Interesting Links for 28-01-2015

[andrewducker]

• Valve's Economist Appointed Finance Minister of Greece
  (tags: valve games greece economics )
• Internet Explorer Project Spartan Shows Large Performance Gains
  (tags: internet ie browser )
• What I Get Paid For My Novels: Or, Why I’m Not Quitting My Day Job
  (tags: writing business money publishing scifi )
• 25 Things That Will Definitely Happen In The

Comments

[gonzo21]

I don't think I recognise any of those women in Ghostbusters...

And pyschopaths. Yeah. That's why t here's no point sending them to jail. Or putting them in therapy. Or trying to do anything with them. Because none of them think they've ever done anything even remotely wrong, so they see no point in changing their behaviour.

It's why we have a secure ward full of psychopaths on indefinite detention.

... and I'm sort of okay with that.

Valve's Economist Appointed Finance Minister of Greece

[drdoug]

This is very cool. It's one of those Internet moments: This person I used to read because he wrote interesting and well-informed blog posts about interesting stuff (economics) is now arguably the most influential economist in the world. The odds are rather stacked against him, though.

[gonzo21]

I'm looking forward to starting my collection of Greek trading cards...

:)

[apostle_of_eris]

Is the ‘death of the mainframe’ meme still a Thing?

[andrewducker]

Not heard it in a while. I think it maybe got refuted often enough to shut the newbs up :->