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andrewducker

Interesting Links for 26-01-2017

Jan 26, 2017 12:00

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Comments 32

bart_calendar January 26 2017, 12:18:34 UTC

Messenger has been showing me ads since the last update a week or two ago.

andrewducker January 26 2017, 15:40:21 UTC

You are blessed.

Are they really annoying?

Rick and Morty season 3 release date: Creator Dan Harmo cartesiandaemon January 26 2017, 12:29:44 UTC

I'd lost track of how long it had been. I'm still not used to *expecting* updates to shows, rather than just watching what's already been produced, and then that's all because it was all produced ages before I saw it.

I remember reading that Dan Harmon worked badly with people and had long periods of being chronically unreliable producing community. Hence being replaced, and eventually coming back. I have lots of sympathy for both the writers, his speech is a lot "I'm not handling this and I don't know why and I hope I can fix it but I don't know how". I really hope they get it together (obv they did v well on the first two series!)

London's air pollution worse than Beijing's as smog... mair_aw January 26 2017, 14:01:46 UTC

Last week, a cloud of toxic air produced by factories in Germany moved over London,

I knew it. Immigrants.

gonzo21 January 26 2017, 14:21:32 UTC

We shall build giant fans along the white cliffs, these will not only blow back the nasty german air, but also drive away any immigrants seeking to reach these shores by boat.

gonzo21 January 26 2017, 14:23:21 UTC

So who will have to stump up when RBS goes bust again?

danieldwilliam January 26 2017, 15:23:05 UTC

Depends if RBS is in the category of structurally important banks and if the whole banking system is under stress at the time RBS becomes illiquid or insolvent and whether the problem is fundamental insolvency or just a liquidity problem ( ... )

octopoid_horror January 26 2017, 18:38:04 UTC

1 in every 4 payments in the UK goes through RBS in some way, I believe. And they're trustee for around half the investment funds in the UK (not counting hedge funds or other more "exciting" types of fund). So were the bank to suddenly collapse, there would be a pretty immediate impact even just in those two fields.

That said, you could certainly look at it and say that some of it is important while other parts should be split off, but then you'd have to do some very creative balancing to make the structurally important parts viable, and not liable for the since of the past so that they continued to be viable.

a_pawson January 26 2017, 23:27:10 UTC

This is why they really need to separate conventional and investment banking into separate legal entities.

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nancylebov January 26 2017, 15:25:26 UTC

Joke versions:

"I knit so that I don't kill someone"

"There are people who hear about a crisis, and their first thought is "What can I knit for that?" "