The Awkward Silence

lila

00:38

@M.A.R. Haha you reminded me of a "joke" which was supposedly an actual fragment of some student's weekly lab report "... for simplicity of calculations, an approximation was used that π≈2 ..." :D

IPS Comment Bot

04:02

As a conflict-averse person, I do a good deal of listening and nodding. I agree that it often makes people feel safe and understood and like I'm "chill", which usually leaves them open to me expressing my own view when I choose to. So that's good. However, I definitely have had occasions where people were surprised to find out later that I didn't agree with them, and I'm sure others think so but haven't yet heard me express otherwise. So that is a side effect. But it's not everyone, and it helps if I say what I think fairly early on... and then resume nodding. — Euchris 1 min ago

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IPS Comment Bot

05:31

Just to get it right, your friend is still 6 months away from moving out of his location and already reserves space in your house? How long is he trying to find a new place? Two more weeks are a lot if there are only another two weeks left, but it's nothing for an upcoming span of 6 months? Red lights are blinking! — puck 2 mins ago

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A J

06:27

Morning

In my office, around 10 people check their phones whenever someone's iPhone rings. ;)

M.A.R.

06:56

Checks phone

Hah, mine is Samsung, silly

Over the horizon

Checks phone

avazula

That's an issue I don't have with my Asus ;)

M.A.R.

Oh, a shooting star has appeared

Makes a wish for more hours in the day

avazula

Please share

M.A.R.

Bonjour @Ava, how're you doing?

avazula

Bonjour M.A.R

Doing pretty good

M.A.R.

07:00

Normally the chat would flip and I would pretend not to have been touched at all but there's no one around 👀

avazula

yeah that do be my middle name :D

but yeah, I'm drowning in work and preparing my moving abroad

long time no see, how have you been?

M.A.R.

@lila I see nothing wrong with it

@avazula Busy as ever

Uni studies took off

Fancy thick books to buy and put on the shelf

Haha j/k I kinda murmur download murmur

avazula

Polymers and nightmares, vol 17

M.A.R.

17? Those are amateur numbers

And apparently we don't like more volumes, so we fit everything into a 3000-page volume but not go higher than 4

Anyway, chat's been quiet, and I don't think you've missed anything site-wise

Need to exercise some. Cheersment o/

avazula

Thick books mean free back workout

A J

07:27

I no longer know the brand of my phone. Its logo on the back has worn off. ;P

@M.A.R. You are seeing stars during daylight? ;) Did somebody just hit you in the head? ;P

Tinkeringbell

07:44

morning

M.A.R.

07:59

@AJ No she was just too bright

. . . oh no

@avazula or free scoliosis

@AJ but what's the ringtone?

A J

Scam 1992 Theme (Official) - Achint

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@Tinkeringbell Afternoon!

Tinkeringbell

08:24

@AJ I wish! That meant weekend sooner :)

A J

It will be there soon. ;)

M.A.R.

08:48

@AJ Oh it's Huawei

A J

Well, you guessed it ~~right~~

IPS Comment Bot

09:18

@user541686: Maybe the landlord needs the flat for himself/his family? For example maybe his daughter is going to start university in 6 months and needs the apartment then? There are lots of possible reasons why the landlord might tell him 6 months beforehand. I can also understand the friend inquiring about staying with OP in advance. It doesn’t make sense (financially) to rent a new flat while you are still living in one. So if you have a backup solution it’s good to rent a new flat as late as possible. — Michael 1 min ago

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IPS Comment Bot

09:43

This is not an answer but more of an advice: I would put the condition that you won't accept furniture (or anything else this person wouldn't take on a holiday) into your house. It has to be clear it is more of an "hotel" or "airbnb" kind of stay, they're not moving in, they are temporarily occupying a space in your property. Be very clear about that. A true friend will understand that, even said very bluntly. The worse the understanding of that, the bigger the chances of an overstay... — Laurent S. 1 min ago

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avazula

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avazula

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SmokeDetector

12:15

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Arthur Hv

12:33

Good lunchtime or whatever

Tinkeringbell

Already had lunch... one more meeting and then I'm going walking with my mom. Fingers crossed XD

Enjoy yours though!

A J

I had ju (juice without ice) during tea break and am about to leave from work.

Although, no weekend for me this time as well.

Journeyman Geek

I am having y first full weekend in almost a year this week :D

Arthur Hv

I have no idea what to do of the weekend to come

I had a pet project in open source but gave up on it entirely

A J

I once developed a project in Python/Flask to learn the language. It was about listing all important places, including monuments, hospitals etc, of a city with address and contact details. There are some points of improvement, but never got time to do them.

Tinkeringbell

12:47

@ArthurHv Reading, gaming, crafting, cooking, cleaning, exercising?

Arthur Hv

@Tinkeringbell 1. Will do a bit but I have trouble for extended periods of time, plus I only have comics left unread, 2. Should be avoided, medical prescription :p, 3. Im terrible at this and dunno what I could do 4. Will do 5. Could, but no fun ! And most of it is done by bf during the week 6. OH GOD NO PLEASE NO ;_; Well I hate that but I could also use some of this

I think the most serious plan is to order some books

Tinkeringbell

I'm not sure about the weather there, but over here we're supposed to have those 'first few days of spring', so that's why mom and I are going for a walk now. (the weekends are usually too busy here)

So perhaps not exercising but just roaming around could be nice :)

Ordering books is also a very good pasttime!

Arthur Hv

Yea it actually would. I haven't seen sun in weeks

Tinkeringbell

I've seen it, from a safe distance ;)

Arthur Hv

Actual meetings with the sun aren't good for health if you don't respect some distance and use atmosphere as a barrier for radiations

Journeyman Geek

12:56

hmm crispy

Tinkeringbell

@ArthurHv I meant more that I was indoors while seeing it :P But sure ;)

I'm going to drop my absence in the Teams chat and check whether she's ready yet :)

Arthur Hv

We discussed books earlier. I remember Dune but not the others. Well I have the trilogy in my basket that's a big one but I could get 1-2 more before ordering.

Arthur Hv

13:28

Order placed. Frank Herbert, Truman Capote and Carl Jung are on the way home

Tinkeringbell

I seem to know those names, but not the books I should probably know those names for ;)

Arthur Hv

Dune, In cold blood, and The red book respectively (last one is a famous psychology work)

Tinkeringbell

I was about to say I knew Carl Jung from something philosophical XD Well psychology is close enough :P

Now you don't have anything to do this weekend again though, unless the books will be delivered tomorrow?

avazula

The spice must flow

Arthur Hv

@Tinkeringbell Exactly

Books expected next saturday

Tinkeringbell

13:31

Well, that should be enough for at least one weekend then ;)

I still have so many books to finish... I keep starting stuff and never finishing it :/

avazula

Aw I take it no one understood my Dune reference ;-;

Tinkeringbell

@avazula Sorry, not me :( Never read those books. All I know is that they're the one with giant worms?

avazula

The movie aged so badly (imho) it's just so fun to watch it

My mom's SF collection is insane, I read a fair bit of Herbert's work

Arthur Hv

I vaguely know cuz i saw the movies and played the games (yes there are games) but that spice quote don't ring a bell

Must be Paul's I assume

avazula

It's from the movie: scifi.stackexchange.com/a/153406/89893

Arthur Hv

13:36

Oh ok, then I forgot

avazula

So yes, it was Paul ;)

IPS Comment Bot

14:39

@Tinkeringbell I wanted to know what could be the appropriate way in my situation, whether to apologize in person or in mail. Sorry, I didn't realize it was off-topic. I guess I would do it in person rather sending a mail. So, I get to know if the person has accepted my apology or not. Thanks for the explanation. — Priyadarshini Thirunavukkarasu 35 secs ago

CaldeiraG

afternoon :)

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lila

16:17

hi

CaldeiraG

heyo

Tinkeringbell

17:04

hey :)

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