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just-a-twinge-of-cosmic-angst · 9 months ago

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The Caves of Androzani

Happy 40th Birthday to this brilliant story

#well #40 years and a week or two #I'm a bit late #doctor who #classic who #5th doctor #classic doctor who #fifth doctor #peter davison #peri brown #perpugilliam brown #nicola bryant #caves of androzani #doctor who season 21 #my post #my gifs #episodes: five

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br1ghtestlight · 7 months ago

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imagine jimmy jr and tina having a playdate w/ their parents when they're like six months old bcuz the parents always see each other around and bob and linda don't really know anybody in the neighborhood yet..... imagine them crawling towards each other IMMEDIATELY and laughing and linda joking that they have crushes on each other and that they're gonna love each other for the rest of their lives. there's so many possibilities to imagine w/ them!!!!!

#txt #bob's burgers #even sadder if their story ends w/ heartbreak or them as bitter exes reuniting in their 40s or whatever #after divorce and two kids and a romantic fantasy that got destroyed. but they've still got each other <3 #im cooking something up here. tinimmy week perhaps??#nah i absolutely cannot do anofher long ass fic spanning 50 years im sorry LMAO

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random2908 · 2 months ago

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Frustrating when a VC-funded company gets credit for being the "first" and the "leader," when they had a sub-component demo the same week we had a full-system demo. Like, we are easily 5-10 years ahead of them, it's ridiculous; their approach isn't even yet proven to work. But they get science youtubers talking about them.

Because they're VC-funded, they have a marketing/press department.

And because we're an employee-owned company working off of government contracts, well, most government contracts get slapped with an ITAR label (an old Cold-War-era law saying basically sharing scientific information counts as illegally selling arms/munitions). So if you want to publicize your work, including your company's products, you have to appeal that label. (Universities have specifically negotiated a blanket exemption, so if you spend your whole life in academic science you might never even know about this.)

(My previous employer filed those appeals several times a year in order to do press releases and publish journal articles and apply for patents. I think every single information-release appeal they filed went through, because there's no reason any of this stuff should be labeled as arms--it's literally the same stuff universities are doing. My current employer is afraid to, which I think is wrong-headed; at worst they'll just say no, and anyway, our non-restricted competitors are giving fucking lab tours to youtubers.)

#these restrictions mean you also can't have employees on visas working on these projects #my previous employer tried to appeal that too and failed--they were only able to appeal the dissemination of information part #so we had locked labs that my international coworkers weren't allowed in #(one got a green card and was allowed in eventually)#ironically the VC-funded company is doing it the same way I did it in my PhD thesis #two other people at the company did this stuff in their post-docs #all of us are over 40 (one guy is over 50 I'm pretty sure) so this is not a new technique--I got two MINOR papers on it 16 years ago #the MAJOR papers are like 25 years old #and we're all convinced it's NOT the right approach #granted the technique we are using is about 30 years old #in my literal thesis defense one of my committee members asked why I was using the technique the VC companies are now using #and if I had done the math to prove it was superior to the older technique #and I was like--everyone knows the new technique is superior that's why it's trendy #and my advisor (who was a genius) said the same thing and that it wasn't a fair question #but the guy who asked it was an ancient theorist who REALLY knew what he was talking about #and in retrospect he was completely right--I should have done the math comparing the techniques and the older technique IS better #a few weeks into my job here I did the math and found that if you use the BEST version of the new technique--one that only one group #has demonstrated can even be done and they didn't get all the way to the point of demonstrating an application like this #and you assume some generous efficiency numbers #it breaks even with the old technique #that's not what this VC group is doing so... not a chance lol

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girlwiththegreenhat · 8 months ago

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Hi, anon that asked about where to watch the show here. I managed to find it.

INCREDIBLY correct meme. i'm glad you were able to find it somewhere!! please enjoy the cheesy crimefighting car show :3

#liz blogs #spiltpencilink #ask #kr #knight rider #kitt is best boy #kitt #i was at target a couple weeks ago with The Boys and i actually by complete chance found a tiny scale kitt #which was insane to me because its a 40 year old show but i guess they still make merch for it #anyway there were two actually. one for me and one for the guy that got ME to watch the show #he lives on my desk :) tucked into the corner by my glasses under my monitor #he peekin #havent bought a die cast car in eons but i needed a kitt somewhere #until i got home i'd put him in the chest pocket on my jumpsuit. he fit perfect. call that a pokitt

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roylustang · 29 days ago

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Okay I kind of fucked myself up but I also fucking DESTROYED that 40 mile run

#I’m doing low impact shit at the gym this week and also I’m gonna visit my PT 😂 I think I need it #sometimes I use my blorbos to give me strength but at this point #I genuinely think I’m stronger than some of them #maybe not in a muscular strength sense but definitely in a muscular endurance sense #go get fucked I ran 40 miles 4 minutes faster than I traversed the Grand Canyon #I was literally so on point when I said those two things were gonna be roughly equal #I’ve taken 82k steps today LMAO #running #anyway please pray for my body PLEASE #I will literally destroy at my race as long as my body doesn’t fall apart #honestly at this point I could probably destroy with no more running out all as long as I strength trained the fuck out of all my muskles #(and by not running I mean riding the bike or doing the elliptical or some shit)#anyway #my body feels like I’ve aged 50 years in 7 hours lol

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floral-hex · 2 months ago

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bad news. ya boy’s got wicked low testosterone. I’m outta boy juice!

#just got my results back this morning. I’m outta the boy sauce.#haven’t talked to my dr yet BUT I did see my therapist who is NOT a doctor but he says yeah I’ve got it worse than any of his past patients #gonna call my dr tomorrow and see about setting up an appointment #dang… my juice #you ever have that fantasy that you see a dr and they finally find a source of a long standing health issue AND they can fix it w/ a pill?#I’m trying not to get my hopes up but my number was rilll rilll low #like… I could be more normal in a week or two #or at least have more energy and drive #that would be amazing #just let me dream a little #lol but uhhh what if I instead ask for estrogen and uhhhh uhhhh 🥴#what if I was pretty? and happy….#hey let’s not unpack that right now #just gonna keep that buried down deep #that’s for 40 year old Ian to work through!#let’s not make a big deal out of any of this #and I love you. and I appreciate you.#you can ignore this #text

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sweetlikesunflowersandhoney · 2 months ago

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the usamerican school system is insane what do you MEAN once a month the parents go see the teacher to hear their child reduced to a list of numbers charts and color coding that doesn't mean shit

#m #''your child scored a 20/40 in coloring and completed 2 punchcards. on 19 days she got her behaviour all they way to pink!#but unfortunately she received two claps of thunder this week so she lost her recess. she is six years old.''#verbtimg the interview i just had (minus the very last part)#what do you MEAN punchcards!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111 #what do you MEAN she named 4 out of 8 uppercase letters so she's on the 60% percentile for her age and will need extra classes!!!!!!!!!!!#what do you MEAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!#WHY DO YOU TALK ABOUT A CHILD LIKE IT'S A COMPUTER IN BETA TESTING!!!!!!!!!!!!1

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glimpsesofeuterpe · 4 months ago

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note to future-ish self: do not drink booze without eating something as well

#cringeposting #if you dont eat mind will go brrrrrrr #you gotta drink -and- eat #at first i didnt get it but now i totally get it lol #also fuck you stupid 10% of alcohol wtf i used to consume booze of 40% (occasionally) and stayed sober #apparently the cheaper the booze the harder it kicks #.......at this point i am almost sure id be sober-ish if ever try vodka (super unlikely actually touching it but still)#also also i get drunk just for like five times per year or so yet pretty sure this doesnt make me less of a 100% potencial drunkard #fdgdfgdfgdfdgfdgdffdgf #dammiiiittt #man this is so weird like i am в говнину aka 'totally wasted' but in control-ish and sane-ish #it's like mind separated in super drunk mode and sober mode at same time #system esfer confirmed???#of course the sober one is typing #in my defence: my own mom offered me to share a drink #i couldnt say no bcs you know if i did she would get too wasted and its not healthy besides she is not on good terms with booze #//./.... kay this sounds like excuses #i did it bcs i wanted to go into self destruction after a fine amount of healthy stuff that lasted for wow two weeks by now thats why #delete later

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depresseddepot · 5 months ago

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I have dreams all the time where I'm sad when I wake up but last night I dreamt that I told a joke so funny that random strangers were just straight up sending me money. my best friend's mom sent me $1000 with the caption "haha!"

#i was so wealthy. people were offering me thousands of dollars to even just read phrases in the same intonation that i said the joke #i have spent years perfecting my intonation and the way i speak to be as funny as i am capable of #someone offering to PAY ME for it was sooooo good #but i woke up :( and i am $11347 poorer #i was so happy and crying because it was so unexpected and i could afford to graduate in one semester AND move out #and that was only the first 30m and people kept paying me (dont know how so many people heard tbh) so it was like.#the promise of stable financial wealth in the future even if it didn't last forever #god. GOD #i want money. i need money so fucking badly I'm DREAMING about it #i have $2.96 in my checking acct for the next two weeks and i was getting hundreds of dollars in a dream for a JOKE #the joke was about trump or something (i think he said like ''laws only apply when im not here'')#(and i was like ''haha okay <3 then i guess that means i get paid $40 an hour bc laws don't apply while you're here <3'')#(and he argued and then the big ''jokr'' was that i told donald trump to his face that he was the laziest piece of shit in the country)#THATS NOT EVEN A JOKE. like cool burn i guess but it wasn't even that effective in the dream LMAO #and people were paying so much money for it.....is this what influencers do. is this how they get paid #they make shitty jokes on tiktok and get thousands of dollars #anyway. good morning. i wish i was wealthy

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emometalhead · 7 months ago

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#having a day full of mixed feelings #I suppose this is how life goes #I'm officially done with my Bachelor's degree as of today #obviously I'm proud of myself for the accomplishment and I was excited to be celebrated today #it was a long and difficult road and there were many times where I didn't think I'd live to see it through but I made it #I'm the first person in my family to get this degree and I was really looking forward to having today be my day #I had a really lovely morning and then things kind of waned #there were a few arguments. someone I spent the day with repeatedly made negative comments about something I care about #it felt awful. I know it was intended as more of a playful jab than anything but I directly asked for the comments to stop and they didn't #it especially hurt that it was a fandom thing and the person is so invested in their own fandoms yet they felt it fair to step on mine #even though I've never done that to them #then people kept talking over me and acted like I was wrong for trying to interject to finish my own sentences #also as I said in the last post I was deeply upset by how my family members spoke of my 12 year old cousin #she's just a kid and some of our close family members have such a nasty opinion of her. she's so young and she's had a rough few years #but it seems like no one except my brother and I are willing to give her any grace #I think everyone else has forgotten what it feels like to be a kid and feel as if the world is against you #on a more positive note. I had a decadent slice of chocolate cake. it was heavenly #unfortunately I was really too in my head to fully enjoy it #literally every day for 3 weeks I've been talking about the lunch I planned to have today #I knew exactly what meal and dessert I wanted from the restaurant. it's my absolute fave and isn't available at any other local restaurant #I was totally starving by time we got to the restaurant. we were out all morning and I ate a tiny breakfast in anticipation of this meal #when we got there we found out they removed what I planned to order from the menu. I was devastated.#I know it's stupid but like this was the one part of my day that I've had planned for MONTHS and I've been thinking about it for weeks #we had a 40 minute car ride where I mentioned my excitement for the food no less than 10 times so this crushed me #also I'm just really picky in general and typically restaurants only have one or two things I'm able to eat #I offered to just eat the dessert while everyone else ordered food because they were all really hungry too but they wouldn't allow it #we left the restaurant and I still feel horrible for walking out. if I had known the item was removed we wouldn't have even gone there #it happened so recently though and I feel dumb for not even thinking to check the menu online beforehand #so we went to another restaurant and I barely ate anything and now I have no appetite for dinner and I feel bad for ruining the afternoon #even though it's my day and my celebration and I feel like I'm entitled to a slight amount of unreasonableness

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kohakhearts · 1 year ago

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cons of going to a “good schoolTM”: insane workload, unbearable classmates, next to no support when you have any kind of extenuating circumstances Including literal hospitalization, etc

pros of going to a “good schoolTM”: the 9-5 lifestyle is genuinely a major improvement