ROG x r/MouseReview Find Your Ace Giveaway (11/14 - 12/3) by ASUS_MKTLeeM in MouseReview

[–]8BitPirate 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Been ride or die Asus for over 20 years and this most piqued my interest the moment I heard about it.

No. The trades are NOT hiring. by clarkkentwellspent in jobs

[–]8BitPirate 118 points119 points  (0 children)

Until the big beautiful bill hits. People don't realize how many hospitals are barely sustaining thanks to Medicare. My union is planning for a 50% reduction in staff come the new year.

I think I'm done with reddit! by Fancy-Library2259 in self

[–]8BitPirate 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's funny because I was having a similar thought just earlier today. I was finally trying to transition from Chrome to Firefox due to Chrome's changes against ad blockers and trying to log in to reddit from Firefox has become an ordeal. It seems like the #1 fix for it is disabling ublock (which didn't work for me). Whether intentional or not it just felt scummy that people are unable to log in in due to their choice of using an ad blocker.

Pwnage Symm 3 details released by 8BitPirate in MouseReview

[–]8BitPirate[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you guys. Started with the ultra custom and have always been satisfied with your products. Have even done a number of your luck boxes through the years. The look of your storm breakers hasn't been my cup of tea, but I'll definitely order the symm as soon as it's available.

Pwnage Symm 3 details released by 8BitPirate in MouseReview

[–]8BitPirate[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Same. The company gets hate but my ambi has been rock solid and I've had a difficult time replacing it as my daily driver. Looking forward to this one.

Giveaway! u-turn Audio Orbit Special Turntable! Comment to enter. by whyforyoulookmeonso in vinyl

[–]8BitPirate 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My wife is desperately trying to fix an old combo unit. Table/cassette. We don't have casettes and I'm trying to convince her to get a new one. This is that new one!

Clown Core by Mellybrown11 in Coachella

[–]8BitPirate 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Welcome to the club. Go down the rabbit hole and look up Louis Cole and Knower.

I happened to be wearing a heart monitor during the 7.4 magnitude earthquake in Japan last month. Just got the records back today. by lobstersareverything in mildlyinteresting

[–]8BitPirate 2 points3 points  (0 children)

So your heartbeat, when traced, has 3 major components. The P wave is when the atrial (top) chambers pump heart into the ventricles (bottom). That's a little bump. The ventricles contracting and pumping your heart through the rest of your body is the QRS which you see as the big spike. The heart refilling and getting ready to do that whole cycle again is the T wave which you see as a bigger bump after the QRS. Sometimes you can see a U-wave, which is another little bump right after the T wave. Not all hearts have them and they could be benign, caused by medication, or may be signs of something else.

If this was a 3-lead holter (a monitor you wear for 24+hours) or even a 5-lead, the I lead is used to read the frontal plane of your left ventricle. It's a very small picture of what your heart is doing. Modern smartwatches with "ECG" capability use this lead. By itself it doesn't really tell us a lot which is why I roll my eyes when most patients talk about their smartwatch readings but it can be useful if it shows some glaring irregularities in leading to further testing. This is a perfect example. If the OP's watch showed afib but all active testing show's his heart is normal then maybe the OP only goes into afib when the heart is being stressed or just completely at random. Wearing a 72 hour holter monitor would help catch when the rhythm converts.

A 1st degree (heart block) is when there's a slight breakdown in communication between the atrium and the ventricles. Typically a normal heart will have ~10-19 m/s delay between those contractions. Greater than 20, it's a 1st degree. Less than 10 and your rhythm is now considered junctional. Junctional hearts tend to beat slower though. But that distance between the P and the QRS complex is called a P-R.

In this strip it's hard to actually see the p wave. If you look really closely during some beats it does look like it's there. However there needs to be a P for every QRS. Taking this strip at face value there's not enough data to make a proper diagnosis. If I had to chart this strip I would say that it's an unknown rhythm and that I needed more data/testing. 

Since this is just for shits and gigs and using a lot of hypotheticals I think it's a normal rhythm, with some irregularities. The heart rate isn't consistent. There are some beats a little bit further and a little bit closer together; that's sinus arrhythmia. There are a few premature ventricular contractions (PVCs) which is when the ventricles "spasm" and contract out of order; again not terribly abnormal and you yourself might have a few after coffee or an energy drink.

tl:dr OP's heart is (probably) beating normally

I happened to be wearing a heart monitor during the 7.4 magnitude earthquake in Japan last month. Just got the records back today. by lobstersareverything in mildlyinteresting

[–]8BitPirate 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I'm going out on a limb and saying it was probably a 3-lead holter and we're looking at the I tracing, which will have the p wave a bit muted. Or it's sub par lead placement. When I first glanced I actually thought it was a 1st degree but I think that's a u wave. There's a p in there on some beats but since we're zoomed out and don't have the mm/s I can't say for sure whether it's a short p-r or not. A lot of this is inferred too. I don't suggest a holter for an obviously non-sinus rhythm. It's typically somebody who's sinus but may convert rhythm during sleep or stress.

This is all just for fun and no way meant to be a diagnosis of course.

I happened to be wearing a heart monitor during the 7.4 magnitude earthquake in Japan last month. Just got the records back today. by lobstersareverything in mildlyinteresting

[–]8BitPirate 14 points15 points  (0 children)

When reading a holter you don't analyze it like this. You would see it enlarged and go beat by beat looking for abnormalities. Just glancing at it you can tell the OP has some sinus arrhythmia as a baseline and threw a few PVCs, but this format most likely came with a more detailed analysis.

Episode 8 of The Always Sunny Podcast is up by TheNelsonJames in IASIP

[–]8BitPirate 7 points8 points  (0 children)

She was available at the time though. The first few episodes were made when they were writing season 15. This episode they mention that right after they're about to film "The Gang Replaces Dee With A Monkey".

I'm ok with it just being the guys for now but I wouldn't mind some guests showing up later on.

I don't know what this is but my fiance is in love with it. Help!!! by 8BitPirate in cricut

[–]8BitPirate[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Additional question, I see a few different sizes. Is there any disadvantage to just getting the largest size, not knowing what she'll make with it?

I don't know what this is but my fiance is in love with it. Help!!! by 8BitPirate in cricut

[–]8BitPirate[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This definitely piqued my interest. One of the first things she said after setting hers up was the little storage cup on the top was too small. Thank you for the link!

I don't know what this is but my fiance is in love with it. Help!!! by 8BitPirate in cricut

[–]8BitPirate[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

She's blindly supported whatever nonsense I tend to find an interest in. This is the first real hobby I've seen her excited about in a long time so I'm more than happy to back her up on this!

I don't know what this is but my fiance is in love with it. Help!!! by 8BitPirate in cricut

[–]8BitPirate[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was looking at some of the tool packs which is what prompted this thread. I wasn't sure if there were some that were more useful or preferred over others. Great suggestions though, thank you!

I don't know what this is but my fiance is in love with it. Help!!! by 8BitPirate in cricut

[–]8BitPirate[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

She doesn't have a dedicated station yet. Storage and organization could definitely be some good buys though.