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CarInAVet
#4 proves that the first rule of science is and will always be poke it with a stick.
YorkRaccoon
Sis was part of EWB and loved the time she spent helping with water filtration in Ecuador.
carlosmencianumberone
I'm guessing the mob guys neighbor went into witness protection
ekrubm
I'm very involved with Engineers without Boarders at the University of Minnesota. It's a good organization.
seasonsgreetings
Kudos Angelina - poachers aren't inherently bad people, they just need to make money like everybody else.
yestotoast
Now i know what is wrong with me
Untamed42
Sauna, eh? http://img3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20140120061430/disney/images/3/32/Oaken.png
Playswithtiddies
Zhuge Liang's "Kong Chen Ji" (empty city tactic) is probably not real and romanticized/fictionalized for the novel. I loved it though.
TheQUARRYTheBOULDERSLesserKnownFather
Fuck Lassan.
KuistiPanu
99% of people going to sauna every week is bit high, even though we do it a lot. I don't have a sauna, but I want one.
mikeypuehler
'xactly. Young and urban Finns make do without a weekly sauna.
Huev0sRancher0s
Is life even worth living knowing that I'll never be the toilet seat Emilia Clarke was stuck to?
KogwerksKlokwerk
NOPE.
bigeasy44
In response to Neo's passport: In The Big Lebowski, the check the dude writes is dated Sept 11 and George Bush, Sr is on the TV....oooooohh
BurlRavenscroft
Whales eat moose. I am fascinated and terrified.
jortlet
So, the life expectancy one is a vast misrepresentation. Life expectancy is calculated by the average age at death of every human. This (1)
jortlet
(3) was the norm, and this was before things like, I dunno, "being bedridden."
jortlet
(2) includes infant mortality, of which there was one HELL of a lot pre-agrarianism. Of adults, more evidence is showing that living past 80
sush23
Yay for engineers without borders, Im part of it!!
Fandumb
Pls tell us about your experiences with it! I would love to see one of those "workplace stories" about this
AmbitiousBunny
Me too!!! Yay EWB!
smithenheimer
I'm loving the EWB involvement on this page :D
somaani
Yay, Finland!
mittag
As an Estonian I am still surprised that this shocks people. And I still think Finns are much more crazy for sauna than we are. :)
AvielMenter
If a rocket with SRB's explodes, it was almost certainly the SRBs. The market wasn't prediction wasn't that amazing.
MarcUK
I read it was because the rubber seals were frozen solid due to the weather. They launched anyway and the force shattered the rubber.
AvielMenter
Yeah, specifically what was wrong was the O-rings, which were not well tested in cold whether. Contractor told them to go ahead anyway.
AvielMenter
The problem with the o-rings was famously demonstrated by feynman, who used ice water to freeze them (ice water is always 32F).
subtlemrs
Jonah Hill agreed to $60k for 7 months of work? WHAT A SACRIFICE.
KALADlN
It does suck when you realize DiCaprio made 25 Million during the same movie and Hill could have probably made more doing something else.
kowalibear
Church
pigggers
Compared to how much money the movie made?
shmegz
The struggle is real!!!
cardboardisdelicious
No wonder he got skinnier.
sugar3
Lol he's fat af now
nosoytupotato
Exactly. I don't understand how movie producers pay voice actors millions of dollars. It should 6 figure salaries max for doing easier work
pigggers
I don't understand how you don't understand what you think they should make is meaningless. What matters is how much money the movies make.
nosoytupotato
I suppose it would make sense that the producers can't just gain all the money and not share. My point: if i was producer, i'd hire whomever
umpbumpfizz
You would not be a very good producer.
nosoytupotato
I already know that "/ I think the use of C. Tatum in The Book of Life just made no sense to me and has bothered me since
pigggers
What do voice actors have to do with this anyway? Jonah Hill actually acted in this movie.
nosoytupotato
I was solely giving my opinion that I think voice actors are overpaid. There is more to the world than your train of thought
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gabadabagool
yeah you def have a shitty job
SocietyOfSensation
you have a shitty job
LRidge
As an unemployed, Jonah Hill took ONLY $60,000 to star in a movie? POOR YOU!
NuckFickelback
Glad I'm not the only one who couldn't get over that one lmao they made it seem like he was sacrificing so much
LRidge
Dude probably eats 60,000 dollars worth of food a year.
LRidge
Naw, that's mean.
Atimetraveler
Considering the millions roles usually pay, he is sacrificing a lot but that doesn't mean he isn't still getting a lot
PandiesINTENSIFIES
I genuinely laughed at the thought of scientists sneaking up on penguins just to poke them awake +1
MyHorseAteMyPaycheck
I would very much like to sign up to do this kind of work.
Evyreid
http://imgur.com/5nflYvd We're here to poke you with a stick
HypersonicHarpist
there was a study one time that said they sent grad students to see how close they could get to bears before the bear reacted and see how 1/
HypersonicHarpist
the bear responded to humans in the area. Poor grad students 2/2
IApproveOfTits
It would be so much easier to teach the penquins to use Facebook first.
ChinMusic
They must have had to poke so many penguins to get accurate data.... hundreds of penguins....
ProfessionalCardinalRichelieuImpersonator
I just downloaded the paper. They only poked 60. I am disappointed at this lax approach to penguin poking.
PandiesINTENSIFIES
Best. Job. Ever.
Lassannn
Science is about "why"! It's about WHY NOT?! WHY is so much of our science dangerous?! Why not MARRY safe science if you love it so much...
srsbizness
-Michael Scott
Durbs12
"In fact, why not invent a SAFETY DOOR that doesn't hit you on the way out because YOU ARE FIRED!"
Lassannn
Not you, test subject. You're doing fine. Yes, you! BOX YOUR STUFF! Out the front door. Parking lot, car, goodbye!
LazarusLongHasTimeEnoughForLove
Hey. Hey you. Penguin. Wake up damnit
Doopapotamus
They got paid to go to the ends of the earth and be assholes to penguins (who I believe are also themselves assholes). What a job.
LeggyBlonde69
"hey.hey. you.you. i don't like your girlfriend"
MapleCurry
Hey hey. You you. Maybe you need a new one.
Israelium14
Dafuq do u want-.- -penguin probably
StarrryNight
WE'RE DOING SCIENCE!
Leithoa
I was just wondering if you were sleeping well - researcher, definitely
UnderratedComment
BojackSlim
Hey! I'm going to Zambia with Engineers Without Borders Canada in three weeks!
AmbitiousBunny
Nice, good luck!! I'm going to Nicaragua with EWB USA in August :)
BojackSlim
Woo! Thanks you too!!
smithenheimer
Going to Tanzania with EWB-UC in August! :D we're everywhere apparently
binturong
@smithenheimer Every time there is a good chance to post about EWB UC you beat me to it!
smithenheimer
What can I say, I'm omnipresent on Imgur
FUNKYDONKEY
So you don't sit in a sauna. you take a sauna.
jimcake
Take a sauna leave a sauna
blaergh
In a manly fashion.
solarbear
Yes. The whole sauna.
StevenSeagull
Exactly
Mycephei
+1 for Zhuge Liang
Playswithtiddies
Zhuge Liang's "Kong Chen Ji" (empty city tactic) is probably not real and romanticized/fictionalized for the novel. I loved it though.
middlehead
You shouldn't, wasn't him. Story was reattributed to him by a work of historical fiction because the writer had a boner for him.
middlehead
Best available actual records suggest it was another warlord named Cao Cao that did it.
slaugausnew
*Dynasty Warriors intensifies*
kumochan
I have to say, for once, I can't really blame that mob boss.
sowetoninja
I read that story, I felt really bad for the guy (not the mob boss).It was actually the mother that went on&on that he should be killed..
Lassannn
The neighbor did it by total accident. Gotti cut him in half with a chainsaw.
SEXYWHALE4LIFE
How do we know this if we haven't found him?
Lassannn
It's a rumor started by one of his hitmen, who got caught. Jimmy "the Bull" Gravano, I think. So yeah, might not be true.
sp4cepope
*Sammy
EulaliaSaxons
Oh wow, how - LASSANN. DAMMIT
Lassannn
No, it's the truth.
catsandcheetos
I do, it's actually a really fucked up story. :( it was an accident apparently. The neighbor had a family and the guy supposedly chopped 1/2
catsandcheetos
him up with a chainsaw. >.< http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disappearance_of_John_Favara 2/2
CharmingAndSexyGentlemanStarshipCaptain
I'm surprised that the neighbour didn't fled the country after the incident.
cmc8290
he and his family planned to move but the guy got knocked off before they could get away.
ModusPonens
Maybe that's exactly what they did.
VidaVita
I have been a member of Engineers Without Borders for 5 years! So glad to see it get recognition.
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VidaVita
Thank you. I messaged him/her.
TheRicM
Right on!
LarryDixon
As an artist, designer & typography buff with 32 yrs experience (and a former signmaker), is there a need for logo & signage designs?
VidaVita
ABSOLUTELY!!! Every year I try to recruit graphic designers to volunteer and help us with PR for fundraising and seeking donations.
VidaVita
Feel free to PM me for more info.
keenidiot
As a lazy bastard in the US, I hear about the work you people do and have no issue donating money when I can. Thank you for helping humanity
VidaVita
Feel free to PM me for more info.
Xelada
You are doing more to help than like 90-99% of people, you aren't lazy, you just aren't capable helping in every single way.
bananawithauisbununu
I'm graduating next week with a degree in electrical engineering. I'd love to get involved!
VidaVita
Just a heads up, that's my degree and little of it will be applied as it is largely water and Civil Engineering. PM me for more info.
bananawithauisbununu
I'm honestly okay with that. At least for now, I've been looking at a lot of civil places just because I have experience with land surveying
VidaVita
That's awesome then. If you would like I can give you further guidance for points of contact. I'd just need to know your location.
BojackSlim
3 years for me!
VidaVita
Way to go! What state and where have you gone? Technically I've been in for almost 7, but the difference was student chapter.... and... ya.
NotTheUserYoureLookingFor
I wish I'd known earlier in my career. I think I'm amply qualified. Time for google.
VidaVita
That's what these public forums are here for. Reach out. Forget the assholes and take advice. Let me know if I can still help.
NotTheUserYoureLookingFor
Can I help even if I'm not able to travel for volunteerism?
BojackSlim
I'm actually with the Canadian organization at the UBC Okanagan chapter. No where yet, but going to Zambia in a couple weeks. What about you
VidaVita
Oh awesome! That'll be a good experience. I've been to Honduras once and Navajo Nation a half dozen times.
BojackSlim
Thats so cool! It's always an inspiration to see people around the world traveling for the sake of philanthropy
youareprobablyanidiot
7 years here!
VidaVita
Where at?
youareprobablyanidiot
I'm afraid to tell you and ruin my anonymity. My student chapter was Mizzou though.
VidaVita
Well, that's fair. I did a couple years with my student chapter as well and done about 5 with the pro. Knucks for sticking with it!
youareprobablyanidiot
You too!
gunterleeds
Hey are you guys ever going to come the US and help us with our infrastructure? We're in bad shape.
VidaVita
This is intended for third world communities that don't even have financial institutions set up. That don't have the most basic resources.
DankMimesRUs
http://i.minus.com/iDuECIc3JZg5E.gif
leumasmc
How about you all vote some infrastructure improvements into your budgets.
fueledbytea
Did a module in uni this term for an engineers without borders challenge!
theysaidtherewouldbecats
I was actually looking into it earlier today and had some questions!
VidaVita
If you got questions for me feel free to PM.
InboxMeYourGermanShepherdDog
four years here!
VidaVita
Way to go!
HappyEngineer
Hell yeah! Bridges to Prosperity is a great one too
VidaVita
Never heard of that one. Will look into ti.
MisterJP
I'm joining this fall.
VidaVita
Good luck with it! I've definitely met some great people.
Lenton
Engineers Serve The World is one of my favourite mottos.
smithenheimer
About to go into my 5th year in my student chapter, and getting ready for my 2nd trip to Tanzania!
VidaVita
That's awesome! Good for you! The student chapter I was part of was kind of broken at the time because we didn't get a lot of support.
smithenheimer
Yeah it really depends, I'm lucky to have a really great group. We've raised ~$60,000 in the past year for our water project!
VidaVita
Wow that is really impressive. I might ask for tips. The most we've gotten from a fundraiser was $3,000.
smithenheimer
We've gotten $25,000 from the EWB-USA grants! Talk to your university foundation for grant writing help
leumasmc
I wonder if they would be interested in Automation Engineers. I don't know who to talk to though.
VidaVita
First step is to find the chapter near you and figure out what projects they are involved in. Generally, the projects tend to be (1/2)
VidaVita
more involved with water systems and civil engineering. I'm an electrical so there is still many ways to get involved. PM me for more info.
AJewinaKilt
You guys have to come here, the roads in Connecticut are real rough
VidaVita
Feel free to PM me for more info
VidaVita
This is more for third world nations. Not for communities that already have financial/organizational structures set in place.
Wollip
Have you ever dropped a lute solo so fire, it defeated an entire army?
hatershadesfordays
Art of War
vauhtihirmu
For those wondering: It's a story told in China. I think there's no confirmation it ever even happened.
Anonsy
The bard must've rolled a 20
iwouldliveinsaltforyou
anyway ...here's wonder wall
Akathikor
Nero must have been proud.
Wollip
Ha.
Atimetraveler
I mean considering the circumstances it's completely understandable to suspect a trap
TheFirstIconoclast
Not least because of who it is. Zhuge Liang had a deserved reputation for brilliance and ambushes. Sima Yi, the other commander, knew that.
Wollip
Beat me to it haha
lordblood123
Fuck Sima Yi, bastard brought down the Wei Empire just as soon as they got a new Emperor who could've lived up to the legacy of Cao Cao
Iaintneverscurred
$50,000 a year? I can live with that.
Accguy3144
with the time value of money you end up receiving $1m, but not the purchasing power of what $1m is today. Also, taxes.
copingcabana
Would it be fair to say that you'd be lovin' it
WhyIsThisAGif
Hell I don't even make that and I work almost 50 hrs every week
obeluss
Fine print: you have to work at McDonald's.
Ewido
I make slightly more than that and it's pretty tight.
WhoIsTheDodie
My husband had a community college with a mcds mill $ winner. He quit his job to get a college degree starting at a community college in DFW
Cheesecakecrush
Anybody can live on that. The issue is that most people don't want to live without luxuries like smart phones and internet.
Lockerkid
To be honest, with taxes and the responsibility of not fucking up your life with that much money, it might be a better deal.
IridescentLotus
Has anyone ever won it?
cirnonine
Right?
Aviator49er
In 20 years, assuming a 2% inflation rate, that's the equivalent of $33,000 in year 20... Hardly enough to live on IMO
launchingships
Yeah especially when Jonah Hill 'only' took 60,000 for his check...
Icannevercomeupwithagoodorwittyusernamepleasehelp
Funny part is, the studio wanted him in that role and would of paid.
HurryUpIgotNutstoBustButtsTOfuckNDslutsToFuckinUppercut
That's peanuts for 7 months of work, especially for an A list actor, that would be like you working for less than minimum wage
launchingships
Well as an actor, $60,000 for one job is fantastic for me right now.
AllTheGoodOnesWereGone
All the million dollar winning tickets were stolen by insiders and redeemed by friends for years until they were finally discovered.
ddspill
Thank you for mentioning that, since then I don't bother playing, and hardly go there anymore.
CanadianRedneck
Just don't quit your job.
Iaintneverscurred
Quit my job?! Thats crazy! I probably wouldn't touch most of that prize money until 10-15 years later
gofigga
...but this is double my salary and then i could spend an extra 50 hours a week on my education...
Iaintneverscurred
I would quit that job and try to find a paying job that I enjoyed
hideakikarate
50k plus my job? Clearing 100k all too easily. Yeah. I can live with that. And my new boat, motorcycle, ATV, shop, pool, pay loans...
bigguywhokills
50k before taxes. IIRC, winnings are heavily taxed.
matheniel
An initial 25% by the irs and then whatever your state takes. Plus whatever you will owe at the end of the year. Still, could work out.
bigguywhokills
It's better than nothing, I guess.
MikeofLA
How can you afford all that with only $100k? I can't.
detached09
Live in middle America. I could easily do that where I live.
korrasis
The south is far cheaper. And I'm guessing you live in LA, one of the most expensive places to live.
SomeDetroitGuy
Nearly every million dollar prize is an annuity adding up to a million dollars, including the lotteries.
dangerousDoc
Damn I was going to say that
Gandynutile
In US*
reidft
Not in Canada, here you get it all at once
caressmeso
What they don't tell you is by the time you are paid your "1million" the value of the dollar has dropped so low it's not really worth as muc
nicolas17
Americans talking about inflation always make me laugh.
aselfdefeatingattitude
Some have the option of so much per year or a lump sum that's actually smaller than the jackpot (but still the smartest choice).
SomeDetroitGuy
That's the way to go because the law requires the annuity be invested in VERY secure investments that pay almost no interest.
jonnnney
It depends. You pay higher taxes on the lump sum, but estate taxes are a problem for the annuity. Young gets annuity. Old gets payout.
caedescorvidus
The lump sum values are calculated using time value tables which are based on interest and inflation projections
MikMakMarowak
Why is the lump sum the smartest choice?
GR3453m0nk3y
I don't think it is....
JustARichard
Inflation and uncertain death
PenultimateAirbender
compound interest
FallingWithStyle
You can invest the lump sum
ComeOnAndSlam
Probably deflation and taxation.
MekootGorlock
We know what tax brackets are this year, we don't in the future and they will probably go up. also SS/medicare payments cap at 118K.
thrannix
Time is money friend.
tomyironmane
Probably depends more on your financial situation, tax bracket, investment strategy.... yeah. Ask an accountant.
WrongReference
something like if you have the self-discipline get the lump sum. if you're an impulsive spender get the annuity.
thecrayonisred
Inflation. Every year, the $50K is worth less than the last.
sowetoninja
are you telling me it literally stays 50K each year? wtf? Like the tax isn't enough BS. I feel like it's false advertising by the lotto?
cabson
Really depends on how much the lump sum is although the lump sum is probably better if you're willing to take on some market risk.
cabson
Which you should be in most cases. The only time the annuity would be better is in a really bad recession or something like that
aselfdefeatingattitude
Most of them end payments when you die.
detached09
Not in the USA. Lottery annuities can be willed to an heir.
PrepareYourButthole
Money today is worth more than tomorrow. Look up the "time value of money."
GR3453m0nk3y
I would never go with the lump sum. Fuck that. I'll take the payments. It's a higher amount in the end, and it's a consistent, reliable 1/2
UnpopularOpinionPuffinPersonified
Ok. I'll give you $100 a year for the next 50 years if you give me $3000 today. Sound like a deal? Please accept. I'll even sign a contract.
aselfdefeatingattitude
Most end payments when you die, so you get a lower amount overall.
GR3453m0nk3y
Well I'm 21 and healthy so I'm not concerned with that. Lol
GR3453m0nk3y
(2/2) source of income for a couple decades. I don't know why anyone would go with the lump sum. That's just stupid to me.
giantmongoose
You could invest it, probably netting 6-10% interest per year. At the end of the 20 years, the lump sum would probably be worth more.
daraos
Take the million and withdraw your 50k every year from a bank account that earns interest. It will last more than 20 years.
maybenotsofairenough
50k a year - inflation v lump sum + interest rates/return on investment (should be > 0). You get a higher real value from the lump sum.
thrannix
Time value of money is a powerful tool.
FelixTheAnimator
That'd be more than doubling our income even if my hubs quit his job.
SuckitPUPPS
After taxes it'd only be about 25,000. Not enough to quit your day job!
Nobody7713
Taxes aren't 50%
reverseblumpkin
As long as you live in a state without a state income tax, win the prize in a state without a state income tax, (1)
reverseblumpkin
and your total income is under $413K with the prize included. (2)
WoahShocksMyBrain
I do live with that. And that's including shelling out a grand every month on student loans.
Pegussu
I'd be surprised if anyone wins it. I work at McDonald's and we throw away a lot of boxes and there's only one million piece in the country.
tenjouutena
Basically nobody wins... http://priceonomics.com/the-mcdonalds-monopoly-fraud/
wam3483
Wow. That sucks.
iateadragonfly
You're not allowed to check them before you throw them away?
OphelianAshe
Employees and their families are not allowed to win
iateadragonfly
But you could give the winning piece(s) to someone not related and share the winnings after they get them? Idk, that's probably immoral.
noobpwnisher
Probably illegal too (Just guessing)? and I'm sure they will void it...
w4nder3r
What about the taxes on it? America's lottery an winnings are always taxed, aren't they?
kirdneh
but it's 50,000 nominal dollars,not the current equivalent of $50,000. Every year it would be worth less and less.
SaintJoe
You pay less in taxes than taking it all in as one lump sum. You still come out ahead.
reverseblumpkin
If you take it all in one lump sum, you can earn interest income/capital gains every year that would eventually exceed that $50K per year.
ivegottwolegs
Even so, after a couple years, my mortgage would be paid off and then everything else would be "profit".
sowetoninja
How are you people so sure about the dollars performance over 20 years? I wouldn't even bet on the next 5...
only90skidswillgetthis
While I can agree with your sentiment, constant inflation is something we can pretty much count on in our financial system.
sowetoninja
well, yes..my point is that it would worth less.
brethamus
Live with it, ya
aclarko
Literally
Crimpmonkey
Yes you can. That's what I lived on my first year in Boston. Move to a smaller town and you can live quite well. Boston... Not so much.
VerticallyGifted
Those monopoly games were scammed by the people making the pieces. Womp womp.
dracanas
i think i would actually prefer that, it would keep me from spending it quickley
dracanas
quickly*
PhilmacFLy
Im not even mad
thegelatoking
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Iaintneverscurred
This is one of the best replies I've ever gotten. Thank you xD