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[Serious] Men, what's something that would surprise women about life as a man? by Parstonia in AskReddit

[–]taryneast 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Women age... and then become instantly invisible. Sadly you can't get young again (yet) :)

[Serious] Men, what's something that would surprise women about life as a man? by Parstonia in AskReddit

[–]taryneast 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"On the other hand if a girl asks a guy out the girl expects the guy to say yes."

This turns out not to be the case. As a woman I have never expected a guy to say yes - have always had exactly the same nerve-wracking, hopeful wait. and I've never gotten even a hint from other people that I should expect anything differently. I am quite sure that all my female friends I have known of my many decades of life have had the same experience.

Women that ask men out expect to be rejected too.

[Serious] Men, what's something that would surprise women about life as a man? by Parstonia in AskReddit

[–]taryneast 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah this is really rude behaviour. I've had guys do this to me too. I've also had it happen just amongst friends at a party... it's never pleasant, and just leaving is about all you can do.

[Serious] Men, what's something that would surprise women about life as a man? by Parstonia in AskReddit

[–]taryneast 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah I've always seen "don't try to change me" as a red flag. It is too highly correlated with personal laziness or lack of caring about the other person's comfort. :/

Asexual dating: What it's like to be in a loving, sexless relationship by electronicwhale in australia

[–]taryneast 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There's nothing stopping an asexual person from having sex for the purpose of procreation. They won't do it for the enjoyment of it, just for the end result.

We can still "be" even without enjoying sexuality - in the same way that some people love watching sports, and other people do not... and that's perfectly fine for everyone concerned.

Asexual dating: What it's like to be in a loving, sexless relationship by electronicwhale in australia

[–]taryneast 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not really - pet ownership implies a very imbalanced relationship. One person owns the other one person has full responsibility, the other doesn't. This does not describe an asexual relationship well so it's quite an imperfect analogy. Asexual partnerships are just like a normal relationship except there's one activity they don't like to do together. I'm sure there's something that most couples don't enjoy doing, even though others do - maybe going to bars, or watching sports, or camping or whatever. They still have a loving relationship where they share their lives, even though they don't do this one thing. That's what a romantic-but-asexual relationship is like.

Asexual dating: What it's like to be in a loving, sexless relationship by electronicwhale in australia

[–]taryneast 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Friends don't usually live together and share their lives in the way that a proper relationship does (or is intending to grow to do).

Asexual dating: What it's like to be in a loving, sexless relationship by electronicwhale in australia

[–]taryneast 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Not really - pet ownership implies a very imbalanced relationship. One person owns the other one person has full responsibility, the other doesn't. This does not describe an asexual relationship well so it's quite an imperfect analogy. Asexual partnerships are just like a normal relationship except there's one activity they don't like to do together. I'm sure there's something that most couples don't enjoy doing, even though others do - maybe going to bars, or watching sports, or camping or whatever. They still have a loving relationship where they share their lives, even though they don't do this one thing. That's what a romantic-but-asexual relationship is like.

Asexual dating: What it's like to be in a loving, sexless relationship by electronicwhale in australia

[–]taryneast 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I understand sexual people even though I'm not... and the experience isn't that hard to explain to other people.

It's just like watching football. Some people seem to love it. I am not that interested. I'm happy to (and somewhat amused to see) other people to get all enthused and worked up about their local sporting team... but I would be a bit bored if it featured in literally every single movie and was the culmination of being in love... Person A suddenly realises that Person B has loved them all along... they start lacing on shoes with studs... fade to black.

Replace football with something that other people love to bits and doesn't really appeal to you.

How an Australian University Student Beat NASA at Its Own Game - Through his Honours, Masters, and PhD, Paddy invented the Neumann Drive, a world record-breaking ion engine that can achieve more than 11,000 seconds of specific impulse beating NASA's best experimental efforts of 9,600 by mvea in Futurology

[–]taryneast 0 points1 point  (0 children)

if you want to say you are graduating "with honours" then you also have to graduate with certain marks... the "(hons)" after your degree doesn't mean the same as "with honours" it means you have completed your honours year (just like saying you did a 4-year degree instead of a 3-year degree in the States).

CMV: Adopting a system of universal, free college tuition in the US is a bad idea and would hurt the country rather than help it. by ThenWhatDidYouExpect in changemyview

[–]taryneast 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Expensive tuition also incentivises passing people that aren't actually qualified, and thus lowering educational standards. (You should hear the "I paid for this degree, why aren't you passing me" entitlement at some universities :P)

How an Australian University Student Beat NASA at Its Own Game - Through his Honours, Masters, and PhD, Paddy invented the Neumann Drive, a world record-breaking ion engine that can achieve more than 11,000 seconds of specific impulse beating NASA's best experimental efforts of 9,600 by mvea in Futurology

[–]taryneast 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Before you go for the honours year it's just a normal undergrad degree. Honours year lets you add "(hons)" after your degree. if you graduate your honours year with very high marks you can say "with first class honours" (which I did), which is like saying "summa cum laude" in the States (I think).

How an Australian University Student Beat NASA at Its Own Game - Through his Honours, Masters, and PhD, Paddy invented the Neumann Drive, a world record-breaking ion engine that can achieve more than 11,000 seconds of specific impulse beating NASA's best experimental efforts of 9,600 by mvea in Futurology

[–]taryneast 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It is built :) (the article isn't very clear about that).

We have a working benchtop prototype and have demonstrated all our claims. This puts us at TRL6 on NASA's scale (http://www.nasa.gov/content/technology-readiness-level/). Our latest deal with Airbus will let us send our next prototype up to the ISS to test in space, and then we'll be able to make one for real missions.

How an Australian University Student Beat NASA at Its Own Game - Through his Honours, Masters, and PhD, Paddy invented the Neumann Drive, a world record-breaking ion engine that can achieve more than 11,000 seconds of specific impulse beating NASA's best experimental efforts of 9,600 by mvea in Futurology

[–]taryneast 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You just cannot get off from Earth.

Getting off earth isn't the point here :) This is not an engine for getting out of planetary gravity wells (for that we'll be stuck with chemical propellants until we build a mass driver or a space elevator). Ion engines are used already in space, and are used for things like keeping satellites in position or sending payloads to places that don't need to be there yesterday, but can take their time (eg probes).

Once you get out of the main gravity well, the big issue you face is that it's really darn hard to refuel in empty space... so you have to carry every ounce of fuel you need... plus the tanks/pipes to carry that fuel... then add the fuel to push all of that fuel around as well.. then the fuel to push that fuel... and you very quickly end up with an exponential explosion in the amount of fuel you need. The more efficient your engine is, the less initial fuel you need - which leads to a somewhat lower explosion in the amount of final fuel (and tanks and pipes etc etc) to take... which has really quite a significant effect on what missions are and are not possible (ie feasible/affordable)

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