Interesting Links for 11-12-2018
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andrewducker- Google Translate takes a stand against singular "they"
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- SNP offers to support vote of no confidence if Labour makes one.
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- Chess, a Drosophila of reasoning
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- UK House of Commons expert answers questions on the Meaningful Vote procedure.
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- Nihilist Dad Jokes
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- The irish potato famine
- (tags: ireland food history inequality )
- This is the ridiculous depths the government has sunk to
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- A metaphor that explains Brexit very neatly
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- The Technology That Changed Air Travel
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- The autistic view of the world is not the neurotypical cliché
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- Increasing numbers of pubs and cafes no longer take cash
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- An amazing story of gay love and loss in World War 1
- Dammit! Now confessed to be fiction!
https://twitter.com/TenshiAngelina/status/1072172791812812800?s=09
(tags: history love wwi ) - Kenshi is a game I suspect would appeal to a bunch of my friends. Incredibly open world
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- "Godzilla: King of the Monsters" looks like ridiculous fun
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- Psychology research is still fixated on a tiny fraction of humans
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- New study finds bias against women and girls when intellectual ability is sought
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- In the “Trust Game”, men with more autistic traits were less influenced by their partner’s facial appearance
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Date: 2018-12-11 11:16 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2018-12-16 09:54 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2018-12-16 09:57 am (UTC)BUT THIS IS A SPECIAL BOOK.
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Date: 2018-12-16 10:00 am (UTC)How about the four of us meet up for lunch in the New Year and you lend it to me then?
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Date: 2018-12-16 10:01 am (UTC)No, don't worry. At the time of the original comment, it was only a couple of days since I'd been posting about it on FB but the moment has now passed. Hope the lunch will take place though!
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Date: 2018-12-16 10:04 am (UTC)(And we're all in the same city)
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Date: 2018-12-16 10:07 am (UTC)Well, I'm there for about a month, so if we try for early then we have time to postpone.
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Date: 2018-12-16 10:10 am (UTC)