- Parliamentary train – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
I'd never heard of these before today. Noted and filed, to be used later.
- Unusual Words Rendered in Bold Graphics | Brain Pickings
I have learned words, and seen pretty pictures.
- PHP solves problems. Oh, and you can program with it too!
I am a PHP coder. It is, in truth, the only programming language I'm any good at. Well, OK, maybe javascript, too. I got into it because I wanted to get things done, and PHP maybe it very, very easy for me to do that. I'm not the sort of person who learns new languages for fun, so PHP is where I've stayed. But the reason I've stayed is because I've never found anything I wanted to get done that I couldn't do in PHP. Which suggests to me that the hate it gets from "proper" programmers is basically, so much bullshit. So I liked this article.
- "Obamacare" explained very well. via reddit.com
Just in case anyone reading this is confused about what the healthcare reforms in the US mean. Basically, if you read this, and are still opposed to them, then I can only assume that you are someone who would like more people to die. In which case, perhaps you could help the rest of us out by setting an example.
Tag: healthcare
Bookmarks for March 9, 2012
- What will the #NHSbill do? I don't think you're worried enough. Read this, maybe write to your MP. – bengoldacre – secondary blog
Just in case you're in the UK and have missed this, here's Ben Goldacre, on the bald facts of the NHS Bill, which are basically that it clearly signals the end of free healthcare in Britain. Any MP voting in favour of this bill is the kind of scum who wants their children (and yours) to receive less than they themselves have had. Write to your MP, and inform them that you will note vote for them again if they vote in favour of this bill, because voting for the kind of creature that would endorse this makes you one of them.
Links for Tuesday July 12th 2011 through Wednesday July 13th 2011
- Computer reads manual, wins Civ – Edge Magazine
Yes is pretty much exactly what you might think. Scientists at MIT have built a computer that is capable of teaching itself to play (and win) a moderately complex computer game. I know plenty of people who can't do that.
- An Eye-Opening Adventure in Socialized Medicine | NeuroTribes
I don't imagine there's anyone I know reading this who doesn't think that socialised medicine is a basic human right, but just in case I do know anyone who is actually daft enough to believe that the American "system" of health care is better than a British (at least at the moment, before the current pack of jackals have finished chopping it's legs off), then I invite you to read this cheering little narrative. The rest of you should read it just because it'll make you feel good.