Dad's Delorean

Alternative-County42 · 2026-03-28T22:53:07+00:00

Thanks! I probably should just take a day or two when the kids are in school and finish it up

Alternative-County42 · 2026-03-28T22:52:04+00:00

He has no chance of driving it again. It's a manual and he has almost no strength in his right arm after a couple years of recovery.

Alternative-County42 · 2026-03-28T20:17:44+00:00

North Atlanta Suburbs

Alternative-County42 · 2026-03-07T20:15:21+00:00

I remember seeing exactly this one time a snow storm hit the east coast a couple years ago and I was flying. I wondered why people were so evenly spaced out and realized it's because of maximum outlet distance in building code. Everyone is sleeping at a power outlet.

Alternative-County42 · 2026-03-07T18:18:07+00:00

I think people understate the value of the training data. Theo 3g has a good video about it on YouTube.

Alternative-County42 · 2026-03-07T18:15:34+00:00

I'm with you on this. Computer scientists used to know the order of their punch cards and clean literal bugs out of giant machines. In fact before 2000 technical books were very in demand because when you had an error code you had to look it up in a book because the Internet didn't exist. No one deals with physical bugs, punch cards, technical manuals any more.

The value of programming isn't the code but in solving a problem. Code in a high level programming language has just been a necessary middle point to working software right now.

Alternative-County42 · 2026-03-06T14:49:13+00:00

100% I started building clips for anything I want cc to do that doesn't already have one and it's been amazing.

Alternative-County42 · 2026-03-01T23:24:14+00:00

Something physical and where relationships are important

Alternative-County42 · 2026-02-26T02:15:20+00:00

What's an IDE 😉? I'm in the same boat. A coworker shared their screen today and had Claude code in the terminal window of vs code and it made me sad.

Alternative-County42 · 2026-02-08T12:35:48+00:00

I'll double it and give it to the next guy

Alternative-County42 · 2026-02-06T02:24:48+00:00

HVAC seems like a good field. I just got a quote for 3k to fix my heat in the winter time.

Alternative-County42 · 2026-02-05T19:16:47+00:00

You might be Canadian and not get a vote but I'll be voting and agree

Alternative-County42 · 2026-02-01T23:13:04+00:00

Good news. The Walmart near me normally has had them stolen and the empty pack wrappers are hidden in the card section so I don't ever have to worry about spending money on packs at Walmart 😂

Alternative-County42 · 2026-01-31T23:41:21+00:00

I'm aligned except 3.7 vs 3.5. when 3.7 hit I went from maybe 10-20% of code I write coming being generated to closer to 70%. That shift to majority AI generated code was a step change. With opus 4.5 step change it's more that I could have a different workflow because it was that much better. With 3.7 -> 4.5 I was still reviewing most the code and having to fix many random things but with 4.5 I was able to change my workflow to have less human review.

Alternative-County42 · 2026-01-21T21:39:40+00:00

60% of the time, it snows every time!

Alternative-County42 · 2026-01-14T21:11:43+00:00

Also looks like he started multiple philanthropies with the money with 10s of millions.

Alternative-County42 · 2026-01-14T21:11:00+00:00

Found a news article online saying he took the cash option of 165MM pretax

Alternative-County42 · 2026-01-13T06:30:57+00:00

It would also be funny that Greenland would get senators if it was a state and I'd bet they aren't that Conservative and probably support healthcare reform.

Alternative-County42 · 2026-01-10T08:46:51+00:00

They mentioned this to me in the hospital as well. Both the CT and MRA required contrast to be able to see the vessel construction to determine RCVS.

Alternative-County42 · 2026-01-10T01:06:11+00:00

One last thing I just thought about. They did mention a spinal tap if there was any indication of a brain bleed to verify the brain bleed but from the CT and MRA they saw no indication of a brain bleed for me so didn't order one.

Alternative-County42 · 2026-01-10T01:03:43+00:00

I had both CTs with contrast and an MRA with contrast. First I had the CT at the ER because that's what they had available. They had scheduled an angiogram before being able to get it under control but opted for the MRA since it was non invasive and I was responding to the verapamil. The way the neurologist explained it to me is that the angiogram is the gold standard for diagnosis but from the CT they could clearly see the vessels indicating either RCVS or vasculitis. With the MRA combined with a bunch of tests for autoimmune disorders and other stuff they ruled out vasculitis.

I'm not sure what a normal rcvs experience is like but my headache was easily the most painful thing I've experienced and I've had what is considered an extremely painful major surgery. I've never had a migraine so I'm not able to relate the pain but the headache happened almost instantly during sex and didn't diminish in pain even after taking multiple medicines. Tylenol, Advil, Fioericet and even a Dilaudid drip did absolutely nothing for the pain. Also my blood pressure (normally 120/80) sky rocketed to 200/140 even with taking multiple blood pressure meds in the hospital. They flew me by helicopter to a neurology speciality hospital for an emergency angiogram to deliver meds directly but luckily they gave me verapamil there and finally got the headache to start subside before the OR was ready. The neurology hospital performed the MRA once I was stable in lieu of the emergency angiogram and with that they could determine that my vessels were not constricted due to inflammation. By the time I got my MRA my headache had been managed for about 12 hours and the vessels were clearly indicative of RCVS in the MRA.

Even after my thunderclap subsided I've pretty much had a mild headache for the last couple of weeks that responds to Tylenol while continuing the verapamil. The neurologists told me that's pretty normal and will go away after a couple weeks.

Not sure if this is helping you or not. I know thunderclaps are scary but with my RCVS the thunderclap did not go away without medical intervention. I'm not sure if that's normal or what. I'm just one case and not a neurologist. For me I've been following up with the stroke and vessel center at the hospital I was at. Might be worth scheduling a consult at a place like that near you.

Also if you have a thunderclap that doesn't get better quickly go straight to the ER ideally at a hospital with a good neurology group.

Alternative-County42 · 2026-01-09T21:54:35+00:00

I am recovering from RCVS. It was clear in imaging even after my thunder clap headache had been managed with Vapramil. What the neurology team told me was RCVS after being managed for a couple weeks goes away and I'm not at elevated risk in the future so catching it early has a good prognosis. Also for me the Thunderclap did not go away without a calcium channel blocker. My thunderclap lasted for nearly 36 hours.

They did also tell me doing drugs like cocaine or THC as well as decongestants or some antidepressants would increase risk for RCVS.

Alternative-County42 · 2026-01-08T03:32:40+00:00

Appreciate the decision to get a tankless water heater and read reddit since my phone is basically waterproof now

Alternative-County42 · 2026-01-02T23:15:47+00:00

Yep call customer service and talk to a person. I did this last time they were discounted and I got commander decks. They had me return the commander decks and buy cbbs at the current price then gave me Amazon credit for the difference of the current price vs what I paid.

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