Interesting Links for 16-08-2018

[andrewducker]

Babies in prams exposed to 60% more pollution

(tags: babies pollution )

Argumentative relationships open the door to disease: Study links couples' hostility and gut bacteria, inflammation in bloodstream

(tags: relationships microbiome inflammation )

Judge throws out challenge to Scots abortion pill move

(tags: abortion scotland GoodNews )

A Lesson From Germany on How to Cover Far-Right Leaders

(tags: Germany politics journalism )

Jeremy Corbyn wreath row explained

(tags: Israel Palestine assassination terrorism Labour history )

Not on your life: six means of science fictional transportation I would not use.

(tags: transport scifi )

Chris Grayling has no credible plan for 'no-deal' Brexit, road hauliers warn

(tags: transport UK Europe doom )

Pixel Objectness - spotting objects in photos automatically

(tags: photos vision ai )

Uber still losing billions per year, somehow still considered valuable

(tags: driving business fail )

How Star Wars was saved in the editing suite (I just learned a lot)

(tags: starwars video )

How Wakandacon, the first Black Panther-themed convention, escaped the fan con curse

(tags: conventions movies comics race )

Patrick Stewart: 'I find it difficult to know what Labour stands for'

(tags: Labour PatrickStewart )

Comments

[danieldwilliam]

How wonder how bust Uber might go?

[andrewducker]

My guess is that they'll keep saying everything is fine right up to the point where it turns out they have no money any more and simply cease to exist.

[danieldwilliam]

Or perhaps less than no money.

[andrewducker]

They've got a few billion in debt, so when they go down they'll take that with them...

[danieldwilliam]

Do you know how quickly they pay the cab drivers?

[andrewducker]

3-10 days
https://www.uber.com/en-SG/drive/singapore/resources/getting-paid/

[danieldwilliam]

So, in the event of a disorderly bankruptcy they are going to go bust owing about a week or two's income to their cabbies.

[cmcmck]

As Labour now stands, me and Patrick Stewart both..............

[dewline]

Understood. The confusion is not helpful for anyone these days.

Re: Wakandacon

[dewline]

A wonderful bit of work there, putting that event together...

Babies in prams exposed to 60% more pollution

[jack]

Oh gosh, on the one hand, yes, pollution particularly bad for babies, that makes sense. On the other hand, I don't understand why the articles is emphasising 'prams'. Did they previously contrast that to babies carried in a sling and then remove that bit? Or do they mean "all babies near roads" but changed "near roads" to "in prams" to avoid sounding like roads bore any responsibility for the situation? Or did I miss something else?

Uber still losing billions per year, somehow still considered valuable

[jack]

I guess their plan became effectively "become monopoly, exploit it", which if anything is helped by losing money (up till the point your investors pull out). It sounds like they *are* losing ground though, which does suggest a sudden collapse coming; if they need more investment to plug the gap, that will only come if investors see a success ahead.