Activity from chairface

It's called "poison". You can read about MAOI's on wikipedia of course, but here's my layman's understanding: Your liver does this thing call MonoAmine Oxidation, which deactivates poisons. These are poisons we don't call poisons because… [more]
favorited 1 time, recently by argonauta
Ask MeFi comment - Over two years ago

Oh one more thing. Nitrous is not renowned for spiritual insight. Better materials for that would be LSD, mescaline (peyote), mushrooms (Psilocybin), MDMA, and ayahuasca (DMT+MAOI). There are others but those would be the ones to investigate if you… [more]
favorited 1 time, recently by argonauta
Ask MeFi comment - Over two years ago

It's very common. It's happened to me. And it's usually an illusion. William James describes a man who got the experience from laughing-gas; whenever he was under its influence, he knew the secret of the universe, but when he came to, he had… [more]
favorited 1 time, recently by argonauta
Ask MeFi comment - Over two years ago

There's a cabin in the woods in Northern California called the Mystery Spot that purports to have some strange phenomena like people lifting themselves up easier and heights looking similar but it's actually because the cabin is on this crazy… [more]
favorited 4 times, recently by scruffy-looking nerfherder, The Card Cheat, yeahlikethat, shapes that haunt the dusk
MeFi comment - Over five years ago

Metafilter: ENTIRE BRAIN SOLVED [more]
favorited 5 times, recently by Faintdreams, bicyclefish, frijole, chapps, en forme de poire
MeFi comment - Over five years ago

Without actually watching the entire documentary I find it really really hard to believe that two dozen doctors turned this, eh, guy, down simply because they didn't want to ruin their reputations. Without reading all of your comment, I… [more]
favorited 4 times, recently by spinifex23
MeFi comment - Over five years ago

carsonb may have the worst advice I've ever seen. There is a point at which basic communication is ok but this creep has assaulted you. Getting to know him is just a terrible idea and could lead to worse things. Call the cops for crying out loud… [more]
favorited 10 times, recently by Rev. Syung Myung Me
Ask MeFi comment - Over five years ago

Hijacking this thread to talk about house centipedes would give those men just the attention they deserve. [more]
favorited 2 times, recently by lesbiassparrow, dominik
MeFi comment - Over five years ago

The story of how this movie was made would make a movie I would see. I love a good con. [more]
favorited 2 times, recently by morganw
MeFi comment - Over five years ago

The voices, make them stop!
favorited 5 times, recently by invisible ink, Neneh
Ask MeFi post - Over five years ago

I don't have an opinion, but eating an unwashed grape that other people have probably already handled is kinda gross and unsafe. So if you're not risking your mortal soul, you're at least risking food poisoning. Food poisoning THAT COULD KILL YOU!… [more]
favorited 2 times, recently by Beti
Ask MeFi comment - Over five years ago

One of the sponsors is SCOTTEVEST. I have several of their workout shirts, which are great if overpriced. I also have one of ther tech jackets and it is the most ridiculous and over designed garment I own. It has pockets within pockets within… [more]
favorited 1 time, recently by Katjusa Roquette
MeFi comment - Over five years ago

If you can tolerate zany, Improvised Star Trek is long (very long) form improv. The characters are consistent though there isn't any long narrative to keep you happy. It's been over for years but the Failed Cities Monologues was pretty damn… [more]
favorited 2 times, recently by ursus_comiter, bayleaf
Ask MeFi comment - Over five years ago

We covered this one before in an AskMe, I believe. Here is what I distilled out of that to make my ginger tea. Buy raw ginger, brush it clean, then freeze it, at least 24 hours. Ideally, just keep your ginger in there all the time. When you're… [more]
favorited 2 times, recently by raisindebt
Ask MeFi comment - Over five years ago

No, because the air would have to cool below the dew point. I think. We never used AC to defrost back in the old days, just heat & lots of volume. Crank up the heat full blast on the defrost setting and open the windows so you don't melt yourself… [more]
favorited 1 time, recently by dlwr300
Ask MeFi comment - Over five years ago

I have given up on the site. I think I received about two unsolicited messages in about 6 months. Most of my quiver matches tended to be the same women over and over. For you, that's good news. Just ignore all incoming messages and send messages… [more]
favorited 3 times, recently by deathpanels, gubo, homodachi
Ask MeFi comment - Over five years ago

I always feel compelled to point out to soy-paranoids that most of Asia has been eating soy for nearly 3000 years yet Asia is not famous for its moobs. So just relax already. [more]
favorited 8 times, recently by Drinky Die, slightlybewildered, sarahw, pravit, treehorn+bunny, BinaryApe, blnkfrnk, sadtomato
Ask MeFi comment - Over five years ago

From the wikipedia page on Thorium: It is estimated to be about three to four times more abundant than uranium in the Earth's crust. So there's a lot of thorium. Well, more than there is uranium. Nuclear power is like democracy. It's a the… [more]
favorited 1 time, recently by melorama
Ask MeFi comment - Over five years ago

I noticed you said you're a libertarian. I know several of them. They have great grasp of how economics should work rather than how it actually works. Please go see a financial advisor and don't listen to your libertarian friends. [more]
favorited 9 times, recently by peacheater, jouir, L. Ron McKenzie, jcworth, lokta, Gmbee, PCup, cranberry_nut, Good Brain
Ask MeFi comment - Over five years ago

The health and welfare of your current employees comes first. I know working with a former bully would make me uncomfortable no matter how apologetic they were. Don't waste your time or the bully's time doing any interviews if you have other… [more]
favorited 17 times, recently by threeants
Ask MeFi comment - Over five years ago

In the circles I travel, the phrase "ninja/rockstar" is viewed with derision. It's the kind of clueless pablum a non-technical person would spew. If I was asked that question I'd have a very hard time not laughing in the interviewer's face… [more]
favorited 11 times, recently by shadowy_world, tel3path, purplecrackers, cdward, treasuretroveoftrollsandlust, spinifex23, fiercekitten, oceanjesse, nevan, Currer Belfry, straw
Ask MeFi comment - Over five years ago

Make sure he does not have administrator status. He should be a regular joe user. Keep admin rights for yourself. Install adblock (or equivalent) on all browsers. He won't click on ads if they don't show up. [more]
favorited 2 times, recently by Oli D.
Ask MeFi comment - Over five years ago

I like Liquid Silk (scroll down a bit). It's water based, easy to clean up, and doesn't get sticky when it tries. It isn't the cheapest stuff though. If I were you, I'd buy a bunch and take the opportunity itself as a chance to figure out which ones… [more]
favorited 1 time, recently by lizzicide
Ask MeFi comment - Over five years ago

There are phlebotomy fetishist out there and I saw a presentation by one who also liked to drink blood. She was quite clear that drinking more than a small amount is extremely bad (puking, etc, all noted above). Also, it tends to clot once removed… [more]
favorited 2 times, recently by justsomebodythatyouusedtoknow
Ask MeFi comment - Over five years ago

He may be crazy. I'm tellin' ya, most therapists I've worked with were crazier than me. I'm pretty sure they get in the business to help unscrew their own noggins. [more]
favorited 2 times, recently by luciernaga
Ask MeFi comment - Over five years ago

Here's a plan. Don't do it to her veggies at all. Go to the market and buy whatever you like: peppers, squash, coconuts, etc. Put the eyes on those and put the now sighted commercial veggies in the garden. My guess is the adhesive is non-toxic… [more]
favorited 2 times, recently by drunkonthemoon, tilde
Ask MeFi comment - Over five years ago

The Windup Girl is set in a future where sea level rise is reality, genetic engineering disasters have come and gone, and petroleum has all but vanished. So, say 50-100 years from now. It's also fantastic. [more]
favorited 7 times, recently by longdaysjourney, nerdfish, thewalrus, St. Sorryass, jfbeatty, synchronia, Betelgeuse
Ask MeFi comment - Over five years ago

I'm a little baffled. I looked at your bike online and it's hard to imagine a more typical bike. The rims are decent alloy rims with a reasonable number of spokes. The breaks are normal D-brakes. The derailleurs are just plain 7 speed shimano gear… [more]
favorited 1 time, recently by Slap*Happy
Ask MeFi comment - Over five years ago

Also, the only thing bad about this is that there weren't enough female parts in Star Trek for Cheryl or Pam. Let me run this by you: Pam's voice for Scotty. [more]
favorited 5 times, recently by IAmBroom, zippy, kuppajava, MCMikeNamara, arcticseal
MeFi comment - Over five years ago

chrchr: ""decent arguments against the hybrid origins theory are surprisingly hard to find."" For someone to oppose your idea, they have to stop laughing first. [more]
favorited 2 times, recently by Blazecock Pileon, BlueHorse
MeFi comment - Over five years ago

For your original question: Yes, you can boot and install OSX just hunky dory with external volumes. They'll need to be formatted with HFS+ though. You might also want to look into if your machine was recalled. My 27" iMac with 1T drive was… [more]
favorited 2 times, recently by marguerite, emptythought
Ask MeFi comment - Over five years ago

I have a Crucial m4 256G drive as my primary drive on my early 2011 MBP. It runs fine and makes this machine faster for most operations than my desktop iMac. So far the only downside I've found is that updating the firmware while installed on the mac… [more]
favorited 1 time, recently by deliquescent
Ask MeFi comment - Over five years ago

It's hard to advise without a photo but I'd wager you need to remove something else to get clearance. What forms the gap? Is it the tire? The fender? Can you remove those? [more]
favorited 1 time, recently by Slap*Happy
Ask MeFi comment - Over five years ago

I want to issue a tiny warning. If you are depressed I encourage you to seek out a therapist first. Meditation practitioners can be a bit pedantic and might make it feel like your depression isn't lifting because you aren't meditating right/hard… [more]
favorited 1 time, recently by tanuki.gao
Ask MeFi comment - Over five years ago

This entire article fails on his thesis sentence: Here’s the catch: The web also makes it near-impossible to fall into the arms of just one’s fans. Actually, before the internet, it was impossible to "narrowcast". Every… [more]
favorited 1 time, recently by drezdn
MeFi comment - Over five years ago

Wall warts generally don't provide much current (usually less than half an amp) and most aren't 12V. I would suggest a battery booster. These are sealed 12V lead acid batteries (just like a car) for jump starting cars. I would also humbly suggest… [more]
favorited 1 time, recently by Betelgeuse
Ask MeFi comment - Over five years ago

Not terribly close... could obviously be drugs (though I don't think so). If you're not terribly close, why do you think you have enough perspective to know it isn't drug related? I'm not sure you should do much more than talk to the… [more]
favorited 1 time, recently by RainyJay
Ask MeFi comment - Over five years ago

You'd be way better off asking on reddit/r/trees. They know where to get all sorts of glass. [more]
favorited 1 time, recently by jitterbug perfume
Ask MeFi comment - Over five years ago

Knock knock. Who's there? Nine eleven. Nine eleven who? YOU SAID YOU'D NEVER FORGET! [more]
favorited 52 times, recently by Bookhouse, MShades
Ask MeFi comment - Over five years ago

"Unfortunate effect"? Surely you mean "awesome effect"! [more]
favorited 2 times, recently by GenjiandProust, Splunge
MeFi comment - Over five years ago

Apple's DRM was called "FairPlay" so googling for "FairPlay cracking" might prove useful. However the scheme was cracked back around '04 and Apple has dropped DRM so I found most of the links to be dead. Burning to CD and… [more]
favorited 1 time, recently by Tehhund
Ask MeFi comment - Over five years ago

From: arduino71123@uranus.com To: corp@atmel.com Subject: Help! This is not what I expected when I signed up for microcontroller duty. Please find attached my request for reassignment. Thank you, arduino71123 [more]
favorited 1 time, recently by Blazecock Pileon
MeFi comment - Over five years ago

GG park is pretty big and can handle festival crowds without the rest of the city bucking. Also, as a long term bay area resident, I've never heard of Outside Lands so it can't be all that big. [more]
favorited 1 time, recently by 2bucksplus
Ask MeFi comment - Over five years ago

None. I'm not even sure how you think this would eliminate any viruses. There's plenty of benign viruses inside you right now, just hanging out. They'll be there two weeks later. Plenty of viruses are zoonotic. New viruses appear seeming out of… [more]
favorited 1 time, recently by peacheater
Ask MeFi comment - Over five years ago

At a first pass I would gather checksums (probably md5) of everything to spot identical files I could get rid of. $ md5 * | sort > /tmp/md5s Looking in /tmp/md5s will then show clusters of identical files that will have identical checksums… [more]
favorited 1 time, recently by vasi
Ask MeFi comment - Over five years ago

1) The only thing stock in that Trans Am appears to be the rear view mirror. 2) One one of those cars appears to be sponsored by Apple from 1984. [more]
favorited 1 time, recently by zippy
MeFi comment - Over five years ago

Nthing- cordless electric. Though the true secret to getting fast hot water is to only put what you need in the kettle. Electrics are by far the fastest way to get a boil in general. The only good reason to get a stovetop one is if you are desperate… [more]
favorited 1 time, recently by fshgrl
Ask MeFi comment - Over five years ago

I volunteer at a bike repair charity and our first line of attack on rusted bolts is a nice grade of penetrating oil, probably the Blaster on that page. We use WD-40 to clean grease off stuff but that's about it. It's a lousy lubricant. Apply the… [more]
favorited 2 times, recently by bonehead, jbenben
Ask MeFi comment - Over five years ago

Why, yes, I have. I remember my last smoke in my early 20's. I was having palpitations and terrified to move from the couch. It was really unpleasant and steered me away for almost 20 years. I became friends with a group of regular smokers and… [more]
favorited 1 time, recently by nicolin
Ask MeFi comment - Over five years ago

The Straight Dope discussed the caloric content of semen many years ago. If I recall correctly, it's roughly as caloric as egg whites. Whether or not that breaks your fast depends on how uptight your doctor is, not if you spit or swallow. [more]
favorited 1 time, recently by CyborgHag
Ask MeFi comment - Over five years ago

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