While the Sennheiser HD 280 PROs are about double the asked for price range, I think they're worth every penny. They're good for about 30 db of noise cancellation, have an excellent and balanced response across the audio spectrum, and stellar audio reproduction. I've had mine nearly three years now, and I use them about 20 hours per week (about 3000 hours of usage so far). I still absolutely love them, and if I ever needed to replace them, I would get the same model in a heartbeat.
Considering my cost per hour usage is about $0.04 and dropping, and the headphone will easily last 10,000 hours, spending a little extra money is absolutely worth it in my opinion to get some totally amazing ear cans. I've heard several people say they like them better than the $500 headphones they've tried, so they're also a bargain in any sense. You would not be disappointed!
If you're willing to accept a 2 seat self-launching electric glider (which can glide that far in the right conditions), such a plane is already in production.
Handling uranium is relatively safe, since the callouses in our hands and the outer most (dead) layers of skin easily block the alpha radiation. Ingesting it is far worse though, as you mention, though not foremost due to the alpha radiation, but due to uranium being a toxic metal. Wikipedia gives a good summary.
I used to have extremely black & white thinking, and was often accused of having it (as derision). The high functioning autistic mind will often attempt to enforce rules of logic where there is none to tame and make sense of an illogical world. It wasn't until I started learning about various forms of philosophy that my mind expanded to see the shades of grey. A simple example is democracy: on the one hand, it promises fairness by giving everyone equal say; but on the other, the majority has tyranny over the minority. Some will say fairness is everyone having equal amounts; others will say fairness is only having and keeping all of what you earn. I still deeply detest the discordance of life, but it is what it is: an inescapable game. The rules are what they are, and they change, so accept and adapt to the rules and play it to win.
Considering that 1 in 88 have a form of autism, I think a lot of people underestimate how common it is.
I think the real problem is those who use it as an excuse for a lack of effort and for not taking personal responsibility, stigmatizing the syndrome, not the syndrome's prevalence.
I agree completely. Having Asperger's is no excuse for not taking personal responsibility. Victimitis is disgusting. Asperger's is a mental disorder. Victimitis is a social disease. The two are orthogonal.
He's describing Asperger's, not social anxiety. Chemicals won't fix/ameliorate Asperger's, though they may relieve some symptoms (such as depression).
Social skills and awareness are something just about anyone with Asperger's can learn, but it takes years/decades of practice and embarrassment to build up scripts of "normal" behaviour and responses for common situations. Most people innately know what another person is feeling, what their perspective is, what's acceptable, etc. To an aspie, figuring out what's on another person's mind and pick up on social queues is like a playing a hard game of Sudoku while simultaneously trying to carry on a conversation. It can be done, but it's mentally exhausting.
I wish it were as simple as taking a pill to suddenly "get" people. I've tried many. I've learned to make small talk for a few minutes, and I deal with people throughout the day, but on the weekends, I can't wait to be alone. It's not that I'm avoiding people, it's just that I'm mentally drained from dealing with them. I wish I had more capacity to maintain relationships! But if I push it I get burnt out and depressed. Accepting that helped tremendously.
I am, however, glad Celexa has helped you. Out of curiosity, after dealing with people all day, do you feel refreshed/recharged? Or simply not overwhelmed?
Waves over 20 m (60 ft) tall are actually pretty common in some places. My dad is senior keeper at Triple Island Lightstation, located just off the BC coast. In severe winter storms, the waves will often crest over the square part of the building, which is about 20 m above sea level. This January, one such wave blew in a storm window on the top floor -- several tons of water will sometimes do that. The building stays up because it's constructed with 2 ft thick rebar concrete walls.
I've been using iweb.com for many years. They have an extremely reliable network and their servers come with a generous amount of bandwidth. They almost always have servers under $100 that include 10TB of transfer. Make sure they give you a 100 Mbps port though as a 10 Mbps port will top out at about 3TB/month (talk to sales and you can get that for free if it's not included). Anyway, it works out to less than $0.01/GB, which I don't see many other companies offering. I burned through 6TB on my box in January without issue.
No thanks. I'd much rather eat free-range animals. They fertilize the soil and "farm" the soil without inputs or fuel. That's far better than using fossil fuels and fertilizers to produce and harvest grains. I do my part by limiting my consumption of factory/industrial food.
Try taking magnesium. You may have a deficiency. I ran into a similar issue where the sensation of sound was getting intense, although I had no increased sensitivity. Magnesium supplementation fixed it. Magnesium citrate works great, but don't take too much at once as it's also a laxative.
Chrome's UI is not the most intuitive but I like how minimalistic it is, and how it saves the most amount of screen space for the actual task at hand: viewing web pages.
Then compare Victoria, BC, to Toronto. Victoria, surrounded by ocean, is very humid. And the sky does look that blue there on a sunny day. I've never seen the sky that blue here in Toronto. I've lived in Toronto about four years, and I've never seen a clear sky here, ever.
Pieces breaking, especially flexible plastic, is an issue. I've had the plastic sheaves on cables break in only -20. The biggest ice problem I've had in sub zero temperatures is icing on the rims on a bike with rim brakes (there's enough friction to heat the rims to melt the snow which later refreezes). Ice is much more of a problem around 0, in freezing rain conditions, but once she's away from the warm and wet coastal air the risk of freezing rain is slight.
Snow is much easier to deal with than mud if there's no chance of it thawing and later forming ice, especially in a dry climate. It usually blows or brushes away, and it's very squishy, unlike the dirt and sand in mud. Snow/water/ice also doesn't mix into the lubricants, unlike dirt. Riding through dust is much harder on bike components than riding through snow.
My biggest concern for her equipment would be using lubricants that don't become sticky in cold temperatures. I've had cables, axles, gearing, and the steering tube get stiff and difficult to move while riding in the cold.
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Thanks for the information! I'll follow your blog!
How expensive was it? For how much cabling?
Edmonton, Alberta has bigger swings. It goes from -48.3 C (-54.9F) to 34.5 C (94.1F). That's an 83 (149) degree temperature range.
The roads are asphalt, and the runways are concrete.
It's the Pseudo Apple Research Center. That's why the P is there.
While the Sennheiser HD 280 PROs are about double the asked for price range, I think they're worth every penny. They're good for about 30 db of noise cancellation, have an excellent and balanced response across the audio spectrum, and stellar audio reproduction. I've had mine nearly three years now, and I use them about 20 hours per week (about 3000 hours of usage so far). I still absolutely love them, and if I ever needed to replace them, I would get the same model in a heartbeat.
Considering my cost per hour usage is about $0.04 and dropping, and the headphone will easily last 10,000 hours, spending a little extra money is absolutely worth it in my opinion to get some totally amazing ear cans. I've heard several people say they like them better than the $500 headphones they've tried, so they're also a bargain in any sense. You would not be disappointed!
If you're willing to accept a 2 seat self-launching electric glider (which can glide that far in the right conditions), such a plane is already in production.
Handling uranium is relatively safe, since the callouses in our hands and the outer most (dead) layers of skin easily block the alpha radiation. Ingesting it is far worse though, as you mention, though not foremost due to the alpha radiation, but due to uranium being a toxic metal. Wikipedia gives a good summary.
I used to have extremely black & white thinking, and was often accused of having it (as derision). The high functioning autistic mind will often attempt to enforce rules of logic where there is none to tame and make sense of an illogical world. It wasn't until I started learning about various forms of philosophy that my mind expanded to see the shades of grey. A simple example is democracy: on the one hand, it promises fairness by giving everyone equal say; but on the other, the majority has tyranny over the minority. Some will say fairness is everyone having equal amounts; others will say fairness is only having and keeping all of what you earn. I still deeply detest the discordance of life, but it is what it is: an inescapable game. The rules are what they are, and they change, so accept and adapt to the rules and play it to win.
Considering that 1 in 88 have a form of autism, I think a lot of people underestimate how common it is.
I think the real problem is those who use it as an excuse for a lack of effort and for not taking personal responsibility, stigmatizing the syndrome, not the syndrome's prevalence.
I agree completely. Having Asperger's is no excuse for not taking personal responsibility. Victimitis is disgusting. Asperger's is a mental disorder. Victimitis is a social disease. The two are orthogonal.
He's describing Asperger's, not social anxiety. Chemicals won't fix/ameliorate Asperger's, though they may relieve some symptoms (such as depression).
Social skills and awareness are something just about anyone with Asperger's can learn, but it takes years/decades of practice and embarrassment to build up scripts of "normal" behaviour and responses for common situations. Most people innately know what another person is feeling, what their perspective is, what's acceptable, etc. To an aspie, figuring out what's on another person's mind and pick up on social queues is like a playing a hard game of Sudoku while simultaneously trying to carry on a conversation. It can be done, but it's mentally exhausting.
I wish it were as simple as taking a pill to suddenly "get" people. I've tried many. I've learned to make small talk for a few minutes, and I deal with people throughout the day, but on the weekends, I can't wait to be alone. It's not that I'm avoiding people, it's just that I'm mentally drained from dealing with them. I wish I had more capacity to maintain relationships! But if I push it I get burnt out and depressed. Accepting that helped tremendously.
I am, however, glad Celexa has helped you. Out of curiosity, after dealing with people all day, do you feel refreshed/recharged? Or simply not overwhelmed?
At least we know in this case she didn't him for chasing tail...
Waves over 20 m (60 ft) tall are actually pretty common in some places. My dad is senior keeper at Triple Island Lightstation, located just off the BC coast. In severe winter storms, the waves will often crest over the square part of the building, which is about 20 m above sea level. This January, one such wave blew in a storm window on the top floor -- several tons of water will sometimes do that. The building stays up because it's constructed with 2 ft thick rebar concrete walls.
I wish I could mod you up.
It probably wasn't in your head. With the smaller L1 and L2 caches and memory bandwidth in the day, having a leaner kernel image helped.
Hey man, wheel and su'ing go together!
I've been using iweb.com for many years. They have an extremely reliable network and their servers come with a generous amount of bandwidth. They almost always have servers under $100 that include 10TB of transfer. Make sure they give you a 100 Mbps port though as a 10 Mbps port will top out at about 3TB/month (talk to sales and you can get that for free if it's not included). Anyway, it works out to less than $0.01/GB, which I don't see many other companies offering. I burned through 6TB on my box in January without issue.
No thanks. I'd much rather eat free-range animals. They fertilize the soil and "farm" the soil without inputs or fuel. That's far better than using fossil fuels and fertilizers to produce and harvest grains. I do my part by limiting my consumption of factory/industrial food.
Try taking magnesium. You may have a deficiency. I ran into a similar issue where the sensation of sound was getting intense, although I had no increased sensitivity. Magnesium supplementation fixed it. Magnesium citrate works great, but don't take too much at once as it's also a laxative.
Your shredder is too slow? Then you should read slashdot more often! The solution is known!
Two words: DOUBLE RAINBOWS!
Chrome's UI is not the most intuitive but I like how minimalistic it is, and how it saves the most amount of screen space for the actual task at hand: viewing web pages.
Then compare Victoria, BC, to Toronto. Victoria, surrounded by ocean, is very humid. And the sky does look that blue there on a sunny day. I've never seen the sky that blue here in Toronto. I've lived in Toronto about four years, and I've never seen a clear sky here, ever.
Almost all his stock. He kept one share so he would continue to get the shareholders report.
Pieces breaking, especially flexible plastic, is an issue. I've had the plastic sheaves on cables break in only -20. The biggest ice problem I've had in sub zero temperatures is icing on the rims on a bike with rim brakes (there's enough friction to heat the rims to melt the snow which later refreezes). Ice is much more of a problem around 0, in freezing rain conditions, but once she's away from the warm and wet coastal air the risk of freezing rain is slight.
Snow is much easier to deal with than mud if there's no chance of it thawing and later forming ice, especially in a dry climate. It usually blows or brushes away, and it's very squishy, unlike the dirt and sand in mud. Snow/water/ice also doesn't mix into the lubricants, unlike dirt. Riding through dust is much harder on bike components than riding through snow.
My biggest concern for her equipment would be using lubricants that don't become sticky in cold temperatures. I've had cables, axles, gearing, and the steering tube get stiff and difficult to move while riding in the cold.