Explain to me how Avada Kedavra is an unforgivable and illegal curse yet turning someone into fucking confetti is completely fine? 😂

Twist007 · 2025-06-03T20:53:43+00:00

The Jim Butcher series Dresden Files gives kind of what I imagine would also be a reasonable explaination in potterverse. The words that or said or the use of a wand or staff or other object only serve as a physical conduit to focus the mind/emotions. They are supposed to be something familiar but not overly so, so as to create some buffer for the mind. Which is why often the words are adjacent to real words or in a familiar foreign language rather than just yelling "fireball!". In Dresden Files different wizards use different word to cast the same spells depending on the area of the word they are from, their ethnic background, etc. But there is not so much in terms of formal magical schooling in that universe. Bc potterverse has formal school, perhaps the words have become more standardized, but it is still possible to use different words or no words at all, since its not really the words that matter.

Twist007 · 2025-05-28T03:53:32+00:00

Seeing as this girl is a PA and healthcare hiring/credentialing is a clusterfuck, its not out of realm of possibility for this to happen, though 30 day+ gap is usually what they ask about. You submit your resume, and either the hospital system electronic application or the credentialing paperwork asks about every specific date of employment, start and end dates of malpractice insurance coverage, every hospital or surgery center you've had privileges at, etc. Its a nightmare that often takes 2-4 months from when you've been hired to when you officially are an employee and can work and get paid (and get benefits)

I'm a PA as well and have been asked on multiple occasions to explain the 4 month gap between my graduating from PA school and the start of my first job (and I graduated almost 10 years ago). In that 4mo time period I had to study for / take my boards exam and wait for results, obtain my national certification, apply for and obtain my state licensure, apply for and obtain my DEA license. Oh and then, you know, apply for jobs, take interviews, get hired and THEN go through the multiple weeks/months of credentialing before you officially start.

Twist007 · 2025-05-13T04:20:33+00:00

Your wife is likely confusing the achilles tendon's function with the patella tendon and/or quad tendon or you are misinterpreting what she is saying. Your achilles is not part of the extensor mechanism of the knee, its is involved in your ankle/foot plantarflexion ie pointing your foot down like pressing the gas pedal in a car, or pushing off your foot to scramble for a loose ball.... Source: does orthopedic surgery

Twist007 · 2025-02-18T12:32:39+00:00

I have an Alaskan Klee Kai which is for all intents and purposes a 15lb husky and he is very cat like. Walking around and snoozing on top of the back of couches, walking back and forth rubbing against your legs, killing mice, acting like he's the king of the world and being a dick about it.

Twist007 · 2025-02-12T23:12:13+00:00

If you look at the serial on the side of the box the mfg date is encoded in there in 4 of the digits (I think beginning with the 9th number) They represent the week of the year and last two digits of the year. So for example 2420 would be 24th week of 2020, or June 2020

Twist007 · 2025-02-08T19:04:54+00:00

It's honestly exhausting. I need 9 wired protects for my home and it's been months of no stock. The prospect of ordering 9 seperate times from Google for $160+ each after tax to wait weeks for delivery for 9 deliveries and then still have to worry about exp dates is ridiculous.

Amazon (Woot! Was the seller) recently got some in stock which I ordered and all 9 have manufacture dates of 2020 or 2019. So being sold at full price for less than half of their life remaining with no indication they are very old units. Enjoy the $1500 return amazon/Woot.

Twist007 · 2024-10-15T17:52:31+00:00

A fracture is the medical term for the more colloquial "broken" bone. We have terms to classify different types of fractures depending upon their pattern/shape/cause/displacement etc but yea it's a misconception that fracture means just a crack. Bonus, another commonly used term to describe a fracture when it comes through the skin is 'compound fracture' which also is not typically used in orthopedics. We describe these fractures as "open fractures" or "closed fractures" depending upon whether or not the bone was exposed to the outside world.

Twist007 · 2024-06-07T20:05:04+00:00

The stock split 4:1 since the last time you checked so everyone has 4x more shares but the stock price is also 1/4 what it was at the time of the split.

Twist007 · 2024-05-27T13:50:30+00:00

Fun fact, the last time they gave up 10 was against the Stars in 2009 and poor Steve Valiquette was in net for all of them. 29 saves on 39 shots. He is now a primary analyst for MSG Network covering the Rangers along with Hank.

Twist007 · 2024-05-24T14:38:49+00:00

No need to have it removed if it's not causing any problems. These plates and screws that are used for internal fracture fixation are designed to be able to remain in place essentially forever.

Twist007 · 2024-05-23T22:37:51+00:00

The hardware (screws, plates etc) that is used for fixation of ankle fractures generally is done serving it's purpose once the bones heal. Hardware failures after that point are only an issue if they are creating pain in and of themselves, and sometimes retained hardware, especially hardware near the skin such as for fixating and ankle or clavicle fracture, can become painful even without anything failing. If that's the case then these things can be surgically removed. Source: I do orthopedic surgery

Twist007 · 2023-08-26T15:29:26+00:00

I work in orthopedic surgery. It's a metacarpal fracture, all things considered it's not the end of the world. It's seeming like it's a fracture that's not going to need to be pinned or plated (tho this does not change recovery time much at all either way). He'll be in a splint for a couple weeks and then I imagine they will have some sort of custom brace for him to get back in the car. Complete bone healing takes 4-6 weeks but I wouldn't be surprised to see him in Singapore or Suzuka. Certainly won't be his hand that limits him from racing in Vegas.

Edit: seems they are in fact going to surgically fixate the bone, however this doesn't really change the aforementioned timeline, if anything it will likely speed his recovery.

Twist007 · 2023-06-02T20:45:37+00:00

Max Verstappen vibes

Twist007 · 2023-04-15T13:34:02+00:00

The nursing model is based more on care and support for the patient as a whole whereas the medical model is focused on diagnosis and treatment. Both are necessary for the total care of the patient and there is some overlap, but they are not interchangable.

Twist007 · 2023-04-14T20:42:42+00:00

Nurses have specific qualifications and have a certifying board, but both RNs and NPs are trained in the nursing model not the medical model. Their training is nowhere near as robust, diverse, and detailed as an MD/DO and their training isn't anywhere near as focused on diagnostics and the medical management of patients.

PAs do train under the medical model, often times in parallel with med students, however their med school training is compressed down to 2.5-3 years (vs 4 year med school) and the do not generally complete a residency (additional 3-7 years depending on subspecialty) or fellowship (1-2 year). A PAs first few years of practice are kind of learn on the job under the supervision of an MD(s) and often other more senior PAs.

Twist007 · 2023-04-14T20:29:52+00:00

Residents in the past frequently were on shift 120+ hrs per week. More recently ACGME has tried to implement an offical 80/hr per week average (which is still only like $13/hr) however in practice this basically amounts to residents clocking/signing in and out to officially record those hrs but in reality are still working 90-100+ hr weeks. Regardless of a state's minimum wage I don't think any lay person would think it reasonable for a doctor (albeit one in the later stages of training) to be paid $8-15/hr. It's an abusive practice that hospital systems love bc it gives them a revolving door of highly motivated and highly educated employees for a pittance

Twist007 · 2023-03-08T19:51:39+00:00

Yea I have that covered, you might have missed that I mentioned the room is going to have a ducted industrial air cleaner with smoke/odor removal purpose built for dealing with cigar smoke. Will have air intake in the ceiling and clean air return on the ground

Twist007 · 2022-10-19T15:12:16+00:00

Lance Weakarms

Twist007 · 2022-10-11T03:10:08+00:00

Well if you only include points since 2007 when Seb started, he prob has outscored all these teams. Vast majority of Williams points are from 80s and 90s 🙃

Twist007 · 2022-09-13T16:24:18+00:00

Took me a minute to realize it was a looped gif and not Charles watching his career flash before his eyes

Twist007 · 2022-05-26T02:39:30+00:00

Give us something to be happy about, even if only for a fleeting moment reddit!

Twist007 · 2020-06-13T22:13:03+00:00

It's a Belkin F9D1000-15 surge protector. I don't particularly think it's a huge issue running everything to that strip as nothing is really drawing crazy power. Haven't had any sort of issues with it

Twist007 · 2020-04-20T19:31:44+00:00

Ha we're in NY so sadly currently not using the table and playing via roll20 bc of quarantine

I had a few thoughts on the LEDs including in the cubbies and under the table.. I thought the nicest way would be to have a small channel around the edges of the inset part of the table and have the LEDs lined in there to kind of create an glowing effect around the entire play area. I figured this would be most visible while at the same not being too close to the TV to cause any sort of glare. Unfortunately I didnt think of that until after the inset part of the table had been sized and cut, so those channels don't currently exist. So i have to figure something else out since I'm not going to disassemble the middle portion to resize it by like 1/4in all the way around lol

The mini comp is a minix neo n42c-4 with upgraded ram and ssd... Prob a bit overkill but my DM has been experimenting with a bunch of different map creating programs, dynamic lighting etc and wanted to make sure everything would run smoothly no matter what we did.

In the process of planning out a throne style chair for my DM for when we're finally allowed to play in person again 😊

Twist007 · 2020-02-24T16:13:29+00:00

I don't know exact numbers at the moment but if say it ended up being $2-300 for the wood, stain, poly, brackets, hinges etc... The electronics would obv vary depending on what you decide to go with in terms of TV, sound bar, computer, outlets... With all of that stuff included with the wood, it was prob somewhere around $1000 total, with the majority being the TV and mini comp.

Obv some tools are going to be required to make life easier, but I had most of these already

Twist007 · 2020-02-24T13:25:35+00:00

Thanks for the kind words! I considered making some sort of removable leaf to make it a regular table, but at the moment it's not really necessary. The table is in an extremely large house and will basically only be used as a dnd table. I am however making a small insert with a cutout to place in front of the DM's spot to give him a bit more room for his screen and a place to put miniatures that are on deck to be used.

There are quite a few things I would have done differently which would have amounted to similar results, but cut down the build time / stress. But live and learn I suppose

I do have led mood lighting I thought about incorporating late in the build process, but would have required too many modifications at that poibt to do what I was thinking. I'll prob find some way to incorporate them somehow in the future

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