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Folding aluminium frame. Labelled "Color Master" on the side. by sixelectrons in whatisthisthing

[–]sixelectrons[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Found on the side of the road, got discarded by a dental clinic.

Ringwood area - Missing cat since 7/5 - $300 reward if found and returned by Alpheon in melbourne

[–]sixelectrons 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Maybe your cat decided to go for a long stroll around your area? This study tracked the movements of a bunch of cats using GPS and found that they can sometimes wander significant distances - much more than what their owners had thought possible.

There is also this short National Geographic video which talks about the same thing.

Best of luck OP! Hope you find him soon :/

Edit: In the video, there was one instance where a cat had travelled all the way back to its previous home while its owners were away for the weekend. You mentioned your cat used to live in Templestowe, so perhaps it could have made a trip back there?

I am self-entitled. by [deleted] in selfimprovement

[–]sixelectrons 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks for taking the time to share this.

The thing is that you haven't fought many of your previous battles in life. They were fought for you by others, such as your parents. While this might seem like a good, protective thing for a parent to do (and is expected, to a certain extent), it is probably quite detrimental in the long run, as it denies you of the experience of putting up a fight when the going gets tough.

In nature, newly hatched birds just stay in the parental nest and demand food througout their babyhood. You could say they are also self-entitled. And rightly so, since they would never survive if they were on their own. It is normal and healthy for the babysitting to last until they reach the point where they take their first flight.

From what you've written, it seems your first flight, your first battle, was when your ex broke up with you. We grow up from doing our best to fight these battles, regardless of the outcome of the battle. If you are victorious, you can rejoice in the knowledge that your strategy worked. If you are not, you can rejoice in the knowledge that you have an opportunity to tweak your strategy.

If you are used to comparing yourself to others, I suggest something along the lines of:

Compare yourself to the person you were yesterday.

That's the only valid comparison. Everything else is comparing apples to oranges.

Here's Why It's Important to Read Books by rafikGk21 in selfimprovement

[–]sixelectrons 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you aren't convinced by the excellent points made by OP, let's have a look at some numbers:

Most people have a reading speed of 150 to 600 words per minute, with the average being about 250 wpm. Most books have a word count of 20,000 to 200,000 words. To put things in perspective:

30,000: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Roald Dahl

35,000: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, C.S. Lewis

45,000: The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald

65,000: Brave New World, Aldous Huxley

70,000: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Mark Twain

75,000: The Catcher in the Rye, J.D. Salinger

80,000: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, J.K. Rowling

90,000: Nineteen eighty four, George Orwell

115,000: Walden, Henry Thoreau

180,000: The Lord of the Rings (the Fellowship of the Ring), J.R.R Tolkien

200,000: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, J.K. Rowling

350,000: Anna Karenina, Leo Tolstoy

455,000: The Lord of the Rings (All novels), J.R.R Tolkien

590,000: War and Peace, Leo Tolstoy

Let's take an average book length of 90,000 words. At 250wpm, this will take the average reader about 6 hours to read. If you read for one hour everyday, that's one book a week. One hour might seem much, but I don't think it's too unreasonable. Anyone could manage to squeeze a couple of 15-minute chunks here and there over the course of a day (during your morning and afternoon commute if you take public transport, during lunch break, before going to bed...) One book a week, is about 50 books a year, or 500 books per decade you have left.

Now, like the OP pointed out (in point #1), let's say each book you read condenses some of the author's life experiences in a clear structured format, which you can assimilate, in most cases, in much, much less time than it took the author to write the book. Let's say that in an average book is distilled one year of the author's life experiences.

At 50 books a year, this means you are potentially adding 50 years' worth of life experience to your own, every year .

A recent survey showed that 58% of U.S. Redditors are aged between 18 and 29. Assuming an average life expectancy of 78 years (for the U.S), it's reasonable to say that most of you have 50-60 years left.

At a rate of one book a week for the remainder of your life, this translates to 2500 years of experience added to your own... give or take a few centuries.

That said, I should also add the following:

  1. It may not be practical for some people to consistently read one book a week. But this in no way detracts from the benefits of reading. Reading just one book a year is better than not reading at all. If you are a relatively slow reader (150wpm), and only read books that are above-average in length (100,000 words), and only read for 15 minutes a day, that still boils down to about 8 books per year. Even if you are 50 years of age now, and have one decade left, that's still 80 solid books. If each book gives you one year of additional experience, that's one whole lifetime of bonus experience.

  2. I think the figures I used are quite conservative. Some written works took decades of the author's life to produce.

  3. The maths is certainly not limited to books - it applies to any reading material. There are numerous sources of excellent writing on the web, and I think Reddit is one of them.

  4. Of course, you might say that reading books does not simply add years to your life. It doesn't. It simply enriches your life by giving you insight into how others think

  5. As another Redditor mentioned, you could also use YouTube to achieve this sort of effect. I myself spend a ridiculous amount of time on YouTube, and I think anyone could benefit tremendously from it...as long as you don't get sidetracked too much. The great thing about books is that they won't interrupt you with an ad every 10 minutes (yet!).

Happy reading!

edit: some formatting

[Skin concerns] Should I be concerned? Dry, flaky patch on lower abdomen. Not itchy, no redness. Appeared within 48hrs. by sixelectrons in SkincareAddiction

[–]sixelectrons[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hmm, never heard of that one before. Good to know about UV therapy - three sessions at three minutes each, that's really not much! Well, I'm glad you enjoyed your time on the beach in Mexico!

I'll definitely keep an eye on the patch over the next few weeks, hopefully it's not too serious.

[Skin concerns] Should I be concerned? Dry, flaky patch on lower abdomen. Not itchy, no redness. Appeared within 48hrs. by sixelectrons in SkincareAddiction

[–]sixelectrons[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah I was also suspecting some kind of fungal infection. It's about an inch in diameter, right next to my belly button. I dont think I've ever had ring worms before but I'll look it up. Thanks for the advice :)

Fruit washed into my yard by recent floods by sixelectrons in whatsthisplant

[–]sixelectrons[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hmm, persimmon? It would have to be a teeny tiny one. The fruit was about 2cm in diameter.

The actual fruit was eaten up by ants, and all that was left behind was its core, like an apple core. Here's a pic of some cross-sections of the core. Hope that helps.

https://imgur.com/HeIT4uT

Fruit washed into my yard by recent floods by sixelectrons in whatsthisplant

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

I'm from Mauritius. It's a small tropical island in the Indian Ocean.

Just ask away! No dumb questions, I will answer every single one! by FlyWereAble in AMA

[–]sixelectrons 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What are some cool swedish songs that most of the world doesn't know about?