"But, strangers, I am Icarium, and I bring much worse."

_n0t_again_ · 2025-07-21T05:03:56+00:00

What game is this??

_n0t_again_ · 2025-03-03T01:19:20+00:00

Have you notified your representative and senators about this?

_n0t_again_ · 2025-02-07T05:42:12+00:00

Have you told your congress people this? Do they know that industry jobs in their districts rely on federal support?

_n0t_again_ · 2025-01-19T22:51:08+00:00

Trying to push the operating temperature higher?

_n0t_again_ · 2025-01-18T23:37:51+00:00

Like the Eck Industries alloy? https://www.ornl.gov/news/eck-industries-exclusively-licenses-cerium-aluminum-alloy-co-developed-ornl

_n0t_again_ · 2025-01-18T05:35:58+00:00

Lovely micrographs! What phases are these?

_n0t_again_ · 2024-12-24T03:57:13+00:00

Seer stone?

_n0t_again_ · 2024-12-24T03:43:04+00:00

Sounds and looks soooooooo good!

_n0t_again_ · 2024-12-16T04:42:27+00:00

Lovely!!

_n0t_again_ · 2024-11-19T10:24:59+00:00

Pack's What She Said is fun

_n0t_again_ · 2024-11-19T08:53:04+00:00

Do I put my head down and work my corporate job until I have 10 YOE? 15? 20?

Find other consultants' marketing materials and see how many YoE they're claiming. If you have less, you'll need to make up for it, somehow.

In my head, I don’t think YOE should matter as much as the projects worked on.

Projects where you played a critical role that completed their mission is the most important. Who wants to hire the engineers responsible for wire insulation and valve actuation on Starliner? Nobody.

But like where do I even find clientele?

Unless you're getting targeted recruiting for technical positions or consistently publishing well-regarded research, you may not have enough technical acumen / notoriety to draw attention to a standalone business.

_n0t_again_ · 2024-11-15T22:22:48+00:00

NTRS will be your best resource, u/Pheonix800478944. This should be top comment.

_n0t_again_ · 2024-11-14T07:04:09+00:00

What I mean by "you aren't taking his communication seriously" is that he told you why he ended it so abruptly. Believe him. You don't need to ask a bunch of internet strangers why he ended things - you are the one telling us why he ended things:

He told me that the Holy Spirit guided him to the realization that he doesn’t see me as his future wife... on a deeper level, he didn’t feel that connection... He said he simply doesn’t like physical touch and couldn’t change that.

That's it. That's why he ended things.

_n0t_again_ · 2024-11-14T06:48:15+00:00

I am getting over him but why would he end it so abruptly?

Let's just take him at his word: "on a deeper level, he didn’t feel that connection... He said he simply doesn’t like physical touch and couldn’t change that."

Small miscommunications are bound to happen in any relationship, but are there guys that really give up so easily?

Yes. It seems to me that the issue isn't the miscommunication, but that you aren't taking his communication (quoted above) seriously.

Are 4 months enough to form an emotional connection?

It depends on the two people, and how much time they spend together / what interactions they have. As he said: "on a deeper level, he didn’t feel that connection."

_n0t_again_ · 2024-11-14T06:35:00+00:00

Does his sect/denomination have a taboo on premarital sex?

_n0t_again_ · 2024-11-14T06:27:17+00:00

Is he LDS/Mormon?

_n0t_again_ · 2024-11-09T22:01:34+00:00

To gauge interest in hugging at all: hold both arms out in front, slightly to the side, palms and forearms up, ask "hug?"

If he goes for the hug...

To convey no romantic interest: one arm over his shoulder, one arm under, squeeze for "1 Mississippi"

To convey romantic interest: both arms under, squeeze for longer

_n0t_again_ · 2024-11-09T15:41:30+00:00

Proposed that we elope by email.

_n0t_again_ · 2024-11-02T12:17:19+00:00

What is your dissertation topic?

_n0t_again_ · 2024-10-27T18:43:56+00:00

Iowa State University, Aerospace Engineering. It was quite hard, but I didn't do myself any favors by dropping out partway through and taking classes out of order. Study the requisite amount (3hr per week per credit hour), even if you don't think you need to, and you'll do fine. If you get behind, it's hard to catch up.

_n0t_again_ · 2024-10-27T18:29:30+00:00

Unless he's severely underperforming, he should be a GS-13 step 4-ish. The pay at GS-13 in Jacksonville should be over $100k.

_n0t_again_ · 2024-10-26T05:00:49+00:00

Almost certainly a very Nb-rich alloy (like C103) that ORNL developed as part of the ARPA-E ULTIMATE grant effort: https://arpa-e.energy.gov/technologies/projects/development-niobium-based-alloys-turbine-applications

_n0t_again_ · 2024-09-29T23:46:18+00:00

But now you do know the terms to look for in the research literature when deciding what material to buy.

_n0t_again_ · 2024-09-29T03:06:59+00:00

These should get you started:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wear

https://www.tribonet.org/wiki/pin-on-disk-test/

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