Interesting Links for 18-08-2021

[andrewducker]

Heavy! Metal! Harp!

(tags:music video viaNancyLebov )

Have some terrifying predictions about schools and Covid

(tags:children school pandemic )

I see the next generation of robot assassins is coming along nicely

(tags:robots video )

Nando's shuts restaurants as it runs short of supplies

(tags:food transport UK Doom )

Edinburgh Castle protestors claim to have 'seized' landmark as police called to the scene

(tags:Edinburgh castle wtf Scotland )

Some Scottish Covid changes could be made permanent

(tags:Scotland pandemic )

But, you ask, how does one *make* a robot assassin?

(tags:robots video )

WhatsApp shuts down Taliban helpline in Kabul

(tags:taliban afghanistan communication )

When Google lies to people about who you are

(tags:google identity photos )

New political divides opening up between countryside and city dwellers across Europe

(tags:uk europe politics cities immigration )

Anime studios and an all-star cast combine for Star Wars: Visions

(tags:anime StarWars )

There is no link between anonymity and incivility on social media

(tags:anonymity abuse socialmedia )

Apparently we're holding a superspreader event for MPs!

(tags:pandemic politics UK )

Top pro-Israel lawyer faked vandalism attack at Scots home in plot to frame Palestine group

(tags:Palestine Israel Scotland OhForFucksSake )

Scientists Grew Stem Cell 'Mini Brains'. Then, The Brains Sort-of Developed Eyes

(tags:brains eyes )

Comments

Edinburgh Castle

[danieldwilliam]

Magna Carta? Wait till those baams find out about William Wallace and the act of Union.

Re: Edinburgh Castle

[andrewducker]

We'd need to find them a video about it narrated by a conspiracy theorist...

When Google Lies to People About Who You Are

[dewline]

Now that's disturbing in its own ways. Protecting yourself is definitely a sensible thing to do. What Google's doing to other people as a consequence of this is an unwelcome side effect.

Have some terrifying predictions about schools and Covid

[jack]

I remember getting very confused on statistics for effects on different ages. I *think* what happens was, I remember some stats from spring last year from China, that for children the hospitalisation rate was about 1/100, but recently seeing stats that the death rate was below 1/100,000 which was way better than I expected. And I think my confusion was partly that I'd assumed a ratio of hospitalisations to deaths of about 10:1, but maybe that was for older ages, and that even for children it varied quite a bit by age.

So I guess we might be a in a situation where a UK/US "let all the children get infected" strategy doesn't lead to a death rate that leads to the public being unable to ignore it, but may have a hospitalisation rate that would be impossible to provide for. I can't remember how those numbers applied to vaccinated adults getting delta either.

[anna_wing]

Genuine lab-grown eyes that work would make a fortune for whoever perfects the process.