Did you see that?!?!

[Neals384]

the internet is buzzing about a truly incredible photo that a man named Brent Cizek took a few days ago. He was on Lake Bemidji in Minnesota when he spotted a Duck leading her babies out into the water, the way all mamma ducks do. But, it was a few more ducklings than you typically see in a duck family.

How many baby ducks was she caring for? 76

76!!!!

Are you kidding me?!?! Apparently, it is not uncommon for ducks to lay their eggs in another mamma’s nest and she just adopts them when it happens. It is also possible that she is serving as a Duck Day Care for other moms who are busy doing something else. In any event, 76 ducklings is a lot and the photo is simply incredible.

Audubon magazine and the NY Times both have excellent articles with details if you want to read more:
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/24/s...ngs-photo.html
https://www.audubon.org/news/heres-w...e-50-ducklings

Oh, and you know you want to see the amazing picture too…

That momma duck is a common merganser, FYI.

[JasonEvans]

That momma duck is a common merganser, FYI.

Having raised just 2 kids, I feel comfortable telling you that anyone who takes on 76 offspring at one time is anything but common.

[JasonEvans]

Man scores a perfect 9-dart 501 and the crowd goes insane.



-Jason "it's a darty party" Evans

[OldPhiKap]

Dog steals GoPro:

https://twitter.com/pastordan/status...157353472?s=21

[left_hook_lacey]

Man scores a perfect 9-dart 501 and the crowd goes insane.



-Jason "it's a darty party" Evans

Wow. He really got right to the point. Apologies.

[JasonEvans]

Dog steals GoPro:

https://twitter.com/pastordan/status...157353472?s=21

Oh my god, that is great!

And it is even better set to Yakety Sax (the Benny Hill theme): https://twitter.com/minxed59/status/1023504011192946688

[JasonEvans]

From the T-shirt maker SlightlyWrong:



I bet some people will literally stop you on the street to yell at you about your Tshirt if you wear these.

[OldPhiKap]

From the T-shirt maker SlightlyWrong:



I bet some people will literally stop you on the street to yell at you about your Tshirt if you wear these.

"All your base are belong to us"

[BigWayne]

From the T-shirt maker SlightlyWrong:



I bet some people will literally stop you on the street to yell at you about your Tshirt if you wear these.

Reminds me of the time I was in an elevator in Tokyo in 1985 and I saw a Japanese guy wearing a hat embroidered with a rocket and the text: Cape Kennedy, Frorida, USA. I just smiled and went on my way.

[CameronBornAndBred]

Wavedukefan70s causing some trouble with the cops in Summerville.

[rsvman]

"All your base are belong to us"

But this would be correct! And a classic. SlightlyWrong would have it say "All your bases are belong to us," which would, indeed, drive me freaking nuts.

[swood1000]

This is unbelievable. I was taken to a screen which showed, on a Google Map, all my activities. On a particular day I went to the dog park, then to Kroger, then home, then to the dentist. It was all there, with arrows on a Google Map showing where I went. Also all one's YouTube activity is recorded. The tracking and recording can be disabled. See http://dailycaller.com/2018/08/13/go...ers-princeton/ and https://apnews.com/b031ee35d4534f548...ou've-been

Not sure how much of the default tracking by Google is because I use an Android device, but instructions are there for iOS as well.

[elvis14]

This is unbelievable. I was taken to a screen which showed, on a Google Map, all my activities. On a particular day I went to the dog park, then to Kroger, then home, then to the dentist. It was all there, with arrows on a Google Map showing where I went. Also all one's YouTube activity is recorded. The tracking and recording can be disabled. See http://dailycaller.com/2018/08/13/go...ers-princeton/ and https://apnews.com/b031ee35d4534f548...ou've-been

Not sure how much of the default tracking by Google is because I use an Android device, but instructions are there for iOS as well.

Very cool, I could to to https://www.google.com/maps/timeline?pb and see all the places I've been on a Google map. My tracking stops in December of last year, however. I'll have to figure out how to turn it back on.

[DukieInKansas]

This is unbelievable. I was taken to a screen which showed, on a Google Map, all my activities. On a particular day I went to the dog park, then to Kroger, then home, then to the dentist. It was all there, with arrows on a Google Map showing where I went. Also all one's YouTube activity is recorded. The tracking and recording can be disabled. See http://dailycaller.com/2018/08/13/go...ers-princeton/ and https://apnews.com/b031ee35d4534f548...ou've-been

Not sure how much of the default tracking by Google is because I use an Android device, but instructions are there for iOS as well.

Very cool, I could to to https://www.google.com/maps/timeline?pb and see all the places I've been on a Google map. My tracking stops in December of last year, however. I'll have to figure out how to turn it back on.

So - is one of you the man from the commercial that goes jogging, comes home, prints out where he was, and gives his wife the printout with a heart shaped route?

[OldPhiKap]

So - is one of you the man from the commercial that goes jogging, comes home, prints out where he was, and gives his wife the printout with a heart shaped route?

Or, it’s the one where the man tells his wife he’s going out to get groceries, comes back, and his wife files for divorce after checking his true whereabouts.

[swood1000]

How long will it be before videos can be manipulated so well that it just can’t be detected? This one of Obama isn’t quite there yet.



To see how it’s done, see here and here.

[thedukelamere]

How long will it be before videos can be manipulated so well that it just can’t be detected? This one of Obama isn’t quite there yet.



To see how it’s done, see here and here.

Still better lip CGI than on Justice League...

[swood1000]

How long will it be before videos can be manipulated so well that it just can’t be detected? This one of Obama isn’t quite there yet.



To see how it’s done, see here and here.

Listen to the RadioLab podcast titled “Breaking News.” With just 20 minutes of audio of somebody speaking they say they can extract all the basic verbal sounds necessary to produce audio of that person saying anything they want, just by typing the text, and they seem to be closer to making it undetectable than they are with video. In a segment on forensics an expert said that currently, expertly modified images can be detected 75% of the time (based on irregularities in the underlying pixel data). Hard to tell which side will be gaining on the other but my money is on those making the images or video.

What’s a legitimate application for this? They give the example of Jennifer Aniston doing an ad for a product in English, and then being able to produce the same ad in six different languages with her lips in sync with the language. Another application is in post-production editing. Currently if they shoot a movie scene in which the actor says “shoe” and he should have said “boot” they have to jump through all kinds of hoops, if they are able to make the change at all. This would greatly simplify that process.

When this gets refined and is widely available we won’t be able to believe what we see and hear with our own eyes and ears. Furthermore, people who get taped saying things they later wish to disavow will be able to just say that the tape was manufactured using this process and is fake, and it will be believable.

[thedukelamere]

One of the funnier things I've seen this week... Since most of you live in NC, be careful down there!

https://www.charlotteobserver.com/ne...217502840.html

[swood1000]

Infinite chocolate