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There’s a scientific journal called “Get me off Your Fucking Mailing List”.

In 2005, computer scientists David Mazières and Eddie Kohler created this highly profane ten-page paper as a joke, to send in replying to unwanted conference invitations. It literally just contains that seven-word phrase over and over, along with a nice flow chart and scatter-plot graph.

An Australian computer scientist named Peter Vamplew sent it to the International Journal of Advanced Computer Technology in response to spam from the journal. Apparently, he thought the editors might simply open and read it.

Instead, they automatically accepted the paper — with an anonymous reviewer rating it as “excellent” — and requested a fee of $150. While this incident is pretty hilarious, it’s a sign of a bigger problem in science publishing. This journal is one of many online-only, for-profit operations that take advantage of inexperienced researchers under pressure to publish their work in any outlet that seems superficially legitimate.

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45 Funny 30-Something Memes Showcasing The Highs And Lows Of Millennial Lost Youth

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Switch 2 looks crazy

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omg…

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I like how the lack of spacing here implies that the helpline is there for those addicted to eating raw flour, dough, or batter, like a gambling helpline or something

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The night sky on Mars

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this man living in 4019

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This keeps popping up every time I check for updates.

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Various audio snippets of my childhood that I've collected.

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One of my favorite views on LEGO Island

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(via Elwood Edwards, Voice of AOL’s ‘You’ve Got Mail’ Alert, Dies at 74 - The New York Times)

Elwood Edwards, an announcer who voiced the ubiquitous AOL email alert “You’ve got mail” at a time when many Americans were just beginning to learn how to navigate the internet, died on Tuesday at his home in New Bern, N.C. He was 74.

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this is so weird. i can install stuff, but i cant ping archlinux.org or google.com or anything?

its like this on my pc aswell...

uhh

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HEY, YOU!

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