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So I've been watching the Poirot that aired on PBS back in the 90s, with David Suchetand I'm watching this one episode, and one of the characters looks familiar.

Now I'm not always great at placing actors, and I'm not super good at remembering names. But some people have distinctive... well in this case, a combination of ears and nose and way of moving his mouth. And I say to myself, either that is Christopher Eccleston, about ten years younger than Ninth Doctor, or it's someone very much a lookalike.

(It was CE, per credits. Ten points!)

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Please, we need your help. Our research suggests you're the last living descendant of the person who knew how to format this config file.

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firecat

I wrote what I thought was a fun and helpful comment somewhere on R3ddut. The mods decided it was written by AI so they removed it. Do I get a statue with three arms and six fingers per hand as a reward? Should I missspel more words in my next comment?

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"How does the spring not run out almost immediately?" "We pull it back REALLY far."

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ysobel

Hope to do a more detailed entry later but this has been a very full week, some unfun (interviewing and training new caregivers to replace my graduating students; the training process always sucks and is stressful, and I keep having to remind myself it always sucks and always gets better) but some fun. Craft fair last Sunday, Whole Earth Festival (kind of a hippie-vibed craft fair plus music plus some activities) today. It was hot, around 90F, and we were there for 2.5 hours, but sunscreen plus UV-protective cooling hood (purple of course) plus plenty of water plus frequent shade breaks all made it okay.

I am tired and, for the moment, content. :)

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'Beyond that lies a vale of fire through which my vision cannot penetrate' is the kind of fun thing geologists, heliophysicists, and early universe cosmologists have a lot of opportunities to say.

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Scientists occasionally invent alternative periodic table layouts, which is usually a sign that they don't have enough enrichment in their enclosures.

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ysobel

I keep wanting to do art of, or at least inspired by, the greenbelt by my place -- basically a long green area with paved bicycle/pedestrian paths and lots of grassy areas and trees of different types -- but I keep dithering on specifics.

Small scale, like focusing on a single tree, or more broad? Realistic or stylized? How much detail? Which season? Habitated (a few dog walkers, a bicyclist or two, maybe a family walking together) or not? More people-built stuff (lampposts, benches, etc) or less?

...obviously I'm not limited to just one, but even with multiple projects there's stuff to decide. Same scene in different seasons? (in which case do I make it into an animation?) Same scene but different styles? Related images, like close up of a tree with more detail and also a bigger picture incorporating that tree but with less detail and broader context? Different images altogether? Multiple images worked to a point and then pick my favorite to finalize? Sketch out a few quick drafts and have my inner critic decide they're all irredeemably stupid?)

hmm...

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It started as a mistake that everyone was afraid to admit to, and then it stuck because removing it 'looks silly.'.

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"I know it seems impossible, but the trick is that I sailed in here when I was very young."

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sphyg

Sigh, still waiting for my new bank card. Making a list of all the online payments I need to switch and things I want to buy (nothing urgent yet).

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Hi, folks!

I'm currently writing crime fiction set in contemporary London, and I'm trying to figure out whether a police officer on the radio would be specifically identifiable to someone listening in.

Does the Met use radio callsigns that are unique to each officer? Or are callsigns assigned to specific beats, instead? Or a secret third thing?

Thanks!

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