Interesting Links for 07-01-2020

[andrewducker]

London bus drivers could strike - so exhausted that they're falling asleep at the wheel

(tags:safety transport buses london work )

What humans gave up for the ability to talk

(tags:memory chimpanzees video brain humans )

Brewery boss shuts down brand new pub after hearing customer swearing

(tags:swearing pubs UK OhForFucksSake )

So you want devolution: How exactly are you going to do it?

(tags:devolution politics uk )

Reynhard Sinaga: UK's worst serial rapist handed multiple life sentences for campaign against men

(tags:rape men uk )

City region-wide Glasgow Metro tram network plan moves forward

(tags:trams Glasgow viaDanielDWilliam )

Mary Oliver: Wild Geese (a poem I rather liked)

(tags:poetry )

Animals sniffing flowers

(tags:animals cute )

Delightful Photos of Acrobatic Harvest Mice Balancing on Plant Stems

(tags:cute mice ViaDrCross )

The UK budget being postponed is making life a lot harder for the Scottish budget

(tags:budget economy Scotland UK )

Comments

[cmcmck]

Samuel Smiths again- the guy doesn't like bikers either. He classes them as 'undesirables'.

I find it boggling that he can get away with this crap

[andrewducker]

Hopefully enough of this will get around that people will go to better pubs.

[skington]

While I applaud the idea of a tram network for Glasgow, calling it a Metro when we already have the Subway is just asking for trouble.

[andrewducker]

I just hope you manage the build better than Edinburgh did!

[dewline]

Or than Ottawa is managing so far. Getting the first part of the Confederation Line - the east-west line across Ottawa - built and operational has been a pain in several senses.

[skington]

On one hand, the Edinburgh fiasco is recent-enough in most people's minds. On the other, Glasgow has all sorts of additional fun like disused mine tunnels that can get in the way.

[andrewducker]

I suspect the two key things to remember are Gall's Law and Hofstadter's Law.

[lilysea]

Brewery boss shuts down brand new pub after hearing customer swearing

He also bans electronic devices in his pubs - no exceptions if you're

blind and need them to read the menu
deaf and need them to communicate
autistic and need them to not have a meltdown

https://twitter.com/sallylait/status/1213799174040379392

[andrewducker]

Yeah, he's a massive asshole.

[ninetydegrees]

"What humans gave up for the ability to talk"

Apparently, nothing as this was debunked. :)

[andrewducker]

Link?

There was discussion underneath it where someone said it wasn't true, but then links to a bunch more research backing it up.

[channelpenguin]

I am a little confused as to what the task was. It looks in the video to me like just hitting the numbers in order, regardless of location. (Which doesn't strike me as especially hard, or that it would take more than a few runs through to get fast at).

Did I misinterpret?

[naath]

The chimp does that, and then does it just as quick when the numbers are covered by white squares after a few seconds of being visible.

[andrewducker]

Memorising a series of locations, in order, during the split second the numbers on them are visible.