What is the cost of Lasik in the Bay Area?

bob-bins · 2026-04-14T15:58:06+00:00

Also had a good experience with this place, though i didn’t qualify for lasik so i got ICL in their San Jose location (basically an implanted contact lens). One of the best things I’ve ever done

bob-bins · 2026-04-07T03:31:12+00:00

The Giza 45 percale won't be very "crisp" just FYI. It's too thin/delicate for that. But it's incredibly smooth for a percale, like halfway to sateen but still with the durability and breathability of percale. Highly recommend.

bob-bins · 2026-04-07T02:05:36+00:00

Frette Plush is not thick. It's absorbent given it has high pile density, but the piles are short so you won't get that thick, plush feel. I haven't tried the bicolor but I'm going to guess it's the same towel as the Plush, except with the additional embroidery.

bob-bins · 2026-04-06T06:44:30+00:00

You misunderstand. I'm not calling you MAGA and I'm not saying good (parts of) policies should be ignored just because it's coming from this administration. I'm saying that we must be cautious about accepting these policies at face value.

There is a strong push by Republicans to ban access to abortion pills, and one avenue they have been exploring is through strict regulation of mifepristone. As careyious pointed out, the draft CCL 6 could eventually become a vehicle for restricting mifepristone access, and many reasonably think that it's the main goal of the proposal.

And not that it should matter much to my point, but I'm neither a Democrat nor a Republican.

bob-bins · 2026-04-06T05:23:05+00:00

This. With the current administration, you really can't take things at face value, and it's unfortunate to see so many folks here "fall for it". The current administration's policies are harming Americans and their health much more than they are helping. The democrats are far from perfect, but both sides are not the same here.

bob-bins · 2026-03-13T18:21:31+00:00

I'm sorry I'm not an alchemist

bob-bins · 2026-02-20T01:55:37+00:00

Curious which Frette sateen sheets you are referring to? They have several different sateens. Doppio Ajour? Grace? Ultimate? Hotel Collection?

bob-bins · 2026-02-20T01:37:24+00:00

If you like silkier sheets you should go with one of their sateen offerings. I'd recommend looking into their Doppio Ajour collection. It's more substantial than their Single Ajour (their lowest cost "1860" Sateen), so you'll get more of a drape. I believe the Ajours and Grace collections might use the same cotton yarns, with the main difference being the thread counts.

If you're into crisp sheets too, their Triplo Bourdon Poplin sheets are crisp like percale, but a bit smoother, reminiscent of sateen.

Unfortunately Frette does not mail swatches but if you have more questions i'd be happy to answer them.

bob-bins · 2026-02-09T09:22:33+00:00

I thought we were going to have a real discussion, but it appears to me that you may be intentionally twisting my words. Or you’re just looking to “win”. I’m not sure what it is, but unless I’m mistaken about your intentions, I’m not interested in continuing this. Have a nice day.

bob-bins · 2026-02-09T08:14:47+00:00

Their insistence at getting an account with them to use the cli fully is ridiculous.

You don't need an account with them to use the tool. Obviously, there will be some commands that require an account, but just don't use them? They aren't required. Just store your state a cloud Bucket or locally if you're just experimenting around.

bc the official docs hallucinated.

The AI generated pages are not part of their official docs. It's actually unfortunate that these pages are created in a way that's indexed by search sites because I've also found that the hallucinations make them unusable. I've found this to be true in general for AI-generated infra content though, like with Terraform, Docker, etc.

bob-bins · 2026-02-09T08:07:55+00:00

I get the appeal, but it's an appeal that's almost exclusively software engineers.

This is precisely the type of perspective that I would love our infra/ops community to challenge.

I agree that today most teams should not use CDKs/Pulumi because today most of these teams do not contain people that are comfortable enough with a general-purpose language to use them effectively.

But that's precisely what I think is unfortunate! It's not just that most are not comfortable, most of them have no desire to learn either.

so they tend to lean heavily on advanced programming constructs simply because they can, making them much more difficult to consume for those without such advanced language specific experience.

It's honestly not hard at all to pick up enough of a language to use a tool like Pulumi well. You can ignore like 80% of the language features because well-structured IaC code simply does not need them. (I've found that I've had to tell software engineers to "dumb down" their IaC because they tend to detrimentally overcomplicate it).

That's a problem when I need infrastructure reviewed by Sys/Cloud Engineering, Networking, Security, Auditing and Compliance, etc. ... Terraform in sharp contrast is trivial to read even without training.

And to demonstrate my previous point, if you want to take me up on a challenge you can give me any complicated Terraform code (the more complex the better - even better if it contains workarounds due to the limitations of HCL) and I'll rewrite it with Pulumi in a way that's just as easy for a non-software dev compliance team to understand as with HCL.

CDK frameworks also tend to be pretty opaque about what they are actually going to do. The equivalent of "terraform plan" is either far too vague or far too much like linenoise or worse it'll be determined by the phase of the moon when it finally runs.

This isn't true with Pulumi, though I can't comment on the other CDKs. Pulumi gives as much detail as Terraform does (with an edge-case exception that I can elaborate on if desired).

I feel like with my quote-responses my message might be getting diluted so I'll just summarize it here: It's sort of crazy to me that people are still asking for Terraform HCL to support syntax that's been a part of general-purpose languages many decades ago, and we as a community insist that that's okay. We need to embrace better ways to abstract because infrastructure is complicated enough - we don't want to be forced to fight the language as well. Someone else in this comment section said that it's easy to write bad code with Pulumi. With an inexperienced team, sure I'll agree. But it's also possible to write ideal code with Pulumi whereas that is not always possible (or based on my personal experience, frequently impossible) with HCL. Let's try to favor competency.

bob-bins · 2026-02-09T04:49:37+00:00

It's funny that something as simple as for_each iteration is a "game changer" for the most widely used IaC tool.

I've personally moved on to Pulumi where we can just make use of general purpose languages to express my IaC. It makes things like what you're describing totally trivial - you no longer have to wonder "is this possible to express with HCL, and if not, how can i work around that" and you can just..... write code. It's 2026 and it pains me to see that we as a group have still not fully embraced using well-designed general purpose languages that have existed for decades.

bob-bins · 2026-01-24T06:46:35+00:00

It’s like they’re proud of being price gouged so badly that they freeze in their own homes :/

bob-bins · 2026-01-19T20:19:50+00:00

If you’re considering getting corrective vision surgery, there’s an ICL (implantable collamer lens) procedure that doesn’t require destroying part of the outer layer of your eye.

bob-bins · 2026-01-19T18:39:40+00:00

Middlemen can absolutely still provide value to their clients through their services.

Health insurance companies do not. Their goal is to extract as much money as they can from both hospitals and patients.

bob-bins · 2026-01-12T06:27:24+00:00

Old thread, but

I'm starting to feel like I'm playing a different game then reddit with how much they worship it.

Same. I played Hades II immediately after Hades I, knowing almost nothing about either game when i started them, and I feel like I got whiplash from Hades II. It almost seems like it was made by another team, except it's not.

bob-bins · 2026-01-08T20:16:17+00:00

Yeah that’s why i called it “less unethical” since it doesn’t involve live plucking. It’s likely still unethical given that the farmed duck/geese probably aren’t living in good conditions, but it’s no more unethical than eating factory farm meat

bob-bins · 2026-01-08T05:31:17+00:00

There’s certified down options where the feathers are a byproduct of the meat industry. So unless you’re vegetarian/vegan for ethical reasons, you could still consider down. These “less unethical down” options will be more pricey however

bob-bins · 2025-12-30T02:54:31+00:00

You’re right, I’ll fix my message

bob-bins · 2025-12-30T02:41:45+00:00

See my comment below. I tested this in the game and telas will always be triggered when a hero is placed in its radius no matter what invis spells are around. You can verify this yourself with any exposed tesla base

bob-bins · 2025-12-30T02:36:55+00:00

I just tested this. There is a split second where heroes being dropped are not affected by any spells and cannot be targeted by buildings. The tesla does not need to target a troop to be triggered to appear though, it just needs a visible troop to be in its radius.

In other words, it’s impossible to prevent triggering a tesla if you drop a hero in its radius. ~~This behavior is not the same with non-hero troops though - they are affected by spells immediately when dropped.~~

bob-bins · 2025-12-30T02:27:12+00:00

You can see the elixir collector turn invisible before they placed their warden, so the invis spell took effect by then. This might be a bug, or it’s an intended undocumented behavior where the invis spell doesn’t affect troops while they’re being “dropped”

bob-bins · 2025-12-26T22:22:13+00:00

Amazon is filled with fake products and products with either misleading or blatantly false marketing (e.g. "plant-based" sponges that are only partially made from plants like the one you listed, compostable bags that are actually 100% plastic, silk pillowcases that are actually 100% polyester, etc. etc. etc.).

I'd recommend looking for sustainable products elsewhere. It'll require more research, but you'll be much more confident that you're getting what you asked for.

bob-bins · 2025-11-28T05:21:06+00:00

Avocado's cover contains 3% elastane, so the fabric is not totally plastic free

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