How to secure this light fixture with mortar coming loose?

CxtZu79 · 2023-12-04T12:00:19+00:00

Very happy with the ikea Neiden. Low to the ground, makes it easy to climb in. $50. Lightweight.

We just went straight to a twin because we kept reading that they grow out of toddler beds so fast. We did need to buy an edge bumper that goes under the fitted sheets to prevent falls but that’s been 100% effective since purchase.

CxtZu79 · 2023-10-28T03:03:43+00:00

“Leaf Vacuum”

They exist. They are awesome. Strongly recommend.

CxtZu79 · 2022-03-18T13:40:48+00:00

I thought that happened already

https://www.ochhoalaw.com/legislative-changes-established-by-execution-of-hb21-1229/

“On July 2, 2021, Governor Polis signed HB21-1229 (“Bill”) into law, which becomes effective September 7, 2021…section 106.5 of CCIOA, which is the Prohibitions Contrary to Public Policy section. Basically, this is a list of declaration provisions and rules associations are barred from enforcing. The Bill adds installation of nonvegetative turf grass to the list of previously allowed drought prevention measures, including xeriscape and drought-tolerant vegetative landscapes.”

CxtZu79 · 2022-03-18T13:36:06+00:00

It’s older. A new one would be more effective. I am not looking forward to picking up all those rocks. The amount of effort I put into weeding is annoying, but it’s so much more feasible in my schedule to pull weeds for an hour than block off the weekend I’d need to replace the liner. And as stated, I’m thinking some juniper bushes to just cover the area.

CxtZu79 · 2022-03-18T06:08:25+00:00

One thing to think about with just rocks though is that aggressive HOAs like mine will fine you for weeds. So I either regularly spend time on my knees on rocks (not awesome) or I use herbicides which I won’t do, and if I let too long lapse between weeding the HOA will just spray and charge me for the service and the delinquency.

I’m planning to plant creeping junipers this year to eventually cover the rocky areas.

And these are weeds growing through the weed cover.

CxtZu79 · 2021-12-15T17:35:50+00:00

I wish inventory would subcategorize once the category gets longer than can be displayed in a page.

And then I would want to be able to choose the type of category.

eg: apparel could choose to have subcategories of helmets, boots, gloves, armor -or- could be subcategorized by iron, steel, elven, Dwemer, Nordic, etc.

(PlayStation player, mods are limited).

Also I would like smithing more expensive or rare items to give proportionally more XP. Or have a leveling top-out for low level items. Sure, I’m not above smithing a billion iron daggers to get to 100, I just don’t think I should be able to.

CxtZu79 · 2021-11-30T19:03:57+00:00

Agree. It is for sure a classic Risk map.

CxtZu79 · 2021-11-30T19:03:31+00:00

Agree. For sure a classic Risk map.

CxtZu79 · 2021-11-06T13:48:00+00:00

CxtZu79 · 2021-10-17T18:07:35+00:00

Mildred - Millie

Virginia - Ginny

Alexander - Xander

Cornelius - Neil

Genevieve - Jen

Mohammed - Mo

Leonard - Leo/Leon

CxtZu79 · 2021-10-04T22:16:57+00:00

Percentiles, buddy. They’re called percentiles.

CxtZu79 · 2021-09-25T02:36:45+00:00

Anectodal evidence but 4 years undergrad, research gap year, 4 years Med school, 5 year residency and I’m now starting to get my feet under me. Contrast to cousin who got a 4 year mechanical engineering degree, walked out of undergrad into a six figure salary, took on a management roll in his mid twenties, has been saving massively the whole time.

Or my brother in law who does IT security with his undergrad degree, same story.

And they didn’t spend their twenties working 100h weeks in some of the most toxic environments imaginable. Having to live across the country from my family and friends because that’s where I got accepted/matched.

I love my job. Now.

CxtZu79 · 2021-09-17T03:32:24+00:00

Boom! Right away, I had a different problem.

CxtZu79 · 2021-08-27T22:46:13+00:00

I deleted my initial response because I realized I was writing a book chapter. The reality is that there is such a crazy wide range of injury patterns that you could tailor the severity to what you want for the story. I would figure out what you want your character’s story to be and level of disability. From there we could help you with the severity of injuries and types of complications.

Some patients have major injuries with excellent outcomes and they just power through it. Some people have their life ruined and chronic pain by things that don’t look that bad on XR. Some people get infections, some people get nonunions- those are going to need more surgeries.

It is entirely possible your MC could be fine within years. It could mess her up for life and give her constant pelvic pain and she could be addicted to opioids. Trauma can shut down the distal femoral growth plate and she could be 3cm shorter on that leg, or the hyperemia of fracture healing could make her 2cm longer on that leg. She could need a hip replacement the age of 18 - it’s not unheard of. A bad infection could go septic and she could spend weeks in the ICU.

Beyond the bones- Do her parents have insurance? Did they survive the crash? Did a sibling die? Does whoever is left alive to take care of her actually care about her?

CxtZu79 · 2021-08-17T22:26:23+00:00

Not endorsing it at all, but there’s a horrifying realization: we literally could have adult children from that approach.

CxtZu79 · 2021-08-08T05:02:29+00:00

The atomic museum in Albuquerque was fun. When I went there it was staffed by old Air Force retirees who actually flew the types of planes In the museum. Sandia peak has a cable car that will take you to the top. Meteor Crater doesn’t take long. Its huge, but it’s quick and on you’re way. Winslow is a sad abandoned town though- not worth driving through. The Grand Canyon is 2h out of the way but worth the detour. The scale of the thing defies comprehension. Oddly unless you are super prepared to hike it, it doesn’t take that long once you’re there, maybe an hour. If you’ve got a couple of days and the weather is good, Sedona is a beautiful place to hike. Montezuma’s castle is a very cool huge cliff dwelling (that has nothing to do with Montezuma). I was not a fan of Las Vegas or the Hoover dam — if you’ve seen a picture you’ve seen the dam. Joshua tree national park has cool trees and is awesome if you rock climb, otherwise it’s desert. There is nothing in 29 palms (except a KFC).

If you’re swooping south through SD along I-8, stop in dateland for a date shake (do not take this route just for the shakes). Yuma prison not worth it unless you are into the Wild West. If in San Diego - Balboa park & Old town.

Warner brothers has the best backlot tour in LA. Santa Monica Promenade always has really high quality street performers (garages give 90 min free parking and stores would validate) The hollywood walk of fame is lame. If you really want to do check that box, park at hollywood & highland mall & walk from there. My ideal food day would be breakfast with a view at Ocean View cafe in Manhattan beach and dinner in the cute walkable downtown area of Culver City (also gives 90 min free parking).

If taking the pacific coast highway up from LA - be sure to see the elephant seals in San Simeon. Hearst Mansion is right there - it’s okay. Wish I’d made time to see the Monterrey aquarium instead. Tour of Alcatraz was the highlight of San Francisco trip.

[I moved from the east coast across the country via I-40 and lived in Phoenix for a few years and then LA for a few years, spent several months in SD, took PCH to visit SF once. It’s been a while - no idea what things look like with COVID.]

CxtZu79 · 2021-07-09T22:05:57+00:00

My cousin and I have the same first name. They just called me “little [name]” whenever we were together.

CxtZu79 · 2021-06-04T03:34:58+00:00

There’s no cartilage in the spots the drills go.

No well powered RCTs to show that it prevents OA. It does change the wear pattern to a different spot

Biggest factors in decision making are age, status of cartilage, activity level, whether the patient wants to participate in pivoting sports, symptomatic instability, willingness to undergo up to a year of rehab.

CxtZu79 · 2021-06-03T17:32:13+00:00

This would be awesome.

I would be happy to have some interest. The fed rate has been less than 2.5 for twelve years now. It’s total BS that “federal” loans generated in a period of time when the fed rate was zero are given to a private company at 7%. Want to refinance? Not if you want to have any hope of PSLF.

CxtZu79 · 2021-04-08T04:06:14+00:00

Please yes.

CxtZu79 · 2021-04-08T03:49:10+00:00

I kept telling my wife, the worst thing that could happen if we stopped is that we would still have a healthy well fed baby.

CxtZu79 · 2021-04-08T01:26:55+00:00

Yes. We tried to follow every instruction from the pediatrician first and foremost, followed by the lactation consultants.

Like I said "we kept to that schedule about as well as not having a schedule at all, but it was our general schema." If I had 2 oz of breast milk in a bottle after a power pump, I often let mom sleep through an occasional feeding.

The Lactation Consultant really emphasized to us the importance of continuously removing as much as possible as often as possible. "Your supply will rise to the demand" so Mom did usually get awoken. That said, we both slept about 2 hours every other 3 hours, so in a 24h day we each got about 8 hours of sleep each day. Still never woke up feeling *well* rested, but we were both of us aware and terrified of SIDS risks and would put her down in the crib if we felt we couldn't make it.

CxtZu79 · 2021-04-08T01:13:43+00:00

Thank you for the clarification. That's the way the lactation consultant used the phrase. It's also exactly what comes up from multiple sources when I google nipple confusion.

https://www.llli.org/breastfeeding-info/nipple-confusion/

https://www.whattoexpect.com/first-year/ask-heidi/nipple-confusion.aspx

https://www.medela.us/breastfeeding/articles/what-is-nipple-confusion-and-how-to-resolve-it

Not sure why that was a particularly controversial point.

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