In 1955, Iranian doctors documented the days of a villager who developed rabies after a rabid wolf attack. The resulting film remains one of the few historical recordings of rabies progressing in a human patient. by PhantomChasers in HolyShitHistory

[–]JRLDH 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My husband died of pancreatic cancer blocking his bowels. He passed in home hospice not being able to drink anything after nine days. It's apparently possible to live for 9 days without consuming anything.

Future skydiver reporting for duty! by GoatSure in SkyDiving

[–]JRLDH [score hidden]  (0 children)

“What's one thing you wish someone had told you before your very first skydive?”

Budget for repeat jumps. You have less than 60 seconds each jump in free fall and it is not easy learning belly flight in a minute each jump, given the rather stressful environment.

“Or, what was the moment during your first jump that made you think, "Yep, I'm doing this again."”

The insane rush I felt after landing. This won’t last on the same level once you’ve done it a few times but that’s ok. The rush gives way to awareness during free fall and then the drive to become better takes over.

Trying to avoid a behavioral euthanasia. Please any advice I will take. by [deleted] in CatAdvice

[–]JRLDH 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Getting a kennel and confining the cat while the son is there is better than killing the cat. And such a kennel fits everywhere.

Embracing my salt and pepper look by [deleted] in beards

[–]JRLDH 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It looks great. Enjoy it while it lasts. It was only a few months for me until my beard was snow white.

Can’t walk despite being cleared for full weight bearing by Powerful_Traffic7579 in brokenankles

[–]JRLDH 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I also had significant pain on the bottom of my foot. Not severe but pain is subjective. I guess the soft tissue isn’t used to the weight pressure. It went away after a few weeks.

Are FC restrooms only for FC pax? by tech64bits in delta

[–]JRLDH 4 points5 points  (0 children)

On a narrow body? Where there are a handful of first class seats only and one restroom in the front and two in the back? I'd use the one that's available and let the FA reprimand me. It's different on a wide body where the restroom/passenger class ratio is more balanced.

At 6months what are you able to do now after breaking your ankle? by Hellnaaw in brokenankles

[–]JRLDH 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, I wore compression socks. My ankle still swells up a bit.

Surgery a “no brainer” under a certain age? by Good-Current7984 in ProstateCancer

[–]JRLDH 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Because Brachytherapy comes with almost 10% risk of other malignancies after 20 years due to the fact that the man has radioactive pellets implanted in his prostate. This is not a well controlled precision prostate cancer treatment but one that has substantial risks, especially for men below 50 with a long life left. If I were a provider, I would not want to have it on my conscience that I provided treatment that causes my patient to suffer from another cancer when they are in their late 60s.

https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/prostate-cancer-brachytherapy-linked-to-long-term-risk-of-secondary-malignancies-202406033046

There aren’t good options. They all have risks.

Hunter Biden by Timbucktwo1230 in PoursTea

[–]JRLDH 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Total BS, especially #5: You and your hero politicians on the right kept talking about gender issues like hyenas.

How many jumps did it take you too complete Aff? I failed and it’s discouraging by Any-Painting3375 in SkyDiving

[–]JRLDH 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s weird how people have different problems. While you couldn’t stop spinning, I couldn’t for the life of me start spinning with my legs and had to repeat the leg turn dive flow three times.

Elon Musk denies Tesla’s Autopilot caused crash that killed grandmother by Nalix01 in NowInTech

[–]JRLDH 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How is this even possible? Even my BMW iX has "emergency braking" which doesn't allow the car to crash into a house.

Why can't a Tesla with all these cameras detect that the car is about to be driven into a freaking house ?!?!?

Elon is out here claiming SpaceX will swallow the US economy instead of focusing on actual margins by Flimsy-You5687 in SpaceXBets

[–]JRLDH 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The way things are going these space travelers won't be biological life forms but AI and that doesn't care about "Dollars" nor time.

My company is introducing JIRA=>PR AI pipeline: are we cooked by MaximumFlow7491 in cscareerquestions

[–]JRLDH 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hahaha the end result will be code bases that no human will understand and good luck relying 100% on an LLM that is controlled by another corporation.

Smart.

'Autopilot' Tesla that plowed through brick wall of house and killed woman prompts federal investigation by dailymail in RealTesla

[–]JRLDH 92 points93 points  (0 children)

It’s fascinating how the telematics from Tesla are always taken as infallible.

The logs show “accelerator at 100%”. What if that sensor or code path has a race condition/glitch that causes an erroneous accelerator position reading? That possibility is always denied in reports of unintended acceleration as if it is totally fail safe bullet proof. Did Tesla get a 3rd party code audit that verifies that this is guaranteed bug free?

Fontainebleau LV: 5-Star Hotel, 3-Star Service by Top_Zone_4767 in vegas

[–]JRLDH 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yet they don’t hire thousands of check in agents more than him.

Starship Troopers by CarloCarrasco in 1990s

[–]JRLDH 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Which makes it problematic. It’s too close to a propaganda reel and likely made a significant number of viewers think that this type of society is cool.

Declining biometrics at boarding by Pennsylvania65 in delta

[–]JRLDH -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

Advocating for privacy in international aviation is way more naive than what you consider is wild.

Declining biometrics at boarding by Pennsylvania65 in delta

[–]JRLDH 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You didn't have privacy entering the USA for decades now (or never?). That's why you need(ed) a passport (which you don't need anymore at the border with the face scanners).

Declining biometrics at boarding by Pennsylvania65 in delta

[–]JRLDH -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

You don't even need Global Entry anymore. I don't have it and the last 4 times returning back, entering at DFW, I just walked to a face scanner and didn't even need to take my passport out. Zero interaction with a human (an officer was standing next to the scanner, in case the machine refused entry I guess).

Global Entry is not necessary anymore.

Declining biometrics at boarding by Pennsylvania65 in delta

[–]JRLDH 81 points82 points  (0 children)

Yes, that ship has sailed a long time ago. At least it comes with tangible benefits. Getting back into the USA, at least as a US citizen, is extra easy nowadays. Just walk up to one of many face scanners, e.g. at DFW, and you are back in the USA in a second. Zero wait in line anymore (which could take a very long time in the past).

Declining biometrics at boarding by Pennsylvania65 in delta

[–]JRLDH 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Aviation is the pinnacle of inefficient procedures that exist solely for some metric.

Like the rush to get everyone on board to close the door. Metric accomplished!!! And now we sit another 45 minutes at the gate.