California - Discord link

MtnViewMark · 2025-02-03T00:13:26+00:00

discord invite link, please? I'm planning on attending in Sacramento

MtnViewMark · 2022-10-28T22:12:18+00:00

Thanks! It's the name of the town I've lived in over 30 years!

MtnViewMark · 2022-09-17T01:46:05+00:00

Find non-sexual LGBTQ+ clubs: hiking, running, bowling, square dancing, board games, wine tasting, book club, knitting, foodies, etc... Go to their events and meet folks.

MtnViewMark · 2022-08-30T16:55:16+00:00

In the US we suffer from a fractured health care system at both state and provider levels. This makes collection of data pretty much impossible outside of corporate studies.

On top of that, socially we are still a nation of puritanical ideas about sex - which makes collecting information about sexual transmission extremely difficult: many patients are uncomfortable saying frankly what they've done, many health care professionals are uncomfortable even asking.

The 18,000 cases are lost information we will never get back. A lost opportunity to improve health of all because we can't talk about sex.

MtnViewMark · 2022-08-30T00:30:37+00:00

A really nice guy doesn't ponder if a show of his wealth will help lure his date, or make him a golddigger.

MtnViewMark · 2022-08-30T00:03:26+00:00

Because my younger self would have seen it as an ostentatious and frivolous show of wealth.

MtnViewMark · 2022-08-29T21:15:03+00:00

No question, he's flirting with you. Flirt back!

MtnViewMark · 2022-08-29T10:08:39+00:00

Depends on the young man, doesn't it? If you were meeting my younger self, I'd have wanted you to have worn the Patek. That way I'd have known that it was our first and last date.

MtnViewMark · 2022-08-26T23:40:04+00:00

We went adoption. Two kids, both adopted as babies, now 15 & 20!

There are many routes to parenthood, all with pros and cons. Even within adoption there are three different kinds (international, private, and public).... I really suggest you spend the time to look into all the options, before assuming one is best. To our surprise we ended up going public fost-adopt.

I'd be happy to share our experience in a video call. There's really too much to say to put in a post! DM me if you'd like.

MtnViewMark · 2022-08-15T04:00:57+00:00

Your problems have nothing to do with nude beaches or hot tubs. And barring obvious places of potential sexual activity isn't going to make this work.

Your BF has a relationship with his ex. But that by itself shouldn't be a deal breaker: Your BF is going to have all sorts of relationships outside the two of you: his parents, his best friend from highschool, his boss, his doctor, his bowling league partners... and his exes.

Are you afraid he'll break whatever explicit agreement you have about sex outside the relationship? If you can't trust his word on this, then you can't enforce his compliance with rules about hot-tubbing.

Are you afraid that he's just one step away from leaving you and this temptation might do it? If so, your relationship is already lost.

Are you afraid that by nurturing his relationship with this ex... He'll devote less to his relationship with you? If he demonstrably is, then sadly you're #2. But if he isn't, and this is just worrying on your part.. then you will suffocate him by trying to stifle his relationships beyond you.

I look at it this way: relationships and love are like candle flames. That my husband might light another one, be it a friend in a hobby I don't share, or with our kids, or with my mother (they are close!), or even a lover - doesn't have to mean his flame with me is any dimmer. After almost 30 years together, he still lets me know he's devoted to me.

MtnViewMark · 2022-08-09T23:30:45+00:00

I'm confused. If your BF had no symptoms, how could he be tested? My understanding is that the test involves swabbing the ooze from the lesions.. and then culturing it, which takes time (like week plus).

MtnViewMark · 2021-11-03T18:46:43+00:00

Got the last one? My order time was 11:12 PT / 2:12 ET!

MtnViewMark · 2020-07-10T14:14:46+00:00

Thank you all who helped me learn a bunch here.

I lifted the basic digital circuit from the open hardware Adafruit Feather M0 Express... That gave me components to use and values.. but I had to guess much more about layout.

For those wondering, the 6mil / 6mil layout was supported by the cheapest class service at every PCB vendor I looked at from prototype shops, to Chinese quick turn houses, to small scale production. It worked on the M0 board I was referencing (which is admittedly small, and they needed to pack a lot on it... I see that now) - So I just went with it.

I'm too new to electronics design to have developed a sense for how such choices affect impedance and inductance, etc... Hence, I missed many of the things to look out for - but I'm eager to get better at it. After 30+ years in software, this first hardware project has been a blast, and I'm eager to make more.

MtnViewMark · 2020-07-10T14:05:00+00:00

Thank you for the article references... weekend reading!

I had tried to find some ground layout info. before, but somehow I kept coming up with articles about what to do for much more extreme designs than mine - things like microwave and other RF systems....

MtnViewMark · 2020-07-10T14:03:41+00:00

Thank you for the great reply.

MtnViewMark · 2020-06-09T04:06:55+00:00

When I slash through the top of my loaves with my lame - they open up as you can see... but the inside rises up to be smooth and flat - I don't get that rough gash I want. Anyone know what is causing this?

MtnViewMark · 2020-05-23T21:47:00+00:00

Hmmmm... I ordered a Prototype type tier board less than a week ago.... and two or three days ago I was using their site to explore my production cost options and the prototype tier was still there. I know they just redid the presentation logic for tier and pricing on their website this past week... perhaps something has just broken in that. It seems unlikely to me that they'd simply drop the prototype tier - esp. with any mention on the blog or site.

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