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

[cmcmck]

Mint sauce with EVERY meat meal?

I may be veggie, but even I know that isn't right!

[calimac]

Two things about the "writing British characters" entry:

1) If "fanny" is a rude word, then why is it also a name? Does everyone "fall about laughing childishly" whenever anyone mentions Fanny Burney?

2) The writer uses casually a word which is perhaps not realized an American would need explained: kebab. I had no idea what sort of food this was until I had one. In America we'd call it a "pita-bread sandwich." In America the word only appears in the combination "shish-kebab" which means chunks of meat and sometimes veggies on a skewer. I doubted these were sold in vans to be eaten while walking down the street.

[naath]

there and snack again; oh, ambitions...