Holy fuck, man. I am in awe of Feynman. "The artists of the renaissance said that man's main concern should be for man. And yet there are some other things of interest in the world. Even artists appreciate the sunset, the ocean waves, the march of the stars across the heavens. And there are some reason to talk of some…

I know so many guys that were deeply hurt when they sleep with a girl once or twice and then the girl "dumps" him. Us males have this sense of entitlement where once we sleep with a girl, they should be all ours. Of course, males don't talk about this to their pals. But girls would know this from the desperate,…

So I looked up "Michelle Reid" (yea, stalker I know) and found THIS girl in her bra for her profile pic. Maybe I can try asking her out?? haha.

"The Times They Are a-Changin'...". I read somewhere the other day that employers now start getting suspicious when you DON'T have a Facebook profile and share "normal" content to show that you're a normal, sociable person.

It should be, since it falls under "anything".

#corrections: "Which each passing year" -> "With each passing year"

Most of the white dots are foreground stars in our own galaxy! So they are rather close! They're everywhere we look... if we don't see anything it's usually just obscured by dust.

I agree. Vader's "armor" is useless against a light sabre. And a truly power sith lord, e.g., Palpatine, is pretty powerful without a light sabre. So the analogy is wrong on so many levels.

The cable shield can be aluminium (spelled the correct way!) or stainless steel. So unless your cat is actually a sabre-tooth, then it should be fine. Liquid helium will make your cat sound hilarious when she purrs. She might weigh a few pounds less as well! ;-)

This is the older, standard design of a helium cryostat. The commercial cryocoolers these days easily allow one to cool radiation shields down to 30-40K. For comparison, liquid nitrogen shields are at 77K. Since the heat transfer via radiation is proportional to the temperature to the forth power T^4, using a…

For multiple cables, the cooling system (i.e. the biggest chunk of initial cost) would remain roughly the same. It's definitely a bargain! If the owner has experience handling and refilling cryofluids (liquid helium is at -269C or -452F) then I... or should I say WE... can make a discount on the maintenance. :-)

So 4AD decided that having ad supported videos for german viewers on youtube is not worthwhile? But in other countries, such as france, etc..., it is? Weird logic.

I particularly like the fact that your alias is "BSartist". I was kinda being serious. The price estimates are within 20-30% of the proper price.

Anyone got a non-youtube link? Seriously, I don't swear often, and i'm not sure if it's going to get censored but here goes: Fuck you, germany. Fuck you. Why are all youtube videos blocked in this fucking wasteland? "Unfortunately, this video is not available in Germany because it may contain music for which GEMA has…

Am I the *only* one thinking... I wish I was popular enough for people to text or call me often enough to worry about putting my phone on silent. First world problem.

In another reply, someone erroneously thought that "silver is the best conductor" out there. It is not. Superconductors are. For the true enthusiasts out there, I offer a deal to construct them a QUANTUM SUPERCONDUCTING(TM) cable system.

"in an emergency situation, you can fill it from a clean stream, leave it out, and let the sun's UV rays kill some of the buggies (this isn't guaranteed to work, but it's better than nothing)."

The tone of the article was definitely that you saw a reflection of yourself in Alex. From my experience, what hurts most are not cases where I simply fail at something, but it's cases where I don't have the guts to even try—despite me wanting it really bad. And what's worse, sometimes afterwards I make excuses…

Anyone else read it as "the army's mobile FAP lab"??

Great article and nicely written. Fo me the most revealing part in the whole story was after he jump he still yelled, "I failed!". The moment he hesitated, and the pressure of those around him built-up, he had already lost. He didn't know it yet but after he jumped he would still feel failure. I don't know what to…