Interesting Links for 14-10-2020

[andrewducker]

The truth about Ada Lovelace and Charles Babbage

(tags:babbage adalovelace comic )

What Pollsters Have Changed Since 2016 — And What Still Worries Them About 2020

(tags:polls USA )

Ikea to launch new scheme to buy back unwanted furniture from customers

(tags:IKEA )

Coronavirus: 'Very high' level restrictions not enough to reduce R rate below one, Sage adviser warns

(tags:UK pandemic Doom )

What should economists be focusing on?

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1315841880874254336.html
(tags:economics viaDanielDWilliam )

Race is one of the strongest predictors of how long a person waits in line to vote (in the USA)

(tags:voting USA racism viaCipherGoth )

This is the most ridiculous way of ripping off website content I've seen. (Run *everything* through a thesaurus. With hilarious results.)

(tags:Web automation language funny )

White Nationalist Movement: Myth Vs. Fact

(tags:racism funny myths )

Your job application was rejected by a human, not a computer

(tags:computers jobs cv )

I quite fancied Torchlight 3 - until I read this review

(tags:games review )

Heavy Coffee Drinkers Want Coffee A Lot More Than They Actually Like It

(tags:coffee addiction psychology )

How Well Do You Know Yourself? Research On Self-Insight, Digested

(tags:psychology )

UK is unique in its light-touch approach to the gender pay gap

(tags:gender pay UK regulation )

75% of Scots say Holyrood should decide future EU relationship

(tags:Europe Scotland polls )