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WCDT strips 4076-4080 (26th to 30th August 2019)

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Cornelius:
Come to think of it, it's not a huge leap for the Secret Bakery to branch out to artisanal pasta. They have the ingredients.


--- Quote from: dutchrvl on 26 Aug 2019, 10:21 ---Side note from a transplant from the Netherlands: when I moved to the US for graduate school > 10 years ago, it was fascinating to learn and see that here, it seems to be considered pretty much essential for your career perspectives to get involved in as much as possible outside of your curriculum.
Edit: for example, one of the first things other students would ask me after I moved here was "what are you involved in (outside of class)?". This is very different from the Netherlands, where doing extra stuff like committees/volunteering/boards etc. is nice-to-have and could potentially help with your career but are far from considered essential. In other words, focusing on your studies only would not count against you, while I have gotten the impression that in the US it does(?). Seems like doing extracurricular stuff is encouraged from very early on too. Am I mistaken? Is this a regional thing?

PS: I'm not saying whether 1 or the other is better, just commenting that it seems a cultural difference.

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Oh, it's arriving this side of the pond as well. I know of at least one higher education programme that has made extracurriculars mandatory. As in, you have to prove participation in extracurricular activities, to be able to graduate, even if it's counting only towards 1/4 credit as Professional Personality.

jwhouk:
And now we know why the giant blender thing was on fire.

Wingy:

--- Quote from: Castlerook on 26 Aug 2019, 16:02 ---But Sam, well, she's his daughter and he knows that she isn't like most people and knows that, yeah, she could work at the bakery, but that won't satisfy her in any way. That or he's afraid that she'll lose an arm trying to feed the kneading machine. But Jim is savvy enough to know that his daughter needs to start somewhere. It's not hypocrisy, its a father teaching his daughter that she needs to pay her dues.

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If sprays are the robot equivalents of henna tattoos, with laser-engraving being the real tattoo equivalent, imagine the business Sam could get into for robot weddings, if she's got the temperament to sit still long enough to do that kind of intricate work.  She might grow into it - her earlier, and hyper, self probably couldn't do it.   :meh:

And Jim has realized that she's just not cut out for a bakery job.  Sam's far more interested in how things work than the particular outcome of a process (which bread and scones are).  Properly trained, Sam might well turn out to be a fine mechanical or civil engineer, both of which require detailed mechanical knowledge and more than a little artistic talent.  UR could be a fine starting point for that, with sprays being an optional hobby/side-hustle.   :-o :-D

Perfectly Reasonable:
Chaos Loaf recipe:

Easy. Whatever you have on hand.
A bit of this, a bit of that, some 'it seemed like a good idea at the time'.
Mash ingredients and set aside to foment.
Quell the uprising with punches and stabs.
Quickly place in overheated oven before second thoughts arise.
Serves: anyone who can't get out of the way in time.

Cornelius:
One of the few recipes they have, that includes a blast radius.

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