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I will actually aim to do it weekly, but knowing the amount of disruption I'm about to go through in February, I didn't want to set a goal and then potentially not achieve it so early on in the process.

My cooking has become a bit samey, so I've decided that at least once a month (hopefully more frequently), I will add a new dish to my repertoire. I'll post them here as a sort of culinary diary, complete with the recipe and how it looked when I made it.

Happy New Year, everyone. I hope this year brings everything you could wish for.

It did indeed. And we should learn from it. That's why the following poem (written by Martin Niemoller) is so important - and is found at many Holocaust Memorial locations, particularly in the US: First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out— Because I was not a socialist...

It is on topic. In the intervening years, you have no idea what could happen to your phone!

And you know you spelled grammar incorrectly in the thread title?

Let's take an alternative view. What if someone clones you? Which one is you? Jon1, or Jon2? Or are they both you? I need to revisit that Black Mirror episode where she buys a clone to replace her dead boyfriend...

No, I think the pacifists would prefer there to be no killing.

What if, in the intervening 1,000 years, your mobile phone becomes self-aware? Would you want it to replay your private conversations, or show your photographs in some kind of museum of memory?

I personally overlook grammar. I only pick you up on it because there are so few other areas where I can best your intellect. But yes, there is a difference between style and grammar. Take the poet ee cummings. He didn't use capitals at all. Did his work suffer for it? Were his poems harder to...

The maximum lifespans of humans, naked mole rats, and mice are respectively c. 120, 30 and 3 years. The longer-lived species, humans and naked mole rats, expressed DNA repair genes, including core genes in several DNA repair pathways, at a higher level than did mice. In addition, several DNA...

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You're the mathmetician. I'm just a poor wordsmith, m'Lud.

Bestseller books are a thing of the past because too many books are being published (I'm looking at you, self-publishers).

Interesting. But I think that there are some other points to consider. The NMR doesn't altogether avoid ageing. It is however, extremely long-lived for a rodent. But eventually it dies. There's a comparison with humans and with mice. Humans and NMRs have DNA-repairing capabilities. Mice don't...

That's how strategists defend war.

You need to up your 'great' count. It's estimated that there have been 125,000 generations since the emergence of the first Homo species. Unless your ancestors were slow developers ;)

I see what you did there. Funny :)

Have you been at the cooking sherry again?

Back to topic - next on my to do list is to find somewhere to live close to my new job. I'll be living away from home half the week as it's too far to commute daily. I'm also considering getting a Monday-Friday lodger to offset the cost of the additional living expenses. I'll be back home on a...