andrewducker | Interesting Links for 09-01-2018

On The Turing Completeness of PowerPoint: (tags: video funny powerpoint computers )
Chris Grayling's 27 Seconds as Conservative Party Chairman: (tags: conservatives fail viaSwampers )
Donald Trump's tweets aren't random - he's live-tweeting his favourite tv: (tags: tv politics usa twitter )
The couple who got engaged and married on the same day: (tags: marriage )
The plummeting Conservative membership makes the party ripe for entryism: (tags: Conservatives funny politics )
How to argue, in eight easy steps: (tags: argument conversation advice )
Lemurs mob BBC News reporter: (tags: video cute bbc )
The Omnicopter, A Super Agile Omni-Directional Drone That Can Play Catch With a Ball: (tags: drone video )
Goodbye iPod, and Thanks for All the Tunes: (tags: music apple )
Is everything Johann Hari knows about depression wrong?: (tags: depression OhForFucksSake johannhari mentalhealth psychology )
Plans unveiled for new Northern Forest from Liverpool to Hull: (tags: forests trees nature uk )
Beginner's guide to longevity research: (tags: longevity lifespan research )
The reshuffle that wasn't: May blows it again: (tags: politics conservatives fail )
7 articles that are basically free therapy: (tags: advice life relationships )
Ibuprofen alters human testicular physiology: (tags: sex drugs )
Iran Bans English in Primary Schools: (tags: english iran )
Jeremy Corbyn insists UK cannot remain in single market after Brexit: (tags: UK Europe labour )
China wants an orderly exit from Bitcoin mining: (tags: bitcoin china )
Tory MSPs back call for Scottish Parliament to reject UK Brexit Bill: (tags: scotland uk europe politics )
A 430-Year-Old World Map, Taking Up 60 Square Feet: Link to a zoomable version: https://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~303661~90074314:Composite--Tavola-1-60---Map-of-the
(tags: maps history )
Swallowable sensors reveal mysteries of human gut health: (tags: bodies )
New insights into lifetime personality change: (tags: personality age psychology )
Women more likely to suffer winter depression and mood changes: (tags: women depression winter sad )

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You know, sometimes I think you're having fun with the tags on purpose...

Not my first thought but an early thought.

Knowing that Trump is likely to tweet in response to Fox and Friends reporting - how do I monetise that?

Clearly the answer would be to plant articles about BitCoin hoping to drive the price in a way I'm positioned.

Thanks for this link, I've added it to my recent post on the subject - a very good rebuttal.

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May's reshuffle was pretty poor. I think the lose of Greening will be telling. I think the suggestion that other people, less competent and less loyal than her got what they wanted and she didn't is probably true. If I were here I'd be miffed and, perhaps, inclined to be difficult.

A useful fact to remember about Thatchers is that her Premiership ended when there more backbenchers she had sacked than there were backbenchers she had not promoted.

I can't tell if China is most worried about the use of BitCoin as a secret currency that it can't monitor, or about really very large amounts of electricity theft (and resulting polution) or about the risk that BitCoin poses to financial systems (where China's are probably more vulnerable to a shock and a crash than the Chinese would let you believe.)

The longevity primer is really useful - thanks.

OK, now maybe we could have a joke where the punchline isn't replacing May with Leadsome or Rees-Mogg (I'm not sure they'd be EVEN WORSE, but I'm not hopeful. May was SUPPOSED to be a remainer when she was chosen too.)

I hadn't realised how pervasive the "refuse to be shuffled" thing had been. I didn't think it worked like that.

Someone on Twitter called May's failed reshuffle "the night of the plastic forks."

I'm not happy to read that about Ibuprofen. It is the only thing that works on my knees. It was also the only thing that worked on my menstrual cramps, when they were a thing. Drat.

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Fox and Friends

Re: Is everything Johann Hari knows about depression wrong?

May's Unshuffle

Chinese BitCoin

Longevity

The plummeting Conservative membership makes the party ripe for entryism

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Ibuprofen - argh