Interesting Links for 12-11-2017

[andrewducker]

The worst thing about having kids

(tags: children funny comic )

From Zadie Smith to Ethan Hawke: why we love graphic novels

(tags: comics )

Concept-Shaped Holes Can Be Impossible To Notice

(tags: philosophy learning mind )

Salt grinders are bullshit, and other lessons from growing up in the spice trade

(tags: food cooking )

Miniature Wireless Bionic Eye Trial Approved

(tags: eyes cyborg Technology thefuture )

Time to Tear Down Parliament Before It Falls Down

(tags: uk parliament government politics reform )

One of the oldest canards in low-denominator comedy is that women are inscrutable and men can't understand them. There's a reason for this and it ain't funny.

(tags: men women communication society )

Rare footage of Edinburgh in the 1930s

(tags: video edinburgh history )

Why conservatives are more susceptible to believing in lies.

(tags: lies fraud Conservatives psychology )

How does the NHS in England work - and how is it changing?

(tags: nhs england uk video )

Wisconsin lawmakers endorse radical constitutional idea

(tags: usa politics wtf )

Bell's Theorem: The Quantum Venn Diagram Paradox (video explaining why local realism is impossible)

(tags: physics quantum video )

Is it OK to hate tories?

(tags: language politics )

Boris Johnson and Michael Gove attempt ‘soft coup’ with letter giving Theresa May Brexit instructions

(tags: UK Europe OhForFucksSake Conservatives )

Comments

[problem_chimp]

My apologies for how quite how trivial this comment is, BUT...

That 'salt grinders are bullshit' thing is very odd and annoying to me (not the article as a whole, which is interesting and seems knowledgeable, just that part).
Saying about salt grinders 'All you’re doing is making your salt smaller than it was before.' is like saying about kettles 'all you're doing is making the water hotter'. Whether salt is in large crystals or finer ground has an effect on the food (you can test this easily yourself) and most people with opinions tend to prefer large for cooking and fine ground when table seasoning.
A salt grinder isn't some chi-chi affectation, it can literally just mean you preferred buying a salt grinder once rather than two types of salt on the reg.

[redbird]

Putting the grinder on the table feels like an affectation, at least in a restaurant: they aren't giving me access to more than one kind of salt, they're just making me do more work. A pepper mill on the table makes sense, because it lets me have fresh-ground pepper without having a server come over and ask if I want fresh-ground pepper, which they usually do before I've tasted the food and therefore don't know whether, let alone how much.

[problem_chimp]

Honestly I was only thinking of home use.

[momentsmusicaux]

Indeed; it's basic chemistry that finer particles have a larger surface area and are more reactive. With the salt, you'll get more of a salty effect from finer salt crystals.

(Fun fact: it's why a fire in a custard factory once caused an explosion, because of the powdered milk which combusted really quickly.)

[armiphlage]

There's a magic point where nearly everything becomes explosive. Grain elevators, furniture factories (with sawdust), and sugar mills all suffer dust explosions terrifyingly frequently.

[danieldwilliam]

One of the impacts of Trump's presidentcy and his lack of popularity is that the Democrats are doing well in State legilature elections.

Which makes it harder for a Constitutional Congress to be approved from the Right and makes redistricting post 2020 more favourable for the Democrats.

[momentsmusicaux]

That's the worst thing about having kids?

Ahaha. hahaha. ahahaha.