Interesting Links for 20-05-2019

[andrewducker]

How the UK allocates EU election seats

(tags:uk europe voting video )

The sign language translation of Iceland's Eurovision entry is great fun

(tags:sign video music eurovision )

The Vader/Kenobi duel, reimagined

(tags:StarWars fanfic video )

If you're so smart, why aren't you rich? Turns out it's just chance

(tags:inequality luck success )

Old People Are More Conservative Because the Poor Die Young

(tags:age inequality politics )

In the hairdressers nobody can tell if your baby is a dog

(tags:dogs babies funny )

He voted for Trump. Now he and his wife raise their son from opposite sides of the border

It's leopards all the way down
(tags:immigration usa marriage OhForFucksSake karma )

Which of the Eurovision entries are British people actually listening to?

(tags:music eurovision )

A collection of peer reviewed research on transgender issues

(tags:lgbt transgender research )

The most terrible behaviour people have witnessed at an academic conference (note the gender divide)

(tags:abuse conference academia )

What Actually Happens When a Country Bans Abortion

(tags:abortion history Romania )

Reference and shot comparison for Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

(tags:animation video spiderman marvel )

Letting go to give yourself space to let the pictures grow

(tags:autism comic )

'They Were Conned': How Reckless Loans Devastated a Generation of Taxi Drivers

(tags:OhForFucksSake loans taxi newyork usa )

Comments

If you're so smart, why aren't you rich? Turns out it's just chance

[doug]

I'm moderately convinced that luck is the dominant component of success in those terms, particularly when you account for different starting positions. Being well off to start with not only puts you further along before the stochastic stuff starts hitting you, it means you are in a better position to take advantage of positive lucky opportunities that require an initial outlay or carry significant risk (since you have a cushion).

[calimac]

How is the reimagined Star Wars significantly different from the original? (Which admittedly I haven't seen in about 25 years.)

Banning abortions

[claudeb]

Ha! I keep trying to tell people what happened when Romania pulled off the same stunt. They seem to think I'm telling horror stories. It's a curious claim however that it didn't lead to a population explosion, because that did happen. Maybe it was only a correlation, because the standards of living also skyrocketed at the time, as industry was massively overbuilt and huge swaths of people moved to the city. But either way, now we're feeling it as the head count has collapsed to what it should have been... and our entire social security system was designed around the previous state of things.

At least Americans hate social security in the first place. Can't miss what you never had, and all that.

[andrewducker]

Here's the original
https://youtu.be/FVHnnzgQlG4