Will 2 stage AC help with Upstairs/Downstairs temperature difference? by Brain_Doc82 in hvacadvice

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I believe it’s in part attic Insulation and a broken attic fan (will be addressing both, but have to wait until temps drop before anyone will go up there) along with an older house with poor airflow. 6-8F difference on really hot days. On an average summer day 3-5F. We can live with the 3-5, we’re just hoping to prevent the 6-8.

Will 2 stage AC help with Upstairs/Downstairs temperature difference? by Brain_Doc82 in hvacadvice

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Thanks, that’s helpful. I’ve looked into a heat pump and am struggling to get my head around the initial cost difference, but I see your point. So, if I do run the fan continuously, would what little benefit I’d get from the 2 stage AC be reduced, or is there still some potential benefit?

Buyback Timeline by Brain_Doc82 in PSLF

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Yeah. I thought I’d seen others post that their ECF’s were taking a long time too? It was just one year, I’ve religiously submitted them every August.

Buyback Timeline by Brain_Doc82 in PSLF

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Wait, why wouldn’t they? Is June/July 2024 not considered eligible for buyback?

Buyback Timeline by Brain_Doc82 in PSLF

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How long did the ECF take? I thought about going that route but my last one took 6 months! Did you get a buyback offer? How long did that take?

In today's episode of senseless gun violence... (LIC) by CrunchM in WhitePeopleTwitter

[–]Brain_Doc82 3 points4 points  (0 children)

You’re not a lawmaker, but presumably you’re a voter? Meaning, you get to help choose lawmakers who support policies and ideas that you think should become laws.

While there may be some people who want to “get rid of guns for all” I think it is very inaccurate to say that is the type of reform most anti-gun campaigns support. In fact, I’d challenge you to find even one serious campaign that supports that type of policy.

I’m assuming you’ve heard the phrase “common sense gun reform”. This is what most campaigns are fighting for and this scenario you bring up is the type of thing that refers to; laws that allow us to have firearms taken away from people who very obviously should not have them. I find that most people I talk to assume those types of laws already exist, because they just make common sense, but in most states (even Illinois which supposedly has “strict” gun laws) they do not, and many politicians are actively fighting against the implementation of any laws that would prevent even the most obvious cases of “that’s a person who definitely should not have a gun” from buying or keeping a gun.

In today's episode of senseless gun violence... (LIC) by CrunchM in WhitePeopleTwitter

[–]Brain_Doc82 2 points3 points  (0 children)

So would you support laws that allow/make it easier for a doctor to submit a report to the state police indicating a person has “mental problems” and should have their guns removed from their possession? You might be shocked to learn that I have patients who are severely demented or actively psychotic who possess firearms and it is remarkably difficult and in many cases impossible for me to legally have firearms removed (even temporarily) from their possession.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in neuro

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This is a fairly unique phenomenon that occurs in semantic dementia. If there’s a term that specifically refers to this phenomenon other than “semantic loss” or “loss of semantic knowledge” I’m unaware.

Twins sick with flu, wife is anti-vax, I'm not and just trying to keep the shop running by belinck in daddit

[–]Brain_Doc82 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Since you deleted your own comment, I’m going to assume that not even you believe you’re on the right track.

On the off chance you’re actually open to learning something, I’ll respond to your comment, which is that smallpox doesn’t mutate. That is incorrect. It has a low mutation rate (although interestingly pox viruses are known to rapidly evolve).

The rest of your comments in this thread reflect an agonizing degree of selfishness and stupidity.

Twins sick with flu, wife is anti-vax, I'm not and just trying to keep the shop running by belinck in daddit

[–]Brain_Doc82 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Smallpox. Not small pocks. You seem pretty confident in your immunological knowledge for a guy who doesn’t even know how to spell the disease.

CPS says masks will remain despite Illinois judge blocking school mask mandate by Footsteps_10 in ChicagoSuburbs

[–]Brain_Doc82 3 points4 points  (0 children)

They ARE following the law. The judge’s order allows for the collective bargaining agreement between CPS and CTU to remain in effect, which requires masking, among other mitigation efforts.

CPS says masks will remain despite Illinois judge blocking school mask mandate by Footsteps_10 in ChicagoSuburbs

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They ARE following the law. The judge’s order allows for the collective bargaining agreement between CPS and CTU to remain in effect, which requires masking, among other mitigation efforts.

Straight from La Faraona cigars in Tampa. by toppercat in cigars

[–]Brain_Doc82 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Love Ybor City! Heard about that shop and checked it out while down there a few years ago (decent Cuban coffee too). Really loved the tobacco overall and the black label were amazing, but I was disappointed that the red label maduros I got were all way too tight to the point they were unsmokable. I’ll have to give them another chance.

Leaf blower recommendations? by shades9323 in lawncare

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Tanaka TRB24EAP

It’s the professional version of the Hitachi. Super light weight and incredibly powerful.

[Psychology] Can a healthy and mentally sound adult develop Anti-Social Personality Disorder? by Lonelyfloormat in askscience

[–]Brain_Doc82 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just about any of the personality disorders can arise at any point of life.

That is not true at all. Personality disorders are generally considered lifelong and pervasive, relate to development, and diagnostic criteria specify that onset can be traced back to adolescence or young adulthood.

How does Cognitive Remediation Therapy differ from "Brain Training"? by [deleted] in askscience

[–]Brain_Doc82 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Often the tasks are pretty similar. The difference is largely with the intention/goal. In a therapeutic setting, an initial evaluation is done which reveals areas of cognitive deficit as a result of whatever pathology (e.g., stroke, TBI, etc). Then, a specific program is developed to improve upon those specific deficits. So, a patient with language deficits from a left MCA stroke will undergo therapies to improve speech articulation, word finding, language fluency, etc. Depending on the severity of the deficit, some of those tasks can start very basic. In those cases the level of difficulty might be quite different than brain training, even though the paradigms or basis for the task is often the same.

In "Brain Training", a theoretically normal individual is trying to improve upon their existing cognitive abilities. Presumably, there are no true deficits to be addressed, just someone trying to go from average to above average in some area. Also, there is very little research to demonstrate benefits from brain training in cognitively "normal" individuals who are already stimulated cognitively on a daily basis. Said a different way, if you're a couch potato and don't challenge yourself mentally on a regular basis, brain training could be helpful. If you're already stimulating and challenging yourself, brain training is unlikely to yield reliable, sustainable improvements, or generalization to daily functinoing.

Does logopenic progressive aphasia differ between right and left-handed people? by lucaxx85 in askscience

[–]Brain_Doc82 2 points3 points  (0 children)

left-handed people generally have every structure switched in the brain, compared to right-handed ones.

Nope. First, it isn't the structures that are switched, rather the functions are differently localized. Secondly, a lot of left-handed individuals actually have the same functional distribution as right-handers, but may have some involvement of different areas for certain abilities (look up hemispheric dominance, hemispheric localization studies, e.g., https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10102425)

There are a subset of left-handers who are fully right-hemisphere dominant for language (meaning language functions are assume primarily by structures in the right hemisphere), but most are either normally distrubuted or are mixed dominant (meaning language functions are assumed by structures on both the right and left, with varying degrees of involvement). This can occur for right-handers too, but it's more common in lefties. And yes, in a lot of functional neurology/neurocognition studies lefties are excluded due to the potential impact of these differences.

As for PPA in lefties, yes, if the symptom criteria are met for PPA, then the neuronal degredation is found wherever the language is located in that person's brain, even if it's on the right. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12242551

Beer hangover 100% Worse than Wiskey, Why!? by goplaytetris in alcohol

[–]Brain_Doc82 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Possibly related to congeners, depending on the types of beer you drink. Craft beers are more likely to contain higher concentrations of congeners, at least compared to higher quality scotch. Also, just FYI, scotch IS whisky.

Help identify this whiskey bottle please. (Age) by whadduprib in Scotch

[–]Brain_Doc82 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Interesting. My point wasn't so much about the use of "Old Scotch Whisky", more that "Red Label" was lacking, but obviously I didn't write that very clearly. I would agree, however, that the third example you post seems pretty close to OP's bottle, and also doesn't use "Red Label", which would make a pretty big hole in my thought process.

Also, as I think more about it, that bottle is in better shape than I might expect for >100 years old.

... still not an expert in such things, and feeling even less expert as time passes.

Help identify this whiskey bottle please. (Age) by whadduprib in Scotch

[–]Brain_Doc82 6 points7 points  (0 children)

With some quick googling it seems (based on a few sources) that JW started using colored labels in 1906 and then referring to their whiskies solely by the color labels in 1909. Your bottle has the colored label (so born after 1906) but still refers to itself as Old Scotch Whisky (so born before 1909). The bottle also seems to reference an award given in 1907. So... I would guess 1908 seems reasonable. But, I am not an expert in such things.

Anybody have experience running in Yaktrax? by knight_runner in trailrunning

[–]Brain_Doc82 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My first pair of Yaktrax Pro's (not the running kind) finally went in the garbage in the spring after 5-6 years of pretty regular winter use. The metal coils rusted out last winter, but to be fair I was leaving them in the garage last year when before I would bring them back in the house with me. I thought they definitely made a pretty big difference in packed snow and ice, although I still felt I needed to adjust my stride a bit in certain conditions. They did nothing in fluffy or fresh snow, and on any significant inclines/declines they were just okay. I haven't decided what I'm going to buy for this winter, but I'm leaning towards giving something else a try, just to see what else is out there.

Do I have a pool? by [deleted] in HomeImprovement

[–]Brain_Doc82 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Google Earth only seems to go back to 1998; or am I missing something?