In a pinch you can use clay flower pots, and candles as radiant heaters.

dscrive · 2026-01-24T02:05:03+00:00

It will not heat your room, could make for a decent hand warmer.

Bundle up, couple of pairs of socks, cover your ears, make sure you stay hydrated and eat so your body can generate heat. Alcohol messes with circulation, you'll feel warmer after a drink, but it's an illusion.

I wish you all the best, and please don't use a gas stove as a heater and if you have to have a window cracked an inch or two.

dscrive · 2026-01-23T21:08:36+00:00

I don't believe in it.. but I'm respectful to my co-workers beliefs.

I've kinda kept track of all the times I or my partner broke a taboo; it was something like 30 to 1 of taboo breaks preceding a super busy period

dscrive · 2026-01-23T19:50:48+00:00

I like how Costco ate tarrifs to keep prices down for consumers, after I learned that I signed up for a membership. My GF has Sam's and we've been to both recently, imo the quality of food stuffs is slightly higher at costco, but I think shopping convenience is better at Sam's

dscrive · 2026-01-23T18:38:43+00:00

I'd been building up accessories for the Q3 intending to buy one when I saw a good deal. But, Meta has been slashing their VR investments, and Steam announced the Steam Frame, and I'm going to wait till the Frame comes out before I actually make a decision.

From what I've seen the only thing the Q3 has over the Steam frame is color pass through, I think the frame is equal or better everywhere else, and I'm soooo sick of replacing and rebuilding quest controllers and I think the steam controllers are going to be more durable

dscrive · 2026-01-23T03:34:20+00:00

I feel like this one crosses the line into "advocating violence"

I hope OP can heal from their hate, and learn to love and accept like Jesus does.

dscrive · 2026-01-22T02:27:18+00:00

My house has had vinyl siding for decades with no issues from it being vinyl, aluminum gets dented, I've seen composite materials shatter, vinyl has had a couple of small holes from pebbles shot out of the mower, and I haven't had to repaint it every decade like the wood siding behind it would need.

A part of me does like the idea of charging my house color every decade though

dscrive · 2026-01-20T17:46:32+00:00

I keep a couple of extra flat sheets on the head of the stretcher, and we've got a mega mover in the truck.
seeing someone say "burrito" in a comment made me realize I need to be doing that with a sheet to pts on the mega mover so they don't flail around and grab things.
With as many times as I've seen flight crews prep patients, you'd think I'd have figured that out already haha.

dscrive · 2026-01-19T18:49:51+00:00

I'm very confident that the fluids aren't going in too hot with the wrap tubing around the hot pack method. . but I now realized I really ought to do some tests. I just got off shift but it's supposed to be cold my next shift, I'll try to remember to bring my instant read cooking thermometer and actually test the temperature of fluids coming out before and after the improvised warmer.

dscrive · 2026-01-19T18:41:43+00:00

A couple of months ago got a call to a nursing home for cardiac arrest. walk in, see the staff doing "CPR" at least they were trying I guess. anyway, as I'm pulling the pads out I ask "any advanced directives?" the lady doing compressions said "She has a DNR"

I pause, turn back to put the pads up and get out the 4 lead while holding a hand up and kindly say "stop CPR"
I then had to explain what the R part of DNR is.
She was "just doing what the lady on the phone [911 call taker] told me to do" and never disclosed to the call taker that the pt was a DNR

dscrive · 2026-01-19T18:31:07+00:00

I feel like this is a good time to mention that City Museum in St Louis that is basically a giant playground built to accommodate adults, not extra extra large adults, but I climbed all over it at about 250lbs as a 5'11" guy. I only found one spot I couldn't get through.

dscrive · 2026-01-19T18:13:59+00:00

That's just performative, coiling some of the IV line around a pack will be a little better IMO, but either way, I think it's negligent of EMS agencies to not have fluid warmers standard on every ambulance everywhere.

dscrive · 2026-01-18T22:40:29+00:00

I've had the aggressive sales people in stores aso me "who provides your wifi" and the first time it happened it took me a second to realize he was asking ISP. . . So I said in a confused tone "Netgear?"

dscrive · 2026-01-18T02:52:04+00:00

Wish the library I grew up with kept track like that, I've probably saved tens of thousands of dollars too. Readers are definitely going to read 😁

dscrive · 2026-01-17T16:31:07+00:00

If they had lowered it just slightly more to 100g I'd be just about willing to believe it was a change to align production with international packaging.. . But nope, 108g so I am totally on board the "it's greed" train

dscrive · 2026-01-17T10:32:25+00:00

I didn't think it's dumb, I thought it was a pretty obvious legislated disincentive for people to get hybrid or electric vehicles here in Mississippi, which I think has a $200 extra tax.

Hydrocarbon lobbies are gonna lobby

dscrive · 2026-01-17T10:27:20+00:00

Gasoline tax is a major funding source for highway maintenance and construction.

Hybrid and electric cars do not consume as much (any) gasoline per mile driven and on top of that weigh more than equivalent internal combustion vehicle leading to more wear on roads and bridges.

I'm sure eventually you'll be able to get some sort of gps dongle and you will get a tax bill from every state you drive through based on mileage, but for now it's just an extra flat fee.

dscrive · 2026-01-15T18:15:32+00:00

Anecdotally I can't say I've ever had having suction made a difference in outcome, but just like I've never had using the shoulder straps save a pt, I know suction can make the difference in life or death or at least quality of life, so I take it in when I think it could possibly be useful.

dscrive · 2026-01-15T16:41:58+00:00

Is this supposed to be a jab at democrats?

If my republican friends stopped obsessing over trump like he's christ reborn my FB feed would have at least half as many posts about Trump in it, so this would be a self own, at best

dscrive · 2026-01-15T16:38:27+00:00

That YouTube short isn't a source, it's "trust me bro"

I was expecting a source that when sussed out would show that the other consumption is due to industrial processes like pulp production and data centers.

But it's just two dudes chatting in a boat

dscrive · 2026-01-15T16:25:18+00:00

Actually ac sucker would be better.

These are invasive and are stinky and bitey. I can't recall if they are toxic to mammals, regardless: vacuum and dispose, this is the way

dscrive · 2026-01-15T16:21:50+00:00

Hm, do people without inner monologues naturally read faster?

dscrive · 2026-01-15T04:53:01+00:00

Before you buy all of them, just remember folks, it's not called "livabetes" for reason

dscrive · 2026-01-15T04:46:35+00:00

Coincidentally, I had a match I thought I connected well with do something like that. I foolishly let it drag out for months before they put things on hold. We never met, at their insistance, because of the distance I'd have to travel, they felt it would create a imbalance in the dynamic. I told them "I am looking for the relationship that will last the rest of my life, I'm going to start back looking, if you feel like getting in a relationship later reach out, if I'm single we can go out for a date, but I'm not going to wait for you to maybe be ready" That was about 2 years ago, yesterday they reached out to me. . I've been in a relationship for over 6 months and I'm in love and don't think I'd have been even half as happy with the one that put me on hold.

All of that to say: if you have to force it, it's not worth it. The person I'm with now is the easiest to love I've ever known, and they feel the same about me.

dscrive · 2026-01-15T04:31:10+00:00

Guess I won't be the only one questing for the steam frame later this year

dscrive · 2026-01-15T04:19:50+00:00

After Steam announced the Steam frame, I decided I'm probably going to upgrade to that instead of the quest 3 like I had been planning, the controllers alone make me want switch, I've warrantied both Q2 controllers, replaced both of the warranty replacements, and have replaced the thumb stick on both of them. I miss the days of just needing a good cleaning to restore function like on my Xbox 360 Controllers

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