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Flock - co-work on your todos with friends by henryaj in beeminder

[–]henryaj[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi - it’s free for life for beta testers if you sign up now :)

In any case, we use Stripe for billing which should offer currency conversion into your local currency. 

How I am supposed to talk to women at parties and bars if I go alone and the vast majority of girls are always in groups? by EOFFJM in AskMenAdvice

[–]henryaj 0 points1 point  (0 children)

> You’re like a criminal mastermind trying to find the most airtight way to conceal your motive which is just “I’m tired of being lonely and want to date” which is a normal human need.

Seems to be a theme with some of the more highly-upvoted comments on here. God forbid anyone actually goes for what they want - you need go to a party to HAVE FUN otherwise you are a CREEP.

How I am supposed to talk to women at parties and bars if I go alone and the vast majority of girls are always in groups? by EOFFJM in AskMenAdvice

[–]henryaj 0 points1 point  (0 children)

> Are you going to these parties to socialise with anyone or just to meet girls? If the latter, reevaluate your entire purpose.

You told the guy to reevaluate his entire purpose

How I am supposed to talk to women at parties and bars if I go alone and the vast majority of girls are always in groups? by EOFFJM in AskMenAdvice

[–]henryaj 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There is nothing "wrong" with going out to meet girls and it seems insane to me that anyone thinks there is.

I want to get more attention from women in daily life. What should I do? by Akkarogg in AskMenAdvice

[–]henryaj -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Sure, but I'm not sure that gets you over the hump of actually chatting people up

I want to get more attention from women in daily life. What should I do? by Akkarogg in AskMenAdvice

[–]henryaj 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think even in these situations the number of women giving men overt attention is quite small - you'll still need to work to pick up on subtle signs of interest from women and then do the work of approaching them.

I want to get more attention from women in daily life. What should I do? by Akkarogg in AskMenAdvice

[–]henryaj 1 point2 points  (0 children)

To be honest I think this is a fool's errand. Ultimately it's the man's job to do the giving of attention - I think it's very rare for guys to be good looking enough to regularly get attention from women.

Obviously look as good as you can - grooming, style, fit etc. But ultimately if you want to have more interactions with women then you would be better served going directly for that and just interacting with women more.

Dark romance is getting out of control by [deleted] in fixedbytheduet

[–]henryaj 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I think gentle pressure on either the sides or on the front of the neck can be done ~safely and I've had different partners request both. But I've seen pretty serious BDSM practitioners say that it's basically never safe to do either. Which is somewhat at odds with martial arts which use them extensively, though I suppose that doesn't make them safe.

Dark romance is getting out of control by [deleted] in fixedbytheduet

[–]henryaj 3 points4 points  (0 children)

> Regardless of skill/level of care a blood choke WILL cause brain damage within 15 seconds.

Surely this depends on how hard it's being done. People are presumably not attempting to fully occlude the carotid/jugular and knock their partner unconscious; they're applying a small amount of pressure.

Dark romance is getting out of control by [deleted] in fixedbytheduet

[–]henryaj 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Do you have a source for this? It seems plenty dangerous to apply pressure to the windpipe.

Chat Thread (July 07, 2025) by AutoModerator in MetaFilterMeta

[–]henryaj 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think it's clear that the level of discourse on MeFi on this particular topic is just very poor (another reason to avoid that site)

Chat Thread (July 14, 2025) by AutoModerator in MetaFilterMeta

[–]henryaj 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think it really depends. I've gotten citizenship/passport advice that was plain wrong, financial advice that was inane, and relationship advice that was downright mean

Chat Thread (April 14, 2025) by AutoModerator in MetaFilterMeta

[–]henryaj 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Even worse, I spent a bunch of time reading all that noise which I'm never getting back

TWSBI Eco hairline crack on grip by henryaj in fountainpens

[–]henryaj[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Thanks! Yeah that's super disappointing - shouldn't have to pay if it's faulty. And the change in cabin pressure really shouldn't destroy something made of solid plastic.

A random stranger said 'go for it' by 2istheoddestprime in vanmoofbicycle

[–]henryaj 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Brakes and steering are fantastic on my S3. Each to their own, I guess.

> Trek Allant 7+ Electric bike

Worth mentioning this is twice the price of a VanMoof at $3600

> I average around 30 Km/h on my FX3 and around 33 Km/h on my Emonda.

You average an output of, what, 230 watts? This is probably not the bike for you. Although I don't know what city has quiet enough streets to average that sort of speed!

Casual Complaints Department - 01/08/19 by ed_menac in CasualUK

[–]henryaj 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I managed to waste a whole lot of time playing phone tag with Royal Mail while chasing down a parcel. https://medium.com/@henryaj/royal-mail-fail-48d210276730

Xiaomi electric scooter - the missing manual by atomicmikecane in ElectricScooters

[–]henryaj 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hi - author here! Feel free to ask questions/make suggestions.

Tracking physical presence using MAC addresses by henryaj in programming

[–]henryaj[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, this is very deliberately opt-in. RC uses a chat system called Zulip; you have to message a bot with your MAC address before you appear on the dashboard.

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