(8/8) Anyhoodle. This thread is more of a self-distraction while waiting to hear if I have that interview for a(nother) master's level course at a UK university.

Even if I do, unsure how "Gen X returns to grad school, deactivates AI, does most of his writing on paper using pens" will work out.

(7/?) Qualification for acceptance onto a master's degree course in Sweden varies from the simple e.g. just a 2:1 honours degree in anything, to the complex e.g. 18+ credits in X, 37+ credits in Y, and Pottery GCSE at grade B or higher.

The options available: www.universityadmissions.se/intl/start

(6/?) so much. In Denmark you can't do a master's degree if you already have one, unless there is still space on the course after other applicants have been considered.

And in Norway you can't do a master's degree if you already have a master's degree from a Norwegian university; no collecting.

(5/?) (though have not ruled out doing a PhD during the "greying years" - amongst other attributes it may assist in keeping cognitive decline at bay)

On the master's degree front, after a few years of hunting around academia and many emails, the range, costs, rules and qualification needs vary...

(4/4) one person who has 6 (six!) master's degrees, but who has zero interest in ever doing a PhD.

I get that. Analogy: am considering running half-marathons, which look feasible and (possibly) fun. But zero interest in full-marathons, which look like years of permanent toil and enduring pain.

(3/4) the equivalent of 2.45 master's degrees, sprawled across three different subject areas.

Wondering if, by some kind of osmosis, I'm turning into one of my American friends or colleagues who collect master's degrees like other people collect Pokemon. I know 5 people who have 2 or more, and...

(2/4) in addition to the original masters I've got other credits at that level.

Which is ironic as I've applied to do the equivalent of a third of a masters (albeit in a completely different field), and one possible future path involves doing a new full master's degree, which would leave me with uh

The longlist of potential Republican candidates (contains Bezos and Zuckerberg), with their current bookmaker odds, is quite the rogues gallery of the US right wing political sphere:

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Ooooh. Came to this collection via True Detective season one.

"Reading" (trying to decipher) House of Leaves during the pandemic lockdown reminded of The Repairer of Reputations and that was a great story to return to.

Lovely edition cover, there.

I think we need an addition to the human right act; the right to STAY DEAD. All these AI incarnations of dead actors and people is totally unethical on the level of our very souls

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(5/5) Macquarie Ridge: Boards of Canada.

From The Campfire Headphase (2005). Fan video made by Frosch Yankee from BluRay Atmospheres (National Geographic), Location: Salten, Norway.

Alternative #totp.

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(4/5) Let Forever Be: The Chemical Brothers.

Vocals by Noel Gallagher, 1999. Video by Michel Gondry (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind) with actress and dancer Stephanie Landwehr.

Alternative #totp.

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