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05 Oct 13:01

Someone Calculated How Much Money Jim Spent Pranking Dwight On "The Office" And It's Crazy

by Andy Neuenschwander
Philip.paulsson

Hahah nice.

It costs a lot of money to have a custom suit made out of velcro.

As any fan of The Office knows, Jim Halpert is a master of pranks.

As any fan of The Office knows, Jim Halpert is a master of pranks.

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But have you ever wondered just how Jim pulled all those pranks off, and how much money he spent?

But have you ever wondered just how Jim pulled all those pranks off, and how much money he spent?

Well, one industrious Redditor did the math and came up with a sum. Many of Jim's pranks were actually done for free, but a number of them had to have cost him at least a few bucks. You can check out a spreadsheet of all of the pranks here.

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Some were very cheap, like the old "stapler in Jell-O" prank.

Some were very cheap, like the old "stapler in Jell-O" prank.

One packet of instant Jell-O costs about $1.09, so as long as Jim didn't have to buy Dwight a replacement, this was a very low-cost prank.

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Others were a little pricier, like when he rented a tux to mock Dwight's dress code.

Others were a little pricier, like when he rented a tux to mock Dwight's dress code.

A tux rental goes for about $130 on average, according to the spreadsheet.

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04 Oct 02:49

Earl The Grumpy Puppy Is The New Voice Of Grump

by Chelsea Marshall

Don’t have time for people’s crap? Neither does Earl.

This is Earl. He's a puppy. And he really doesn't have time for your crap.

This is Earl. He's a puppy. And he really doesn't have time for your crap.

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It's not that Earl hates you...

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...it's just that he's rather displeased with your life choices.

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"You're correct, I'd rather you did not wear jean shorts to my wedding."

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04 Oct 02:43

How Intelligent Are You?

by Kelly Oakes
Philip.paulsson

18/20

Got 12 and 16 wrong.

Twenty questions between you and eternal glory. You can use a pen and paper if you like.

04 Oct 02:23

News in Photos: Pope Francis Delivers Eucharist Philly Style











04 Oct 02:12

You know how your college buddies see you as an extrovert but your coworkers consider you an introvert? That just means you're probably an ambivert [Interesting]

Philip.paulsson

According to the fark headline, I'm an ambivert.

04 Oct 02:09

New test detects all the viruses that infect people, animals

Philip.paulsson

Wow! They're giving it away for free. Yay science!!

ST. LOUIS, Sept. 29 (UPI) -- Researchers have developed a new test that can detect nearly any virus known to infect humans and animals, offering the potential to help doctors diagnose infections even without a clue of what they are looking for.

The test, called ViroCap, is likely years from being used regularly with patients because its accuracy needs to be verified in extensive clinical trials. The technology is being made publicly available, however, to scientists and doctors as it continues to be developed.

"With this test, you don't have to know what you're looking for," said Dr. Gregory Storch, a professor of pediatrics at Washington University in St. Louis, in a press release. "It casts a broad net and can efficiently detect viruses that are present at very low levels. We think the test will be especially useful in situations where a diagnosis remains elusive after standard testing or in situations in which the cause of a disease outbreak is unknown."

The researchers created a panel with sequences and tests DNA and RNA from viruses in 34 organism families, and was found to be just as sensitive as polymerase chain reaction, or PCR, assays but can test for all the viruses at once -- which traditional tests can't do. It can also test for variations on more common viruses, offering the potential to catch infections that doctors may never even consider.

In two sets of samples, from blood, stool and nasal secretions, researchers compared the results of standard PCR tests against the ViroCap. The PCR caught viruses in 10 of 14 patients, however the ViroCap detected viruses in the other 4 patients. The viruses missed were relatively common -- influenza B, a cause of seasonal flu; parechovirus, a mild gastrointestinal and respiratory virus; herpes virus 1, responsible for cold sores in the mouth; and varicella-zoster virus, which causes chickenpox.

In a second group of children with unexplained fevers, the standard test detected 11 viruses in 8 children. The new test, however, found 7 more, including a generally harmless respiratory virus called human adenovirus B type 3A that can, occasionally, cause severe infections.

Overall, the researchers reported that ViroCap had a 52 percent improvement over PCR tests for viruses, jumping from 21 to 32 being detected.

"The test is so sensitive that it also detects variant strains of viruses that are closely related genetically," said Todd Wylie, a pediatrics professor at Washington University. "Slight genetic variations among viruses often can't be distinguished by currently available tests and complicate physicians' ability to detect all variants with one test."

Researchers said they plan to continue to refine the refine the test and validate its accuracy well beyond the small trials they conducted. The test also will be publicly released so that other researchers and doctors can work with, use and improve it.

The study is published in Genome Research.

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04 Oct 01:39

Rainbow Six: Siege and the sad death of the single-player FPS

by Peter Bright

Ubisoft is set to become the latest major publisher to leave a single-player campaign out of its next big first-person shooter. Rainbow Six: Siege, due for release in December, will not include a single-player story mode, according to an interview with art director Scott Mitchell that was recently published on WhatCulture.

"There is no story mode per se," Mitchell said. "You go through training, where you get to experience different operators and their devices. You can play against enemy AI in co-op through all the maps. You can customize matches, so that’s what we’re offering on the single-player side of things."

Games played in these training and co-op battles will still contribute progress toward grinding out unlocks, so playing against the AI won't mean missing out on the game's content. Still, the move is nonetheless likely to disappoint many of the series' fans. To the extent that there is a single-player mode, it seems to exist only to provide training for the multiplayer mode, not to tell a self-contained story.

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02 Oct 19:09

This Clip Of A Woman Swarmed By Baby Otters Will Make Your Day Much Better

by Alan White
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Now I want pet otters!

I want to get swarmed by baby otters. Sign me up.

Here's Stephanie Arne, host of the US TV show Wild Kingdom, getting swarmed by baby otters.

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The clip has been shared nearly 40,000 times on Facebook, because it's REALLY VERY CUTE.

The clip has been shared nearly 40,000 times on Facebook, because it's REALLY VERY CUTE.

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Arne was visiting Nurtured by Nature, a non-profit organisation in southern California that offers children in need the chance to have encounters with animals. As well as these little fellas, the place boasts "porcupine, several kinds of armadillos, a kangaroo, an African ground hornbill, hedgehogs, and horses." The pups crawling all over Arne are Asian small-clawed otters.

Otters are brilliant.

Otters are brilliant.

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02 Oct 18:27

Onion Studios: Super Hurricane Said to Be Even More Powerful Than Bogdan, World’s Strongest Man











02 Oct 18:03

People Love This Death Metal Band's Extremely Colorful Logo

by Patrick Smith

It seems Party Cannon did not get the memo.

So the Bay Area Deathfest 2 event in Oakland in July had a great line-up, including Cattle Decapitation, Psycroptic, No Zodiac, and Party Cannon.

So the Bay Area Deathfest 2 event in Oakland in July had a great line-up, including Cattle Decapitation, Psycroptic, No Zodiac, and Party Cannon.

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Woah, hang on, PARTY CANNON? Did you guys not get the memo?

Woah, hang on, PARTY CANNON? Did you guys not get the memo?

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This is what a death metal logo is supposed to look like.

This is what a death metal logo is supposed to look like.

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Not this.

Not this.

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02 Oct 15:28

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02 Oct 14:36

News in Photos: Man Sleeps Through His Stop On Elevator











02 Oct 14:20

Oculus Rift will cost over $350 so there are “no compromises,” says founder

by Mark Walton
Philip.paulsson

Well, I guess $350 plus a gaming rig ($1000) is a lot more expensive than $100 plus a samsung phone ($650).

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The Oculus Rift VR headset will cost more than $350 (~£230), according to company founder Palmer Luckey, putting its price at the very top of early estimates. Earlier this year, Oculus CEO Brendan Iribe hinted that a complete Rift system, including a suitably powerful computer, would cost about $1,500 (~£1,000). Obviously, the UK prices are just estimates; electronics tend to be more expensive in Europe than in the US, after various taxes and import levies are figured in.

In an interview with Road To VR at the Oculus Connect conference, Luckey responded to a query about whether the Rift's price would be in line with its $350 developer kits, a ballpark target that had been initially discussed by the company.

"You know, I’m going to be perfectly honest with you. We’re roughly in that ballpark…” said Luckey, "but it’s going to cost more than that. And the reason for that is that we’ve added a lot of technology to this thing beyond what existed in the DK1 and DK2 days."

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02 Oct 13:05

where are all the aliens in the universe and why haven't they contacted us? OBVIOUSLY they're all orbiting black holes at relativistic speeds trying to make their torrents download faster

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October 2nd, 2015: In conclusion, I hope we all learned a lot today about computers, and hit me up any time you have a computer problem because I stand ready to assist you.

I thought I was the first one to come up with this idea, but it turns out there's papers about it! So not only is this comic TRULY HILARIOUS AS ALWAYS, it's also mega legit.

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02 Oct 12:03

28 Things All "It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia" Fans Will Laugh At

by Luke Bailey
Philip.paulsson

I LOLed at #28. What a great show.

Involves Bird Law. And rum hams.

This shift planner.

This shift planner.

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This security question.

This security question.

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This crisp flavour.

This crisp flavour.

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This headstone.

This headstone.

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02 Oct 11:56

News in Brief: ‘No Way To Prevent This,’ Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens

Philip.paulsson

Sad, but true.

ROSEBURG, OR—In the hours following a violent rampage in southwestern Oregon in which a lone attacker killed 10 individuals and seriously injured seven others, citizens living in the only country where this kind of mass killing routinely occurs reportedly concluded Thursday that there was no way to prevent the massacre from taking place. “This was a terrible tragedy, but sometimes these things just happen and there’s nothing anyone can do to stop them,” said Ohio resident Lindsay Bennett, echoing sentiments expressed by tens of millions of individuals who reside in a nation where over half of the world’s deadliest mass shootings have occurred in the past 50 years and whose citizens are 20 times more likely to die of gun violence than those of other developed nations. “It’s a shame, but what can we do? There really wasn’t anything that was going to keep this ...











02 Oct 11:54

Minecraft's story mode means more action, less dirt farming

by Christopher Klimovski
Philip.paulsson

Hmmm may have to give this a shot. I haven't played since it was in beta.

Back in December, Telltale Games hinted that there was a narrative-driven installment of the Minecraft franchise on the way. Now in the newly released trailer, we get to see the story behind the first episode dubbed "The Order of the Stone." Player...
02 Oct 11:54

Patreon donation site's user data published online after hack

by Mariella Moon
Philip.paulsson

Oh great.

Patreon, the crowdfunding platform for artists, has been hacked recently, and almost 15 gigabytes of data stolen from the site is now available online. Security researcher Troy Hunt of have I been pwned? told Ars Technica that he found 2.3 million...
02 Oct 11:39

Anonymous says FML

by Anonymous

Today, I saw my ex boyfriend walking down the street in my direction. I've put on a bunch of weight since we broke up, so I turned to look in the nearest shop window, hoping he wouldn't notice. Unfortunately he did see me, looking straight at a KFC. FML

02 Oct 11:39

Similarities

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I wanna see it. The book was pretty good.

I just came from The Martian, and I just have to say: Forget BB-8; I want a pet Sojourner! It's always been the cutest of our Mars rovers.
02 Oct 08:15

News in Brief: Taco Bell To Offer Discreet Purchasing Charged Under ‘TBfoodsLLC’

IRVINE, CA—Aiming to provide customers with an effective and easy way to consume their products free from judgment, Taco Bell officials announced Thursday that patrons at any of the fast food chain’s 5,600 locations will now be given the option to have their purchases appear inconspicuously on credit card and bank statements under the name “TBfoodsLLC.” “At Taco Bell, we understand that you might want to keep your meal purchases hidden from your spouse, friends, or anyone who might catch sight of your financial documents, and our objective is to protect our customers’ privacy by ensuring that the name Taco Bell appears nowhere on any bank website or official paperwork,” said company spokesman Adam Webb, touting the new measure as a convenient alternative for its customers who have long had to pay for their Taco Bell items in cash to avoid the embarrassing possibility of being found ...











02 Oct 01:17

24 Designers Who Failed So Hard They Almost Won

by Robin Edds
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#12, #15, and #21

Before you get angry, remember that crappy designers are people too. Terrible, terrible people. Via /r/CrappyDesign.

The person who wants to know what you're up to.

The person who wants to know what you're up to.

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Whoever thought that a raised drain was a good idea.

Whoever thought that a raised drain was a good idea.

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This carpet designer who is pretty much trying to break your legs.

This carpet designer who is pretty much trying to break your legs.

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The genius who made it so that you need scissors to get to your new scissors.

The genius who made it so that you need scissors to get to your new scissors.

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02 Oct 01:11

7 Types Of Pastas That Should Exist

by Dan Meth

Because spaghetti is so basic.

DNAoli

DNAoli

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Atsymboli

Atsymboli

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One Huge Noodle

One Huge Noodle

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Princelli

Princelli

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02 Oct 01:10

Self-driving taxis will begin trials in Japan next year

by Daniel Cooper
Self-driving cars are a few years away from becoming a thing, right? Not in Japan, where the company Robot Taxi has announced that it'll start testing robotic taxis in 2016. A report by the Wall Street Journal reveals that the firm will begin by of...
01 Oct 17:42

Lease Signing

01 Oct 16:02

What Should Your Signature British Swear Word Be?

by Alex Finnis
Philip.paulsson

Fucktrumpet. Nice.

If you want to swear properly, swear like a Brit.

01 Oct 11:30

Article: Tearful Andrew Luck Hugs Knees To Chest While Listening To Chuck Pagano, Ryan Grigson Fighting Downstairs

INDIANAPOLIS—Cowering in the dark at the top of the locker room steps, a tearful Andrew Luck reportedly hugged his knees to his chest Wednesday while listening to Colts head coach Chuck Pagano and general manager Ryan Grigson fighting downstairs. “They’ve been yelling for a while, and I’m pretty sure I heard them say ‘Andrew,’” said the visibly distraught quarterback, shuddering as the sound of raised voices echoed loudly in the stairwell. “Mr. Grigson was shouting that he signed enough talent and coach doesn’t know what to do with it. Then coach screamed ‘I can’t stand this anymore’ and ‘I hate you.’ Why can’t they just stop fighting all the time?” Luck then reportedly began trembling after hearing a loud crash followed by a disconcerting silence.












30 Sep 19:30

Freevolt generates power from thin air

by Jamie Rigg
Philip.paulsson

Woah, this is pretty awesome!

What you see above may look like an unremarkable slice of electronics, but it can theoretically power a low-energy device forever, and for free. If that sounds like a big deal, well... that's because it is. Drayson Technologies today announced Free...
30 Sep 17:46

Demi Lovato Adorably Confused "Genes" For "Jeans" On BBC Radio

by Christian Zamora
Philip.paulsson

Her favorite dish is a mug, too.

“Like hand-me-down clothing?”

Demi Lovato recently took some time out of her ~cool for the fall~ schedule to pick up some surprised girls from school for BBC Radio 1's The School Run segment.

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However, things got off confusing start when Demi asked what the girls learned at school.

However, things got off confusing start when Demi asked what the girls learned at school.

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One of the girls replied to Demi's straightforward question with "inherited genes and stuff."

One of the girls replied to Demi's straightforward question with "inherited genes and stuff."

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A fairly confused-sounding Demi replied with, and I quote, "OK. That's good. Like, hand-me-down clothing?"

A fairly confused-sounding Demi replied with, and I quote, "OK. That's good. Like, hand-me-down clothing?"

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30 Sep 15:49

Onion Studios: Sesame Street: ‘Bert And Ernie Are Not Gay, They Are Depraved Pansexual Perverts’