Interesting Links for 03-06-2022

[andrewducker]

1. Wouldn't everyone's life be better if they could hear the theme music?

(tags:music movies StarWars funny )

2. Searching 32 million academic papers for obscene acronyms hidden in the titles

(tags:swearing research academia funny )

3. We've Known How To Prevent A School Shooting for More Than 20 Years

(tags:viaPatrickHadfield schools guns murder psychology USA )

4. Celebrity culture is the modern morality play

(tags:morality society celebrity )

5. If you're wondering how Britain is doing, the #12 single right now is "Prince Andrew is a Sweaty Nonce"

(tags:monarchy UK music funny )

6. I do not understand why anyone would rely on Google for a chat application

(tags:Google communication epicfail )

7. MBE for Travelling Tabby - very well deserved!

(tags:Pandemic awards )

8. The UK government is having the most ludicrously biased consultation I've ever seen (on Imperial units)

(tags:consultation UK government measurement OhForFucksSake )

Comments

[melchar]

Being able to hear the soundtrack would be SUCH a help! And I giggled reading the idea of both Anakin -and- ObiWan hearing the music.

[calimac]

3) "Did you not read this stuff 20 years ago?" No I did not, and I've been looking for it. I've wondered for years - everything I read about school shooters professes utter bafflement as to why they do it, but many school shooters survive, hasn't anybody psychoanalyzed them? This is the first thing I've ever seen to report on that.

[mountainkiss]

I rely on Google Chat for a very simple reason: Weezie is on it.

The UK government is having the most ludicrously biased consultation I've ever seen (on Imperial uni

[anef]

O My God

[jducoeur]

6 - Honestly, Meet is currently my video-conference tool of choice: I just plain like the UX more than I do Zoom. But yes, the constant splitting, merging and rebranding borders on high comedy. (Fortunately, the network effects are actually kind of weak: it's much easier to switch conferencing platforms than social networks.)

8 - Not my country, but yeah, that isn't even trying to make a show of impartiality.