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Recent content by Shevek

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    Practical Cycling.

    Yes, if you clamp a frame's other extremities and hit the bottom bracket, it should act as a tuning fork. If it is returning slowly, you'll get a lower pitch. If it has internal friction, the sound fades quickly. If a frame has a lot of flex there, it takes a lot of skill to still use the...
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    Practical Cycling.

    So, your answer is no? There is no possible way to measure the difference between alive and dead? I'm reminded of the time that Bicycling ran an article on how to descend rapidly, with the advice to not move the handlebars at all, but just lean into the corners, apparently by sheer force of...
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    Practical Cycling.

    Can any of those differences in frames that you report be measured in a lab? I ask on behalf of the developers who want to bring you better bikes.
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    Feeling very lonely, wanting to discuss about history of depression, but the fear of law enforcement getting involved.

    Some generic suggestions for depression that work for me are fresh air, exercise, and plenty of fluids. They don't affect the reasons, but they do reduce their impact.
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    What was the last thing you cooked?

    One extremely small batch of thermosetting resin.
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    What age did you guys realise how important socialising and social skills were?

    This awareness has been slowly growing since about age two, with some spurts.
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    Thai food survey!

    I have never seen Thai food, but the last time I saw Chinese food, I asked for plain rice, and then discovered that they had picked most of the pork out of it.
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    Recently Diagnosed Adult Looking for Friends

    I've got a bit of bipolar. The creative all-nighters are fun. Lately, I've been getting serious about trying to maintain a circadian rhythm and things are smoother, or maybe old age is dulling the peaks. My mother lived in a VW van half the year for decades, and I have a fully functional...
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    New guy here

    Hmm. Sounds like rural Canada. Moving on, what are your interests? I like elegant engineering, making things, and Sociobiology.
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    Post something Weird or Random

    I can't imagine a rubber so slick it would make a car less nimble than a large truck. The bump absorption is up to the air pressure first, with minor influence from the carcass and even less from the rubber. In any event, my problem is with the unavailability of a radial-belted carcass with...
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    Latest Bricolage...!

    I have a very small car that I had to overhaul myself, with a bed and kitchen I made from leftover boatbuilding supplies. Last week, I was improving the plumbing setup and made a custom elbow at a 70 deg angle, with a plastic barb on one end, and the aluminum tube from a dead flashlight on the...
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    Post something Weird or Random

    Those solar cars have special Michelin tires that they refuse to sell to the general public, but which are just what an efficient commuter car needs. Nothing else comes close. In one of the early races, GM finished with a huge lead, mainly because of their strategy of running down their...
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    Does anyone here believe we are in the biblical end times?

    Yeah, I know a Seventh-Day Adventist who reads in the Bible that God put two lights in the sky. From this, he reasons that the moon can't be a reflector of sunlight, and therefore the Earth is flat. He is actually very smart subconsciously. He ignores all the ways I suggest to easily check if...
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    Autism and Abrahamic Faith(s)

    I just offered my opinion, without considering reactions.
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    Autism and Abrahamic Faith(s)

    I think Abraham was basically crazy, but he demonstrated that anyone can get an answer from God if they somehow happen to focus on a sincere prayer.
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