Interesting Links for 03-09-2016

[andrewducker]

The Emu War (tags: funny history australia comic birds war ) The Ghostbusters VR exhibit sounds _amazing_ (tags: VirtualReality ) Using bristle BBQ brushes can cause unending pain and damage (tags: food cooking health safety ) Future Airplanes Will Fly On Twistable Wings (tags: airplanes design thefuture ) FDA bans antibacterial soaps; “No

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[momentsmusicaux]

> Developers figured out a source code fix in March this year, but "we were sitting on the fix because we didn't want to give anyone ideas when they saw it applied to the source code unless there was a release in the works," Hamilton wrote.

WTF? Then make a damn release! The main branch of development should never be in an unstable state; it should be possible to make a release at any time. Gah, some people just don't know how to manage software...

[makyo]

I was half expecting the Emu War to be that time Rod Hull nearly beat Michael Parkinson to death on UK national television. But it seems that was a relatively minor skirmish compared to Australia in 1932.

[anef]

My first reaction to the ant link was to feel sorry for the poor ants. But would they in fact notice much different from "normal" ant experience?

[andrewducker]

I'm not sure ants have sufficient brain to really notice things, certainly not in the same way that people do.

[amaebi]

Those ants: eeeeeeeeeeek!

[tfcocs]

OOo was great when I was underemployed. Indeed, Viva Libre Office!