Interesting Links for 05-05-2020

[andrewducker]

Vote Leave AI firm wins seven government contracts in 18 months (seems to be connected to the people running the tracking app)

(tags:UK Europe NHS OhForFucksSake )

Nearly a quarter of British employees furloughed in last fortnight

(tags:UK employment pandemic )

The Hidden Rules of Conversation

(tags:language communication video conversation )

Apple and Google provide first look of COVID-19 tracing in iOS and Android

(tags:Apple Google Android ios pandemic )

Experts Doubt the Sun Is Burning Coal (1863)

(tags:history science sun )

Edinburgh artist creates beautiful images of what the city would look like overgrown

(tags:nature Edinburgh art )

'Time has come' for universal basic income, says Sturgeon

(tags:Scotland GuaranteedIncome viaCharlesStross )

UK COVID-19 contact-tracing app data may be kept for 'research' after crisis ends

(tags:NHS privacy apps pandemic )

Comments

Wild Edinburgh

[danieldwilliam]

I wonder what it would be like to live in an Edinburgh that looked like those re-wilded images. And what would we have to do to make that work in terms of transport and getting the shopping home?

Re: Wild Edinburgh

[andrewducker]

Ziplines I'd have thought.

Or a really good machete.

Re: Wild Edinburgh

[danieldwilliam]

I was hoping for something for science fictional. Jetpacks or something.

Re: Wild Edinburgh

[andrewducker]

Fine.
Steam powered laser machete.