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Funnily enough, for years I've been expecting some sort of turning point as well, but it's too much like expecting things to just improve instantly rather than actually having to do anything myself.

Most things do, for no good reason. I naturally focus upon negative possibilities leading to a vicious cycle of worrying and anxiety. The worst thing is that I am fully conscious of the irrationality of it, but it's hard-wired into me and I can't just switch it off. Most of all I'm afraid of...

I'm self-diagnosed as generalised anxiety disorder, with avoidant tendancies. Perhaps this interferes with the MBTI test, who knows, it's not particularly relevant as it describes me adequately either way. In my mid teens, seems like a long long time ago by now, I went through a period of...

The answer is 42.

I would add that for muscle building the recommended method is usually to do 8 reps, rest, then another 8, and so on until you can't do any more. And if you rest for more than a few minutes then healing kicks in and when you do more you will not get anything else out of it. You will not get...

I was more clumsy as a child though not spectacularly, but clumsiness is something I detest and I've managed to train myself over the years to have good spatial awareness even whilst I am daydreaming. In jobs I've done in the past, I've done certain tasks with no problems at all but been told...

Mines the same, I think it's because it reaches a point where it falls out as fast as it grows. Trimming the tips seems to help but I cant be bothered to do it much.

Try a DE razor first, you can pick up some decent ones quite cheap. It's a completely different thing to modern cartridge razors, most people who try it cut themselves up badly because they're handling it the same way as a modern razor, and then because of one bad experience never try it...

I have a goatee consisting of a soul patch and a chinny thing. I'm hoping one day to braid it, but it just doesn't seem to grow very fast.

My point is that insulation is never perfect, and the better you make the insulation, the bigger and more unwieldy it becomes, all systems like this are a compromise, it is far better in to simply allow for a certain rate of warming and keep the LN2 topped up as it evaporates. It would probably...

Nevertheless, it still requires a constant supply of liquid nitrogen, insulation can only do so much. And LN2 has other issues, such as problems with condensation, extra maintenance, and the difficulty in making a system that still works if you turn it upside-down. It's doable but it would be an...

Something like 0.123kN is harder to use than 123N, it doesn't really make sense in this case. It does make sense if you're writing 123MN instead of 123000000N

I've been doing this since I was a child, I never even realised that there were courses for it. :confused:

Contradictory advice, because everything that a filter removes from tap water usually exists in spring water in far greater quantities. Unless your tap water is ground water from somewhere near coastal areas, as then it can pick up a lot of chemicals from sewage and elsewhere. But if this is...

Known unknowns and unknown unknowns.

A few years back I started taking a glass of water with me to bed, and it makes a huge difference to how well I sleep. Not if you do it properly. It really is worth going to a specialist shop to get the right sort of shoes for you. And it is also a good idea to get a session with a trainer to...

I have walls of text in my head, but I have an OCD-like drive for conciseness. Whenever I write simple sentences like this, I go through several iterations of it to find the shortest and clearest possible way of writing it. I also loathe redundant and irrelevant information with the result that...

He's a stereotypical geek created by immature writers who understand nothing of psychology. Ergo, he has no type, he has no personality.

Stepping in a puddle is not fun if you happen to not like wearing shoes indoors, there is also the possibility of slipping on it, and certain types of flooring may be damaged by it. I do not know if any of those circumstances apply to your situation, but water on the floor indoors is generally...

I never really got bullied because I just didn't respond to anything, hence potential bullies just got bored. "Ignoring" it is not necessarily good advice though, it worked for me because I genuinely didn't give a shit, if the bullying is affecting you and you try to ignore it then your...

None of the above. Early on after getting involved in MBTI, I tried analysing others, which just led to problems because I can't type in real time and interact simultaneously. When I tried to understand myself better, I realised I was dismissing certain things as not worth putting any effort...

I would love to teach, but I can't think of many jobs worse than being a teacher. If you know what I mean... :confused:

I isn't useless because we wouldn't be able to build big buildings without I-beams. Electric hats are useless.

I was thinking of starting a new thread, but I found this so decided to just continue here instead. I've had problems for years with generalised anxiety disorder. I just came to a realisation about it late last year, up until then I've always made excuses for my problems by telling myself it's...

I've always thought that it was the cost of not going through heat and being able to conceive at any time of the year. I don't know how well that would correlate with facts though.

England. Right in the middle of it.

Best music video of the year. Forget about Italian plumbers, I want some mushrooms that turn me into a lumberjack. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAihDAJX8Ow It's also my favourite album of the year, or past few years even. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxALZkrAIIE This has made me realise...

People say the same thing every generation, it's just that perhaps this time there is a slightly wider gap than usual.

To further extrapolate on this explanation, Type I superconductors (usually metals such as lead, and need to be cooled close to absolute zero) repel magnetic fields completely. If you tried the levitation trick with these, they would just fall off. Type II superconductors which are the type...

I think the problem is a vast amount of traffic generate from people viewing just single pages from google. I've noticed that many other forums just show a text-only archive view from linked to from a search engine, and a link has to be followed to get to the actual forum. This system...

Materials engineering. Currently in the bachelors year, but all going well I'll be going straight into a masters next year.

My guess is that some form of quantum effect going on whereby the neutrinos are triggering the sensors before they actually arrive. That is of course assuming that their methodology is correct.

Finishing my progress report which is due in tomorrow. It's not actually too bad, because a year ago I was only just starting reports the day before they were due.

I finish my moms sentences most of the time, but only because it's much much quicker than waiting for her to do it herself. Especially when I already know the main point she's trying to get across and is just rambling for minutes without actually telling me anything else useful.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electron_backscatter_diffraction

I don't suppose anyone here happens to know the composition of the gamma prime phase in the alloy IN939?

Most of my stuff is stuck at my parents house at the moment, but my desk (including the stuff I put on it) is probably my most important possession. I just wish there was space to put more stuff on it. This is my lovely desk where it used to live This is my sandwich, it was on my desk...

I have a small goatee type thing which I intend to grow long enough to braid one day. If I ever shaved it off I would go insane due to having nothing to stroke. Whenever I've tried growing a full beard I have to stop after about a week or two because I just can't stand the itchiness. Though...

No, I wear boots.

Well simulations predict massive gravitational waves being generated, which are only hypothetical anyway. http://news.cnet.com/Supercomputer-simulates-black-hole-collision/2100-11397_3-6062605.html I have read before that a collision would generate large amounts of x-ray radiation as well...

I'm terrible at maths. I used to be at the top of the class through school, then when I moved on to higher maths at 16, I just started to struggle because I was at a point where it was no longer good enough to just memorise rules. I'd never been taught to do maths any other way. My education in...

Soda isn't used in Britain. Pop is used for any fizzy drink, but it's used in some regions but not others. Coke is used for coca cola.

I would make sure I didn't have anything that could be a weak point, it's more a case of pursuing a strong point. After all, the most important part of a humans motivation is to find at least one thing we excel at, there's no reason that would change as a transhuman.

I'd take more of an evolutionary approach to transhumanism than a "design" approach. I'd start with me as I am now, but change aspects as I see need for improvement. I would start out as basically human, I wouldn't bother changing anything unless I ever decided I really needed wheels or...

My core strength sucks, to the extent where light cycling was giving me back pains for a while. I've started doing planks and related exercises recently, and it was surprising at first just how exhausting a few 10 second planks could be. As for aspartame, there is enough doubt over it's...

The 1984 adapation of Dune. I wont say anything about it in case anyone hasn't read the book yet.

It's not exactly a "life" hack, but useful nonetheless. Silicone grease: The WD40 of electricity. http://www.satcure.co.uk/tech/silicone.htm

Here's a diagram, that's if you really want to see. For videos in general, HD is always sold as being better quality, but I've always believed HD is only necessary to make a bigger video without sacrificing quality. Videos should be displayed at their actual size to look best i.e. not zoomed...

If you put room-temperature beer in snow, it will get cold. It will take longer to cool down than if you put it in cold water, but it will cool down eventually. Snow isn't a very good insulator for the purpose of building houses because it melts. It works for eskimos because it is cold inside...

Whenever you set foot or wheel on any road, you should always be expecting everyone else on the road to do something incredibly idiotic. Only 1 in 1000 drivers might do something you don't expect, but when they do it could ruin your life. Now that it's happened, there's not really anything...