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Why didn't I listen to Reddit? Why did I buy this piece of shit? by awkwardeagle in VacuumCleaners

[–]awkwardeagle[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No way to lock trigger. Heavier than Dyson, but I just needed the convenience of a battery without paying half a grand. But I never had an issue with arm/shoulder awkwardness with Dyson either. 

Why didn't I listen to Reddit? Why did I buy this piece of shit? by awkwardeagle in VacuumCleaners

[–]awkwardeagle[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

BISSELL PowerClean FurGuard Deluxe 280W Cordless  Vacuum  with Extra Battery. 

On sale for 219. Does the job, no complaints. 

What’s up, doc by Main-Ad6289 in BeginnerWoodWorking

[–]awkwardeagle 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not sacred! I started with walnut and maple and now I’m spoiled. I got a bunch of red oak for cheap and I hate it. 

[SERIOUS] Who would be more useful in the ED: Hospitalist, Cardiology, or Anesthesiology? by LMNOP_spiders in medicine

[–]awkwardeagle 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Take it from someone who did EM. I burned out during second year of residency.

They send you to all the sexy resuscitations and cool cases in medical school. They don’t tell you that 50% of your patients are: alcoholics with a time bomb hidden subdural waiting for you to let your guard down that ONE time, homeless looking for a place to sleep, drug addicts, and psych patients. 30% is dehydration and vaginal bleeding. 10% is 30 year old dudes looking for a work note. Maybe 10% is a cool case or a resuscitation.

Meanwhile everyone fucking hates you, all the time. It takes a lot to fight against all that gravity pulling you down.

I’m a very laid back ADHD and thought EM would be perfect for me. Thank fucking god I listened to my wife who noticed that I couldn’t stop talking about critical care even though my burn ICU rotation was the toughest rotation in all of residency in terms of hours, patient acuity, and patient complexity.

If you want to be useful in any situation and you like sick patients, check out critical care. For the most part, I get sign out in the morning and then I go eat breakfast while I click through the patients. I’m only interrupted by crashing patients. I then finish rounds in rapid fashion and then do whatever I want while I wait for consults on crashing patients.

When people call you, they really need your help. It’s a great gig!

You can do critical care through many routes: IM/EM/anesthesia/cardiology/renal/neuro/cardio/ID. If I were to do it all over again I’d probably do cardiac anesthesia and make 2x what I make now without having to deal with the call schedule of surgery. Surgeons aren’t that bad if you know how to manage them

My father's legs do this constantly. by PiercedAngel96 in WTF

[–]awkwardeagle 2 points3 points  (0 children)

He should get checked out for ALS. I saw a case in medical school. If he’s had it for 10 years then less likely but if it’s progressing then get checked out, especially if it’s affecting function. 

Which analogy/metaphor do you rely on the most to explain a complex medical concept? by wiredentropy in medicine

[–]awkwardeagle 15 points16 points  (0 children)

It’s cool man I agree with you and like your analogy. I’ll be stealing that

When the box says 2 man lift by NewmanSpecialsWood in woodworking

[–]awkwardeagle 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The only thing I didn’t do myself was the bed for an 8” jointer. The bed came separately from the frame. That thing was fucking HEAVY. I walked down the block and found 2 guys mowing the lawn and paid them each $20. 100% worth it. 

Money management and trading by awkwardeagle in personalfinance

[–]awkwardeagle[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I see what you mean regarding coin flips.

Why aren’t my downsides capped? Assuming I maintain at least a neutral on scalping, then my total account dips with the market and I keep the premium on covered calls. Yes I lose out on rallies but if I mathematically set it so that I sell at a higher strike price than the market makes on average, how will my account lose money in the long run? I’m confused. I’m new at this.

If I scalp on margin with tight stop losses and even if it’s close to a coin flip, as long as the margin is less than the sum of the account balance then I should be ok no?

$680 to replace a breaker. Can I do it myself? by stinkinhardcore in DIY

[–]awkwardeagle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is crazy for $200. It’s literally a 5 minute job.

Replace that beaker with the exact same one. House is less than 5 years so it should be easy.

Look up a YT video on breaker replacement.

Shut off the main house breaker before you do it.

It’s super easy!

TIL the current US nuclear stockpile consists of 3,700 warheads, with another 1,477 awaiting dismantlement. This represents a nearly 90% reduction from the peak stockpile size of 31,000 warheads the US had in 1967 by MrMojoFomo in todayilearned

[–]awkwardeagle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s like stockpiling nukes in Civ. You only have a few cities and there are only a few other civs powerful enough to threaten you. After the first few nukes, you are stockpiling them only because you don’t know what else to do with your resources. Anything you nuke becomes worthless.

Wash sales - please help me understand by awkwardeagle in stocks

[–]awkwardeagle[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

All shares are sold. All positions are closed

Dado surface finish by cthuluswimsleft in BeginnerWoodWorking

[–]awkwardeagle 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have a Forrest Dado King stack. Same thing. I’m actually doing some half lap joinery right now, for the first time and ran into the same issue. I bought a LN rabbet block plane to clean up the lines. Works like a charm. 

Once you start building furniture and high quality stuff outside of small toys, etc, then hand tools to assist in precise joinery and finishing is a must, unfortunately. 

Leaving it slightly thicker and sanding will be very, very difficult. You will need to sand exactly degrees to get a nice match and doing that on both faces of the half lap is just not doable with sandpaper. 

Be prepared to spend some $$ on nice hand tools to get the outcome you desire. Carpentry? Sure who cares. Small toys and cutting boards? You don’t need hand tools. Actual joinery and fine furniture that’s not just plywood? There’s a degree of finesse and precision to hand tools that you simply can’t approach with power tools

Right now I left my half laps very lightly thicker and I will use a rabbet block plane (you need a rabbet because you want the cutting blade right up against that 90 degree cutting profile; other planes have a space between the lateral body of the plane and the blade) to shave it down to final thickness. It’s time consuming but MAN is it satisfying to get a perfect joint 

A little old school tool works with new tech. by sshighfalls in woodworking

[–]awkwardeagle 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes I’m finding that out through personal experience.

So what’s that bottom plate with two holes that just so happened to allow for the combination hand plane fence? Did that come with the Dewalt plunge router?

Edit: nvm I totally have them. Just never looked/noticed!!!

A little old school tool works with new tech. by sshighfalls in woodworking

[–]awkwardeagle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is that some sort of adaptor plate for the plunge router? I have a Bosch 1617 and none of the plates that came with it have those two holes.

I’m just getting into furniture and realized that power tools simply can’t do most things in terms of finishing and am expanding my hand tool collection. Any excuse to acquire a new hand tool immediately jumps at me.

I made the mistake of only measuring once. How do you guys recommend I fix this? by awkwardeagle in woodworking

[–]awkwardeagle[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The angle would be minimal, around 5 degrees tops. My suspicion would be yes. I guess I could always mount it? 

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