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Dij can make phone calls, turn on the computer, send emails ... and play computer games.
Picture the scene: I'm play GTA V online, I'm in an Annihilator Helicopter (only slightly stolen), and I am approaching the attack zone at around 2000 feet.
Furface decides I'm not paying him enough attention, strolls up to the keyboard and ... looks at me while he presses the "F" key.
Which ejects me from the chopper.
Then he lies down on the keyboard so I can't get to ENTER to deploy my parachute ... can I remember which button it is on the controller? Nope.
Splat.
Thanks cat.
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Looking at the bigger picture.
Perhaps it's Dij's way of telling you that if should convert you to soft mushy pieces she'd eat you flesh without a second thought ?
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Haven't bought a license for Pawsense[^] yet, I gather... 
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TBH, the end result's probably no different to being ejected (presumably upwards, i.e. towards the rotors) from the 'copter. Never played GTA so maybe you were flying a rotorless 'copter... 
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No, "F" is the standard KB key for "enter" or "exit" a vehicle. If you land a chopper, "F" is how you open the door and step out.
If you are flying, it does the same thing. Just from a much greater height ...
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A straightforward one to end the week.
Foreigner consumed penny becoming estranged. (9)
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if you don't get any takers I'll post but I'm sure you will.
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Foreigner ALIEN
consumed ATE
penny D
becoming estranged.
ALIENATED
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Told you it was straightforward! YUAM.
Cheers,
Peter
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Typical CCC! I had no idea what the answer was, but it was straight forward when explained (not all are straight forward). I'd guessed D for penny; but for the rest, the penny hadn't dropped. Well done, as usual, @OriginalGriff. I expect that Dij got it.
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He sets most of mine for me ... 
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I solved it too but I've set two already this week - it seems to be attracting more people lately which is a good thing.
who is Dij ?
Edit
Just realised it's OG's cat
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modified 21-May-21 6:49am.
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He's a member: @Dij-The-Cat
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How is penny = d?
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Back before 15th February 1971, the UK used pounds, shillings, and pence which were abbreviated to "LSD".
The coins were the half-crown (two shillings and sixpence), shilling (12 pennies, also known as a "Bob"), sixpence (6 pennies, also known as a "tanner"), threepence (or thee pennies, also known as a "thruppenny bit"), one penny (or 1D), and halfpenny.
So "D" was "PENNY" and UK crosswords still use it.
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d = denarius for us wot, yu kno, got ejucation, like.
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I'm not old enough to remember Roman coinage ... 
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Insana: The pied pipers of cryptocurrency are leading investors to their doom
In other news, U.S. Feds eye crypto-currency; think it might be used to "evade taxes" (!) and are implementing counter-measures (firms required to report ANY financial transaction over $10,000).
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That's just too good, a CNBC shill calling out cryptocurrency shills! 
US banks already have to report transactions over $10,000, so having crypto exchanges do it is just more of the same. I'm surprised it wasn't the case already. They're already subject to the same KYC (Know Your Customer) rules if they allow cryptos to be converted to paper.
modified 21-May-21 8:16am.
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What I find amusing, after the various defenses of bitcoin, that it last nearly 1/3 of its value in a couple of weeks.
Does anyone else hear a loud flushing sound?
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The volatility indicates that it's not ready for prime time. But it's had big corrections before[^], only to go on to new highs. (You have to click on the double right arrow at the bottom of that to see the latest one.)
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It's currently no more than an (energy intensive) crap-shoot. Volatility like that, almost certainly due to a single person's willingness to accept or not accept it as currency (for a Tesla)?
It's nothing like a currency. A limited commodity for barter of real utility primarily for those who wish to keep their (illegal) transactions hidden. They'll take the risk to keep out of jail.
Ooops! Excuse me. It's just dropped another 9.3 % from it's already depressed value.
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I don't actually know a lot about cryptocurrency...yet, but a friend who claims he does, was telling me that Bitcoin is un-sustainable, especially for the future, due to the need for mining and the energy that requires.
Other forms of crypto that don't require mining have a better future sustainability, especially if it is adopted by a larger world population.
I am not sure if this is a correct assessment or not, but that is what I was told.
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There can only be 21M bitcoins, and over 18.5M have already been mined. The transaction cost (updating its blockchain) is more of an issue, but not so much if it's used as a store of value instead of for regular trade, in the same way that you could compare gold (store of value) to paper (for regular trade).
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The only thing that "sustains" them is a type of group madness; the shared believe (hope) in a particular "big win (lie)". In the old days, one hung out at the track.
It was only in wine that he laid down no limit for himself, but he did not allow himself to be confused by it.
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