Interesting Links for 12-09-2017

[andrewducker]

Children as young as four believe in karma – good things happen to those who do good

(tags: children morality belief )

Row over AI that identifies gay faces

(tags: lgbt ai )

Labour: The UK will definitely be leaving the single market

(tags: europe uk labour OhForFucksSake )

Can Macron and Merkel agree on how to fix the eurozone?

(tags: economics germany france europe )

In the volcanic ice caves under Antarctica, life has hidden for many strange aeons

(tags: life antarctic volcano )

From dinosaurs to birds - Scientists track the brain-skull transition

(tags: dinosaurs birds archaeology )

Scientist finds secret to thriving

(tags: happiness success psychology )

Photographer wins 'monkey selfie' legal fight

(tags: monkey rights photography law viaSwampers )

Australians told to eat more kangaroo as population hits double that of humans

(tags: Australia animals )

Comments

[danieldwilliam]

Kangaroo is tasty and lean meat which also avoids some of the soil conservation problems of running sheep in the Outback.

I endorse eating them, perhaps barbequed.

They are, however, difficult to shoot and to farm - the bouncing is problematic.

[andrewducker]

Bound to be a predictive algorithm there.

What we need are AIs with shotguns.

[danieldwilliam]

AI's with shotguns can only add to the gaiety of the nation.

[nojay]

I saw a program on TV a long time back which was about Australian farmers who shot kangaroos for the pet food trade. They had a freezer container in their yard and every few weeks once it was mostly full the pet food company would come along, collect it and replace it with an empty one.

It was a useful bit of cash for someone who was otherwise straining to make a living. The shooting was mostly done at night ("lamping") when the kangaroos weren't hopping about quite so much.

[danieldwilliam]

Aye, lamping is the prefered method of hunting kangaroo. I've never done it myself.

They seem very like deer in their habit, quietly grazing and prone to explosive escape if startled. Even the small ones can move when they get going.

Australians not eating lots of kangaroo is one of those peculiar cultural blind spots you see from time to time. There's no particular reason not to eat them in large numbers, they are cheap and plentiful and taste okay, it's just not a habit.

[anef]

Ditto rabbits in the UK, although obviously the history of myxomatosis has an effect.

[xenophanean]

Hmm, looks like the BBC might not *quite* have got this one right first time. They've changed both headline and message:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-41229806

"Jeremy Corbyn: Single market membership 'open for discussion'"

[threemeninaboat]

Our grocery store in Denver used to carry ground kangaroo meat, which at 7.99lb was cheaper than the local buffalo 9.99 lb and trout 9.99 lb.
It made amazing pizza, tacos, and meatballs.

[agoodwinsmith]

Oh golly.

People who feel good about themselves and become good at something feel good about themselves and become good at something.

Chicken: egg; egg: chicken. Thank you, psychology.