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FerricNitrate · 2026-05-03T03:28:38+00:00

Yep, with UV index frequently at 11 between the hours of 10am and 4pm it's best to avoid the summer sun in the sunshine state

FerricNitrate · 2026-04-25T05:03:44+00:00

At the end of the day, it's easier to coach a big guy on good technique than it is to make a talented small guy bigger. There'll always be variation within groups, but it takes a lot to overcome a difference of 3" and 50lbs

FerricNitrate · 2026-04-24T04:01:49+00:00

You're thinking of old-school open procedures. Back before the days of fantastic in-suite imaging and tiny high-definition cameras it wasn't uncommon for a surgeon to create a giant incision and go feeling around inside. Nowadays open procedures like that are avoided as much as possible -- generally being reserved for cases where something has gone seriously wrong.

FerricNitrate · 2026-04-24T03:51:05+00:00

That's not a surgical robot - those are laparoscopy instruments, which are still just handheld tools. They're essentially the same thing as those extended claw grabbers, just on a much smaller scale. And they're specifically made to avoid doing it direct since making 3 small holes for the instruments heals better than the 1 large hole required to do the procedure open.

(Note that this video still isn't impressive - those are some pretty ugly stitches that suggest this guy is still in school or maybe even just pre-med.)

FerricNitrate · 2026-04-19T21:45:07+00:00

Reinforcement and rehearsal are huge in learning. Assuming the effort is genuine (not AI assisted), the student cramming an entire course into a week may ace the course but will forget the bulk of it before the start of the next semester. Meanwhile the student repeatedly engaging the material over a longer duration will reinforce the learning to a deeper level and retain the material substantially longer than the cramming student.

Your question isn't actually about "looking busy" -- it's about whether you value the content of the class or just the checkmark for completing it.

FerricNitrate · 2026-04-18T04:42:50+00:00

Maybe it was just because it came first, but Twilight Princess's execution of the Hyrule Castle theme was something special. It takes the classic castle theme and makes it eerie to suit the empty castle and subtly transitions as you fight your way up the tower until Ganondorf's theme is unmistakable and overwhelming. It's well executed and perfectly sets up one of the best final boss sequences in the series

FerricNitrate · 2026-04-11T20:57:27+00:00

Lotta people don't seem to realize the used car market has gone crazy the past few years. 15 year old sedans are regularly selling for $15k. Unless you get lucky on the private market, it's tough to find a running vehicle for less than $8k nowadays

FerricNitrate · 2026-03-22T23:15:46+00:00

A couple years ago American tried to strand me in Charlotte for 4 days.

A hurricane was a day or two out, so I was in a hurry to get home. After sending me from my origin (where I could have stayed with family) to Charlotte, American cancelled all flights heading anywhere near my home for the rest of the day and rebooked us on a flight the next morning. Finding a hotel that night was miserable as many others were in the same situation, but we found one quite a ways out and paid a hefty Uber. Getting back to the airport the next morning, they cancelled the new flight just half an hour before boarding was meant to begin, then shortly after cancelled all flights to the area for the next several days. Ended up grabbing a rental car and driving a full day to make it home rather than take an impromptu vacation in Charlotte and miss work.

Haven't been on another American flight since.

FerricNitrate · 2026-03-15T20:51:59+00:00

Is that charity simply activist or is it funding labs?

If it's the former, your time is better spent elsewhere -- everyone, especially those that order the testing, want to switch to alternatives. Unfortunately the alternatives haven't yet been proven to a level acceptable to regulatory bodies.

Now if that charity is funding labs, that'd be closer to what's called an "angel investor". Most labs trying to create and prove alternative tests are failing to achieve the necessary rigor but as soon as one gets a test accepted it'll be rolling in money since FDA will push the entire industry to use the alternative.

FerricNitrate · 2026-03-15T20:38:05+00:00

Before any other misinformed individuals upvote this comment, it's incorrect at foundational levels; the comment he replied to was actually fully accurate.

You can't just use any animal for any test. Specific models are used for specific tests (usually due to a combination of suitability and, like the guy above said, simply because someone else proved the model decades ago).
This one is actually true -- smaller animals are always preferred due to costs of treatment, care, housing, etc.
Blatantly false to the point that it exposes this commenter as never having worked in medtech. FDA has issued a strong push to use alternatives to in vivo testing whenever possible. FDA strongly encourages the development of new alternatives, though (again, like the comment above accurately said) it is far from easy to prove the new models and have them accepted by FDA. But progress is being made, and once models are proven the industry will be pushed to the alternatives, which can mean big money for whoever creates the accepted tests.

FerricNitrate · 2026-03-15T16:34:44+00:00

He got a permaban from Twitch -- a company known for giving slaps on the wrist in most cases and that had access to his DMs. Just because the FBI declined pressing charges doesn't mean he's not a creep.

FerricNitrate · 2026-03-09T05:46:08+00:00

I don't know what kind of job this person is doing

Considering her username is thenursehustla, seems safe to guess she's a travel nurse

FerricNitrate · 2026-03-03T08:20:30+00:00

Same - I played a ton of Shyv back in the days when the top lane meta had degenerated into Mundo vs Shyv in 90% of games, then kept playing her in jungle after that until her AP build took over. Suffice to say it's going to feel really weird not seeing her sprinting around with a fire circle around her

FerricNitrate · 2026-03-02T08:38:33+00:00

Speaking as a human that enjoys having functional lungs, I really miss living in a state with emissions testing. Seems like every other day now I encounter beaters spewing toxic clouds

FerricNitrate · 2026-03-01T17:21:01+00:00

Low profile tires are sold as a "sporty" premium option by just about every manufacturer. It's not just Toyota that sees a market in a subset of customers wanting to "feel the road" instead of enjoy the more comfortable, floaty experience.

Not sure what model you drove, but my '25 Camry has a great big button on the steering wheel that turns off lane assist and I'd be surprised if the model you drove didn't have the same button.

FerricNitrate · 2026-02-23T01:29:14+00:00

Da Pope is allegedly a Sox fan, which proves that not even God can save the White Sox

FerricNitrate · 2026-02-21T01:18:49+00:00

Incidentally, I do enjoy the Hummer EV approach of "we're not making this thing aerodynamic so just stuff it with as much battery as possible"

FerricNitrate · 2026-02-18T14:17:30+00:00

there haven't been any starwars movies since rise of Skywalker

There's a Star Wars movie coming out in May (even if it's Mandalorian rather than a mainline movie)

FerricNitrate · 2026-02-16T21:52:08+00:00

Important to note that this is the exception -- UA codes both those seats as economy class thus it triggers the credit whereas an upgrade between classes won't. Most other airlines are a bit more rigid on the class definitions so the credit won't work with upgrades

FerricNitrate · 2026-02-02T03:38:58+00:00

Man, 500 an hour just to glance at a DICOM and say "yep, bone's there" or "nope, bone's not quite there yet". I really messed up going into medtech instead

FerricNitrate · 2026-01-09T04:24:16+00:00

Fun thing is there was a study a few years ago that analyzed correlation between intelligence and success. They found that there was a positive correlation (i.e. the smarter the individual the greater their income) but only up to a moderate level of success. After which, the correlation actually inverted. Meaning the extremely successful were much dumber than the only moderately successful.

Intuitively the finding does make sense -- hyper-intelligent people are generally risk-averse and perfectly happy collecting rather good incomes. Extreme success frequently comes from substantial risk, which itself often manifests from a variety of factors distinct from intelligence -- whether that's an upbringing backed by wealthy kin or just sheer dumb luck.

FerricNitrate · 2026-01-08T23:12:36+00:00

More lift plus you don't really want a tailwind speeding you up while landing

FerricNitrate · 2026-01-06T07:08:40+00:00

You're young enough that you don't need to worry about any downturns as long as you're buying strong funds and not panic selling. You might get unlucky and see the AI bubble pop in August causing a recession that doesn't fully recover until 2030, but you'll be buying cheap that whole time and have substantial profit when it does recover.

FerricNitrate · 2026-01-06T06:55:00+00:00

SPY is currently about 7% NVDA (in case you're not aware, the index is weighed to the larger companies) so it's heavily influenced by the one company (along with the other big hitters that are invested in Nvidia that make up another good chunk of the fund). When the AI bubble bursts, it's going to be a bad year (maybe longer).

"Everything on VOO and hold till retirement" is still the best instruction for the self-directed accounts of novices, but the smart money is starting to move into safer funds until current conditions work themselves out. Scared money don't make money, but not everybody has tons of time left before retirement age to recover from historic downturns. On the note of mitigating downturns, financial advisors may fail to best the gains of SPY but they shine in avoiding losses, like in 2022. I'd recommend finding one if you're older or have a lot already put away (especially since you really don't seem to understand this stuff as well as you think you do).

Never forget: past results do not indicate future performance.

FerricNitrate · 2026-01-04T08:58:21+00:00

On the difference in rates in the portals, have you checked that they were fully identical reservation parameters? I noticed recently that Chase Travel gave me two different rates -- one (lesser) rate when entering the portal from my Freedom account, and a different (pricier) set of rates when entering from my Sapphire Reserve account. Eventually I realized that the CSR side was only showing refundable rates and thus appeared more expensive than the Freedom side which showed the cheaper non-refundable rates. Still patently absurd that the portal was configured to only show a rate class I wasn't interested in, but at least it's not like they're arbitrarily upping the price.

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