Interesting Links for 14-02-2022

[andrewducker]

Quordle is an evil game and I want nothing to do with it. (I got 2 out of 4. Will definitely be trying again tomorrow)

(tags:game words )

How Pandemic misinformation spreads quickly through the media

(tags:Pandemic misinformation lies statistics viaPatrickHadfield )

When you accidentally find a gateway from reality into The Conference Center

(tags:conference hotel weird architecture design )

A funeral director on how children cope with death

(tags:death children funeral )

Consent, GDPR and Google Analytics

(tags:consent privacy dataprotection law europe )

Comments

[dewline]

2. Augh!

4. I am Drawn to the reply from the autistic person on the subject.

5. I need to re-read that at length.

[andrewducker]

The one about them being a sensory and empathy nightmare? I can totally understand that.

[zz]

Daily Quordle #21
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[andrewducker]

Nice! 9857 for me today!

[calimac]

I don't know what this was doing in the twitter thread below the children-and-funerals series of posts, but I liked it:

"One reason I still have trouble believing crypto currency is money is that there aren’t commercials for money."

[movingfinger]

The Twitter account of YearoutWilliam seems to have been taken private. Overwhelmed, I suspect.

[andrewducker]

Oh that's a shame.

[drswirly]

I seem to have broken Octordle, by finding a way to make it easy. I can finish it successfully in a couple of minutes now. Oops.

[hellofriendsiminthedark]

My partner says Quordle is dumb. I found it interesting!

Daily Quordle #22
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[andrewducker]

I think it's an interestingly different challenge.

[melchar]

Apparently the link to the accidentally found gateway is now lost.

[andrewducker]

That's a shame. Now others will fall into its trap!