Entries tagged with argument

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Interesting Links for 09-09-2023

1. Lottery winners do not tend to lose all of their money quickly: (tags:money lottery myths )
2. What is going on with Tumblr?: (tags:business Tumblr socialnetworking Doom )
3. Who had "electrified E coli" on their 2023 Doom Chart?: (tags:Doom bacteria electricity )
4. UK's long-lasting snow patch melts away for 10th time in 300 years: (tags:snow Scotland globalwarming )
5. Russian enthusiasm for Ukraine war falls to lowest level since invasion (38% from 52%): (tags:Russia Ukraine war polls )
6. Edinburgh trams: North-south line, Granton to Dalkeith, could go via Western General Hospital and Orchard Brae: (tags:Edinburgh trams )
7. The Sandman Season 1 4K & Blu-ray Release Date Set: (tags:sandman TV BluRay )
8. How to use etiquette to disarm people in arguments: (tags:etiquette argument )
9. A technology startup has made startling claims for its innovative ceramic nanolayer-based storage: (tags:storage materials )

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Interesting Links for 19-06-2023

1. The horrifying toll of Sweden's lax pandemic policy: (tags:Sweden Pandemic Death OhForFucksSake )
2. Ursula Vernon has cancer: (tags:Cancer )
3. Possibly the finest money-making scheme of all time: (tags:business funny geology )
4. Read here about chickenpox parties, and consider that this is what the NHS still wants today in the UK: (tags:UK NHS vaccination OhForFucksSake history )
5. California restaurant had fake priest hear workers' confessions: (tags:catholicism fraud work USA wtf OhForFucksSake )
6. Rishi Sunak mocks trans women in leaked video footage: (tags:conservatives bigotry LGBT transgender )
7. Schopenhauer's 38 ways to unfairly win an argument: (tags:argument )
8. Apple wants to own pictures of apples. All of them: (tags:apple apples intellectual_property OhForFucksSake )
9. Companies in Japan opting for selected offices to work in English: (tags:Japan English business )
10. No matter how else you might feel about the internet, the opportunity it provides for people to educate themselves is *amazing*: (tags:Education internet )

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Interesting Links for 23-05-2023

1. Bakhmut before-and-after: Satellite images of the city destroyed in the Russia-Ukraine war: (tags:ukraine cities war russia OhForFucksSake )
2. Post-Brexit boom in UK companies setting up in Germany: (tags:uk europe trade OhForFucksSake )
3. Damning Video Proves Greece Abandons Migrants at Sea: (tags:greece migration asylum OhForFucksSake )
4. Weapons expert cut from government event because he's against other government policies: (tags:uk censorship government OhForFucksSake )
5. Royal Navy divers help autonomous underwater vehicles clear the Baltic Sea of unexploded ordnance: (tags:navy weaponry europe drone )
6. How silverback gorillas solved an argument with cold air: (tags:gorillas society argument )
7. AI writers and seawater gold extraction have something in common: (tags:gold sea ai writing money )
8. Turning cats into kittens: (tags:cats cute )
9. Brain signals can predict how much pain a person is in: (tags:pain nerves )
10. Number of Scottish people who can speak some Gaelic doubles from 15% to 30%: (tags:Scotland language Gaelic )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/4109153.html

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Interesting Links for 05-11-2021

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Interesting Links for 17-07-2021

Alcohol Related Deaths Have Soared In The Pandemic (about 1,000 extra people, I think): (tags:death alcohol UK )
What do kids think their parents do while they're at school: (tags:children parents funny )
Scotland is the second most partially vaccinated country in the world!: (tags:Scotland vaccination GoodNews )
San Jose to require gun owners to carry liability insurance: (tags:guns insurance USA )
Military Game Fan Leaks Classified Docs To Win Forum Argument: (tags:argument military technology secrecy OhForFucksSake )
Covid: One in 90 people in Scotland have virus: (tags:pandemic Scotland )
Greenland suspends oil exploration because of climate change: (tags:greenland oil globalwarming )
Excellent geographical trolling: (tags:funny maps viaLizzieCassMaran )
Sea lion opens gate to crash fisherman's interview about a 'plague of sea lions': (tags:sea lions funny video headline )
Here's Why Your Trans Friends are Tired of Your Hogwarts House: (tags:LGBT harrypotter transgender jkrowling )
Disabled councillors blocked from accessibility vote — because they are disabled: (tags:disability OhForFucksSake government )
Frances uses one neat trick to boost vaccine uptake dramatically (vaccine passports for cinemas and restaurants): (tags:France pandemic vaccination )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/4022423.html

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Interesting Links for 12-04-2021

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Interesting Links for 14-08-2020

In the 1850s people thought there were 23 planets in the solar system: (tags:solarsystem space history )
Anger at 193 week waiting list for trans patients to see a doctor on NHS (target is 18 weeks): (tags:LGBT healthcare UK )
Storm leaves 30m hole in Union Canal, knocking out the Edinburgh-Glasgow rail line.: (tags:trains canal Scotland )
Germany: 120,000 hectares stripped bare by field mice: (tags:mice food farming Germany Doom )
Israel and UAE reach historic peace deal: (tags:Israel middle_east GoodNews )
Nearly 300 workers test positive at M&S sandwich supplier in Northampton: (tags:pandemic food )
Why 'Lovecraft Country' book, HBO series are named for a racist: (tags:racism history hplovecraft tv )
Hands up who wants to zip line in to the mouth of Godzilla?: (tags:Godzilla awesome )
Young children would rather explore than get rewards: (tags:psychology children reward )
The Mesmerizing Geometry of Malaysia's Most Complex Cakes: (tags:Malaysia cake pretty )
It's Time to Demystify the Serial Killer.: (tags:murder )
Transparent TVs are pretty darned impressive: (tags:Technology television impressive video )
"Discourses of Delay" - the 12 arguments that global warming deniers have moved to.: (tags:globalwarming argument discussion )
Ongoing EU-China deal casts a long shadow over Brexit talks: (tags:europe china uk trade )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3855746.html

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Interesting Links for 10-01-2020

A Surprising New Source of Attention in the Brain Raises New Questions: (tags:brain attention )
Häagen-Dazs Loves Honey Bees: (tags:bees sustainability )
The US almond harvest is killing billions of bees: (tags:bees Doom USA farming )
FactCheck: has the government pulled the UK out of Erasmus?: (tags:UK Europe politics Education )
What video game is the "Cats" of gaming?": (tags:games epicfail questions )
Imagine being told you can't chat to your grandmother about your plans for life. Not surprised Harry decided to leave.: (tags:monarchy family UK )
Women's rights, religious sensibilities. Can Israel respect both?: (tags:religion rights women Israel )
Scottish Labour to hold conference over indyref2 stance: (tags:Labour Scotland independence )
For Suicide Prevention, Try Raising The Minimum Wage: (tags:minimumwage economics suicide )
Married people talk about the stupid disagreements they have: (tags:argument marriage relationships )
Man hacking his girlfriend's favorite Disney movie might be the best proposal ever: (tags:marriage Disney impressive )
Mondo Mascots - a collection of Japanese mascots (why are mascots such a big thing in Japan?): (tags:Japan )
Understanding Japan's National Mascot Obsession: (tags:Japan cute anime viaSwampers )
The ridiculous 14 page handbook for running a 5-a-side football team: (tags:football rules wtf viaSwampers )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3838063.html

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Interesting Links for 02-11-2019

Gorgie City Farm: One of Scotland's last urban farms collapses: We've loved taking Sophia there, such a shame
(tags:farming edinburgh fail sad )
l am really hoping that Rod Liddle and The Spectator fall foul of anti hate laws: (tags:Islam bigotry UK media OhForFucksSake )
I would like to play Diablo 4 now please: (tags:diablo video )
The end of the liberal Tory: (tags:liberal Conservatives politics uk )
No, a genetic study didn't pinpoint the ancestral homeland of all humans: (tags:prehistory humans Africa )
Facebook will allow UK election candidates to run ads full of lies: (tags:lies Facebook politics advertising UK )
The war against today's dangerously dull playgrounds: (tags:history children play safety )
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse 2 Confirmed for April 8 2022: (tags:spiderman animation GoodNews movies )
Met Police hand file of evidence surrounding Boris Johnson's Brexit campaign to prosecutors: (tags:UK law referendum )
Fracking suspended in UK as government makes major U-turn: (tags:UK oil earthquakes GoodNews )
I've gone viral without even knowing about it!: (tags:inequality me AndrewDucker wtf viral )
Heidi Klum's Latest Halloween Costume Is Her Most Over-the-Top Yet: (tags:costumes amazing scifi )
Trauma Is Not Your Fault, But Healing Is Your Responsibility: (tags:trauma advice self-improvement )
Marxist Financial Advice: (tags:finance savings satire funny comic )
Taliban kicked Jews out of prison for arguing too much: (tags:Jews afghanistan argument )
Why are the Conservatives calling a halt on fracking?: (tags:UK oil environment )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3802409.html

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Interesting Links for 14-06-2019

Terrible erotica for millennials (the Twister one made me laugh): (tags:funny erotica writing sex bad )
Radiohead Fans vs. Black-Market Sellers: How the OK Computer Tapes were leaked: (tags:music radiohead )
Most Comprehensive Review To Date Finds The Average Person's Reading Speed Is Slower Than Previously Thought (240 wpm rather than 300): (tags:reading speed )
Confirmation that politics and discussion shows tell their guests to fight: (tags:argument tv OhForFucksSake radio politics Doom )
When the World's Most Famous Mystery Writer Vanished: (tags:mysteries authors relationships history )
Boris Johnson is heading for Downing Street, but he'll hate the experience as much as we will: (tags:Conservatives politics uk )
Adults Who Played PokÃ©mon Extensively In Childhood Have A PokÃ©mon-Sensitive Region In Their Visual Cortex: (tags:pokemon vision psychology )
A country of purists: the polling which lays bare the death of any compromise on Brexit: (tags:uk europe doom )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3727332.html

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Interesting Links for 26-09-2018

"Think of Sweeper like a self-driving car, only with a saw on its face and a hunger for peppers.": (tags: automation vegetables farming )
Possibly the best argument on Twitter: (tags: logic argument funny )
Fruit has evolved different colours to attract different animal species: (tags: fruit colour food evolution animals )
Parasites, serotonin, dopamine, and social media: I don't actually recommend you dump social media. Frankly, socialising is good.
(tags: Parasites socialmedia )
Reality Check: What is Labour's Brexit plan?: (tags: labour uk europe )
The U.S. Army admits that they're dependent on recruiting people from poverty: (tags: poverty military usa viaSwampers )
How does Shazam work?: (tags: music computers mathematics )
Scotland confronts homophobes and transphobes in amazing new billboard campaign: (tags: lgbt homophobia transgender scotland )
Although many thought Koko the ape used sign language, there's really no evidence: (tags: sign language ape )
Making government as a platform real: (tags: government internet )
Labour's Brexit plan: to have an illusion of a plan, not an actual plan: (tags: uk europe Labour OhForFucksSake )
Disgusting: [NERD PROPERTY] Fans Are Boycotting Because It Features Some [MARGINALIZED PEOPLE] *TEMPLATE*: (tags: satire true games bigotry abuse )
The contexts of Thatcher’s Bruges speech of 1988: (tags: margaretthatcher Europe history conservatives politics uk )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3726396.html

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Interesting Links for 23-09-2018

Nvidia have made it so you can't trust any video you see, every again: (tags: video fraud Technology nvidia )
Streaming accounts for 75 percent of music industry revenue in the US - CDs down 41% in one year: (tags: music streaming usa money )
A leading homelessness charity passed key information about migrant rough sleepers to Home Office enforcement teams. Some were subsequently rounded up and deported: (tags: homelessness uk charity OhForFucksSake )
One reason we're not able to get a withdrawal agreement: the DUP: (tags: DUP NorthernIreland UK europe doom )
"What is the most pedantic argument you have ever had with a pub quizmaster over an answer?": (tags: quiz argument )
Jeremy Corbyn says Labour will back second Brexit referendum if members demand it: (tags: labour referendum UK Europe GoodNews )
Theresa May's aides 'plan November snap election' to end Brexit standoff: (tags: election GoodNews uk europe )
Revealed: the police list of flags that could be criminal offence to fly in Scotland: (tags: flags Scotland wtf )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3696461.html

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Interesting Links for 20-06-2018

Ur-Fascism (by Umberto Eco): (tags: fascism history society italy )
Why We Should Teach Music History Backwards: (tags: music history )
Neurotic folk spend more time doing chores (and other effects of personality on your daily life): (tags: personality life work )
Mike Godwin has suspended Godwin's Law: (tags: Nazis internet argument )
The US Isn't Just Separating Children From Their Parents. It Also Has No Plan To Reunite Them.: (tags: usa oh children immigration )
Open letter to the young Taliban: (tags: Afghanistan society )
The Ur-Fantasy novels from different decades: (tags: Fantasy satire history writing )
Debunking myths about the USA removing children from their families at the border: (tags: usa OhForFucksSake immigration )
Trump Administration Rejects Study Showing Positive Impact of Refugees: (tags: usa immigration republicans OhForFucksSake )
Creating lines of deplorability to ratchet the world towards being a better place: (tags: morals society )
Showing in great detail that nobody knew what Brexit would lead to. And anyone claiming that people knew exactly what they are voting for are liars: (tags: UK Europe voting referendum )
The US joins Iran, North Korea and Eritrea as the only countries that refuse to participate in the UN Human Rights Council: (tags: usa rights OhForFucksSake )
Using a drone with a flamethrower to clear debris from power lines: (tags: drone fire power )
Obama was...not good on immigration internment camps: Not as bad as the current lot, but Democrat moral failure makes it easier for Republican evil
(tags: immigration children barackobama democrats OhForFucksSake )
The Machine Fired Me: (tags: automation HumanResources OhForFucksSake )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3654877.html

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Interesting Links for 25-01-2018

Think your country is crowded? These maps reveal the truth about population density across Europe: (tags: population europe maps )
How Private Equity Killed Toys “R” Us: (tags: business money )
This Is What Domestic Violence Is Like When You're LGBT: (tags: lgbt rape abuse )
Scotland to ban electric shock dog collars: (tags: dogs scotland )
Working in female-dominated workplaces means worse access to flexible working arrangements: (tags: women work )
How Canada may use Sweden's gender-balanced snow-clearing to adjust their budgets: (tags: Canada feminism government money )
The Humanity Star: (tags: space )
This 19-year-old Kiwi farmer accidentally became a character in a US board game: (tags: newzealand usa boardgames wikipedia )
Conflict Theory vs Mistake Theory: I'm Mistake Theory by nature - with a few bits of learned Conflict.
(tags: politics philosophy argument belief society )
World's first electric container barges to sail from European ports this summer: (tags: electricity transport europe canal )
It’s not all in their heads: people with low self-esteem really do have less responsive partners: (tags: psychology relationships self-esteem )
Possibly the finest special effect of all time: (tags: specialeffects muppets viaSwampers )

Crossposts: https://andrewducker.livejournal.com/3653802.html

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Interesting Links for 21-01-2018

Why King of Bollywood Akshay Kumar Made A Movie About Menstruation: (tags: India menstruation movies )
Dutch police are confiscating expensive clothes from kids who look too poor to wear them: (tags: clothing money Holland OhForFucksSake )
WE! DO NOT! TALK ABOUT! THE ORANGUTAN!: (tags: argument academia funny viaJennieRigg )
Ethics, artificial intelligence and the Lovelace Oath: (tags: ai ethics )
School for Sirens: (tags: women men myths comic )
What, exactly, is no platforming?: (tags: censorship freespeech language )
Where The Shutdown Blame Lies: (tags: politics usa republicans )
How to communicate with angry people: (tags: anger communication )
Doctor Who and the Krikkitmen: (tags: drwho review books douglasadams )
British 15-year-old gained access to intelligence operations in Afghanistan and Iran by pretending to be head of CIA: (tags: hacking fraud usa uk security epicfail )
Liberalism, Centrism, and the Difference: (tags: politics liberal uk )
East Coast vs West Coast - how Dumbo got its psychedelic sequence: (tags: animation Disney history )
Why is only half of Mars magnetized?: (tags: mars magnets space )