https://andrewducker.dreamwidth.org/ Very cool, if true - Dreamwidth Studios Mon, 03 Nov 2025 12:00:08 GMT LiveJournal / Dreamwidth Studios andrewducker personal https://v2.dreamwidth.org/707796/27209 https://andrewducker.dreamwidth.org/ 100 80 https://andrewducker.dreamwidth.org/4629295.html Mon, 03 Nov 2025 12:00:08 GMT https://andrewducker.dreamwidth.org/4629295.html <dl class="links"><dt class="link"><a href="https://whatever.scalzi.com/2025/10/30/a-review-of-grokipedia-using-myself-as-test-subject/" rel="nofollow">1. A Review of Grokipedia</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:ai">ai</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:wiki">wiki</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:encyclopedia">encyclopedia</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2025/10/31/Physicist-COVID-Seriously-Enough/" rel="nofollow">2. We Don't Take Covid Seriously Enough (lots and lots of research condensed here)</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Pandemic">Pandemic</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:doom">doom</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/11/linux-gamers-on-steam-finally-cross-over-the-3-mark/" rel="nofollow">3. Linux gamers on Steam finally cross over the 3% mark</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:gaming">gaming</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:linux">linux</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:steam">steam</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.ft.com/content/b0038b6f-d83d-4a6a-803a-fa089e2d10ef" rel="nofollow">4. The FT is now asking when the AI bubble will burst.</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:finance">finance</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:economics">economics</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:ai">ai</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:doom">doom</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:bubble">bubble</a> )</small></dd></dl> <br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=andrewducker&ditemid=4629295" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments https://andrewducker.dreamwidth.org/4629295.html economics gaming wiki finance doom ai pandemic links linux encyclopedia steam bubble public 9 https://andrewducker.dreamwidth.org/3567876.html Sun, 01 Oct 2017 11:00:14 GMT https://andrewducker.dreamwidth.org/3567876.html <dl class="links"> <dt class="link"><a href="https://www.economist.com/blogs/bagehot/2017/02/go-north" rel="nofollow">The pragmatic case for moving Britain’s capital to Manchester</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:uk">uk</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:politics">politics</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:viaFanf">viaFanf</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="http://www.mauldineconomics.com/editorial/infographic-the-everything-bubble-is-ready-to-pop" rel="nofollow">Is The Everything Bubble Ready to Pop?</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:economics">economics</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:debt">debt</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:bubble">bubble</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/09/170929125104.htm" rel="nofollow">Video gamers have a learning advantage in uncertain situations</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:games">games</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:learning">learning</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:psychology">psychology</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-41443027" rel="nofollow">Is she Photoshopped? In France, they now have to tell you</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Photoshop">Photoshop</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:advertising">advertising</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:models">models</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/30/books/dan-brown-origin.html?_r=0" rel="nofollow">The World According to Dan Brown</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:writing">writing</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://www.pianistmagazine.com/news/general/right-to-practise-upheld-by-uk-court" rel="nofollow">Right to Practise Music Upheld by UK Court</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:music">music</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:uk">uk</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:viaSwampers">viaSwampers</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:law">law</a> )</small> </dd> </dl><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=andrewducker&ditemid=3567876" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments https://andrewducker.dreamwidth.org/3567876.html photoshop games bubble learning viaswampers music economics advertising viafanf models debt uk writing politics law links psychology public 11 https://andrewducker.dreamwidth.org/3074407.html Thu, 26 Jun 2014 11:00:01 GMT https://andrewducker.dreamwidth.org/3074407.html <ul class="links"> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/news/oliver-burkeman-s-blog/2014/may/21/everyone-is-totally-just-winging-it">Everyone is totally just winging it, all the time</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/people">people</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/life">life</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/politics">politics</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/competency">competency</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/adult">adult</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/jun/25/war-on-drugs-heroin-trade-afghanistan">The war on drugs is lost – legalise the heroin trade</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/heroin">heroin</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/drugs">drugs</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/legalisation">legalisation</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://dailysciencefiction.com/hither-and-yon/the-future-of-future-planning/nicky-drayden/investment-strategies-in-a-post-apocalyptic-world">Investment Strategies in a Post-Apocalyptic World</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/zombies">zombies</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/investment">investment</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/apocalypse">apocalypse</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://i0.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/781/067/4ac.gif">I believe we're getting some of these in the office</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/aliens">aliens</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/coffee">coffee</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/animated_gif">animated_gif</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2014/06/25/zero-hours-contracts-exclusivity-cable_n_5528396.html">Banning Zero-Hours Contracts' Exclusivity Clauses</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/work">work</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/contacts">contacts</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/working_hours">working_hours</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/libdem">libdem</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/06/25/youre_all_inventing_the_wrong_sort_of_technology/">You're inventing the wrong sort of tech for bad people who want to buy it. Stop it at once</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/technology">technology</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/value">value</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/economics">economics</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/phones">phones</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2014-06-25/peston-is-right-left-wing-bias-at-the-bbc-is-a-myth">Why left-wing bias at the BBC is a myth</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/bias">bias</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/politics">politics</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/bbc">bbc</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/frame_game/2014/06/osama_bin_laden_s_seven_rules_for_terrorists_isis_will_regret_not_following.html">Osama Bin Laden’s seven rules for terrorists: ISIS will regret not following the al-Qaida leader’s advice.</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/terrorism">terrorism</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/islam">islam</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/iraq">iraq</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/Syria">Syria</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://ohno-abear.tumblr.com/post/89707396808/pewterkat-small-flower-prince">This took me a moment, but when I recognised it, I laughed.</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/meme">meme</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/funny">funny</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://news.yale.edu/2014/06/19/hairless-man-arthritis-drug-spurs-hair-growth-lots-it">In hairless man, arthritis drug spurs hair growth — lots of it</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/hair">hair</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/baldness">baldness</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://thesaltcollective.org/modesty-whensuitsbecomestumblingblock/">Men in suits - causing inflamed passions, and dooming innocent women to hell!</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/satire">satire</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/religion">religion</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/sex">sex</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/clothing">clothing</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/breakthrough-in-solar-panel-manufacture-promises-cheap-energy-within-a-decade-9563136.html">Breakthrough in solar panel manufacture promises cheap energy within a decade</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/solarpower">solarpower</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/merrillbarr/2014/06/23/the-legend-of-korra-should-not-be-premiering-on-nickelodeon-this-friday/">'The Legend of Korra' is premiering this Friday, after episodes leak online</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/avatar">avatar</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/tv">tv</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://proof.nationalgeographic.com/2014/05/27/paul-nicklen-swimming-with-monsters/">Capturing photos of surf is dangerous - here is how you do it without dying</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/ocean">ocean</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/photography">photography</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-28028627">More than 90 lawyers, politicians, health experts (and celebrities) sign letter calling for drug law change</a> <br><span class="link-description">God I hated the headline. I don't give a damn what celebrities think - but I do care about the opinions of the the legal, political and health experts!</span><br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/drugs">drugs</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/law">law</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://www.gamefront.com/mechwarrior-online-forum-ragesplosion/">A Cautionary Tale: The Rage of the Mechwarrior Online Community</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/games">games</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/community">community</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://eatsoylentgreen.tumblr.com/post/89807208899/thenamesjoe-what-a-strange-dog">What a strange dog </a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/dog">dog</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://wondermark.com/1k40/">It would appear that I am the subject of a Wondermark comic</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/comic">comic</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/birthday">birthday</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/Facebook">Facebook</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/socialnetworking">socialnetworking</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-28031777">Can the Bank of England curb the housing bubble?</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/housing">housing</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/banking">banking</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/uk">uk</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/bubble">bubble</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/06/140625141233.htm">Chemistry: New math technique improves atomic property predictions to historic accuracy</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/chemistry">chemistry</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/mathematics">mathematics</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/jun/25/-sp-phone-hacking-trial-rebekah-brooks-rupert-murdoch">In-depth piece on the phone hacking trial. Recommended by multiple lawyer friends.</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/phones">phones</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/hacking">hacking</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/law">law</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/UK">UK</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/media">media</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/RupertMurdoch">RupertMurdoch</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://m.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/main-topics/general-news/revealed-at-last-the-scale-of-jimmy-savile-s-abuse-at-leeds-hospital-1-6694105">Revealed at last: The scale of Jimmy Savile’s abuse at Leeds hospital</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/abuse">abuse</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/Child_abuse">Child_abuse</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/JimmySaville">JimmySaville</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/m/touch/world/story/1.2688030">Alaska bear falls through skylight into party, eats all the cupcakes</a> <br><span class="link-description">There ain't no party like a bear party</span><br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/bear">bear</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/party">party</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/cake">cake</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/USA">USA</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://www.ianvisits.co.uk/blog/2014/06/22/tfl-testing-new-display-screens-buses/">London buses will track your bottom! (For good)</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/buses">buses</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/tracking">tracking</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="https://adblockplus.org/blog/about-that-facebook-tracking-thing">Facebook starts deeper tracking of your movement - Adblock Plus blocks it.</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/Facebook">Facebook</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/tracking">tracking</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/adblock">adblock</a> )</span> </li> <li style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;" class="link"><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/06/140625114717.htm">Foxconn forcing users to leave unions</a> <br><span class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/unions">unions</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/andrewducker/turkey">turkey</a> )</span> </li> </ul><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=andrewducker&ditemid=3074407" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments https://andrewducker.dreamwidth.org/3074407.html investment community hair turkey avatar bear party comic buses dog islam legalisation syria adblock heroin games solarpower child_abuse economics clothing working_hours bbc satire life chemistry photography facebook socialnetworking apocalypse links politics sex unions usa banking competency cake bubble work jimmysaville birthday zombies mathematics coffee tv religion contacts uk phones law adult funny bias people rupertmurdoch terrorism meme drugs hacking aliens baldness tracking technology abuse libdem value animated_gif media iraq ocean housing public 0