Interesting Links for 12-12-2021

[andrewducker]

This Digital Bank Is Designed for the LGBTQ+ Community

(tags:LGBT banking finance usa )

Covid pill being rolled out among vulnerable Britons could fuel dangerous mutations

(tags:Pandemic medicine Doom mutation )

The Prisoner Of War who escaped a Nazi camp in full naval uniform

(tags:wwii impressive viaDanielDWilliam )

The internet (and many large companies) are dependent on software maintained by people in their spare time, for free. This may not be sustainable

(tags:software opensource security )

Britney Spears: Muppet murderer!

(tags:BritneySpears Muppets )

Here's a collection of good news from 2021

(tags:GoodNews )

"It's hard to overestimate the impact Moominland Midwinter had on me" (looking forward to reading these to Sophia)

(tags:books children )

A pictorial history of Santa Claus

(tags:Christmas pictures history )

McDonald's McRib NFT Project Links to Racial Slur Recorded on Blockchain

(tags:funny McDonalds blockchain race food )

Comments

[simont]

Occasional companies, and as hilarita mentions, even a government once, simply in gratitude rather than for a specific service.

[naath]

Has it ever been enough money that filling a tax return wasn't more pain than it was really worth...

[simont]

Oh, I think so. Tax returns are only mildly annoying when you do them on the HMRC website – an afternoon of faff if you already have all the source materials filed in a folder together.

It wouldn't be enough money to live on, by a long way. But I'm not sure I don't prefer it this way – a labour of love becomes a chore if you can't temporarily put it down when you're running low on love.

[andrewducker]

I found that. As soon as I start feeling I ought to write something that I used to do for fun, the fun goes away.