Off topic fun

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTFXkXp_pig RFC 6214 IP over Avian Carriers (IPoAC) – IPv6 full-duplex ICMP First implementation of RFC 6214. →

https://www.boredpanda.com/funny-product-instructions/ →

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dihydrogen_monoxide_hoax The dihydrogen monoxide hoax involves calling water by the unfamiliar chemical name “dihydrogen monoxide” (DHMO), and listing some of water’s effects in a particularly alarming manner, such as accelerating corrosion and causing suffocation. The hoax often calls for dihydrogen monoxide to be banned, regulated, and labeled as dangerous. →

http://ironsky.net/2018/06/12/__trashed-3/ Iron Sky future predictions hitting awfully close to home… And Kim Jong-Un may have noticed it, too. It seems Iron Sky (2012) movie somehow managed to lay down some quite accurate predictions of the future of 2018. →

http://www.electronicdesign.com/analog/what-s-all-prank-stuff-anyhow Who says engineers don’t have a sense of humor? Remember the WOM, inspired partly by the Umac 606 phantasatron? The DEAD diode? Many of the early analog electronic greats were inveterate pranksters – and sometimes the prank made the papers and history. This article tells the story of some famous electronics design pranks. →

https://matadornetwork.com/read/15-fascinating-untranslatable-finnish-words-need-english/ Here are just 15 examples of untranslatable Finnish words you can use to pepper into sentences and impress Finns or add to your English vocabulary. →

https://www.brothers-brick.com/2018/05/09/working-lego-pinball-machine-built-from-15000-bricks-features-benny-in-all-his-classic-space-glory-exclusive-feature/ This is a really cool LEGO project. The Brothers Brick contributor Bre Burns hits it out of the nostalgia ballpark with a fully functional LEGO pinball machine called “Benny’s Spaceship Adventure.” She spent several months perfecting the design with over 15,000 LEGO bricks, including LEGO Mindstorms NXT programmable bricks. →

http://www.iflscience.com/editors-blog/scientists-are-sharing-the-worst-stock-photos-of-their-jobs-and-theyre-hilarious/ Scientists are sharing bad stock photos of their jobs, and they are pretty incredible to behold. It seems like the general public isn’t really sure what scientists do day to day and stock photographers are no different… →

https://www.boredpanda.com/crappy-design-fails/ When it comes to design, we can’t all be Leonardo Da Vinci. Sometimes, however, you see a product, advertisement, or structure that is so embarrassingly messed up that you have to wonder who even approved it.   →

https://www.boredpanda.com/reality-behind-photography/ Behind the majority of great pictures there’s a skilled and creative photographer, but how creative can they get? Sure, nowadays digital manipulation is a big part of the final image but a lot of photographers still use physical work in ways that the rest of us couldn’t even come up with. Compiled by Bored →