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Well ferry vessels have special rights, you should be careful. But every big ship will eventually turn, but they'll always scare you. Especially sailors, they don't like sailors...

Not sure about true data, but i could imagine that cargo vessels are involved in a majority of accidents on sea. They are - fast - like really fast. You cannot outrun them with your sailboat, even with engines. And they won't change course, because they cant. If they turn the rudder, they need to wait for some 2 miles for it to take effect. Suprisingly many sailors don't know that or neglect it.

So next time there is a war, just send dem cargo ships.

I do not understand. What is the point of this?

Fun fact - some ships turn off their AIS while being on seas and they are allowed to do so (non-commercial) which is a pain if you are sailing one handed or in bad weather conditions (fog).

Many argue that "other things are worse". This argument is invalid in my opinion. We're talking about this special case and if people feel like they need to openly show their opinion about it this is okay. Even if the response is big in numbers.

That just shows how much also the small things matter.

If you only care about "the biggest" or "the worst" you'll never get anywhere...

So what does any fallacy tell me then? Especially the fallacy fallacy? If it does invalidate the invalidation of fallacies it is in itself untrue...bz...recursion error..bz stack overflow

Your tolerance seems right to me. I've got a german chrome so menu names might not be correct. Options->Data protection and security

scroll all the way down to "content"->Additional content settings->Sound

Here you can do stuff.

edit: readability

I think you need to distinguish between people complaining about CERN in general and people complaining about funding a new large hadron collider. The use of CERN and other scientific communities is well-known and, I think, widely acknowledged.

Same situation for me. I am single for a long time but recently many friends also break up contact more or less. They are founding families, building houses. I cannot really blame them.

I am alone at home very often, most of the times it is okay, i don't really need someone in these times for talking and such. I'm not the big talker anyways. But there are some moments, especially in the evening, where the loneliness is just crushing. I always try to find a logical reason for this. In these moments i do not really feel the need for talking or meeting someone. It's a kind of fear to miss something because of the lack of friends. I'm for sure it's highly irrational and to this day I didn't find a definitve answer.

Another observation i made is that these feelings are stronger when i'm hungry or thirsty. Sometimes, if i feel lonely i eat (i'm a twig, no worries). It seems to produce forgetti stuff in the body and the worries often go away.

Browsing social media and stuff has the opposite effect. It raises the question "Why are the others having fun and friends and stuff?" Wouldn't recommend that (subjective)

I'm sure there is a chemical explanation for all this, or an evolutionary, but for all ppl that feel like this: get your pizza!

Of course this is all referring to the "negative" type of loneliness. There is another type which we may crave: "I want to go on top of that lonely mountain with nobody around me", "Let's go into the forest where no humans are going onto my nerves". This selective loneliness is a good one and should be looked for from time to time.

Another possibility would be to use soundwaves, x-rays and other energetic wave forms to locate and map stuff under such buildings. I wonder how far the technology is in this area...

You are correct. 6 hours including the breaks.

I am an employee at a large distribution company for IT hard and software. I think there are many factors that play into how long a productive day really is:

Type of work - is your job requiring brainwork all the time or maybe you have some work in-between that just requires execution prime to thinking work?

Environment - how good are you shielded from distractions?

Communication - do you really need to be shielded? Maybe you need a steady communication to proceed with your work. I'm thinking about the guys at stock market e.g.

Type of breaks - This is a big one and up to personal preference to a degree. Are you forced to take a break? Is it a hard force or a soft force (telephone vs. mail). Do you have to respond immediately? A big problem for me e.g. is interruptions when i'm in the middle of it. It takes a fair amount of time to get back into the zone.

If this happens i often like to refer to this article: http://blog.ninlabs.com/2013/01/programmer-interrupted/ It's hard for people to understand why interruptions can be very harmful for work.

So if i say 6 hours, this is the maximum for me to work concentrated on one topic. Interruptions diminish this number, shorten my concentration timespan and often make the day not as productive (subjectively).

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Software developer here. I work about 6 hours concentrated on stuff before i notice a drop in cognitive abilities. That's not counting the short breaks for toilet, getting coffee etc... Then it's roundabout 5-5:20 hours. These breaks normally don't get me off the topic very much as i can continue thinking about what to do next or crunching on a solution.

But after that time I start to mix things up and make mistakes. So I really wish 6 hours were the actual work time... but in reality I have to work 8 hours a day.