Interesting Links for 03-06-2018
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andrewducker- University union leader pleads for unity amid resignation calls
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- Reddit just passed Facebook as #3 most popular website in US
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- George Osborne’s London Evening Standard sells its editorial independence to Uber, Google and others – for £3 million
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- Canon has sold its last film camera
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- Unaffordable Edinburgh risks repeat of London's housing crisis
- Maybe we could...Build More Housing???
(tags: Edinburgh housing OhForFucksSake ) - Trans activists slam deeply transphobic school resources Crowdfunder
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- Hope vs horror: HP Lovecraft and Dr Strange: Embracing the Unknown
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- Industrialists warn May they will not invest if Brexit uncertainty persists
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- Structural variants in genes associated with human Williams-Beuren syndrome underlie stereotypical hypersociability in domestic dogs
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- UK Brexit paper proposes ‘magic’ Irish border staffed by fairies
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- Belfast's forgotten underground river
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- Why universal basic income is worth a serious look (by Nicola Sturgeon)
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- Northern Irish women protesting against anti-abortion laws 'take illegal termination pills in front of police
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- As Uber and Tesla struggle with driverless cars, Waymo moves forward
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- Irish Government gives Theresa May two weeks to solve Border issue
- “There’s a new idea or solution being mooted every week,” said a senior Government source, adding that Dublin was only “interested in proposals that are written down”.
“On paper like. Or on a screen. We are at legal text stage. We need legal texts to draft and debate.”
(tags: Ireland NorthernIreland OhForFucksSake ) - Tales from the far-flung Faroes (way too remote for me, but very scenic)
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- New Hybrid Robot Uses Living Muscle Tissue to Move
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- The processed food debate is MSG-sprinkled class war
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- The best explanation I've read about why Northern Rail is completely fucked right now
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- From Hell: Eddie Campbell explains why he’s coloring graphic novel
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Date: 2018-06-03 04:33 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2018-06-03 09:02 pm (UTC)I read recently that developers like them because the regulations aren't as strict and the tenants don't complain since they don't ever live there long.
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Date: 2018-06-03 09:21 pm (UTC)And it's not like you can have more student flats than there are students.
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Date: 2018-06-03 09:55 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2018-06-03 10:01 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2018-06-03 09:52 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2018-06-04 11:27 am (UTC)Waymo
Date: 2018-06-05 01:06 pm (UTC)Indeed, but I am also very much aware that it is not impossible for companies, and particularly high-tech companies, to act in a foolish manner.
(I've no hard information either way and no strong view. We'll find out soon enough.)