Interesting Links for 09-11-2018

[andrewducker]

The spotlight of attention is more like a strobe, say researchers (tags: psychology attention perception ) Dyson wins ruling over vacuum cleaner tests (tags: vacuum testing europe ) "Don't Call Yourself A Programmer" , And Other Career Advice | Kalzumeus Software (tags: programming business ) Plan to ban cars along Edinburgh's George Street (tags: Edinburgh cars ) Scots curriculum to include focus on LGBTI issues (tags: lgbt school Scotland GoodNews ) To deter crime, don't increase sentences, increase certainty of punishment (tags: crime effectiveness ) Disney's new Netflix rival will be called Disney+ and launch late 2019 (tags: Disney marvel Pixar streaming ) China's 'AI newsreader': Which of these isn't real? Spoilers - it's the one which sounds like a robot. Bonus points to whoever at the BBC referred to it as a "programme".
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