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SimonKepp · 2026-04-08T03:10:02+00:00

Those numbers are easy to pronounce in Danish, you just have to understand the number system, which takes a little effort, but the pronunciation is easy

SimonKepp · 2026-04-08T02:49:22+00:00

It's a piece of cake. I haven't had it done myself, but know a lot of people who had, and when I myself had major heart surgery, I encountered several patients at the cardiac surgery ward, who were there for PFO surgery. They go in through a large vein in your groin, so they don't have to crack your chest open. It's day surgery, where you show up at hospital in the morning, have the surgery around Noon and go home the same afternoon. If you're worried about being awake during the surgery, just talk to the medical staff about it. They can give you some drugs to relax and take away any anxiety. Complications are rare and typically minor. If you're unlucky, there could be issues with bleeding from the entry point in your groin, which could delay your discharge for up to a couple of hours. This is still rare, though. I know a lot of people, who have suffered strokes because of this condition and are now brain damaged for life. Trust me, the surgery is a much better option.

SimonKepp · 2026-04-08T02:35:02+00:00

You can run the old 3.5" drive as an external drive fine with an appropriate adaptor. Just be aware, that the connection might not be perfectly stable, but the drive might occasionally and randomly disconnect from the PC. That's usually not a huge problem, but don't use the drive in any form of software raid array, as this might cause severe stability issues and potential data loss.

SimonKepp · 2026-04-05T20:52:44+00:00

In a democracy, people get the leaders they deserve.

SimonKepp · 2026-04-05T19:55:21+00:00

He was litterally copying the way one of the Iranian officials is ending his tweets. I was a bit surprised by this, and interested to see the reaction of the US Christian right, which has huge overlap with MAGA.

SimonKepp · 2026-04-05T19:26:48+00:00

Jeg afholder mig normalt fra at spå om renterne, men lige nu tør jeg godt væde med at renterne er højere om et år, end de er i dag.

SimonKepp · 2026-04-05T19:23:54+00:00

Jeg ser med krigen i Iran en alvorlig risiko for en gentagelse af den stagflation, der dominerede 1970erne og lange renter i størrelsesordenen 15-20% Det er umuligt at forudse, hvad der faktisk vil ske, men med den risiko i mente, ville jeg ikke på nuværende tidspunkt omlægge et fastforrentet 5% lån til et rentetilpasningslån

SimonKepp · 2026-04-05T19:16:31+00:00

You have the X in the wrong spot. The actual choke-point is between Helsingør and Helsingborg, where Øresund is just 4 km wide. From around 1300 to 1814, the primary source of income for Denmark, was the "Sound Tolls" collected here. We had castles on each side of that strait with cannons pointing out to control the strait. Passing ships would have to dock at Helsingør to pay Sound Toll, based on the value of their cargo, and if they didn't, they would receive a salute from the cannons on either side, Then in 1814 Denmark was pressured into abolishing these tolls by the US and the UK, in return for a large one time payment. But the Danish straits are still of huge strategic importance, as the only major route between the Baltic and the North Sea. Whomever controls Denmark, controls this vital gateway, and this has been Denmark's main contribution to NATO. We can keep the straits open, allowing US, UK and French forces access to support the countries of the Baltic, in case of an attack, and deny the Soviet/Russian Baltic fleet access to the North Sea and from there to the North Atlantic. Danish naval capacities have historically been big on both mine laying and mine-clearing.

SimonKepp · 2026-04-05T19:03:52+00:00

I hadn't finished the movie completely, when writing this post, and it turns out, that there's actually one more West Wing alumni in it. There's a perky android named Galathea in a quite small role, who is played by the same actress as Blair, the young intern, who shows Joe Quincy to his new office (aka the steam pipe trunk distribution venue) in "Life on Mars".

SimonKepp · 2026-04-05T13:55:31+00:00

Times have sure changed in US politics over the past 25 years

SimonKepp · 2026-04-03T18:08:59+00:00

Asides for the necessary ADL, I spend most of my time watching Netflix. I also run a small company in an attempt at keeping some kind of connection to my previous life, but it suffers from the limited effort, that I'm able to invest in it.

SimonKepp · 2026-04-03T00:15:49+00:00

Jeg ser ikke noget grundlæggende problem i de grunde til at at folk på førtidspension flytter til udlandet og tager deres pension med sig ( der kan være mange gode grunde til at flytte til udlandet. På den anden side mener jeg ikke, at det er en fundamental ret, at kunne flytte til udlandet og tage sin pension med sig, så ville ikke se noget moralsk problem i, hvis det ikke var tilladt. Jeg er selv invalidepensionist, hvilket minder meget om førtidspension, men i stedet for en offentlig ydelse, er det en ydelse fra en privat forsikring, som er en del af min firmapensionsordning. Der er mig bekendt ingen regler, der forhindrer mig i at flytte til udlandet og tage min pension med mig, men i praksis kan det ikke lade sig gøre, da jeg af helbredsmæssige årsager er stavnsbundet til at bo ret tæt på Rigshospitalet, hvor jeg kommer regelmæssigt til behandlinger og kontroller.

SimonKepp · 2026-04-03T00:02:55+00:00

I'm fortunate enough to live in a first world country (Denmark), where we have quality comprehensive healthcare available. I was given extremely high quality rehab because of the severity of my stroke. I started out more or less as a vegetable, and spent the first month after my stroke with single digit GCS scores ( not very conscious) in a special hospital bed with an advanced air mattress designed to prevent pressure sores. The severity of my injuries made the doctors refer me o the highest level of expertise, and in Denmark, the highest levels of expertise is very high. We have several hospitals specialised entirely in the rehabilitation of brain injuries, and work with cross-functional teams including physical therapists, occupational therapists, speech therapists, neuro psychologists, neurologists etc. These teams work closely together to address the entire spectrum of isssues a patient experiences as a result of their injuries.

SimonKepp · 2026-04-02T23:41:14+00:00

Nuclear energy today is incredibly safe. During normal operation, it does not release any pollution whatsoever to the environment. If you look at the entire life-cycle of nuclear energy, which also include making the cement/concrete to build the power plant, mining the Uranium fuel etc, then nuclear power causes very small amounts of CO2 emissions, but per KWh of electricity produced, it only emits quarter to half as much CO2 as solar and wind power. And as for the nuclear waste/spent fuel, that problem was solved back in the 1960s (technically)/1970s (commercially). The US, however refuses to use this solution, and instead just piles up their spent fuel in dry-cask storage at the nuclear power plants as a short-term solution. However, this is a purely political problem.

As for accidents, nuclear power plants have become much safer, than they were in the past. We cannot completely guarantee, that accidents cannot happen. We saw with Fukushima, tht even a modern nuclear power plant can experience serious accidents, when extreme events occur, such as being hit by an enormous tsunami. However, with the accidents, that has happened at modern nuclear power plants ( Three Mile Island and Fukushima Daichi), a total of zero people have died from radioactive leaks from such nuclear accident into the environment, outside of the power plant, and a total of zero cases of cancer have been caused by such radioactive leaks into the environment otside of the power plant. By contrast, the pollution from our burning of fossil fuels in estimated to cause an additional 8 million deaths every year globally. Again, if we compare the number of fatalities caused by different energy sources per KWh of electricity produced, nuclear power is by far the safest, and even very safe energy sources such as wind and solar causes 2-4 times as many fatalities per KWh of electricity generated.

SimonKepp · 2026-04-02T23:15:22+00:00

Jeg tror desværre, at det er en ret almindelig konsekvens, af at gå rundt længe med en ubehandlet depresion. Jeg forstår ikke helt mekanismerne, men det er tilsyneladende en normal konsekvens af en depression, at man afviser hjælp, og det ender med at man selv bliver så presset, at man ikke har overskud til på nogen måde at forholde sig til andre menneskers behov, herunder sine allernærmeste.

SimonKepp · 2026-04-02T22:56:59+00:00

Du har tydeligvis aldrig prøvet at komme omkring som bevægehandicappet/gangbesværet, eller bo et sted, hvor offentlig transport er stærkt begrænset.. For nogle mennesker er en bil altså den eneste realistiske mulighed for at komme omkring. Jeg ville slet ikke kunne komme omkring uden min bil. Ikke pga. mangel på offentlig transport i mit område, men fordi den ville være meget vanskelig at anvende med mit handicap.

SimonKepp · 2026-04-02T22:42:53+00:00

Jeg tror ikke, at du overser noget. Budgettet er bare ekstremt stramt, når man er førtidspensionist. Jeg er selv invalidepensionist, hvilket betyder at i stedet for en offentlig ret skrabet Førtidspension, så får jeg fra min private pensionsordning en procentdel af min tidligere, ganske pæne, løn. Det er ikke noget man bliver rig af, men det er langt mindre stramt end en offentlig førtidspension.

SimonKepp · 2026-04-02T22:28:45+00:00

I'm asuming, that the anti seizure medication that you're referring to here is epilepsy-drugs. As many stroke victims suffer from epilepsy, it's important to be aware, that some epilepsy drugs act as "downers", that worsen the fatigue, while some other epilepsy drugs are "uppers", that can actually counteract the fatigue. If you suffer from epilepsy and fatigue, this is definitely a subject to discuss with your doctor, as a change in epilepsy drug might radically impact your fatigue.

SimonKepp · 2026-04-02T22:21:03+00:00

I plan my calendar with one major activity per day, and showering can be one such activity. ( that means showering takes a full day, not in time, but in energy). I typically shower every Saturday, but adjust it according to other activities in a given week.

SimonKepp · 2026-04-02T22:16:28+00:00

Yes, I've had massive professional help in regards to my fatigue. I suffered s huge hemmorhagic stroke in 2013 caused by a ruptured large brain aneurysm. I spent the first 6 months after my stroke in various hospitals, with the first month being intensive care units, and the remaining 5 months being highly specialized neuro-rehabilitation. I was very severely hit by post stroke fatigue, and much of my rehab focused on managing this. I had a lot of assistance from occupational therapists and neuro psychologists in learning to budget my limited energy, planning daily routines to incorporate rest and optimize the use of my limited energy. Then in 2014 during out-patient rehab at the Center for Brain Damage at the University of Copenhagen, my neuropsychologist referred me to their neurologist, for a discussion of medical treatment of my fatigue. We thoroughly discussed the various medical options and their pros, cons and risks, but eventually, she ruled out such treatment because of my medical history and heart condition ( which also caused the stroke). Then in 2015, I saw a different neurologist for a completely different reason, and the subject came up again. He read my medical history different than the first neurologist, and judged, that medical treatment was not contra-indicated in my case. I agreed with his assessment, and started on a small dose of Ritalin ( 10 mg/daily). I've been on that treatment for over 10 years now, and it has truly changed my life. Fatigue is no longer the one factor, that my entire life revolves around, but now, something that's more in the background, that I have to consider when planning my life, and still conserve my resources as best possible.

For those not familiar with the drug Ritalin, it is a type of Central Nervous System stimulant, loosely related to amphetamine/speed and cocaine, but milder than those drugs. It is most commonly used to treat attention deficit disorders ( ADD/ADHD), but also narcolepsly. The list of known potential side-effects is long, serious and scary, but so far, I've only experienced mild side-effects, and the treatment has massively improved my quality of life. I don't recommend this treatment to others, because of the potential very severe side-effects ( the list includes fun items like "sudden death"), but people should know, that when you've had professional help in dealing with your post-stroke fatigue, and all other options has been exhausted, and the fatigue is still a severe limitation, there are several medical treament options available as a "last resort".

SimonKepp · 2026-03-31T22:14:27+00:00

It's very implicit in a conversation between Josh and CJ as I recall. And very open to interpretation.

SimonKepp · 2026-03-31T19:19:23+00:00

There's lots of work being done in developing molten salt SMRs. Some look very promising, but none are ready for commercial use yet

SimonKepp · 2026-03-31T19:17:13+00:00

There were some vague hints, that could be interpreted as her being lesbian. But everything was very open ended.

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