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DYK Comp #118. Subscribe for more .. did you know? Wildlife photographer Alan McFadden spent 4, 200 hours taking 720, 000 photos over a period before he finally
DYK Comp #118. Subscribe for more .. did you know? Wildlife photographer Alan McFadden spent 4, 200 hours taking 720, 000 photos over a period before he finally
DYK Comp #118. Subscribe for more .. did you know? Wildlife photographer Alan McFadden spent 4, 200 hours taking 720, 000 photos over a period before he finally

DYK Comp #118. Subscribe for more .. did you know? Wildlife photographer Alan McFadden spent 4, 200 hours taking 720, 000 photos over a period before he finally
DYK Comp #118. Subscribe for more .. did you know? Wildlife photographer Alan McFadden spent 4, 200 hours taking 720, 000 photos over a period before he finally
DYK Comp #118. Subscribe for more .. did you know? Wildlife photographer Alan McFadden spent 4, 200 hours taking 720, 000 photos over a period before he finally
DYK Comp #118. Subscribe for more .. did you know? Wildlife photographer Alan McFadden spent 4, 200 hours taking 720, 000 photos over a period before he finally
DYK Comp #118. Subscribe for more .. did you know? Wildlife photographer Alan McFadden spent 4, 200 hours taking 720, 000 photos over a period before he finally
DYK Comp #118. Subscribe for more .. did you know? Wildlife photographer Alan McFadden spent 4, 200 hours taking 720, 000 photos over a period before he finally
DYK Comp #118. Subscribe for more .. did you know? Wildlife photographer Alan McFadden spent 4, 200 hours taking 720, 000 photos over a period before he finally
DYK Comp #118. Subscribe for more .. did you know? Wildlife photographer Alan McFadden spent 4, 200 hours taking 720, 000 photos over a period before he finally
DYK Comp #118. Subscribe for more .. did you know? Wildlife photographer Alan McFadden spent 4, 200 hours taking 720, 000 photos over a period before he finally
DYK Comp #118. Subscribe for more .. did you know? Wildlife photographer Alan McFadden spent 4, 200 hours taking 720, 000 photos over a period before he finally
DYK Comp #118. Subscribe for more .. did you know? Wildlife photographer Alan McFadden spent 4, 200 hours taking 720, 000 photos over a period before he finally
DYK Comp #118. Subscribe for more .. did you know? Wildlife photographer Alan McFadden spent 4, 200 hours taking 720, 000 photos over a period before he finally

DYK Comp #118. Subscribe for more .. did you know? Wildlife photographer Alan McFadden spent 4, 200 hours taking 720, 000 photos over a period before he finally
DYK Comp #118. Subscribe for more .. did you know? Wildlife photographer Alan McFadden spent 4, 200 hours taking 720, 000 photos over a period before he finally
DYK Comp #118. Subscribe for more .. did you know? Wildlife photographer Alan McFadden spent 4, 200 hours taking 720, 000 photos over a period before he finally

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Wildlife photographer Alan McFadden
spent 4, 200 hours taking 720, 000 photos
over a period before he finally got
the perfect shot of a kingfisher diving
into the water without making a splash.
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#7 - anon (12/16/2015) [-]
So has it set the record?
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#81 to #7 - walmartysnextghost (12/17/2015) [-]
Yes, the record for the largest set of definitions
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#2 - postwhatevs (12/16/2015) [-]
GIF
**postwhatevs used "*roll picture*"**
**postwhatevs rolled image** Man why the **** did I stare so much into the sun as a kid, I really thought it looked cool and sometimes would do staring contests.
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#57 to #2 - deadfed (12/17/2015) [-]
Me to. I would put laser pointers right up to my eye, and just look at the pattern in the light. I found out my vision will come back so I did it a lot and now sometimes my vision is really ***** .
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#34 to #2 - zekain (12/17/2015) [-]
I stared into the use with sunglasses on when I was a kid. I wanted to see if the sun glasses would let me see the sun or some ship like that. **** I was stupid when I was 6
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User avatar #32 to #2 - tenaciouslee ONLINE (12/17/2015) [-]
That's probably why you're blind now.
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#3 - anon (12/16/2015) [-]
First guy is an Idiot, just buy one of those cameras that record for super slow mo - like 1000 frames per second.
Could have saved him 4199 hours of his life.
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#80 to #3 - anon (12/17/2015) [-]
I'm surprised that no one with experience in photography commented on this one, seeing how there could be some on FJ.

In case you were serious about that comment, it is not as simple as that, even if we leave out that slowmo cams cost in the range of 10Ks to 100Ks $.

The other limitation to cameras and high-speed photography is bandwidth. in Professional photography, DSLR to be exact, we can easily assume a 20 MP camera. In high-speed photography, in which you need few consecutive photos, you don't have time to compress them, so you have to take them in RAW format. Note that pro photographers would be using RAW anyway, as JPEG will result in a lesser quality photos.

Raw means that for every pixel we need 3 bytes. For a 20 MP sensor the part of the camera that actually takes the photo; the "retina" of the camera, if you will. that translates to a 60 MBytes picture. That's ONE frame. It would take 29.3 GB to record for 5 seconds. That's ~47 Gbps. Do you know how many HDD and SSDs (Or RAM) to record for 5 seconds? Not to mention the power requirements.

Imagine having a studio that you have to take out with you there every time. In addition to being able to point the camera exactly at the location were the bird would dive.

Now, it is still feasible and might be less hectic than shooting for 6 years. Only problem with the specs mentioned, even though there are cameras www.highspeedcameras.com/Products/Ultrahigh-Speed-Cameras/v2512 capable of 25 Gpx/s, which is just enough to do 20 MP @1K FPS, the available sensor is only 1 MP sensor, vs 20 MP for pro photography.

Tl;dr. It is theoretically possible, could have been hectic either ways, but there's no current product that can do it.
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User avatar #29 to #3 - sequel (12/17/2015) [-]
That's expensive.
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User avatar #61 to #29 - froghole ONLINE (12/17/2015) [-]
so is 4200 hours of your life.
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#83 to #61 - anon (12/17/2015) [-]
all those hours are really not that expensive if your life is worthless.

speaking of which, go kill yourself.

j/k ilu bby dnt go

inb4 define "go"
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User avatar #33 to #3 - richiehf (12/17/2015) [-]
He could've also taken any other picture similar to that with splash, and just have edited it out. Saves 4199 hours and a lot more money.

That's not the point.
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#4 to #3 - anon (12/16/2015) [-]
Still wouldn't work. The image clearly was taken in nature, can you imagine being in the right time, the right spot, with the right reaction to get that perfect image of the needed bird?
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#54 to #4 - anon (12/17/2015) [-]
I think anon1 means he could have spent time tracking a large flock, and at each session use a high speed camera.

Would have taken him maybe like.... 2 working days to acquire that shot.
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#5 - damianblu (12/16/2015) [-]
Well of course one of the least donated things is one of the most needed. If they had an excess of them it wouldn't be so needed
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#48 to #5 - arnoldbusk (12/17/2015) [-]
ur one cheeky kunt m8
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#53 to #5 - BloodyTurds (12/17/2015) [-]
The way I see it, people always donate used shirts/pants when they get kinda messed up. Socks however are usually worn till they are thrown out. so basically only new socks get donated.. and that's far less often than used goods
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#72 to #53 - skebaba ONLINE (12/17/2015) [-]
Personally, I buy socks in bulk occasionally if they are on sale in a local super market and then proceed to donate over 80% of them to charity.
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User avatar #62 to #5 - YllekNayr ONLINE (12/17/2015) [-]
"One of the most needed"

Food and Water are probably among the most needed, along with socks
They're among the most donated
Socks are not
Your statement would be correct if those things were not consumable
It's not as if once the food is donated, they no longer need food
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#74 to #62 - skebaba ONLINE (12/17/2015) [-]
Yeah, but food and drink are the biggest thing that we have an abundance of and we throw them away, when they could be (and probably are, in some places) used to feed the homeless with the leftovers people and super markets throw into the trash. That's probably why food and water is the most donated, since we have an excess abundance of it, and around 1 3rd of it goes to waste.
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User avatar #75 to #74 - YllekNayr ONLINE (12/17/2015) [-]
Yes, that is reasonably obvious.
I'm not mystified as to why this is the case.
Just stating how it is.
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#39 to #5 - kantmangler (12/17/2015) [-]
**kantmangler used "*roll picture*"**
**kantmangler rolled image**i bet no one donates their foreskin to the homeless, but that doesnt mean its needed nahmean?
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#47 to #39 - thegamepixel ONLINE (12/17/2015) [-]
supply and demand
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User avatar #1 - worldatarms (12/16/2015) [-]
>Whiskey Advent Calander
"So far you have came into work drunk everyday of this month"
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#12 to #1 - ruklyn (12/16/2015) [-]
>Absinthe Advent Calendar
"So far you have come into work and passed out at the door every day this month"
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User avatar #13 to #12 - worldatarms (12/16/2015) [-]
>Bleach Calendar
"So far you've came into work and died. This will not look good on your report"
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User avatar #26 to #1 - aejann (12/17/2015) [-]
Some of us can not get drunk from a single shot of whiskey. Lightweight.
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User avatar #27 to #26 - ImmortalBaconEater (12/17/2015) [-]
This is why you buy all 7 calendars.
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#46 - creepingorion (12/17/2015) [-]
"Staring at the sun doesn't make you go blind, it just makes you go blind."
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#77 to #46 - nightmarexnxnxnxnx (12/17/2015) [-]
¨As you're staring at the sun wooohoooo hoo ooooo¨
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#17 - fragman (12/16/2015) [-]
the eye/sun thing....
"This effect is amplified during a solar eclipse" what ******* nonsense.
The damaging effect of looking directly at a solar eclipse exists for a completely different reason:
The overall amount of light reaching the eye is much smaller, causing your pupils to dilate. The light intensity of the solar corona isn't lowered though, causing more light to hit a smaller area. Another issue is when the total eclipse is over, a part of the sun starts showing again (duh) which will be extremely dangerous if you're looking directly at it with your now dilated pupils.


******* "fact" sites
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User avatar #60 to #17 - lathyrusvii (12/17/2015) [-]
Which, all factors considered, causes the damage to be... AMPLIFIED.
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User avatar #63 to #60 - granate (12/17/2015) [-]
The damage, but not the effect. The effect stays the same.
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User avatar #64 to #63 - lathyrusvii (12/17/2015) [-]
AMPLIFIED DAMAGE CAUSES A MORE POTENT EFFECT.

LOOK UP THE DEFINITION OF EFFECT.

GODDAMNED NORMIE.
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User avatar #65 to #64 - granate (12/17/2015) [-]
Yeah, no.

The "effect" of the sun stays the ******* same. The damage effect it causes on the shrunken pupil is amplified.

If you're going be a smartass, at least be more specific. Yes, the damage effect gets amplified. But the burning effect of the sun does not.
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User avatar #67 to #65 - lathyrusvii (12/17/2015) [-]
ef·fect
əˈfekt/
noun
1.
a change that is a result or consequence of an action or other cause.
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User avatar #68 to #67 - granate (12/17/2015) [-]
Bravo, you can read.

Still, it's not the effect of the sun that gets amplified.

The effect it causes on the eye is amplified by the smaller pupil.
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User avatar #69 to #68 - lathyrusvii (12/17/2015) [-]
"This effect is amplified during a solar eclipse"

ef·fect
əˈfekt/
noun
1.
a change that is a result or consequence of an action or other cause.

am·pli·fy
ˈampləˌfī/Submit
verb
past tense: amplified; past participle: amplified
increase the volume of (sound), especially using an amplifier.
"the accompanying chords have been amplified in our arrangement"
synonyms: make louder, louden, turn up, magnify, intensify, increase, boost, step up, raise
"the sound from an electric guitar was meant to be amplified"
increase the amplitude of (an electrical signal or other oscillation).
cause to become more marked or intense.

Congratulations, you can't read.
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User avatar #70 to #69 - granate (12/17/2015) [-]
The problem on hand clearly talks about the effect of the sun itself during a solar eclipse, not what it causes to your eye.
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User avatar #71 to #70 - lathyrusvii (12/17/2015) [-]
ef·fect
əˈfekt/
noun
1.
a change that is a result or consequence of an action or other cause.

Stare at sun > result is damage.
Argue summore, granate. I can't make it clearer, and I'm done responding. The **** are you doing interjecting yourself into an argument anyway? That's hilarious on a whole other level.
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User avatar #73 to #71 - granate (12/17/2015) [-]
"Interjecting yourself into an argument" You mean responding to your claim that nobody else answered?

And for your information, I barely ever write anything on FJ.
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#25 - toston ONLINE (12/16/2015) [-]
**toston used "*roll picture*"**
**toston rolled image**"People who are homeless can also use the app to request help from local services."
lol okay
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User avatar #24 - dazartimm (12/16/2015) [-]
I'm pretty sure if one of these said the earth was flat, you guys would believe it.
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#15 - dragontamers ONLINE (12/16/2015) [-]
Well, did it?
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#19 to #15 - anon (12/16/2015) [-]
tough to say if it's even legit. it doesn't look like it was the governments idea since they denied it at first and it appears to be real

Nieto Palma, who has been at San Antonio several times, says the prison is actually run by Teófilo Rodríguez, a convicted drug trafficker known as "El Conejo" or "The Rabbit." Nothing happens at San Antonio without the approval of The Rabbit or his gang, he says.

"The state hasn't been able to do anything against them in spite of the multiple statements made by the minister of prisons vowing to end the power of the mafias," Nieto Palma said.

CNN tried for weeks to get a response to the allegations from the Venezuelan Ministry of Prisons. In a phone call, ministry spokesman Francisco Solórzano dismissed the discotheque claim.

"That's a lie. Someone came up with that lie because they were trafficking drugs inside the prison and we ruined their business. We do not respond to lies," Solórzano said, before abruptly ending the call.
www.cnn.com/2013/05/10/world/americas/venezuela-prisons-rafael-romo/
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#22 to #19 - anon (12/16/2015) [-]
its true and its basically every prison every week all the time. Inmates have almost complete control inside the prison they do whatever they want they bring drugs prostitutes guns grenades you name it, the goverment really doesnt give a **** and lets it happen.
And el conejo scaped prison, when he was there he owned the entire block the prison is in and he would come and go whenever he like it.
source: i live in this ********
they ******* get artists to go play for them
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#84 to #22 - anon (12/17/2015) [-]
Comment Picture
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User avatar #59 - zerkerex (12/17/2015) [-]
Mechanical skin used to block the sun...

Aren't they just fancy window blinds?
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#58 - angelusprimus (12/17/2015) [-]
If you are not into whiskey there is bourbon.
And if you don't eat meat we also have chicken.
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#50 - hurpfry (12/17/2015) [-]
The people who made the second one ignored the blood
Damn man, that 5 year old is more hardcore than those artists
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#40 - hockeyfanguy ONLINE (12/17/2015) [-]
yeah citation needed on the coin flip one.
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User avatar #18 - godtwomany (12/16/2015) [-]
Fires biggest contribution to brain growth is the fact that it likely encouraged consumption of meat, which was made more appetizing through cooking it on said fire. This allowed humans to move from a primarily vegetation diet to one that includes much more protein.
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User avatar #49 to #18 - meganinja (12/17/2015) [-]
Also the fact that meat is much more concentrated allowed more time to be spent in leisure, which is what leads to discovery of new ideas.
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User avatar #52 - seanconneryz ONLINE (12/17/2015) [-]
"and absinthe"
For you when you don't give a **** what month or day it is.
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User avatar #56 to #52 - harrykuntz (12/17/2015) [-]
Could you imagine starting your day off with absinthe? I'd be naked somewhere, likely very public, by lunch tops
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#45 - sedativechunk (12/17/2015) [-]
Holy **** that picture of the sun looks as bright as the real sun
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#86 to #45 - anon (12/17/2015) [-]
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#51 to #45 - roneffinswanson (12/17/2015) [-]
I don't understand how you can be so mistaken.
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#42 - goldenpepe (12/17/2015) [-]
Edgy as ****
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User avatar #76 - tigreman (12/17/2015) [-]
How's a homeless person going to use an app?
The only person you see on the streets in patchy clothes who also have an iPhone are hipsters.
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User avatar #78 to #76 - kiaserzerg (12/17/2015) [-]
there are people who make panhandling a career choice. and choose to stay on the streets.
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#85 to #78 - anon (12/17/2015) [-]
gotta love the ones that drive home in their bmw at the end of the day tho.
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#37 - alarubra ONLINE (12/17/2015) [-]
I'll take one of each
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