: (tags: music Conservatives lying radio uk )

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A content warning for the '18 science facts' link would have been nice -- the bic pic at the top of someone with staples in their skin is really rather stomach-turning.

hutchingsmusic

At least one of those "new facts" is rubbish - suggestions for the Anthropocene have been around for several years now.

coth

Yes, I thought that one not up to your usual standard.

The life in 1916 one was quite good though, and so was the mining engineer.

Very cool, if true

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