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Microsoft didn't document something ...and you're surprised at this? 
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Yes and no. They've generally done a fair to good job of specing out .NET and C#. Enough that this really frustrated me.
When I was growin' up, I was the smartest kid I knew. Maybe that was just because I didn't know that many kids. All I know is now I feel the opposite.
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So a friend asked me out to watch some local bands last night.
Sure, I'll go.
Didn't feel like going because it required me to leave the house, but I already said yes so let's get it over with.
When we're there, this girl walks up to my friend and apparently they knew each other.
So my friend asks her "how did it go?" (apparently, she just played on stage).
"I was so nervous. I like a bit of attention, but not like this. I'm never doing this again."
So I thought I'd try to be social and chime in, "try a beta blocker next time, it's a small pill and all your nerves will be gone."
I know because I use them when I have to do presentations.
Apparently, they're popular among students taking exams as well.
She looks me dead in the eye and says "I'd rather sniff something, but I've been clean for one and a half month now so I'm not taking anything."
Not the answer I was expecting.
Next time I'll just stand there and say nothing like I usually do 
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You need a reason not to talk to people? I don't. 
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Usually, no 
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In the music scene, you didn't expect singers to be snorting? 
Such a sheltered life you have led!
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I never said she was a singer 
I live on an island with the nickname "the white island" (and not because its inhabitants are mainly white), but I've never known anyone who was on (hard) drugs. I think... 
We have a lot of farmers who have sheds in the middle of nowhere, great for drug labs.
The musicians are all hobbyists, so they can't live the drugs, sex and rock n roll lifestyle in weekends and be at work/in school on Monday
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Sander Rossel wrote: The musicians are all hobbyists, so they can't live the drugs, sex and rock n roll lifestyle in weekends and be at work/in school on Monday
You would be surprised what can be done during the weekend and still be in the school on monday
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Yeah, but as you get older the possibilities become limited
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I wouldn't say that... possibilities don't get limited.
But getting up on the next day gets worst, that's for sure... 
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Quote: But getting up on the next day gets worst, that's for sure
But when you reach my age, you jump out of bed just to see the sun rise one more time! 
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If I had a party now as the ones I had 15 years ago... I would not jump out of the bed, I would be more than happy if I could crawl or roll out of it
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I don't even need to party for that... I am NOT a morning person...
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This
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Sander Rossel wrote: sheds in the middle of nowhere
In the Netherlands?
Didn't know you had such a thing.
Well, I suppose it's relative. 
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Well, "middle of nowhere" here means a five minute drive in each direction before you reach the next settlement...
But yeah, we must built more houses and move designated nature areas.
Because god forbid we have a square meter that's not house or asphalt.
I don't like vacations in the Netherlands, because no matter where you go you're never far from a busy road.
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I would recommend a week of "The middle of nowhere".
Everyone should experience the sky without light pollution at least once in their lives.
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Jörgen Andersson wrote: I would recommend a week of "The middle of nowhere".
Everyone should experience the sky without light pollution at least once in their lives.
I second that.
But I would not stay longer than 10 days 
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Second that as well.
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I tried that (a safari in South Africa). The sky was cloudy. 
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
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I've been in a (luxury) tent camp on a big rock in Kenya once.
Even though we were on top of this huge rock and we could see the horizon on all sides, we did not see a single house, car, human or even artificial light.
At night you could see ALL the stars.
I live in a rural village and I can see some stars, but that there was magical.
We've only been there two nights, which was enough as the nights got cold without heating
Of course the other lodges we've been to we're pretty out in the nowhere as well, but none had such a stunning view.
It makes me a little sad to know that's not possible in the Netherlands.
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I was out camping once lying in my sleeping bag and looking up at the amazing show of thousands of stars I could clearly see with the naked eye. I pondered this wonderful view for a while and then thought to myself, "Who the heck has stolen my tent!"
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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Rather than blowing away the nerves with some chemicals I would suggest do expose you again and again and again to an audience. It is something one can train like other stuff
And believe me I was sometimes nearly out of order because of the nerves, but doing it again and again helped me to become familiar with the situation.
It does not solve my Problem, but it answers my question
modified 19-Jan-21 21:04pm.
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Yeah, but no.
When I have to say my name in a group my heartbeat goes to at least 200 bpm.
When I have to tell a bit about myself I forget who I am and what I do.
When I have a presentation about Azure or whatever I do not only forget who I am, but everything I ever knew.
I also start to stutter and sound like a sheep, if I say anything at all.
At school, during a co-presentation, I once hit my knee against a desk because I was shaking so hard I couldn't control my body.
It hurt like hell, and I wasn't even the one doing the talking at the time
It's not just nerves, it's a total shutdown of my brain and a complete meltdown of the rest of my body.
It's hard to talk when your heart is beating like crazy and you forget to breathe
When I have a beta blocker, I talk, make jokes, people listen and I get compliments afterwards.
You can't really practice when people expect you to perform and give a hell of a presentation
It's stupid, I know, but that's just how my body reacts to an audience
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