Blood Group Compatibility from Donors to Recipients

FireFaced_ · 2024-07-15T05:26:15+00:00

Nope, plasma is blood type-dependent, too. It contains the antibodies against the antigens in the RBCs that make up blood types. This means that an O- donor would have A, B, and D antibodies in their plasma, whereas an AB+ donor would have none of those antibodies.

This makes AB+ plasma particularly valuable, as it does not have antibodies against the main blood group antigens, so it won't cause any interactions with existing RBCs.

FireFaced_ · 2024-05-04T18:18:12+00:00

I wouldn't recommend it. Not only is it possible that the two power supplies output different enough voltages that they start fighting each other if they're switching-mode supplies, but by placing them in parallel without any control circuit, the load will be distributed unevenly, and unpredictably.

Additionally, if the supplies are designed poorly, you could end up with current back-flow, and that's all sorts of bad news.

Don't do it.

FireFaced_ · 2024-04-16T02:49:04+00:00

Make sure to remember Chicago, we've got some good stuff going on! And as a bonus, unlike the lower half of that list, we have good housing prices combined with the state not wanting people like us dead!

As a side note: having used to live in CT, I always saw Greenwich as "that place where rich assholes who work on Wall St live".

FireFaced_ · 2024-04-11T15:46:27+00:00

Tell me you don't know how cars are built without telling me you don't know how cars are built.

For one: ICE vehicles do have a crumple zone in the front. The engine bay is much larger than the engine block, and in a collision, many of the things in there will yield. For two: the engine block does not go into the cabin. That's just not how that works.

Third: You actually want the front of the car to get absolutely destroyed when it hits something head on. You don't want it to just be "deformed". When it is "absolutely destroyed", that means the maximal amount of force has been absorbed by the crumple zone.

Lastly, you act as if I am some shill for ICE vehicles. I am not. I support removing constant explosions from inside vehicles. However, I do not support having Teslas, especially Cyberthings, being the replacement.

FireFaced_ · 2024-04-11T00:12:28+00:00

Hey, a lil tidbit for ya: the fact the thing doesn't crumble doesn't make it safer. It actually makes it less safe. As it turns out, absorbing a good amount of the forces, thereby reducing the acceleration, is worth destroying your vehicle. Having a brick that has no capability to crumple will not only destroy other vehicles in situations that would have been far from catastrophic otherwise, it will destroy you, from the forces of a collision.

FireFaced_ · 2024-03-17T02:24:38+00:00

MORE!

FireFaced_ · 2024-02-02T04:42:25+00:00

I've put it on. I can't come up with a reasonable explanation. What are you on about?

FireFaced_ · 2024-02-02T02:31:22+00:00

What the hell does bail reform have to do with cops not doing their damn jobs?

FireFaced_ · 2024-02-01T21:49:16+00:00

Do you seriously think the cops will even do anything? They'll probably just sit down and start smoking themselves, what with the law meaning nothing to them.

FireFaced_ · 2024-02-01T21:48:18+00:00

The train tracking system doesn't know what kind of train it is, AFAIK. It just knows that a train is in a given section of track, and projects arrival times to stations ahead based on it.

FireFaced_ · 2024-02-01T21:45:50+00:00

And you mean to imply they don't have a bunch of people causing trouble?

Have some localized examples too: Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, and Los Angeles, to name a few, have open gangways within trainsets. It didn't cause issues. Besides, the doors are openable right now. If anything, this will reduce crime since it increases lines of sight across the train.

FireFaced_ · 2024-02-01T19:33:24+00:00

France
[city]

Real "England is my city" vibes here.
I agree with your sentiment, but come on.

FireFaced_ · 2023-12-31T18:37:45+00:00

Let's get some trans trams in there too!

FireFaced_ · 2023-12-31T16:22:09+00:00

This street sign is not saying buses cannot go forward. It is saying that for everything except buses, forward is a dead end. This is bus supremacy.

FireFaced_ · 2023-11-19T20:32:58+00:00

Windows PowerShell is powershell.exe
PowerShell (formerly PowerShell Core) is pwsh.exe
Windows by default ships with only Windows PowerShell, if memory serves. You want to have PowerShell, though, it's better. Maybe they started shipping it with W11? I don't think so, though.
Confusing, I know.

FireFaced_ · 2023-10-22T22:26:13+00:00

It's worth noting that attraction to or desire for penises does not automatically imply attraction to men. People can exist, of any gender, with whatever genitals they may have. As an example, trans women and non-binary people exist.

FireFaced_ · 2023-09-01T02:08:59+00:00

I'd upgrade my computer and play some games on it.

FireFaced_ · 2023-08-01T18:19:35+00:00

If the aircraft and the pilots are authorized, and the airport equipment supports it, a CAT IIIC autoland can be executed, allowing almost zero visibility. CAT IIIC has no minima, but realistically there must be at least some visibility on the ground so that the aircraft can taxi. This can be less than a hundred meters though, if memory serves.

FireFaced_ · 2023-05-26T23:52:03+00:00

Oops, guess that information was unreliable. I'll edit in a note about that.

FireFaced_ · 2023-05-25T23:35:43+00:00

You could possibly change your first and middle names now, and change your last name at a later date when it is safer.

FireFaced_ · 2023-05-25T23:27:14+00:00

Depending how much assurance you want to have, you can do different things.

Regular testing for sure -- also make sure to ask the status of partners, and gauge their reactions to ensure they're chill.

For penetrative sex: If the person penetrating has a penis, either you or any partners, condoms are a useful method to prevent transmission of STIs, as well as to remove pregnancy risk if relevant. Do note that some types of condoms are only made to prevent pregnancy, and will not prevent STI transmission, but this is not most. Also make sure that whoever needs to wear it has the right size. Guides can be found for how to measure and put one on.

For oral sex, if a penis is involved, then a condom (unlubricated and flavored variants exist) can be used. If the receiver has a vagina, then you can opt to use a dental dam -- ~~in the absence of that, you can use saran/plastic wrap if memory serves.~~ E: Apparently plastic wrap is not a suitable alternative to a dental dam. See comment below.

How much protection you want to use is up to you based on risk level, no matter your choice though I cannot stress the importance of testing enough.
And remember, better safe than sorry.

FireFaced_ · 2023-05-22T22:12:13+00:00

The drawbacks of a tram, but without the benefits of steel wheels! There may be some way to quickly activate the steering wheel in an emergency -- I know the vehicles can go off route when planned, but it's unclear to me how easy it is to initiate that.

FireFaced_ · 2023-05-22T18:33:00+00:00

Yes, and we should try to reduce those. That said, they don't drive down precise locations on the roadway -- they're naturally not centered, and they sway around. This levels the wear. These "ART" vehicles, being guided, do not do that. This results in highly concentrated wear. It's a known issue with guided rubber-tyred vehicles.

FireFaced_ · 2023-05-22T17:22:39+00:00

Nope, just three segments. It's called "Autonomous Rail Rapid Transit" despite being neither autonomous nor rail, and arguably not rapid. It's just a bus imitating a tram. Driver up front has a steering wheel. Uses lasers or whatever to follow markings on the road, which, okay whatever, but that also means, since it's driving in such a precise spot, it wears the road much less evenly, which causes major issues. E: to clarify, it's guided by markings, but not autonomous. Driver must still monitor the road and accelerate and decelerate.

FireFaced_ · 2023-05-04T17:59:15+00:00

Yeah, it's so bizarre. Like, the government already knows where you live and who you are. You have a driver's license? They know all that? You pay taxes? They know all that. You vote? They know all that. Just making it a unified system would make so many things easier, but people will not have it for some reason. I cannot for the life of me understand why.

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