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@jacob – I agree perception will often be a factor in evaluating usefulness. However, I believe growing up in an environment with people preoccupied with social status has introduced bias into my thinking which has led me to place too much emphasis on social perception. I feel it's better to discoun...

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Acid-free paper is the only easily available information storage medium known to last centuries.

I'd evaluate whether what you're studying is useful to you, rather than concerning yourself with how other people perceive it.

http://earlyretirementextreme.com/never-doing-things-for-their-own-sake.html From a practical perspective, how can a young person with few social connections use this idea to their advantage? How to find problems that meet the criteria of being external to myself, solvable in a reasonable timeframe ...

Python has minimal syntax and numerous libraries available, which makes it easy to get started with.
C forces you to learn how your hardware works, which is useful knowledge to have.
Haskell is fun if you're into pure maths.

Chad wrote: So, we could make a dial-up network?

ADSL works over copper telephone lines.

I tried the waybread recipe, with water it turned out dense but not doughy, so I'd definitely call it a success. Made with sunflower oil it had a disgustingly fatty, almost rancid taste and didn't stay together at all.

If I was in your situation, I would be most likely to choose Mathematics, Physics, or Chemistry. The Biochemistry/Biophysics, Computer Science, and Neuroscience majors would also be worth looking into. Any mathematics or physical science degree ought to teach you some broadly applicable skills. I wo...

I am surprised the wiki page does not mention oats at all. I can get them for £0.75/kg, the protein they contain is high quality, and porridge is extremely quick to make with a microwave oven and a source of water.

@billc -- With fees of £9,000 a year nationwide for full-time students it is impractical to earn enough money to graduate without any debt, without having enough skills and connections already to make going to university redundant. One option for avoiding debt would be to study part time and/or thro...

@Dragline -- If I get fed up with my major, which I fear I might, I could finish my degree at my college's business school. This would likely affect my employability in areas outside of management, however. @jacob -- Aye, I recognise the value of generally applicable skills. My biggest fear about th...

Labs are time-consuming for the number of credits you receive, so try to partner with people you work well with and divvy-up the work while keeping the socialization to a minimum. Try to minimize the number of lab classes you take so you can concentrate on the classes that add credits. Yes, you may...

I've recently arrived at university and have been wondering how to best optimise my time spent. What skills would be most useful to focus on aside from the major (a rather intensive chemistry course)? I'm interested to hear the experiences of anyone on this forum who has spent time in higher educati...

In answer to question 1, the English term for this type of beer is "small beer".

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

<t>I agree. I posted this because of the article evokes ideas touched upon in the blog. It's easy reading from the mainstream media, so of course it's going to focus on stories of individual humans, but I still felt it might be interesting to some here. I recall occasional talk of whether ERE is goi...

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Thanks for the suggestions. I think I always make the mistake of thinking far too deeply. And have a persistent failure to form good habits.

How does one escape from a cycle of total lack of interest or engagement with anything?
Much of the time, I feel like a ghost.

<t>While the most common 2000 words might make up 95% of all texts, the other 5% are the words which are most important to understanding what the hell the text is about.<br/> For example, in the sentence "It is likely that prostitution causes chlamydia", "prostitution" and "chlamydia" are very impor...