Interesting Links for 23-05-2025

[andrewducker]

1. Why are Scotland's councils so short of cash when tax is going up?

(tags:scotland tax )

2. Greenland Signs Lucrative Minerals Deal with Europe in Blow to Trump

(tags:Europe USA materials Greenland trade )

3. How I Beat NES Mario in 0.000005 Seconds (the nerdiest video I have ever watched. If you've seen something nerdier then do let me know)

(tags:video games programming technology mario )

4. Trump's image of dead 'white farmers' came from Reuters footage in Congo, not South Africa

(tags:USA politics Africa southafrica )

5. Programmers spend 5% of their time editing code, the rest is mostly understanding it/the issue they're trying to solve..

(tags:programming research )

6. Which word made you old? (Mine was GOAT)

(tags:language age change comic )

7. Explaining "what a species is" turns out to be very very tricky

(tags:video ontology life )