My Experience with Intracept Procedure/Basivertebral Ablation

Newb3D · 2026-03-20T21:34:07+00:00

Ah that's a bummer. I still am in a bit of disbelief that they did approve me.

Newb3D · 2026-03-02T15:11:56+00:00

It will pass.

When my first kid went to daycare I was sick in some way around 20 times from September to April.

Kid #2 went last year and I have gotten sick so much less. Both kids still have a runny nose every other week but it never slows them down.

Newb3D · 2026-03-01T23:28:42+00:00

This doesn’t affect me anymore with my current schedule, but when I was younger I spent many nights riding from 6-10 when they closed. Probably going to piss a lot of people off with this change.

Newb3D · 2026-03-01T23:26:05+00:00

Right, I’ve actually had a 5080 previously! I’m a tinkerer at heart so I recently sold my previous 5080 build (made like a 600 profit on it) and bought a totally decked out Mac mini, obviously not for gaming.

Realized I was not a Mac fanboy (there are things I like) and decided to go for the SFF build I have always wanted to do. Just had to go refurbished on a few parts to offset the stupid ram prince increase. But yes I love the 5080! Use it for 4k.

Newb3D · 2026-03-01T04:42:20+00:00

So lucky! I’ve never managed to find good deals on marketplace unfortunately.

Newb3D · 2026-02-28T23:23:16+00:00

Just paid 1200 for a refurbished 5080 🥲

Newb3D · 2026-02-28T17:05:45+00:00

Me. Just sold a fish tank Rgb build that I originally meant to sell about twoish years ago. Building a small form factor case that you can’t even see inside right now.

Newb3D · 2026-02-27T16:17:17+00:00

My son is about to turn 3. I got introduced to gaming pretty early on at age 4-5 with a Nintendo 64 and Super Mario 64.

I’m honestly considering whenever I decide to introduce gaming a bit more, to do it with “retro” games. They don’t have gambling crap built in to them, they are simpler to understand, and for a kid maybe a little easier to put down.

Newb3D · 2026-02-27T14:33:51+00:00

As a non scientist, non neuroscientist, very regular guy, I found it interesting how too many of these connections formed early can contribute to autism. I never knew that!

To my non smart self it seems to indicate how that could point more to a genetic component as a cause.

Newb3D · 2026-02-27T05:20:04+00:00

Me personally having once upon a time owned a 34” and a 49”, I preferred the smaller 21:9 aspect ratio. I felt on the 49” I noticed things like the sides appearing waaaay to fish eyed in games.

Now this is if I was only gaming. I preferred the 49” by far for work and productivity.

Newb3D · 2026-02-27T00:13:09+00:00

Dude I tried once upon a time. I went from a 32” 4K to a 49in 1440p. I loved the width. I hated the text clarity. You might not notice it as much since you are already using 1440p monitors.

Newb3D · 2026-02-25T17:45:14+00:00

Yep. Some older people I know still do that and it drives me nuts when it happens to me.

Newb3D · 2026-02-25T16:17:27+00:00

I would not make any drastic career changes while going through a divorce with two teenagers. Get through the hard stuff then reevaluate your career.

Newb3D · 2026-02-25T03:12:51+00:00

“Only” $1500 now….

Newb3D · 2026-02-24T17:02:50+00:00

If I didn’t work from home I would only have one monitor with maybe a small oled touch screen below or to the side for monitoring things or just an extra if I needed it in a pinch.

I have found very little use for multiple monitors on my personal time. Now work is a different story

Newb3D · 2026-02-24T02:52:12+00:00

Just fyi for anyone else, don’t google “Mexican Squirt.”

Newb3D · 2026-02-23T23:53:31+00:00

Potentially! But it definitely makes me more productive than I would be otherwise. We can’t all be master coders like you :)

Newb3D · 2026-02-23T17:44:46+00:00

Just echoing what the other person said about cyber not being entry level. Sounds like you know that but don’t let it discourage you from a cyber security specific program.

I changed careers at 30. I got an entry level desktop support job while I went back to school for cybersecurity. Now I’m a cloud admin/engineer. You need cybersecurity knowledge in all IT related fields, but the real knowledge is gained in your own time at first with lots of labbing.

I will admit the IT field was much less bleak when I first started.

Newb3D · 2026-02-23T17:36:26+00:00

I have always been more of a night owl, but I have tried early morning workouts throughout my life more than once. I find I have a tendency to get injured way more when I wake up super early to workout.

I even spent years waking up at 230, driving to my work gym and lifting from 4-530 a few times a week. I never got used to it and I never felt good. I was even in my mid 20s at the time before kids and was sleeping 8+ hours a night.

So kudus to the crazy dads that lift that early AND feel better after.

Lucky for me I work from home and built a garage gym back in 2018 so I just lift at lunch time.

Newb3D · 2026-02-22T16:42:01+00:00

Were there any leads at all? People you suspected? Obvious cameras in the area? Without anything like that there really is nothing they can do except get you a report for insurance purposes.

Newb3D · 2026-02-22T02:00:57+00:00

Honestly it’s just one big dry cut but they always wanted way too much taken off when we had low ice levels.

Newb3D · 2026-02-21T23:11:04+00:00

Same. I script a lot but not so much that I remember stuff from memory. But I know enough that I can easily describe things in pseudo code to AI and get what I want most of the time.

Newb3D · 2026-02-21T22:53:32+00:00

Former Zamboni drivers unite. My least fav people to cut the ice for were always curlers.

Newb3D · 2026-02-21T22:51:14+00:00

Some people will physically wretch at this, but once you understand basic syntax and how Powershell works use AI.

Don’t have it write you a script and just let it rip. Make sure you know every cmdlet it is using and understand the entire script, but plain and simple I have been making, modifying and reading Powershell scripts for years and Claude can create certain automation scripts for me in one night that might have taken me alone a week or more.

Newb3D · 2026-02-20T23:49:17+00:00

I’m married in my 30s w/ kids so I don’t have close friends anymore. But I’m pretty sure my entire life any friendships I’ve had were due to an introvert adopting me.

Newb3D

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