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Physics Professor KCL - particle physics and cosmology theory. Views appear to be my own (free will?) either way are not those of King's College London
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I hate to be THAT guy but if you microwave the water until it's really boiling, then wait 20 seconds after it's stopped before you add the bag, it's the same. Having said that, I've never actually done this because I'm British god dammit.
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Quaint and charming, wasn't it? Bet they use pine for email
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It's bloody hot in London too
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You're so boring Mike. Yawn. Hi from London, me and Juan who is visiting from Estonia were just looking at one of your papers...
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.... for developing testable distinctions between different interpretations. Those distinctions which might have real world applications, in either the short or long term. Not trying to prove any points, I come open and in peace. (2/2)
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As somebody who uses QM but who doesn't really spend a lot of time looking under the bonnet of THAT particular aspect of my job, I'd be interested to know what, from your point of view, having sat through this conference, is the most promising avenue.... (1/2)
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A very short period of time indeed. Less than 10^-60 seconds.
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Southerner. xxx
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I know, and now I try harder. Anyway I suspect the plane went without me...
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I'm come VERY close on a couple of occasions...
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Wishing you success with this exciting venture!
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It does!
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"so every time you go to the lavatory there it is vitally important to get a receipt."
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"The fabulously beautiful planet Bethselamin is now so worried about the cumulative erosion by ten billion visiting tourists a year that any net imbalance between the amount you eat and the amount you excrete while on the planet is surgically removed from your body weight when you leave:"
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Come to London soon please!
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It's beautiful Mike. How are you tracking? How many exposures etc?
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Big council wins for Reform so early in a cycle might be a blessing - gives folks chance to properly see them in "action" before they choose them as MPs.
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Holy fuck USA
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And the Spanish funding agency has also announced a similar plan:
www.aei.gob.es/en/announcem...
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They had a way of saying things it wasn't OK for hetero young men to say back then, they were brutally honest and open about their feelings in a way I would have been ashamed to be. I guess if you came out as gay back then everything else seemed easy. Used to love erasure.
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Because there is a lot there and it's very valuable? But I agree the idea of mining the moon for He-3 to fuel fusion on Earth is a bit silly.