Interesting Links for 23-04-2012
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andrewducker- New genes contributing to autism and schizophrenia discovered;
Ok, I've now seen enough of these that I can't see it being "news" again until much bigger picture stuff comes along.
- Silver mine still run by late 80s PC.
- I had no idea The Prisoner's Dilemma was now used on a gameshow (I left a comment with my thoughts)
- LJ Archive has been fixed
- The Mission - a long, very nicely written, comic. (SF, not original, but well executed)
- What it's like to be a cog in a machine
- After a recent experiment found evidence of no dark matter near Earth, what other explanations are there?
- The dangers of playing online games with ones spouse
- Female genital mutilation offered by UK medics
- Valve's Employee Handbook. Genius stuff. (Now working link)
- 5 People Who Held Grudges Well Past the Point of Sanity | Cracked.com
- Adobe CS6 - $49/month. Photoshop - $20/month
- Adding Monsters to Thrift Store Paintings
- Photoshopping celebrities into your party photos. Have to do this for the wedding...
- 70% want at least some members of The House of Lords elected. 48% want experts brought in as necessary, rather than as members.
- Thinking in a foreign tongue reduces decision biases
- The Average Font
- Feynman on dealing with burnout
- Peter Jackson's 'The Hobbit' Should Hit Theaters at 48-Frames-Per-Second
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Date: 2012-04-23 02:00 pm (UTC)I wonder what the effect would be if the practice itself were legal - but only if the person undergoing the procedure was at least 18 years of age. This would let women who legitimately choose to follow an ingrained custom do so without people sneaking their 10 year olds to untrained people to do it to them.
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Date: 2012-04-23 07:28 pm (UTC)"Photoshopping celebrities into your party photos."
Those are great! :)