Interesting Links for 03-05-2023

[andrewducker]

1. Duke of Edinburgh: Edinburgh council urged not to recognise Royal pair's 'illegitimate' titles

(tags:edinburgh monarchy )

2. Keir Starmer breaks another pledge - this time on scrapping university tuition fees

(tags:labour university fees tuition )

3. How do people feel about bill-splitting in restaurants?

(tags:money friendship )

4. Brain Activity Decoder Can Reveal Stories in People's Minds

(tags:neuroscience brain stories )

5. Why can you use the 60+ Oyster card as voter ID, but not the 18+ Student Oyster card?

(tags:IDCards uk )

6. AI chatbots pass next intelligence milestone after researchers fail to find a single AI that would vote for Brexit

(tags:ai uk europe funny viaMyBrotherHugh )

7. Lothian Buses Service change from Sunday 28 May (some pretty major changes, including my bus no longer going home->work)

(tags:buses edinburgh transport )

Comments

[mountainkiss]

So he and I paid each other to the penny (and still do), which suited us both brilliantly. But K hated it with a passion and IIRC so did you. At least one difference is that money transfer is now so very very easy.

[rhythmaning]

I wouldn't say I hated it, though it's certainly not my preference. I understood its necessity.