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My delicious.com bookmarks for February 25th through March 5th

/posts/2012-03-05-my-delicious-com-bookmarks-for-february-25th-through-march-5th/ Stephen Darlington

Doesn’t add up

Today the Telegraph had an article claiming that “the top one per cent of British earners are now paying almost 30 per cent of all income tax.” It’s then painted as a bad, unexpected revelation. But I’m not sure that should be the case. In one of my mini-Ben Goldacre moments, I think it’s one of those areas where your intuition and the numbers don’t necessarily align.

This post isn’t about politics or fairness or even, really, taxes. Instead it’s about maths, because what the story fails to say is that you would absolutely expect a small number of high earners to foot most of the bill.

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Inner City

D??ín housing

This weeks PhotoFriday theme is “Inner City,” the meaning of which varies depending on where you are. In the UK and some other places it often refers to a slightly run-down, residential part of a a city, which is the meaning I’ve gone for with this shot, taken the Czech Republic.

I didn’t post an entry to last weeks challenge so there’s no pressure to vote for me this time!

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My delicious.com bookmarks for February 8th through February 20th

  • An Attribution Failure Theory – “Credit is easy. Well, mostly easy. It might have been hard to get the format of citations right at first in school when we were writing papers, but the act of citing is easy. You just do it. Yet, people all over the Internet don’t.”
  • You Are Not Ruthless Enough – “Here’s the thing: you are not ruthless enough. You are certainly not ruthless enough to your objects, and you probably need to be more ruthless to yourself.” Programming Is Hard, Part 381.
  • You Will Never Kill Piracy, and Piracy Will Never Kill You – “The seven step, ten minute download process (which will be about ten seconds when US internet speeds catch up with the rest of the world) is the real enemy the studios should be trying to tackle.”
/posts/2012-02-20-my-delicious-com-bookmarks-for-february-8th-through-february-20th/ Stephen Darlington

Tall

Chrysler Building

One thing that distinguishes New York from other large cities is how high it is. Even the small buildings have a dozen floors; they’d be considered quite large even in London. So I thought that a picture from New York, here of the Chrysler Building, would fit the bill for this weeks PhotoFriday theme, “Tall.”

Please also vote for my entry in last weeks challenge, “Greenery.” I’m entry number 157.

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My delicious.com bookmarks for January 10th through January 30th

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Going Rental

Apparently the movie studios are placing further restrictions on rentals in order to promote the purchase of shiny disc. Marco Arment says this won’t work because:

If I’m adding a movie to my Netflix queue, I’ve already decided not to buy the DVD. I’m adding it because it looks mildly interesting and I’d like to watch it sometime.

I take the opposite approach. I am unlikely to buy a movie unless I have previously rented it. Why would I buy it if I don’t know whether or not I like it?

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/posts/2012-01-29-going-rental/ Stephen Darlington