Interesting Links for 25-11-2017

[andrewducker]

Holocaust memorial built outside home of right wing German politician

(tags: germany holocaust )

Stupid less/fewer automatism at the WSJ

(tags: grammar fail )

Using a faecal microbiota transplant cured 92% of people with Clostridium difficile that had recurred or had not responded to antibiotics

(tags: faeces )

Possibly the finest recipe of all time

(tags: recipe cooking funny )

The Western Elite from a Chinese Perspective

(tags: China usa uk )

Why The Christmas Shopping Season is Worse Every Year (and how it leads to Black Friday)

(tags: shopping organisation Christmas sales )

Comments

[dewline]

1. I enjoyed reading about that response to the AfD person.

3. Okay, this was...unexpected. Useful, but still unexpected.

6. An accidental mess of retail history?

[andrewducker]

3. There's a bunch of fascinating stuff out there for this: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-27503660 for example.

6. Like so many things out there - mess built on mess :-)

[cmcmck]

That's a stylish place to put a Sho'ah memorial!

[calimac]

1. AfD person says that Germans were the "only people in the world who planted a memorial of shame in the heart of their capital." Never been here, has he?

2. Never seen anyone write "N or fewer" before.

3. Recipe enjoyable to read, but when cooking something of a kind I haven't done before, I'd prefer the security of a few hard numbers, because it's hard to make by-the-eye judgments without experience.

4. Chinese view fascinating. Few successful people in the West think luck had anything to do with their success; I'm surprised when any do. I'm appalled that there's a class at Stanford Business teaching how to use logos and slogans to motivate employees. As a former employee, I can testify there's no greater scorn than for bosses who think logos and slogans can motivate us, especially when used as a less expensive substitute for improving wages, benefits, working conditions, etc.

[andrewducker]

Totally with you on the last one. I don't understand it at all.

[problemsdog]

"tags: china, christmas, cooking, faeces, fail"

Welp.

[andrewducker]

I don't write the news ;-)

The Western Elite from a Chinese Perspective

[birguslatro]

As it happens, I'm reading The Citizen of the World, which purports to be a Chinese view of Britain and Europe in the 18th century. Interesting to compare with a modern (and real) version! Goldsmith got the humour about right, at least. I don't think investment banking was covered though, although gambling is...