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Interesting Links for 21-02-2012
Feb. 21st, 2012 11:00 am- Technological progress not slow or steady, but superexponential
- Why not pipe the water from north to south England?
- Steam/Valve’s Gabe Newell talks wearable computers, why consoles should open up, and game ownership
- Dutch scientists aim to produce lab-grown hamburger this year - with 60% smaller environmental footprint than existing burgers.
- Sauerkraut Station (SF story which just got nominated for a Nebula)
- Eternal Copyright: a modest proposal
- Our unrealistic views of death, through a doctor’s eyes
- We are all connected - an example of how your local economy is global
- Possibly the finest pun in the history of awful geeky puns
- When did 8/10 become a bad score? Seriously, I remember when 70% was pretty damn good
- Advert on Oxford Street shown only to women
- See a dinosaur in accurate colour, for the first time ever.
- Hollywood's Next Great Business Model: Praying That Stars Die
- Will people please stop thinking of the children? The SOPA author back and worse than ever
- Can we please not have a war with Iran?
- Slowly but surely, TV is moving onto the web
- No 10 sides with gay couples over full marriage
- Losing weight twice as difficult as diets claim. Plus, of course, temporary diets are really bad for you, and don't work long term
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