I vehemently disagree. I think 98% of people with confederate flags say they're not racist. But in reality, a large portion are and will be pretty open about it in the right company. It always astounded me how common racism was in the South, and how open people were about it if there were only white people around.

Confederate flags are the only way to show you're proud of your heritage? Why not just a Georgia flag (or Tennessee in your case)?

I'm not sure I'd call this a project, it's already done (and looks to have been done well). But I still voted CP.

I like it, despite the overuse of red in the interior and engine bay (seriously people, less is more). But for $13k? You can get a true sports car with that, and have enough left over for some go-fast parts.

NP all day long no question. I'd buy it in a heart beat.

I agree completely. Although I think I'm probably going to get out of PC gaming. My gaming PC died, and I'm not sure I want to spend the money for a new one (it was due for an upgrade anyway).

Yeah, I'm aware that there are others aside from SSRIs, but I've never tried them. I've only been on SSRIs.

Well, you really don't need contacts for things like Rallycross or Autocross. So it's just money and time, and really don't need all that much of either. I think you can do it for under $1k, and you can do as many or as few Saturdays as you want.

That's good advice! And the same applies to car related things. For instance, if you want to race, you can get into Autocross for under $1k. All you need is a car capable of making it around the track and the ability to pay the fees (which aren't very expensive). Sure, you may not be competitive, but it's the…

This isn't specific to this topic, but I want to point out that you can almost always find a way to do something you really want to do. It may not seem like you have enough money, but where there is a will there is a way. If rallying is a dream of yours, you can make it happen (or really anything else within reason).…

Yeah, there have been a few bolts/screws that I've dealt with where that would have been very handy. I'll have to buy one when I start rebuilding my tool collection.

I did the counseling + psychiatrist + meds thing too, honestly I disliked that even more, haha. But I'm not saying people should take my experience as advice. They should try it themselves.

Because I'm not talking about Mood Stabilizers, I'm talking about SSRIs (anti-depressants). Specifically Lexapro, Zoloft, and some other one I can't recall the name of right now.

How exactly does it work? I'm assuming the it grips harder the more you turn it? I need something like this...

I would like to point out that you really shouldn't use electrical tape for sealing electrical connections ideally. Maybe if it's interior, low voltage (or current?), and unimportant. But really permanent connectors and/or heat shrink is better. Less exposure to elements, less likely to come loose, etc.

I agree, it can be incredibly frustrating working with a crappy soldering iron.

Yup, centuries even! To be honest, in this case the mathematical theory behind gears was more interesting to me than the actual practical implementation. Which is rare, I normally prefer real-world over theoretical thought exercises. But as a I realized that even *designing* a gear tooth is simply an approximation of…

A) I think I'm as qualified as anyone else here. As far as I know, no one has claimed to be a doctor, everyone is just giving their personal experiences, and I gave mine.

I actually may not have been clear in my original statement. When I said "point" I meant it in a 2 dimensional sense. In a real 3 dimensional gear, it would be a rolling infinitely thin line (although the length would be the width of the gear). And it should roll across the entire face of the gear tooth. Theoretically…

This is a good post, but the subtext of the question (at least as it seemed to me) was how to be productive at work. Being seriously depressed and having your productivity at work drop like stone can easily result in unemployment, which just makes things worse of course. Or, even more obvious, if you're too depressed…