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Halfbakers grow old and die; we reminisce about the quality we have lost.
Youngsters may find their way here and start posting, but we can do better than that.
Proposed is a formal mentorship scheme, whereby an old and established halfbaker takes on an eager yet inexperienced youth as an apprentice.
For
the first few weeks or months the apprentice can just tidy up, spotting spelling mistakes or grammatical errors (or indeed hanging punctuation perhaps?
Then they will be given specific tasks to do, which are both useful and educational, such as category selection, finding relevant links, and checking for prior art.
Eventually the apprentice will make a series of "test piece" posts under the supervision of their master.
Having completed their apprenticeship, the young halfbaker can now set off on a glittering career, posting stupendous ideas and withering annotations to the eager squeals of their admiring hangers-on.
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Dangerous, do not follow link [pocmloc, Jun 17 2021]
make new curse words
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[xandram, Jun 17 2021]
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I like this and I don't like it. Satire? |
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The young should break things and challenge the
status quo sometimes, or else we become a good
old halfbakers club. |
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Then there the difficulties that come with
inexperience... |
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I'm in as a student. I'm currently in the process of changing my
attitude to everything else, so why not halfbakery? |
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//...spotting spelling mistakes or grammatical errors (or
indeed hanging punctuation perhaps? ?? |
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That missing parentheses made me twitch. Well played. |
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BTW, when and where do these 'admiring hangers-on'
appear? |
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//BTW, when and where do these 'admiring hangers-on'
appear?// |
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Kidnapping & indoctrination seems the obvious answer but
with the Borg unavailable to lend any assimilation tech &
Sturton on sabbatical since his employer left us we're sadly
deficient in any appropriate skill sets that might be applied
to that end at the moment, so, perhaps a promotional
event
of some sort instead? |
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Or, & I'm just bouncing ideas off the wall here you
understand, maybe those with
offspring could coerce their
spawn to partake of pixilated baked products by making
their pocket money & phone privileges reliant on a certain
level of weekly bakery activity ;D |
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// I'm currently in the process of changing my attitude to everything else, so why not halfbakery?// |
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There was a conversation when I first found this place between [bristolz] and I think it might have been [Idischler] where one said to the other; (and I paraphrase, this was a long time ago), "This place could be quite a resource for those seeking to learn." |
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...so I stuck around. Whichever of them said that..., (if it was even either one of them, i'ts been decades now), made me go; |
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...and here we are decades in the future and I can honestly say that whomever said that was entirely correct. My high-school-dropout-ass would have learned far less had I not stumbled on this site. |
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This site is a treasure trove of half-thought-through awesomeness waiting for a fellowship-follow-through of those with skills. |
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//This site is a treasure trove of half-thought-through
awesomeness// |
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Sometimes I sneak through some 3/8ths-thought-through
ones. |
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Whilst I like the idea, I think people should find
their own way here because it’s magical. Maybe
there are ways we can direct students to find their
enlightenment without actually taking them under
our wing. Remember all halfbakers are kind of
twisted, and this could be a touchy subject when it
comes to opening your mind. |
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i’m going to give a bun because there are a lot of
good ideas here.+ |
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Would the halfbakery be the same without [beanangel],
[Vernon] and the rest being themselves to the early irking of
us? I'd hate to turn our flavorful if a bit odd croissant into
overprocessed Wonderbread. |
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I never lacked people picking me up on spelling,
punctuation and general writing skills. But, when
mistakes are gently brought to your attention with an
underline here or a crossed out/inserted letter there, it
never made much impact. Being mercilessly, relentlessly
and repeatedly mocked worked much better. |
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An apprenticeship might dull that experience somewhat.
Maybe the first 5 ideas could be somewhat moderated by
an old hand: |
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"Nice idea [Newbie001], but it fails a few of the standards
we apply here. As it stands, it's an unentertaining, poorly
-written description of an obsolete idea. Fix
those points and we'll have another go, eh?" |
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//Being mercilessly, relentlessly and repeatedly mocked worked much better.// |
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Ok I can't argue against that. So instead of this idea let's just mercilessly, relentlessly and repeatedly mock anyone who strays within range. |
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I seriously hero-worshipped (and maybe still do) a number
of folks whose knowledge, wit and communication skills far
exceeded (and continue to exceed) my own. They were my
mentors, though they probably never knew it. |
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Your mentors through a process somewhat similar to being the
third wheel to a literary version of the three stooges? requires
a degree of masochism to truly enjoy, I actually miss being
pulled up as often as I was at the beginning here, sometimes
anyway, but then the clue may be in the handle I chose ;) |
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I'd prefer the opposite approach, really. Assign over-enthusiastic,young things, with new ideas, new methods & a ton of new energy to re-invigorate us tired, old halfbakers. |
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Dr. That is exactly what I'm in need of. I'm feeling a wee bit on
the tired side of the bakery lately. |
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that is so true about getting beat up all the time.
When I first arrived here Dr. Curry and UnaBubba
tormented me to no end! I struggled and held my
ground and Learned. There were so many more
people back then and I think it’s harder now with
so few ‘bakers around. but kudos to all of us who
are still here and who knows who might show up
any day… |
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[blissmiss & DrBob] I agree, or maybe we need the "Old
Halfbakers' Retirement
Home" |
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// Eventually the apprentice will make a series of "test piece" posts
under the supervision of their master. // |
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As such, are we allowed to address the young apprentice as
"grasshopper"? |
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I was thinking we also need a way to attract new
bakers to the site. I followed a link from an
astrology site that said* do you want to make new
swearwords?* and here I was/ am. I often
wondered who posted that link, most likely the
author of the astrology site. I know we have some
very computer savvy bakers here and maybe they
could go around posting links to the place from
other places! I don’t know really, like I said it was
really magical for me. |
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//an astrology site//?
//make new swearwords//? |
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Wha... all kinds of questions about that. Starting with:
why does an astrology site want you to make new
swearwords? |
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Does the making of new swearwords really need any help? |
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Certainly this place is full of creativity and occasional
swearing - but not the first place I'd suggest to someone
who wanted to make new swearwords and needed help. |
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Maybe it was a warning. <DON't CLICk THIs LINk!!!> |
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[Frankx] I don’t believe I know you but nice to
meet you. The astrology site I was on is by Rob
Brezny, who is much more than an astrologer. he is
a free thinker. I’m not sure if it was him or how
the link was included in what I was reading, but
word play is one of my favorite things to do. I was
such a noob that I posted my swearwords in my
profile page because I did not know how the site
worked. I eventually figured it out and have been
here since 2005. On and off of course, but at least
lurking if not baking or commenting. The
swearwords had nothing to do with the astrology
site but I assume it was for play and freethinking. |
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I posted a link to the idea so you can make some
words if you want! I see that I never made any
words after my blunder of posting in my profile .
fuckypoo |
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Astrology is surely the antithesis of 'free thinking' |
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//Astrology is surely the antithesis of 'free thinking'// |
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I don't know about that. It's pretty free, it certainly isn't
constrained by the possible or taste. |
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Yes true - I was thinking of not free in the sense of it
professing to be 'ancient wisdom' which cannot be
questioned |
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//it certainly isn't constrained by the possible or
taste.// |
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//There were so many more people back then//
Many of them ran out of ideas and were wrung out
like damp dishclothes. Several were excellent and
greatly missed….. wagster, bungston, Dr Curry, Ben
Frost etc. Some checked out permanently to avoid
defeat... Max, 8th etc. I'm still here! Ha |
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//I'm still here!// Yes, but you've only been here 15 years |
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Hi [xandram] - I've been here a while, but I've not said much
for ages. Wow, checking out the "new curse words" is like
.5B archaeology! |
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//or maybe we need the "Old Halfbakers' Retirement Home"// |
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My vote is for an orbital old folks home.
A little half-G tennis in the morning and maybe a nice dip in the zero-G pool floating unconstrained at the aquatic centre in the afternoon. |
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//zero-G pool// this makes me nervous |
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//the "Old Halfbakers' Retirement Home"//
"Ideas were so much better when I was a lad. It all started going downhill when they let that young fella Disraeli be Prime Minister. Of course, I shall go on halfbaking forever now that I am getting that wonderful bee hormone treatment..." |
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Some people are very judgmental about where
*ideas* come from. I think one can get an idea
from anywhere, even if it isn’t somewhere that
intellectuals deem worthy. |
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// Yes, but you've only been here 15 years// – That
proves my point.... I'm still fresh and frolicing like
a gibbon in a toy store warehouse. |
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//where *ideas* come from// I get mine printed
on little rolled up pieces of rice paper which I find
in my belly button every morning. I've been posting
an average of one of these every four days for 16
years now. |
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//one of these every four days// - that's good! - one every
13.5 days for me <restrains from making cheap jibe about
quality vs quantity> |
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