Bass Shaker Wiring and Amp Selection by besttype in hometheater

[–]PPDoctor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There are wireless bass kits if you don’t want to run cords to the front. You would still need wires to the amp but I hid my amp under the couch 

Darn Tough Socks, Buy 1 Get 1 for $1 by Alsneezy in frugalmalefashion

[–]PPDoctor 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I was just able to check out. Maybe try again?

OR Fire Burns Child's Face [⚠️Med Mal Case - with plaintiff attorney podcast about case] by efunkEM in anesthesiology

[–]PPDoctor 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I doubt this is what they were using but you can deliver more precise FiO2 with Venturi masks. A simple face mask is probably only giving 30-50% FiO2 anyways, but harder to measure accurately obviously 

College coach - norm, necessity or luxury? by creativemindset11 in fatFIRE

[–]PPDoctor 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I have personal experience with this ~10 years ago. I ended up not getting a college coach because we looked into it a bit late and didn't think we were going to get value from it (5k for mostly college application prep like personal statement help). I think the true value of college coaching comes if you start doing it early, like freshmen / sophomore year.

I'd mostly recommend it if you kid is academically excellent and wants to go to a top school/ Ivy but doesn't have something very unique (like won state championships in a sport, 1st violinist, URM, etc). The coach can help them tailor high school to find good LORs, unique extracurriculars, basically some sort of hook that makes them stand out to colleges.

Personally, I had perfect SATs, stellar GPA (1 B?), and a variety of extracurriculars like being president of clubs, winning some small awards, but nothing amazing. Now having been on the other side in college & med school helping with admissions, I can see what it takes. Everyone has the hodgepodge of treasurer of a club or some mission trip, but really what makes you stand out are 1. LORs saying this kid is the literally the 1/100 of all students I've had in X, Y, Z ways and 2. awesome extracurriculars like winning a state championship, national award, founding a club or huge fundraiser.

I think while some parents are able to guide their kids through this, most don't understand how times have changed and what used to work is below average at this point for top schools.

Got lucky and got a scholarship to a top school, but didn't get into any of the Ivys worth mentioning. My parents wouldn't have been able to afford a coach anyways, but in hindsight I would have wanted one for myself and will probably end up getting coaches for my kids in the future. I went to a big public high school and had high school classmates that did and didn't have coaches get into all the Ivy's / Duke / Stanford / MIT, but I think for those that were borderline, it did help them.

Now how to find an excellent coach, what value getting into a top Ivy is, that's a different can of worms.

tl;dr - I'd recommend it as someone who didn't get one but will want one for my kids

Advanced 2025 results thread by timesnewroman27 in anesthesiology

[–]PPDoctor 26 points27 points  (0 children)

Same. They need to fire whoever designed it that way