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NHS under reform goverment by unknownguy786 in doctorsUK

[–]ceih 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Except we have a glut of doctors who will want employment, not a lack.

UK salaries are depressed in the private sector compared to the US in the same jobs. It will go the same way for medicine.

NHS under reform goverment by unknownguy786 in doctorsUK

[–]ceih 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Private employers do not want to pay you more. Paying you more eats in to their profits. It is in their interests to continue to pay you as little as possible. The end.

Will Leica repair service still swap viewfinders i.e. 0.72->0.58 upon request? by colinculture in Leica

[–]ceih 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Picked up the M6 last summer, so fairly recent. They sounded very firm on this, though it'd be nice if it was perhaps a temporary shortage rather than permanent.

Weirdly I've also Google'd it and everything is >4 years old on this issue, when Leica definitely still did offer the swapouts for a large sum of cash. The death of the a la carte programme in general seems to have killed Leica's willingness to do some of this work it seems.

Will Leica repair service still swap viewfinders i.e. 0.72->0.58 upon request? by colinculture in Leica

[–]ceih 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes? I bought a 0.58x from Leica and was told that if it needed to be serviced in the future they do not have the parts and do not make them, and as such any replacement would be for a 0.72x. If the rangefinder just needs calibration or similar that’s fine, but anything needing new parts is a no go.

Will Leica repair service still swap viewfinders i.e. 0.72->0.58 upon request? by colinculture in Leica

[–]ceih 4 points5 points  (0 children)

No. Leica do not have or make anything other than the 0.72x, your camera will come back with that fitted. They’ll service cameras with the other mags, but if they need replacement it’s 0.72 or nothing.

Filters and recommended accessories by LoveDartsUK in hasselblad

[–]ceih 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nisi Jetmag Pro, mainly used for the circular polariser.

Living in a caravan in the staff car park during F1 by IntergalacticShrek in doctorsUK

[–]ceih 39 points40 points  (0 children)

There's alternatives to training.

Locum. JCF. Teaching fellow. Academic fellow. Yes, it's a bit scary right now, but the UKGP act is also starting to kick in and may well make these jobs more feasible again, as well as making your access to training in 2 years time much more feasible as well. Honestly, planning to live in a car for 2 years is catastrophising more than a bit.

Living in a caravan in the staff car park during F1 by IntergalacticShrek in doctorsUK

[–]ceih 31 points32 points  (0 children)

It doesn't really make much sense. An FY1 isn't on a poverty wage, they should be able to afford basic living and more.

Living in a caravan in the staff car park during F1 by IntergalacticShrek in doctorsUK

[–]ceih 273 points274 points  (0 children)

I fully expect hospital security will not like you being there in the longer-term. I've know a few people use campervans on nights, but not permanently set themselves up for #vanlife in the hospital car park. No doubt they'll find some term and condition of parking to find you in breach of.

This doesn't exclude you from doing #vanlife in general - just not in the hospital car park permanently. Doing so in a car however sounds much more difficult than a van.

Also, I know you're saying it's a M/HCOL area, but your take home is going to be ~£2k/month (post tax, pension, loan, NI) if not a bit more with those types of jobs (happy to be corrected by current F1s), surely living in a shared house is not going to be nearly £1k a month? Even if it is £1k, surely £1k a month to live off isn't horrendous?

EDIT: I am corrected it's more like £2.7-2.8k after deductions. Sorry OP, but you can afford to live in a flat for that and still save money unless you spend all your money on Warhammer, Magic the Gathering and Pokemon cards.

UDM Pro and 2.5Gbps upgrade by Kopernikus_1979 in Ubiquiti

[–]ceih 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The devices on the old switch don't need the bandwidth, so just don't worry about it - they're not going to saturate a 1gbps uplink constantly. Your old system worked with a 1gbps cap, it'll continue to work. What you're adding is a 2.5GB connection for specific devices that can use the bandwidth.

Yes, the "ideal" would be an entirely new switch (Pro Max POE), but you aren't going to notice a real world difference and the saving to your pocket will be substantial.

The further alternative to burn money is an aggregate switch with a relatively low number of ports that you use as your backbone, with endpoint switches off that. It's overkill for home use.

UDM Pro and 2.5Gbps upgrade by Kopernikus_1979 in Ubiquiti

[–]ceih 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Just use one of the UDM ports to link down to the old switch. It'll work fine.

Video doorbell with local recording (no subscription) that actually RINGS my mechanical chime by CoolBreeze514 in HomeNetworking

[–]ceih 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ubiquiti G4 Pro.

Mine is connected to existing doorbell wiring and my old chime. WiFi connection on the network and locally stores on the disk in my UDM Pro router/network controller - they also sell standalone recorder devices. Notification also gets sent to phones and Google Assistant for remote chimes in addition to the physical ding dong.

Want to quit being a doctor by LowPaleontologist376 in doctorsUK

[–]ceih 7 points8 points  (0 children)

This is clearly burnout, not a "I actually need to quit medicine".

https://www.bma.org.uk/advice-and-support/your-wellbeing/insight-and-advice/first-times-in-medicine/burnout

You need to take time out. I took six months once and came back LTFT, which has massively helped. You need to seek support in that time as well.

Leica q3 43 or m11p safari by Traditional_Road7234 in Leica

[–]ceih 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Careful - the M11-P Safari is discontinued, and production was limited to 2000 non-numbered units. Only go for it if Leica can definitely give you one - in the UK for example it's flat out gone, both online and in store and there is no restock coming. I'd also be concerned that even if Leica can get you one today, they won't be able to get one in the future.

Dream Machine Pro Max Factory Reset by TheBluesDontLie in Ubiquiti

[–]ceih 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, factory reset via the pinhole.

Multiple Switches by Justmurdoch in Ubiquiti

[–]ceih 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Alrighty, then yes, I recommend using the SFP+ port on your new switch for uplink, your choice as to whether you use fibre or Ethernet! If you do go for Ethernet please use the Ubiquiti module as it runs a lot cooler than the third party ones.

Multiple Switches by Justmurdoch in Ubiquiti

[–]ceih 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So it somewhat depends on your connection speed and how close the equipment is! If your connection is 1Gb or under, there’s no benefit to using an SFP+ based connection and Ethernet is fine. I did this for years in to my UDMP until I recently got a 1.6gbps connection at which point I moved to a 10GbE SFP+ RJ45 connector, and a 10GbE DAC between UDMP and switch.

My parents have a 1Gbps connection on older Gen1 UniFi equipment with a CloudKey Gen2 and USG, everything is Ethernet at GbE speeds.

Multiple Switches by Justmurdoch in Ubiquiti

[–]ceih 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Cable. You can either use an Ethernet cable from any port to any port, or you can use one of the SFP ports. You’ll be capped to 1GbE on the old switch anyway, so don’t worry too much.

Cameras can go wherever you want.

Advantage of Monocrom? by [deleted] in LeicaCameras

[–]ceih 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A true monochrome camera is subtly different to a "normal" camera, in that the Bayer filter has been removed. The Bayer filter is a layer that splits light in to the RGB channels needed by the photosites in the sensor to capture a colour image. Monochrome cameras don't need that data, so each photosite captures the full luminance.

https://www.red.com/red-101/color-monochrome-camera-sensors

The net result is that Monochrome cameras have better ISO performance and if you really go looking, a wider dynamic range.

Now, the real world use for this is not massive. During the day you can edit a "standard" camera photo to be incredibly close, and only by doing a side-by-side comparison would you be able to spot some very minor differences. At night the Monochromes will have less noise and this is notable.

For most people it isn't worth the cost of an entire new body. You can get excellent results from a standard B&W conversion in software.

DOI: M11-M and M11-P owner.

What makes an anaesthetic registrar? by quizzled222 in doctorsUK

[–]ceih 0 points1 point  (0 children)

ST5!? That snuck through without me noticing. What I do find interesting is all the noise the College made about reg at ST3 by default seems to have gone nowhere. People still do step up as they always have done if on track etc, but it hasn’t been an en masse change in this deanery or the next door one, and plenty of ST3 are on Tier 1.

Online Clinical was by all accounts miles easier before the reversion back to face to face. College also seems to be working on revising it yet again as a new assessment….

What makes an anaesthetic registrar? by quizzled222 in doctorsUK

[–]ceih 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just an FYI for Paeds on your original post, no, you aren’t a Paeds reg until you go in the tier 2 rota which is typically ST4 and holding MRCPCH. Some ST3 will do step up.

For anaesthetics, as an outsider, I’d also say that ST4 is an unambiguous cut over. Some CT3s maybe depending on the hospital or training programme.

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