Interesting Links for 29-06-2016

[andrewducker]

AI fighter pilot wins in combat simulation (tags: ai airplanes war military ) Who governs Britain? This is the UK's new 10-party system (tags: politics europe uk ) Majority of new Labour members support deselecting MPs who undermine Jeremy Corbyn (tags: labour politics uk ) Jeremy Corbyn loses 'no confidence' vote among Labour MPs by 172 to 40

Comments

[kalimac]

1) I did not know there were Lib Dem leavers. Exactly what is their rationale?

2) How your parents resolved arguments is not necessarily how you will resolve arguments. Some people aim to avoid replicating their parents' marriage instead of repeating it.

3) OK, they can make gluten-free bread. Good for them. Wake me when they can make carbohydrate-free bread. (And not by stuffing it with wood pulp, which is how they make net-zero carb tortillas.)

4) SNP bid is only the latest riotously funny thing to have happened since the referendum. (I'm still plugging for an independence vote for Greater London.)

[spacelem]

I've definitely tried to do the opposite of what my parents did, unfortunately this has made me very argument averse, possibly to my cost.

[bart_calendar]

It is weird that there is no summer blockbuster this year that anyone is excited about. (Civil War came out too early to count.)

If Suicide Squad fails then it will be a summer without blockbusters.

[ylla]

Oh dear. I was going to argue with your tag on the SNP thing when I saw it wasn't satire, but it is genuinely funny. Very old-school SNP, of a kind which I thought they'd got over when they became a serious force, but they certainly have a point!

(As opposed to the usual Onion-style lets sneer at everyone and hope they believe that means we're cleverer than them, which is not my kind of humour).

[andrewducker]

Yeah, an excellent move in pointing out Labour's incompetent infighting in the best possible way.

Open plan offices are basically terrible in every way

[cartesiandaemon]

I'm never clear how much people actively want open plan offices, and how much it's just that they're cheaper.

RE: Open plan offices are basically terrible in every way

[octopoid_horror]

I assume that people who believe in managers needing to be able to see all of their team, the idea of co-workers socialising and like the idea of random conversations spontaneously happening and generating ideas or synergies or some bullshit like the idea.

RE: Open plan offices are basically terrible in every way

[octopoid_horror]

Also remote working,regardless of how much it gets talked up, is still frowned upon by a lot of companies. It's often a cost-saving measure rather than for the benefit of employees. It's also, I would note (and it's funny how this is often ignored), a way of moving costs onto employees. If I was to work at home, then suddenly I'm paying for electricity and (if winter) gas for heating that I otherwise wouldn't be.

RE: Open plan offices are basically terrible in every way

[skington]

UK law allows you to claim that back, BTW.

The classic meme returns: Brexit vs Downfall!

[cartesiandaemon]

I don't know why, but that one was particularly hilarious! But OTOH, I'm kind of uncomfortable about Downfall parodies about actual politicians, it seems too pointed for a parody :(

RE: The classic meme returns: Brexit vs Downfall!

[andrewducker]

I think it can be overdone, but in this case totally worth bringing it back out of retirement.