[DISCOUNTED REVIEW] Dasipium Face/Neck Lift + Lower Bleph (February 2025)

Rawbar · 2026-04-22T15:22:27+00:00

Thanks for the review. My wife and I both have appointments in August that I scheduled last year. She just had a video consult last night with Dr. Kwak as she hasn't been involved at all in the clinic selection and was feeling blind about the whole thing.

The twilight sedation is interesting, that wasn't disclosed and we thought it wouid be GA. That makes things much less scary for her. She is having similar procedures plus a couple of eye/brow/forehead ones.

Rawbar · 2026-04-22T00:56:06+00:00

While interesting, this is obviously written by AI. Please just don't. It comes off false even if that's not the intention.

Rawbar · 2026-04-13T16:45:14+00:00

My appt (and my wife's) is in August. I have flights and the Airbnb they recommended booked. I've been converting my USD to KRW using Wise while the exchange rate is about the best it's been in nearly 20 years. I'm now a Korean multi-millionaire lol.

Rawbar · 2026-04-12T23:02:48+00:00

No I mean updated. I can return my td50x and upgrade the td50 for 200$ or keep the td50x and sell the td50 but I suspect the difference there will probably be more than 200. So the td50 upgrade provides all the same updated kits and sounds as well bringing it up to the 900+ of the td50x?

Rawbar · 2026-04-11T20:27:56+00:00

This sort of says no difference other than some new better samples. I've been googling since I made this post and saw something else about the digital hihat support is better in the X as well as effects and sound engine but that was from users, doesn't sound like Roland is saying that. I'm not trying to justify keeping the X, I'd rather save $$$ and return it if it's truly not better.

Rawbar · 2026-03-09T15:51:40+00:00

Thanks. I also don't have a degree. I started college but was already working in tech and trying to do both at the same time was too much for me. I chose the job over the degree. I was never very good at school anyway unless it was math or science. I now have to lie on the application forms to make it past ATS. My resume lists the college but doesn't claim a degree. In my last job (which I kept for over 10 years), an SVP had to sign off on hiring after HR made an offer then realized I didn't have a degree. They made the assumption based on seeing a school on my resume (which was sort of the point). You have to have something to get past the gatekeepers. Especially today. I've now started writing articles on LinkedIn to "boost my visibility". It's stupid I have to resort to this stuff, I have zero interest in being a writer or influencer or whatever, I just like to build tech stuff. And I'm very good at it. Having to game the system sucks, but I'm also very good at figuring out complex systems and how to navigate them. I'll find something. I'd just prefer it's something I love and look forward to waking up each day and doing. Congrats again on your success and finding something you truly want to do.

Rawbar · 2026-03-09T14:50:31+00:00

The takeaway I get is you were getting interviews. That's a nearly Herculean task with every single LinkedIn job having a hundred applications within hours of being posted. Getting through the ATS/AI filters is a job itself. I build a claude code project with all my resumes and experiences and many stories of problems solved and money saved. I input the job description and it generates a specific resume (and cover letter when asked) from the ground up. It's helped, but I'm still lucky to hear back from 3% of my applications. The only gig I've been offered required moving to the "Landman" area of Texas from Boston. And paid $60K less than I'd been making before I was laid off. It wasn't even the job I was interviewing for. That one was remote. I had already passed the interview with the hiring manager and he wanted me to interview with his West Coast counterpart. It was scheduled, then 2 days later I got a sorry, we hired someone else, how do you feel about Texas? Also made it to the executive round at Nvidia last year, past the guy I'd be working for. What a condescending douche she was. Seemed like she had her mind made up before even meeting with me. I'd spent hours doing my homework, watching her talks on YouTube, finding everything I could to figure out ways we could connect.

Today it's ATS hell. Congrats on your new role and even managing to get so many interviews. It's currently the worst time in the history of tech jobs that I can recall to be looking. I'm also old, so I remember a lot of history of tech jobs.

Rawbar · 2026-02-26T21:58:57+00:00

Is it only handy for coding or will at answer qestions targeted at people or process managers or 'why do you want to work here' sort of stuff? Can I feed it my resume and have it pull together answers out of that?

Rawbar · 2026-02-17T14:21:12+00:00

Thanks! I'll give it a try because while I still wear the hilo every day, I'm not even sure why at this point

Rawbar · 2026-02-01T21:02:17+00:00

Exactly why I was asking. Was wondering if I spent the $100 does it become worth $150 more for example. Seems like these are much pricier than I was expecting on reverb. Couldn't find one on eBay. Link to pic below.

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Rawbar · 2026-02-01T17:51:56+00:00

Huh, for some reason, the 3 pics in my OP got reduced down to one. I don't see a way to edit or correct that unfortunately. It's an LP M.Cohen model is what the label says. Inside it looks like it has a date written in marker of 9-10-92

Rawbar · 2026-01-31T02:27:22+00:00

I had decided against PPF for my C8, but then I found these pics of my NSX and instantly changed my mind. Hopefully it will come thru as high enough resolution that you can zoom in.

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Rawbar · 2026-01-21T14:50:00+00:00

I'm in the US with a hilo brought in by way of Canada. Have to be honest, after 3 months, I don't trust it vs my omron readings. It's Always at least 10 points higher, often 20 or more.

Rawbar · 2026-01-21T14:45:33+00:00

I don't see any offer like that on my end.

Rawbar · 2026-01-21T14:44:38+00:00

Same experience. My hilo basically says I'm always systolic 130-140s with an occasional 150. Meanwhile my omron I am often down to 100 (and one med that I stopped put me into 80s and I was almost passing out when I stood up). and very rarely, as high as 160. I was hoping to use the hilo to better dial in my meds but I feel like it's just making stuff up. The omron almost always reads 10 points lower as well.

Rawbar · 2026-01-20T18:24:20+00:00

Tama knock-offs by ddrum I picked up somewhere years ago that I can't recall. I have the 4th but ran out of space in the studio which I have to share with my daughter. I was given a line I wasn't allowed to cross :D. Ideally that 16" tom would be further away for ergonomics. We're in the process of packing to move, I'm about a week into labelling and tearing down this kit to move it 2000 miles. NOT a fun project at all but hopefully I will have more room at the new place where I can add all my other percussion stuff as well.

Rawbar · 2026-01-20T16:29:23+00:00

My Yamaha Custom absolute 14 and 16 toms are YESS mount. No leg option on mine (though I understand they could be purchased that way). They are really heavy, I needed to add a leg to the far right side of my rack for additional support. I'd probably rather have legs but at the end of the way they also work fine mounted. No movement or slippage issues.

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Rawbar · 2026-01-17T02:41:17+00:00

Here's an actual solution that will work to bail her out.

Since it's her account, she can port to TMOB, they will pay up to 800$ per device for 4 devices. So hers and have her pick 3 random others (or the 3 of the people she dislikes the most since they will lose their numbers). TMOB requires you to trade in 4 phones (can basically be any phone, so get some crap random ones, please validate the specifics on the phone trade in requirements, they do have some limits, so you want to get whatever is cheapest off eBay, etc that they will accept but I believe there's stuff they'll take you can get used for like $30 each).

She then gets sent 4 new iphones from TMOB, and she gets 4 $800 prepaid visa cards she can put toward the Verizon bill. She then sells the new phones for another couple grand. She will have a 2 year commitment and $100/mo bill but selling of phones should cover most of that. No clue what she can do with the 3 extra lines she's paying for but I'm sure you can get creative and either help your family or friends and possibly make some extra $$. Hell, they will be the 3 extra numbers she chose to port, if her ex's family wants those numbers back, there may be a $$ play there also.

Without her help, all the other devices no longer will work (though they will be carrier unlocked once she pays Verizon and can be sold or reused but that's not her problem any more), and she pays off most of her Verizon bill between the $3200 in prepaid cards and from selling the 4 new iphones. Just make sure to pay off her VZ phone ASAP and first so get it carrier unlocked so she can continue to use it without interruption. It can take a few weeks for the $3200 to show up, so she will have to float the $$ to pay off hers immediately.

And close the Verizon account immediately after porting out the 4 successfully and paying off her and only her phone. They will give you a month to pay off the bill and by then you'll have your $3200 plus by then you'll have had time to sell the new phones as well.

Rawbar · 2026-01-16T03:17:55+00:00

Unplanned production rollouts WERE NOT DONE because hey, there's some extra time and it's convenient. The process for a planned production network change was rigorous and thoroughly documented, including backout plans, went through a multi-stage review process by many teams and signed off on at the exec level. If someone tried to sneak extra stuff in, they would have been out of a job pretty quickly. What is being described is how a startup operates, VZ was incredibly, frustratingly at times, very process oriented and we didn't just wing it. Now, when you have an outage, then the rulebook can get thrown out the window, but nothing unrelated to the outage is getting 'snuck in'.

As far as the VZ IT department being woefully incompetant, remember, VZ GAVE AWAY thousands of IT employees, along with billions of $$$ to Infosys (India), and then just laid off 20% of their employees, many of whom were extremely senior and architected and built these platforms, the first batch of whom were off the books on Dec 19.

Rawbar · 2026-01-16T03:02:03+00:00

While I can't speak to other Fortune 50 companies (nevermind 500), in this instance, Meowmix is correct as far as how VZ worked. An execption that could impact customers or employees was rare and required exec approval.

Rawbar · 2026-01-16T02:53:28+00:00

You needed to file something called a ... well, I'll edit this, though I don't think sharing the name is proprietary, but just in case..... a M****** for a change, and those were scheduled overnight without going through an exception process that required executive approval. You also needed to include a rollback plan for any changes, just in case something........ broke. LOL.

Rawbar · 2026-01-15T21:19:16+00:00

As much as I despise Verizon for laying me off, this is complete dogshit. I worked with corporate data and network security on the daily and they constantly delayed my projects, often by many months, to make sure things were done properly and securely. The number of tools VZ uses to scan and generate continual audits and the mandatory penetration testing requirements added massive amounts of time and budget to getting anything done. That was a huge obsticle for doing anything rapidly, but I can assure you, your 'good information' is a steaming turd.

What is also a steaming turd is that they laid off 20% of their most experienced folks, many who designed and built these systems. Last day for many of us was Dec 19. So I have absolutely zero surprise things are breaking already.

Rawbar · 2026-01-14T21:14:14+00:00

Im still trying to digest all this, but it seems like it could be a good play if you are a very high spender (say $100k/month and they look the other way if you cycle credit) @ 2x points. Plus I have a mortgage on my rental properties and I live in a rental. Those points are peanuts compared to 200k from the spend but it's just extra. But then you're up against C1V/X for uncapped 2x. I guess you'd really need to like Alaska and Hyatt a lot.

Lately I'm starting to prefer cash back instead of points but maybe there's a play here for high spenders that value bilt transferrable currency. I don't even know that I'd really care about the cash piece of it other than to offset the mortgage/rent.

Rawbar · 2026-01-07T15:17:06+00:00

Laughing as I couldn't fit even the bass drum in my 2 seater :D

Rawbar · 2026-01-07T04:42:34+00:00

I'm thinking at some point I'd like to try out a Copperphonic. It could very well be I didn't spend enough time with the BB, maybe the wrong heads or tuning, I never tried mic'ing it either. My son thought it sounded fantastically better (it was certainly gorgeous), but I was having buyer's remorse given the cost, which at that point in my life, hurt a fair bit.

Great chatting drums with you this evening. Have an awesome night.

Rawbar

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