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Q: How much can I copy before it is considered plagiarism?

romascomHow many words may I copy from someone's work before I have to begin paraphrasing it?

 
 
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9:43 AM
@KitZ.Fox a second person has shown interest infinding out what's in the box, so I may well finish the story when I get some free time.
 
 
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12:27 PM
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Q: How to convert .odt to .html (or .md) from the commandline?

Kasper SourenI just found out about Pandoc. Excellent tool. But it gives me this "Pandoc can convert to ODT, but not from ODT. Try using LibreOffice to export as HTML, and convert that with pandoc." I don't want to use a sluggish GUI to manually convert every .odt I need to convert. Is there another way to do...

 
 
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3:11 PM
Hello @KitZ.Fox. I will be seeing the psychiatrist in two weeks.
 
@ABeautifulMind That's great. Is this someone new?
 
@KitZ.Fox Nope, the same one. I will think about the therapist later on.
 
OK.
So you are thinking about starting medication again?
 
Yes, the psychiatrist is mostly for meds. The therapist is mostly for therapy.
 
I think you will find it helpful.
 
3:13 PM
At least in the hospital I visit, these two do different things.
I need to figure out what kind of therapy I need. I don't want to go for the sake of going.
 
I am a big fan of cognitive or dialectical behavior therapy.
 
Well, what I mean is, I think different therapists will do different things even for CBT.
 
True.
 
I also need to figure out what to tell the therapist. Otherwise, it won't help.
 
The therapist is supposed to help you figure out how to manage. So answer their questions and tell them about the things that bother you and interfere with your daily life.
 
3:19 PM
I am trying to keep in touch with my professors. I need 3 recommendation letters for grad school. They know I am sick and will take a few more years to get there. I guess I will email them every year to keep in touch. I am meeting one next week.
 
Sounds like a good plan.
 
Some are quite old. They can retire, but I hope they don't die.
OK, if I go by 40, I think they will still be alive. =)
 
And if they aren't, you'll find another way.
 
Yes. I intend to finish my PhD by 45. Then I can work for 30 more years until 75. People will see that I spent many years struggling with mental illness in my CV, but I will try to write about that positively instead of negatively.
 
Overcoming hardship is something that people like to see.
 
3:25 PM
Besides dropping half my hair, did I tell you I had some spatial disorientation as well?
 
Interesting.
 
It's like my mind cannot make sense of where the stairs and feet are places, so I had difficulty climbing stairs. It is not dizziness.
 
Spatial sensation and proprioception are really fascinating topics.
 
But the spatial disorientation seems to be gone now, and so is the hair, lol. But I am not exactly balding yet, so I can still find a Maria, lol.
 
Some women like bald men.
 
3:27 PM
According to my doctor friend, it is definitely not male pattern baldness, because there is no pattern to it.
It's due to the severe mental stress I guess.
There is a very famous hair treatment chain here called Beijing 101, lol.
It's like everywhere on the island.
 
Huh.
 
I go for haircut at places where it is 10 dollars in local currency.
There are many such chains here now. Slide in 10 dollars into the machine and get a card.
 
We have places like that, but it's $8.
It's like a thing.
 
And they use these machines to suck up the hair around you.
The chains mostly started in Japan.
And they give you a free comb after that.
And they sweep the hair into these holes in the floor.
 
Comb like the device or the action?
 
3:36 PM
The device they use to do the action with, so both.
I never comb my hair my entire life. What I do is to use my hands to push it upwards and backwards.
Whether it is long or short, it still works.
 
I use a spiky brush. I don't really comb.
 
Wikipedia is really a great source of info. It's like it has everything.
I was reading the story of Vincent van Gogh. Some say maybe he did not kill himself.
 
What happened then?
 
That it was an accidental shot from someone else. But nobody knows for sure. Just different speculations.
It's like lots of stars seem to have killed themselves in recent years: Amy Winehouse, Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston, Robin Williams. OK, not too sure if all these are suicide.
Well, they should have moved to Belgium to be a chocolatier, LOL. They should have listend to Kit.
Oh that day I was talking about men holding hands in the other room.
It seems it is common in India for example, as a sign of friendship between straight men.
 
4:00 PM
also in the middle east
 
Yes, where men and women are not allowed to hold hands.
This is a strange world, wow.
We can't even imagine what happens in the other human realms in the wheel of Samsara.
My mum is back and I will eat dinner now, later.
 
4:33 PM
I am back.
 
@KitZ.Fox What did you get for lunch?
 
Some kind of Mexican bean wrap.
It was not very good.
 
I had a quarter pounder with cheese for dinner. Free food from the office again.
There are two more fish burgers which I will save for dinner tomorrow.
 
 
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6:28 PM
It's so quiet.
 
 
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8:29 PM
Hidden Youth is looking for submissions.
 
Atheists?
First time I've been encouraged to submit as one of those, as opposed to "woman".
 
9:10 PM
significant fantasy but no magic? I find their criteria confusing or poorly explained.
 
9:24 PM
@MattE.Эллен Boo!
 
9:45 PM
@MattE.Эллен Where do they say "no magic"?
 

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