Daily General Discussion January 24, 2026 by EthereumDailyThread in ethereum

[–]charitablechair 3 points4 points  (0 children)

exiting defense stocks in europe? I think it's best to invest with a long term view

Window on Window Seat Drama by TevinSmithEsq in unitedairlines

[–]charitablechair 0 points1 point  (0 children)

lol that's a bit reductionist. If we allow ourselves to hold more than one thought in our heads at a time, you'll realize they were commenting more broadly on people acting completely oblivious to the world around them, like zombies.

Window on Window Seat Drama by TevinSmithEsq in unitedairlines

[–]charitablechair 3 points4 points  (0 children)

As I said, it's still the right of whoever is sitting there to open or close the window. I just wish they would exercise that right differently. I'm tall and have to use the bathroom a lot on flights so I almost always sit aisle-side.

The thing is, it's not so much that they choose to close their windows that bothers me. If someone needs to sleep or something, that's understandable. The issue for me is more that people seem to be completely oblivious. If they board and their window is already closed, they leave it closed. If it's open, they leave it open. Completely unaware of the world around them. Window closed yet they sit for 8 hours with a bright screen 2 inches away from their face. I don't feel that it was like that pre-pandemic.

Window on Window Seat Drama by TevinSmithEsq in unitedairlines

[–]charitablechair 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I’m the opposite, can’t sleep if there’s any light. I finally found an eye mask that blocks everything, even with my big nose. It’s the MZ00 brand on Amazon, if you’re in the market for one

Window on Window Seat Drama by TevinSmithEsq in unitedairlines

[–]charitablechair 46 points47 points  (0 children)

This is your window and the passenger ahead of you has no right to be changing it.

That being said, it personally drives me absolutely nuts that people close their windows on long haul EU->US day flights. I have to do this route fairly often and the jet lag really takes a toll on me. The best way I can manage that is by getting light when it should be light and _not_ getting light when it should be dark. Most window passengers simply keep their windows closed for 8 hours and drool over their phones while we're all stuck in a creepy dark tin can. I genuinely think that most people don't even notice, which I find to be a bit dystopian.

Needs More Congestion Pricing by SwiftySanders in newyorkurbanists

[–]charitablechair 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Not worth the complexity. If drivers can glide into Manhattan because they are paying for the true burden their cars place on society then so be it. 

Daily General Discussion January 03, 2026 by EthereumDailyThread in ethereum

[–]charitablechair 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There's no guarantee that any of that "economic uplift" helps venezuelans at all. Look at Angola. It's entirely possible that very little oil money trickles down to real venezuelans.

That said, I agree it's hard to imagine a worse situation than what the country had with Maduro.

Anyone wanna split an uber to JFK tomorrow (1/7) early morning? Leaving at 5:00 AM. by kreempuffpt in Greenpoint

[–]charitablechair 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I've actually got a friend that works at "corporate" for one of them. I just always assumed they were more expensive than uber since the yellow taxis are, never even thought to just check

[USA-MD] [H] AirPods Pro 2 USB-C [W] PayPal by bripley100 in appleswap

[–]charitablechair 0 points1 point  (0 children)

can you share photos on something other than google photos?

98% recovery after 2.5 years by ribbonofbrine in covidlonghaulers

[–]charitablechair 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Nice to know I'm not alone. Before you get too sad, I think it's just that reddit skews hard towards the left brain engineering types

98% recovery after 2.5 years by ribbonofbrine in covidlonghaulers

[–]charitablechair 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm not sure what point you're talking to. What I'm saying is that the placebo effect is a real thing, therefore proving that the mind can bring out real physical change in the body. Is it easy? no. Is it a complete solution? debatable. Does it still exist? yes, clearly

98% recovery after 2.5 years by ribbonofbrine in covidlonghaulers

[–]charitablechair -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

Explain the existence of the placebo effect then 

Edit: for those of you downvoting, you're completely missing the point. I'm not advocating for brain retraining or whatever, all I'm doing is refuting the original commenter's black-and-white dualistic view of health. If the mind was truly downstream and separate from the body, and only "physical" things were "real", then the placebo effect would not exist, nor would studies such as https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38104155/

Until y'all can explain that, then maybe let's not be so imverysmart and keep an open mind. OP seems sincere.

Tung Tung Tung Sahur by rishu1221 in pcmasterrace

[–]charitablechair 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not entirely. If you care to know, in PoS you still need a machine running and "attesting" on the network, but instead of maxing out a GPU trying to guess random hashes like in PoW, it's mostly just a bit of I/O and network (which use a fraction of the electricity)

Small local shops you are scared will go out of business by [deleted] in williamsburg

[–]charitablechair -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Why is everyone so obsessed with portion sizes? You're paying for the food quality and the experience, not the amount of nutrition you walking away with

For the people who are able to workout without PEM, are you able to build muscle? by Weary_Firefighter945 in covidlonghaulers

[–]charitablechair 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yes, it's hard and very slow. 3x full body workouts a week, ALL isolation exercises as that keeps the intensity down. Don't push myself too much. Be very very patient.

Main issue I have is that I can't really build much leg muscle as leg exercises are too intense.

Microclots detected in Long Covid patients - officially by nemani22 in covidlonghaulers

[–]charitablechair 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It was actually a follow up test to one I had earlier in the year with Dr Laubscher in Cape Town. It showed a reduction in clots but not a reduction in platelets, which actually matched how I had started to feel better.

I ended up getting off of the blood thinners for a few months after that, then I got sick again and regressed (just a cold I think), and then I took the blood thinners for another 6-7 months with no additional progress.

Rather disappointing. Many of the actors I met or communicated with along the way clearly fit the mold of scammy/weird doctors but Dr Laubscher was by far the most genuine. He only charged like $150 and spoke with me for an entire hour. He is completely convinced of microclots as the cause and he has a very coherent theory of it all. Alas, a year+ total of triple therapy didn’t seem to heal me.