10 Killer Hacks to Become Better at Lying

There are 2 benefits of learning how to become a better liar.

First,

Lying is not the exception, it's the rule.

And the people who claim to fight against it are often the best liars among us.

Let's face it. Absolute and unapologetic honesty is reserved for a select few. For the rest, mastering the art of foolproof deception is key.

Then,

The best liars are also the most liar's proof.

When you understand the characteristics of a masterful lie—its dos and don'ts—you become more adept at recognizing deception, even when it is well-executed.

By learning how to lie, you also learn how to uncover them.

1. Choose Your Lies Wisely

The more you lie, the greater the chance people uncover them and all this will end up earning you an untrustful reputation.

Lies are tools. Don't use them as a means of avoiding situations that trigger insecurities like most do. Use them to protect.

2. Don't Give Details

Keep your lie direct and simple.

Offering unsolicited details raises suspicion and creates potential weak points that could be exploited later on.

Provide only the least information necessary and observe. In most cases, no one will bother to dig deeper.

3. Build the Perfect Alibi

Even if they're unlikely to want further explanations, you want to avoid finding yourself in a situation where they do.

If you hesitate, even for a second, it's game over.

So work out a detailed and complete story in your mind before you lie.

4. Root Your Lies in Truth

By inventing elements in your false stories, you risk exposing inconsistencies that are hard to justify without resorting to further lies.

It's a precarious house of cards, ready to crumble.

Always root your lie in real and verifiable truths.

5. Redirect Attention

Lying should be your last resort. But if you can't avoid it, don't let attention linger too long on you.

Tap into people's egoistic nature by transitioning from lying to talking about them.

If done right, they'll be delighted to take the floor.

6. Control Your Body Language

Words deceive, but bodies never do.

When you lie, your body betrays you through fidgeting and grooming habits—clear signs of dishonesty.

Don't try to control these cues; suppress them.

One widely recognized posture is the hands-joined position.

7. Maintain Your Voice Level

The way you speak conveys as much if not more meaning as to what you say.

Pitch, tone, and level are all elements that showcase how confident you are.

Liars often begin with a high-volume voice but gradually lower it towards the end.

8. Keep Your Gaze Check

Contrary to popular belief, liars make more eye contact. This is how they gauge whether or not you believe their lies.

On the flip side, avoiding eye contact screams guilt.

Strike a balance. Maintain steady eye contact, but break it every 2-3 seconds.

9. Crack a Joke

Humor is a good way to hide the truth.

By incorporating jokes into your lie, it becomes difficult to distinguish between reality and jest.

Consider this your safety net. Even if someone uncovers the truth, you can still claim they failed to grasp your humor.

10. Forget the Family Issue Lie

Family issues the the classic lie used to justify all sorts of excuses.

It's a convenient alibi since most people won't dig any deeper out of respect. But that's also too suspicious. Just find something less common.

Premier league fixtures 9 and 10 December, 2023

Here are the Premier League interesting fixtures for the week of December 9, 2023:

Saturday, December 9

•12:30 PM GMT:** Everton vs. Chelsea

•12:30 PM GMT:** Fulham vs. West Ham United

•12:30 PM GMT:** Luton Town vs. Manchester City

•15:00 PM GMT:** Brighton & Hove Albion vs. Brentford

•15:00 PM GMT:** Crystal Palace vs. Bournemouth

•15:00 PM GMT:** Fulham vs. Nottingham Forest

•15:00 PM GMT:** Sheffield United vs. Liverpool

Sunday, December 10

•10:00 AM GMT:** Arsenal vs. Aston Villa

•12:15 PM GMT:** Manchester United vs. Wolverhampton Wanderers

•12:15 PM GMT:** Tottenham Hotspur vs. Newcastle United

Premier league in a week

All the Premier League matches that happened last week:

• On December 2nd, Newcastle United F.C. hosted Manchester United F.C. at St James' Park. The match was a tightly contested affair, with Newcastle United F.C. taking an early lead in the first half. Manchester United F.C. tried to come back in the second half, but Newcastle United F.C. were able to hold on for the win.

• On December 2nd, Nottingham Forest F.C. traveled to City Ground to face Everton F.C.. Everton F.C. were the stronger team throughout the match, and they took the lead in the second half. Nottingham Forest F.C. were unable to find an equalizer, and they suffered a defeat.

• On December 2nd, Burnley F.C. welcomed Sheffield United F.C. to Turf Moor. Burnley F.C. were in dominant form, and they scored five goals in the match. Sheffield United F.C. were unable to get a foothold in the game, and they suffered a heavy defeat.

• On December 2nd, Arsenal F.C. hosted Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. at Emirates Stadium. Arsenal F.C. took an early lead in the match, and they doubled their lead in the second half. Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. pulled a goal back late on, but it was not enough to prevent Arsenal F.C. from winning the match.

• On December 2nd, Brentford F.C. welcomed Luton Town F.C. to Gtech Community Stadium. Brentford F.C. were the more clinical team, and they scored three goals in the match. Luton Town F.C. were able to get one back, but it was not enough to prevent Brentford F.C. from winning the match.

• On December 1st, Fulham F.C. hosted Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. at Craven Cottage. Fulham F.C. were in excellent form, and they took a commanding lead in the match. Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. tried to come back in the second half, but they were unable to find an equalizer.

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Meal with animal protein builds more muscle than meal with plant protein in elderly people

A meal with meat ensures faster muscle building than a vegan meal with the same amount of protein. This is according to the research of Philippe Pinckaers from Maastricht University and Maastricht UMC+'s research institute NUTRIM. Pinckaers was the first to compare muscle production after eating a complete meal with animal or vegetable proteins. The findings were recently published in the scientific journal The Journal of Nutrition.

Our muscles are constantly breaking down and building up: they renew themselves every two to three months. For that muscle building, we need protein from food, for example from animal sources such as meat, cheese and yoghurt, or from plant products such as beans, nuts and soymilk. Previous research on protein powders showed that animal proteins have better muscle-building properties than plant proteins. 'But in reality, we do not get our proteins in powder form, but through complete meals,' says PhD student Philippe Pinckaers. 'Those meals contain different types of protein and other nutrients such as fibers, fats and carbohydrates. These nutrients affect how proteins are released from the diet and influence muscle building'. To investigate how muscles respond after eating a complete meal, Pinckaers asked 16 participants aged over 65 to come to the lab twice for dinner.
 

Dining in the lab

On one of the test days, quinoa with chickpeas, broad beans, soy beans and soy sauce was on the menu, while on the other test day participants were served with a beef tartlet, potatoes, green beans, apple sauce and herb butter. Both meals had similar amounts of protein, fat, carbohydrates and calories. Prior to the meals, participants were administered an infusion of amino acids. Amino acids are the building blocks of proteins, which in turn are essential for muscle building. 'The amino acids administered via the infusion were marked, as it were with a flag,' Pinckaers explains. 'We took small pieces of muscle tissue from the participants and were able to measure the amount of 'flags' in them. If more flags are measured, it means that muscle proteins are built up faster, which is beneficial for muscles. In this way, we found that after eating a meal with animal protein, muscle protein was built up faster than after eating a vegan meal. This means that a vegan meal does not have the same capacity to stimulate muscle growth as a meal that includes animal proteins.' This difference arises partly because plant-based foods are harder to digest, and because they naturally contain fewer essential amino acids.
 

Compensate 

The results do not mean that everyone should eat meat or other animal products, clarifies professor of exercise science and lead researcher Luc van Loon. 'Healthy people can very well compensate for the lower quality of plant proteins by eating more of them.' For elderly or frail patients it is a bit more complicated. 'Elderly people actually need more protein because their muscle production decreases, but they actually eat less.  Also, patients with reduced appetite or who do not exercise much, for example during hospitalisation, may have trouble getting that extra protein. For them, it is therefore important to choose protein sources that stimulate muscle production as much as possible. Then you do end up with proteins from animal products".

What happens if you put the wrong fuel into your car?

Putting the wrong fuel in your car can be a costly mistake. It can damage your engine and may even void your warranty.

Putting diesel in a petrol engine

If you put diesel in a petrol engine, the engine will not start. Diesel fuel is not volatile enough to ignite with a spark plug. In addition, diesel fuel can damage the spark plugs and fuel injectors.

Putting petrol in a diesel engine

If you put petrol in a diesel engine, the engine may start, but it will not run for long. Petrol fuel ignites too easily in a diesel engine, which can cause knocking and other damage to the engine.

What to do if you put the wrong fuel in your car

If you realize that you have put the wrong fuel in your car, do not start the engine. Turn the car off and call a tow truck to have it towed to a mechanic. The mechanic will be able to drain the fuel tank and refill it with the correct type of fuel.

Here are some tips to avoid putting the wrong fuel in your car:

Pay attention to the fuel pump labels. Make sure the label matches the type of fuel that your car requires.

Use a fuel funnel. This will help to prevent you from spilling fuel.

If you are unsure about the type of fuel that your car requires, consult your owner's manual.

Difference Between Diesel and Petrol Engines

Petrol and diesel engines are two types of internal combustion engines that are commonly used in automobiles and other vehicles. They both convert chemical energy from fuel into mechanical energy to power the vehicle. However, there are some key differences between the two types of engines.

Type of fuel

• Petrol engines use petrol, also known as gasoline, as fuel. Petrol is a volatile liquid that is easily ignited by a spark.
• Diesel engines use diesel fuel, which is a heavier and more oily substance than petrol. Diesel fuel ignites spontaneously when it is compressed to a high enough temperature.
• Combustion process

Petrol engines use a spark plug to ignite the air-fuel mixture in the engine cylinders. The spark plug creates a spark that ignites the mixture, causing the pistons to move and generate power.

Diesel engines do not use spark plugs. Instead, they rely on high compression to ignite the air-fuel mixture. The air is compressed to a very high temperature, which causes the diesel fuel to ignite spontaneously.

Efficiency

• Diesel engines are generally more efficient than petrol engines. This is because they can convert more of the chemical energy in the fuel into mechanical energy. Diesel engines typically have a higher compression ratio than petrol engines, which helps to improve their efficiency.
• Petrol engines are less efficient than diesel engines, but they are typically less expensive to purchase and maintain.

Emissions

• Diesel engines produce more particulate matter (PM) emissions than petrol engines. PM is a type of air pollution that can cause respiratory problems.
• Petrol engines produce more volatile organic compounds (VOCs) emissions than diesel engines. VOCs are a type of air pollution that can contribute to the formation of ground-level ozone.

Applications

• Petrol engines are commonly used in passenger cars and light trucks.
• Diesel engines are commonly used in heavy-duty trucks, buses, and tractors.

Overall, diesel engines are more efficient and produce less CO2 than petrol engines, but they produce more particulate matter emissions. Petrol engines are less efficient and produce more CO2 than diesel engines, but they produce less particulate matter emissions.

In recent years, there has been a trend towards cleaner diesel engines, with the use of particulate filters and other emissions control technologies. This has helped to reduce the environmental impact of diesel engines.

Electrocaloric Material Makes Solid-State Fridge Scalable

Many of today’s refrigerators and air conditioners have a fundamental flaw. Most coolers operate by vapor compression, relying on a fluid to absorb heat and wick it away. Vapor compression tech is cheap and proven, but it’s also inefficient and about as downsizable as a 1950s vacuum-tube computer . Plus, its workhorse fluids—in particular, hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs)—often enter the atmosphere as potent greenhouse gases .

Fortunately, there are a few solid-state alternatives to vapor compression that avoid these problems. More than just cleaning up refrigerators’ acts, the alternatives could create cooling devices in miniature , small enough to fit in a pocket. One such alternative relies on solid materials that change temperature under an electric field: what scientists call the electrostatic effect.

Researchers have now created arguably the most successful demonstration yet of an electrocaloric component. Relying on a ceramic multilayer capacitor, this regenerative heat exchanger (a.k.a. regenerator ) features a difference in temperature more than 50 percent greater than any electrocaloric that preceded it.

“This is really something of interest because the technology we are using is intrinsically scalable.”
—EMMANUEL DEFAY, LUXEMBOURG INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

When an electric field courses through an electrocaloric material, the material reacts by warming up; when the field vanishes, the material cools back down. The trick is to switch on the electric field, hold it on, force the resulting heat to radiate away, and then switch off the field—encouraging the material to chill to depths lower than its original temperature.

Researchers have known about the electrocaloric effect for more than half a century, but for most of that time, they could not do much with it. Until well into the 21st century, no one could coerce an electrocaloric material into a temperature difference of more than 10 ºC.

Then, in the late 2010s, researchers discovered they could boost an electrocaloric material’s potency by fashioning it into a multilayer capacitor. “If we put the right material in there, then we could have access to a larger [change in temperature],” says Emmanuel Defay , a materials scientist at the Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST).

Defay and colleagues in Luxembourg and at Japan’s Murata Manufacturing set their eyes on one particular ceramic: a perovskite , lead scandium tantalate (PST). They created a regenerator from stacked layers of PST submerged in silicone oil.

First, the regenerator’s electric field activates, and its PST heats up, as electrocalorical materials do. A syringe pump pushes the silicone oil one way through the stack, which absorbs heat from the PST and creates a hot end on the far side. The electric field deactivates, and the stack cools down; the pump pushes the oil back through the stack to the other, cold end, and the PST absorbs some of its heat. Repeating this process over and over creates a regenerative cycle.

When their LIST and Murata researchers first published their regenerator results in Science in 2020, it exhibited a record 13 °C difference between its hot and cold ends. After several years of tinkering with the regenerator’s design, Defay and his colleagues have increased that delta to another record, 20.9 °C.

Moreover, they measured a cooling power of 4.2 watts. That figure may be orders of magnitude less than a garden-variety vapor-compression refrigerator, but in the world of electrocalorics, the authors say it’s a 15-fold improvement over any material that came before.

Defay is optimistic about the future. “This is really something of interest because the technology we are using is intrinsically scalable,” Defay says. “We can scale it because those elements we are using are already commercialized for other purposes.”

But before a warming world can begin fighting heat waves with electrocaloric coolers, the regenerator’s builders will have to further iterate their design. For one thing, none of the present ceramics’ key elements are appealing for mass production. Lead is toxic; scandium is prohibitively expensive; tantalum is a conflict material in Central Africa and, Defay says, best avoided.

Additionally, the silicone oil that the researchers use to absorb heat is actually a relatively bad thermal conductor. Defay would prefer to use water, which could do the job far more effectively. Unfortunately, water—or any electrically conductive fluid like it—will short-circuit the regenerator. So Defay says for the present purposes they were forced to use a poor substitute. However, he adds, if the regenerator could be redesigned to be waterproofed, the problem would be solved. “We could then increase the cooling power by one order of magnitude,” Defay says.

Electrocalorics are not the only technology that could create solid-state refrigerators. On the reverse of the electromagnetic coin are magnetocaloric materials, which change temperature under a magnetic field. In fact, in 2014, other researchers built a magnetocaloric refrigerator capable of on the order of a hundred times as much cooling power as even the present record-shattering electrocaloric regenerator.