Interesting Links for 15-02-2020

[andrewducker]

A couple of clicks in a bank's spreadsheet caused the biggest fluctuation in Britain's trade figures in modern history.

(tags:gold UK trade weird )

What's going on with geothermal wells?

(tags:electricity energy earth heat )

An Inflammation of Place (the historical diagnosis of NewYorkitis)

(tags:newyork disease cities stress )

Don't aim for passion, be *curious*

(tags:advice passion )

Moving home can affect your children's health and education

(tags:homes children mentalhealth Education )

Some tips on writing British characters

(tags:UK society behaviour )

Flow-Charts of Programming Language Constructs

(tags:programming visualisation )

Dentists threatened by face-mask shortage because of coronavirus

(tags:teeth virus disease Doom )

There and Snack Again: How to eat everything in Lord of the Rings

(tags:lotr food )

How real is "grade inflation"?

(tags:education uk )

Comments

[nancylebov]

Maybe they added the rule as a result of someone trying to game the system.

[calimac]

Maybe, but more likely it was the result of people waffling about their majors without game-playing intent. Remember that Fred's motive in the story is the unusual provisions of his uncle's will. Without that, he'd never have done this.

What irritated me about the book is that the university is desperately trying to find a way to stop Fred from gaming their system, yet it never occurred to them to add a provision which actually exists in the normal course of the real world.