Interesting Links for 01-04-2021

[andrewducker]

It's hard to draw lessons from your own failures (further on the guy who lost $10,000,000 running his company, and why he's learned the wrong lessons)

(tags:business failure )

This is my new favourite software license

(tags:software intellectual_property funny )

Biden plan eliminates billions in fossil fuel subsidies

(tags:USA coal oil subsidies GoodNews environment globalwarming )

Government communications should serve the public

(tags:propaganda UK government )

Apple commits to build "grid-scale" energy storage in California

(tags:electricity Apple California USA batteries )

If you applied Transgender size checks to the current women's rugby team 60% of them would fail

(tags:transgender sports )

Scotland to get new nature reserve as community 'achieves impossible'

(tags:nature Scotland )

Sir Keir Starmer on Labour's Brexit position: 'We have left the EU - there is no case for rejoining'

(tags:labour Europe UK )

Facebook bans 'voice of Trump' from platform

(tags:Facebook censorship USA )

PM's ethnic minority adviser quits role

(tags:uk racism )

COVID 'fuse' may have been lit weeks or months before the 'bomb' in Wuhan market (and there may be a bunch of other viruses which never make it big)

(tags:virus pandemic )

Pfizer: COVID vaccine shows 100% efficacy in adolescents 12-15

(tags:pandemic vaccine children )

Everything the Race Commission report misses, from evidence to humanity

(tags:racism uk )

49 brilliantly underwhelming local news headlines from across the UK

(tags:journalism uk )

Voxels: Terrain rendering algorithm in less than 20 lines of code

(tags:animation computers games history )

BMJ: Structural racism is a fundamental cause and driver of ethnic disparities in health

(tags:healthcare UK racism )

Comments

[cmcmck]

Whereas I'm just 5'6" (average female height) and slightly built.

[andrewducker]

Clearly a danger to others.

[cmcmck]

Of course! :o)

[danieldwilliam]

As someone who helps run a non-VC tech firm that article is spot on.

Starmer on the EU

[danieldwilliam]

I think Starmer's messaging on the EU is right.

It can't be a Labour Party lead campaign to rejoin the EU - they will get mullered at the next election. And the English re-join campaign can't and won't really kick off until after the next election. All that happens if Labour mention rejoining the EU in the next 5 years is that they lose the next election.

When the dust has settled and a re-join campaign has properly started up and proven popular the Labour Party might well find itself "forced" to consider a closer relationship with the EU. And Starmer knows this is coming.

Re: Starmer on the EU

[andrewducker]

I do think it might lead to Pro Europeans taking their vote elsewhere.

Well,I would if the Lib Dems were being at all competent.

Re: Starmer on the EU

[danieldwilliam]

I think that's probably priced in.

Re: Starmer on the EU

[rangifer]

At any rate, the EU is going to be really hesitant about accepting the UK back in until the UK has resolved its internal divisions about Europe. The Tories would have to be legitimately reconciled to the idea of membership. Otherwise every election is going to be a random die roll on the Will The UK Oppose The Very Concept Of Its Own EU Membership For The Next Few Years table. The French would run out of patience pretty quickly.

[mtbc]

Those local news headlines were great.

[anna_wing]

Those headlines are fabulous, and basically reflect utopia for a rather large number of people in the world, who would be absolutely delighted to live in societies where that sort of thing is what fills their days...

[andrewducker]

Totally agree!