Companies with Benefits - the idea of a for-profit company that also pledges to achieve social goals is pretty neat. Why You Should Tip More Than You Do Now - a good reminder. Links: tipping, basic income, biases, the Harlem Globetrotters The Secret Rules of Adjective Order - neat, there are rules that explain why "big red barn" sounds good while "red big barn" sounds weird! Introducing Tweet-a-Program - hey, that's pretty cool! I wish I remembered my Mathematica syntax. How to Be Polite - this is kind of a weird article, but it seems like there's some good advice in there. After Surgery, Surprise $117,000 Medical Bill From Doctor He Didn’t Know - ack! One more reason why medicine (especially when you're in the hospital!) is not a free market at all.there's no pricing transparency at all. Can the Crowd Solve Medical Mysteries? - obviously this wouldn't scale, but in truly desperate cases this sounds very promising. The Law-School Scam - to be clear, this is talking about for-profit law schools, and it sounds like they're borderline scamming the government for federal aid for their students. Just interrupt more, women, I guess! (thanks Christi!) How to Get Ahead as a Woman in Tech: Interrupt Men - this is both depressing and uplifting. (although, really, C# is pretty excellent!) If programming languages were weapons - this was spot-on, at least for the languages I've used. I will admit to lightly browsing through my work email while on vacation, but I didn't think about it much, and it was nice :-) Hit the Reset Button in Your Brain - or, taking breaks/vacation is really good for your brain. (see also Brain Trauma to Affect One in Three Players, N.F.L. And I don't see how the game can possibly change to fix these issues without becoming something else entirely. (and I don't want this to come off as a "holier than thou" stance.) But the thing that really got me was the head injuries and the fact that players are often on painkillers during games so they can perform. Which hurts, because not only does football have the perfect number of games per season, but it's exciting and a real cultural bonding point. I'm quitting football - sadly, I am too. To be fair, this one goes back to before we were in Hawaii, about which I will post pictures when I have the energy. I am running out of words for "big" here.I remember a time when I'd post these every week or so. Megagiant Sunday links: football, vacations, programming languages as weapons The wedding and death announcements I don't mind as much, but the one's that "damage people's reputation" I don't think should be removed. Times Articles Removed From Google Results in Europe - look, I understand the idea behind the "right to be forgotten", but this smacks of revisionist history. Includes a handy Amtrak travel guide which we might take advantage of in the future! Aboard Amtrak - a long essay about the author's experience living on Amtrak. Watch rare footage of the Senators beating the Giants in the 1924 World Series - it's real old-timey baseball footage! (the music is extra cool, although it's not original) Then I thought "hey, I should get back to work!" Then in the related links I found this interview with the Lutece twins. Then I remembered "Let the Circle be Unbroken" from Bioshock Infinite was also really pretty. Then I found in the comments a link to the barbershop quartet version from Bioshock Infinite. This BBC video of a bunch of famous people singing "God Only Knows" is pretty good, even if I didn't recognize most of the singers (not including Stevie Wonder, of course!) Here's a handy guide to who's who. Link friday: "God Only Knows", old-timey baseball footage, living on Amtrak
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