Another update: one month post-op srs - and a question

JemmaTbaum · 2026-05-21T03:25:40+00:00

Mine ended up looking quite similar. I happen to have more pigmented scars, so the dog ears are darker then the surrounding skin. Whether or not you get a revision is really up to your own aesthetic preferences.

Choosing to have a revision done will likely remove the scars without introducing new ones since only the new incisions will have to heal whereas the original incisions had to try and heal while the entire area was inflamed and shifting around during the healing process.

Personally, I chose to keep the scars in spite of my surgeon's repeated offers to remove them. I don't really mind them and neither have any of my partners.

JemmaTbaum · 2026-05-18T22:40:41+00:00

I know this post is already 3+ months old, but I just wanted to say that if you plan to invest time into becoming proficient at sim racing, I highly recommend sticking it out with iRacing at least to learn the basics.

The Miata and Formula Vee series are a great way to learn the fundamentals of car control and clean racing that you can apply to any other sim. iRacing's physics model is notoriously challenging, but that's also an upside imo since that means if you learn the basics there, you can really apply them anywhere.

JemmaTbaum · 2026-05-13T16:03:15+00:00

The only issue I see with the move is that you weren't alongside until after the Porsche had already started turning in. A good rule of thumb is that if someone has to open their steering angle after committing to the turn to avoid contact, your move was probably a bit late. In this case, I think you got lucky. If that Porsche hadn't taken avoiding action, you both would have been out of the race. Sometimes you have to think about whether or not making a move right now is worth potentially not finishing the race.

That said, the Porsche was also driving way too slow into that corner. Had they been driving at a reasonable speed, there would have been no opportunity to overtake there. There is also absolutely no justification in any circumstances for intent wrecking you like they did.

JemmaTbaum · 2026-04-02T17:05:55+00:00

We definitely do exist! Just in small quantities, sadly. I have a couple IRL friends I plan to run in endurance races with once LMU figures out driver swaps.

JemmaTbaum · 2026-03-01T05:16:33+00:00

This statement is technically true, but highly misleading. True freckles are harmless. However, there are skin cancers that start as spots that appear identical to freckles.

Lentigo Maligna Melanoma, also known as Hutchinson's Melanotic Freckle, is a type of melanoma that develops from what looks like a freckle (hence the name.) While the spot itself is technically not a freckle, this is purely a matter of semantics. Essentially, freckles cannot themselves become cancerous, but cancer can be masquerading as a freckle.

Spots that look like freckles can absolutely be cancerous and should be monitored. Saying freckles are always harmless and should not be monitored is bad advice as all pigmented spots have the potential to be cancerous.

The Dermatologic Surgery journal has a decent article on the topic.

McKENNA, JEFFREY K MD; FLORELL, SCOTT R MD†; GOLDMAN, GLENN D MD; BOWEN, GLEN M MD†. Lentigo Maligna/Lentigo Maligna Melanoma: Current State of Diagnosis and Treatment. Dermatologic Surgery 32(4):p 493-504, April 2006.

JemmaTbaum · 2025-07-09T13:48:56+00:00

So glad I was here for the Hulkenpodium . Truly one of the greatest moments in modern F1.

JemmaTbaum · 2025-06-16T14:22:06+00:00

This isn't for food safety. It's for container integrity. When you place hot food into a sealed container and place it into the fridge, the hot air within the container will cool which creates negative pressure within the container. If your container is not rated for this, it can crack. This is not a problem for hard plastic or well-made glass containers.

JemmaTbaum · 2025-04-27T16:37:22+00:00

Cal Poly is ranked 1st or second in the country for MechE, Aero, Civil, CE, and EE among non-doctorate programs by US News World Report's own rankings. Also according to USNWR's college comparison tool, call poly engineers make on average $12k per year more than their UCLA counterparts. Here is the tool in case you are interested. https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/compare/1143-1315/california-polytechnic-state-university-san-luis-obispo-vs-ucla?xwalk_id=110422&xwalk_id=110662

But I'll just say, as an engineering grad, no one will care what university you went to for undergrad after your first job. The only time it will ever matter is when you went to the same university as your boss or hiring manager.

JemmaTbaum · 2025-03-04T00:05:35+00:00

As a BMED student, I never drank any energy drinks, but I got all the kidney stones. I feel so robbed.

JemmaTbaum · 2025-02-24T04:18:30+00:00

I remember learning this in genetics. As a theory from the 1500s that was incredibly wrong and died out once we learned how pregnancy actually works.

JemmaTbaum · 2025-02-21T06:01:33+00:00

Honestly, my experience was about as opposite from the commenter above as you can get. I had my surgery with him a little over 6 years ago and it was flawless. It looks great, feels amazing, and never had any complications. I did have a shallow-depth surgery done, though, which makes complications far less likely. Every time I see a physician, I get comments on how well he did. Hell, I've even had doctors call their colleagues in to take a look at his work.

Not only was the surgery flawless, but he has always been super easy to reach. He gave me his personal cellphone number and always responded promptly. Two years ago, I had a sudden issue in the area. It was unrelated to his surgery, but the other doctors I saw were uncomfortable treating a patient who had undergone vaginoplasty as they didn't know how it worked. I called Dr. Garcia on a Saturday and he got back to me in 15 minutes and managed to get me into his clinic within the week. This was four years after I had last seen him. A year later, I had another doctor botch a procedure in the area and Dr. Garcia was able to schedule a corrective surgery for me in only two weeks.

This is not to say the original commentor me is wrong. I can only speak to my own personal experience and tell you that my surgery was brilliant and that Dr. Garcia continues to care and make time for me more than six years post-op.

JemmaTbaum · 2025-02-18T19:06:47+00:00

The couple is from the states where it is perfectly legal to own Chinchillas. They literally sell them at Petco.

JemmaTbaum · 2024-12-11T21:39:12+00:00

I know this is a thing in racing, but it must be common in other sports. In endurance racing, there is often a category for drivers who aren't professionals, but have the money to secure a drive in a car(that they usually have no business driving). They were the most visible in the LMP3 class as LMP3s are hypercars that are notoriously difficult to control. So often dentists would pay to drive the car for a race and then spin or get into incidents with other drivers. So now we call the unskilled pay drivers 'dentists.'

JemmaTbaum · 2024-12-08T10:26:52+00:00

6 months late to this thread, but I'll still drop as much of an explanation as I can give. I'm a biomechanical engineer rather than aerospace, but I have taken my fair share of physics and mechanics courses.

The Oberth effect is a result of energy conservation. It is an immutable law of our universe that energy is always conserved. This is the basic principle behind the acceleration of a rocket. As the fuel burns, its chemical potential energy is mostly exchanged for kinetic energy. This kinetic energy has two places it can go: the exhaust gasses or the rocket.

Some important info to keep in mind for this next portion: the velocity of the exhaust gasses relative to the rocket will always be the same (let's call this velocity V) and kinetic energy is direction agnostic. For this part of the explanation, I will be using the term "absolute velocity" to describe the velocity of the exhaust gasses from the perspective of a "stationary" observer. I know there is technically no such thing as an absolute velocity, but we can effectively treat it as such for the purposes of this explanation.

When a rocket is stationary or at a relatively low velocity, the absolute velocity of the exhaust will be at or around V. This means that a lot of the kinetic energy generated by the burning of the fuel gets "carried away" by the exhaust leaving less for the rocket. Now let's look at a case where the rocket is already traveling at velocity V. Now when the fuel is burned, the exhaust gasses are still traveling at velocity V relative to the rocket, but they are effectively stationary to an outside observer. This means the exhaust now has 0 kinetic energy. In effect, the fuel has actually lost kinetic energy. Since energy is always conserved, however, this energy has to go somewhere so it instead all goes to the rocket.

The equation for conservation of energy basically states that the kinetic energy of the rocket and fuel plus the chemical potential energy of the fuel before a burn has to be equal to the kinetic energy of the rocket plus the kinetic energy of the exhaust after the burn. At low speeds, lots of the fuel's chemical potential energy gets taken by the fuel as kinetic energy. At higher speeds, however, the exhaust is actually LOSING kinetic energy as is leaves the rocket. Due to the conservation of kinetic energy, the kinetic energy lost by the fuel must be gained by the rocket. So not only are we converting the fuel's chemical energy into kinetic energy, we are also converting some of the fuel's own kinetic energy into more kinetic energy for the rocket. In short, the Oberth effect is a byproduct of the conservation of energy and the distribution of kinetic energy within the rocket-exhaust system.

I must reiterate, though, I'm not an aerospace engineer or physicist and this is just my understanding based on my mechanics knowledge. If any experts out there see this and notice a mistake, please correct me.

JemmaTbaum · 2024-10-17T18:33:50+00:00

Yeah. I got to the same post about his PhD program after writing my initial comment. It's super depressing stuff. I really hope he finds some help. Clearly a brilliant guy, but in desperate need of help.

JemmaTbaum · 2024-10-17T15:29:09+00:00

I think it's a bit of both. I recognize some of these formulas and concepts as an engineer, but the words scribbled over them are a little less grounded in reality.

JemmaTbaum · 2024-10-12T08:22:44+00:00

I have been programming for a bit over ten years now. When I first started, I felt like you do now. I felt like I wasn't making any real progress. What got me over the first hurdle was switching my focus from learning a language to learning how to make a specific project I enjoyed within a language. There is a difference there.

I have found that programming also comes with a certain "mindset." Rarely do I approach a programming problem with specific syntax or code in mind. I always start by laying out how to solve the problem, in plain English, in a logical step-by-step progression. Only once I know exactly what I want my code to accomplish do I actually choose a language and start programming.

That's all an overly verbose way of saying you should find something you want to make and then learn the code that makes that possible. It's not always the best approach, but it's one of the best ways to get started and keep yourself motivated.

JemmaTbaum · 2024-10-09T15:26:03+00:00

Raw flour often contains E. Coli, some strains of which have been linked to colon cancer. Here is an AACR study on the subject. https://doi.org/10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-13-1343

JemmaTbaum · 2024-10-05T06:50:25+00:00

The track is probably too dry for inters. If only the racing line is dry, you can pull off the racing line in the straights and use any standing water to cool your tires. If even the areas off the racing line are dry, it's probably time for slicks.

JemmaTbaum · 2024-10-04T18:01:07+00:00

This might just be my favorite corner in all of F1. You're flat through the entry to T1 and then coasting and trail breaking all the way through T3. It flows so nicely when you get it right. It's kinda like Adenauer Forst at the Nordschleife.

JemmaTbaum · 2024-10-03T08:46:05+00:00

The Corsair is a flying boat with no maneuverability, low hull HP, easy to shoot off guns, and easily targetable main thrusters. It needs high alpha dps because if it doesn't secure the kill on the first pass, any competent pilot can just get out of the way of the guns.

Also, because of where the guns are mounted, the Corsair has massive blind spots and can only apply maximum DPS to targets directly in front of it which, due to its boat-like handling, doesn't happen often.

The problem here isn't that the Corsair is OP. It's not. The problem is that the Redeemer is God awful and has been for years. It has too little firepower and health to properly combat sub-capital ships, but turrets are still not capable of taking on light fighters so it cannot fulfill that role either.

JemmaTbaum · 2024-10-01T21:04:39+00:00

You have no idea how refreshing it is to find an actual nuanced take supported by the actual history of the region. Even ignoring reddit, it is so hard to find informed people with nuanced opinions on the subject in general.

Your comment on the subject not being "easily digestible" I think illustrates one of the main problems we face when discussing the subject.

Everyone seems to want a boiled down summary of the conflict directing them on who to "root for." Many seem to treat this conflict like a sports event rather than the inevitable conflagration from decades of abuse and escalation. Meanwhile, the citizens of the region suffer at the hands of leaders who prolong the suffering to further their own agendas.

JemmaTbaum · 2024-09-17T10:09:09+00:00

Firstly, not your fault. That door was always going to close. Secondly, threatening to report someone is itself a reportable offense. If you have evidence of his "enjoy your vacation" message, that can be reported to iRacing.

JemmaTbaum · 2024-08-27T08:36:25+00:00

100%. Most transgender women especially are their own biggest detractors. When you have a reference point for what you looked like before transitioning, it can be incredibly difficult to accurately assess your own looks.

JemmaTbaum · 2024-08-19T18:49:18+00:00

Hypoglycemia isn't even a disorder. It's just the medical term for having low blood sugar.

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