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My Master's Thesis defense is tomorrow. I've slept very little, and will only get <= eight hours today. Also a big point in that defense will be working around a flaw in the thesis I submitted.

And I only got sixty minutes. Welp.

In summary, we demonstrated that human urine is an attractive electron source for solar cofactor regeneration and redox biocatalysis.

That reminds me, I actually wrote an article about the history cabbage for my university's student newspaper. Pretty interesting stuff, and an enjoyable read to boot, if I may flatter myself. The latter was made easier of course by the fact that it was essentially one big joke about an elder statesman that had just died. But still.

You should just go back to calling cabbage cole.

Crap, I just now understood why it's called cole slaw...

Probably just a go-to alternative, no? Also it's important to note that the Shah, while incredibly brutal, actually undertook major reforms and modernized the country. There's far from nothing to be had there if you've got a selective memory.

Also somewhere (I think in the NYT) it said this was a much more rural affair than the Green Revolution, which could well be a very important sign.

Quote from: Helgoland on December 30, 2017, 12:13:30 am

A BDSM-inclined friend of mine once thought of something different when I was using the abbreviation for cognitive behavioral therapy. I cannot get the association out of my head.

Well now everyone wants to know what it was. You can't leave us hanging like that!

It's easy to google and the first two words are against forum rules. The third one is 'torture'.

So... next to nothing.

What if they, um, bring new ground with them?

I am fully in favor of killing six billion demons. However only about 62,979,636 people voted for Trump. We may have to start a breeding program.