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- Fri May 31, 2024 1:19 pm
- Forum: Ephemera
- Topic: United States Politics Thread 46
- Replies: 1455
- Views: 450512
Re: United States Politics Thread 46
Well, this afternoon's events might make things interesting: the (presumptive) Republican candidate for president was convicted of 34 counts of felony falsifying business records in New York. I hope (and think) you're wrong, mostly cause it doesn't seem like the US military leadership is enthused ab...
- Mon May 27, 2024 3:34 pm
- Forum: Ephemera
- Topic: Happy things thread!
- Replies: 1221
- Views: 719625
Re: Happy things thread!
Great! Do I get this right that in "It is found that perfluoroalkyl diacids and pillar-[5]-arenes rapidly and strongly complex with each other at aqueous interfaces, forming solid interfacially templated films.", "complex" is the verb of the sentence? I am not the author, but I ...
- Sun May 26, 2024 2:40 pm
- Forum: Ephemera
- Topic: Happy things thread!
- Replies: 1221
- Views: 719625
Re: Happy things thread!
This finally went online! (Took long enough...)
- Sat May 18, 2024 1:08 pm
- Forum: Ephemera
- Topic: Venting thread
- Replies: 1943
- Views: 15032768
Re: Venting thread
Update: after I told her I wanted to cancel the contract, she offered to immediately refund me all the money that I've sent no later than Tuesday. She also came up with the "omg somebody stole my pictures" excuse, but I half wanted to say "bitch, those were not pictures of an apartmen...
- Fri May 17, 2024 8:15 pm
- Forum: Ephemera
- Topic: Venting thread
- Replies: 1943
- Views: 15032768
Re: Venting thread
The "landlord" claims that she's going to explain everything tomorrow [...] [*]The pièce de la résistance: the photos she sent "of the place" weren't even of a residence in Europe , but they were of an apartment in Québec. I can't believe I didn't notice the American plugs in th...
- Fri May 17, 2024 7:09 pm
- Forum: Ephemera
- Topic: Venting thread
- Replies: 1943
- Views: 15032768
Re: Venting thread
The "landlord" claims that she's going to explain everything tomorrow, so I'll hold off on the police report until I hear from her, but, to be honest, when you break my trust like that (and in such a flagrant way), I'm not sure how much more I'm willing to trust you. I've signed the lease,...
- Fri May 17, 2024 4:37 pm
- Forum: Ephemera
- Topic: Venting thread
- Replies: 1943
- Views: 15032768
Re: Venting thread
Start date in Luxembourg got delayed to 15 August due to the slugs at the HR not getting me the documents I need to apply for the residence authorization! [insert snarling noises] That's messed up. [joins in the snarling] Don'tcha love HR? [forms a snarling chorus with those already snarling] I kno...
- Fri May 17, 2024 12:03 pm
- Forum: Ephemera
- Topic: Venting thread
- Replies: 1943
- Views: 15032768
Re: Venting thread
Start date in Luxembourg got delayed to 15 August due to the slugs at the HR not getting me the documents I need to apply for the residence authorization! [insert snarling noises]
- Wed May 01, 2024 11:33 am
- Forum: Ephemera
- Topic: Venting thread
- Replies: 1943
- Views: 15032768
Re: Venting thread
Vent: I'm supposed to begin a new job in Luxembourg on 1 July. To do so, I need a document called an autorisation de séjour temporaire issued by Luxembourg, and this is needed to be able to obtain the final residence permit after arrival. Because I'm not (yet) an EU citizen, I have to have this auth...
- Tue Apr 23, 2024 5:51 pm
- Forum: Ephemera
- Topic: The Contradictory Feelings Thread
- Replies: 666
- Views: 756364
Re: The Contradictory Feelings Thread
1) I found a place to live in Luxembourg! However, my bank account is quite nicely draining with all the expenses I need to pay in advance... especially since I'm temporarily unemployed and living off savings, but at least I have plenty of them (and I should get my severance payment from the uni thi...
- Sun Apr 14, 2024 1:42 pm
- Forum: Ephemera
- Topic: Venting thread
- Replies: 1943
- Views: 15032768
Re: Venting thread
It's a bit of a niche thing that doesn't often come up, indeed. At least I don't need to apostille the documents for my upcoming move to Luxembourg...
- Fri Apr 12, 2024 5:06 pm
- Forum: Ephemera
- Topic: Venting thread
- Replies: 1943
- Views: 15032768
Re: Venting thread
Ah yes, I've had a lot of fun experience with this. My favourite part was trying to get Cook County to stop sending my dead husband jury summons. I called the office and they were like, "You need to send us a death certificate." I was like, "I got the death certificates from you. If ...
- Thu Apr 11, 2024 10:44 am
- Forum: Ephemera
- Topic: Happy things thread!
- Replies: 1221
- Views: 719625
- Tue Apr 09, 2024 4:56 pm
- Forum: Ephemera
- Topic: 2024 Total Solar Eclipse
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1881
Re: 2024 Total Solar Eclipse
I've been through two total solar eclipses (but naturally only remember one): Hawai'i in 1991 and Southern Germany in 1999. That said, with this one, a professor who came to visit from where I did my Master's mentioned that it was quite chaotic in Kent in terms of people coming in from out of town,...
- Tue Apr 09, 2024 2:43 am
- Forum: Ephemera
- Topic: 2024 Total Solar Eclipse
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1881
Re: 2024 Total Solar Eclipse
I've been through two total solar eclipses (but naturally only remember one): Hawai'i in 1991 and Southern Germany in 1999. That said, with this one, a professor who came to visit from where I did my Master's mentioned that it was quite chaotic in Kent in terms of people coming in from out of town, ...
- Fri Apr 05, 2024 7:09 pm
- Forum: Conlangery
- Topic: What have you accomplished today?
- Replies: 781
- Views: 395820
Re: What have you accomplished today?
Perhaps an unsurprising thing that I finished up this week. https://images-wixmp-ed30a86b8c4ca887773594c2.wixmp.com/f/368fae4f-fdc7-4cbb-b7a4-709ac40d3198/dh296va-abc40db5-41df-4118-a7ee-e4b5e95b2ca2.png/v1/fill/w_1280,h_1297/ilia_2500_denar__2024_edition_by_requindesang_dh296va-fullview.png?token=e...
- Fri Apr 05, 2024 2:32 pm
- Forum: Ephemera
- Topic: Happy things thread!
- Replies: 1221
- Views: 719625
Re: Happy things thread!
Last Master's student defended his thesis yesterday (with a very high mark: 9.5/10, which is very high by Dutch standards), and the paper that said student is a co-author on (along with two of my other M.Sc. students) also just got accepted! (Still a bit until it goes online.) Very happy with this o...
- Fri Mar 29, 2024 6:07 pm
- Forum: Ephemera
- Topic: Happy things thread!
- Replies: 1221
- Views: 719625
Re: Happy things thread!
Small happy: back when I lived in France in 2011-12, there was a song I heard on the radio that kinda got stuck in my head, but I couldn't make out any of the words to it; only the melody line. I heard it again in 2016, but, same deal: couldn't make out the words, but remembered the melody. On a whi...
- Wed Mar 27, 2024 4:33 pm
- Forum: Ephemera
- Topic: The Contradictory Feelings Thread
- Replies: 666
- Views: 756364
Re: The Contradictory Feelings Thread
My last working day of my contact where I work now is tomorrow. I do enjoy working there, with mostly fun coworkers and lots of fun (and liquid crystally) Science happening... but, at the same time, I have my next adventure lined up starting from June/July which I'm very excited for.
- Tue Mar 19, 2024 12:59 pm
- Forum: Ephemera
- Topic: Happy things thread!
- Replies: 1221
- Views: 719625
Re: Happy things thread!
Big news on my side: I’m going to Paris! Specifically, for the Université Paris-Saclay, where I’ve organised to do a research internship for four months. I may have mentioned this once or twice already, but now I have my visa and it looks like everything’s confirmed, which is nice. Of course, I’m m...