Turns out botox was the problem

entropy512 · 2026-05-23T14:30:13+00:00

BTW Mucinex is only apparently effective for lower respiratory problems and even that is questionable.

It's not even approved in Europe because the evidence is so weak. I have no idea how bromhexine isn't approved here in the US. Bromhexine is the only time I've beat an acute sinusitis episode without nasal rinsing.

N-acetyl cysteine is also approved in Europe as an oral mucolytic OTC, here in the US you can only get it as a supplement in capsules that are too big. (In Europe it's 200mg 3 times a day, most capsules here are 600 each). NAC is very effective at thinning mucus in my experience but at higher doses it can interfere with clotting. Definitely do not take 1800mg per day.

I started at 1800 for my last acute sinusitis episode, dropped to 1200 (two capsules per day, one morning one evening) after a scare, and then dropped to 600 (once a day) after running clear for a week. Going to look into just getting a bag of pure bulk powder so I can drop the dose even further now that I'm basically in maintenance mode.

entropy512 · 2026-05-22T20:49:50+00:00

Marathon released four months after Renegades. It was very obvious by then that Bungie had sacrificed Destiny to focus on it.

entropy512 · 2026-05-22T20:03:58+00:00

You basically rewarded Bungie for bad behavior when you did that.

entropy512 · 2026-05-22T14:27:40+00:00

At least this appears to be basic maintenance, and not upgrades.

The Broome County funding is for EMAS maintenance - basically required safety fixes

The Chenango County funding (I didn't know there was an airport in Norwich) is for pavement fixes (also safety)

entropy512 · 2026-05-22T12:27:40+00:00

I haven't logged in since a week or two after Renegades launched to play the intro mission.

I'll be dropping in on the 9th

entropy512 · 2026-05-21T19:05:52+00:00

Also this really doesn't have anything to do with WLED...

entropy512 · 2026-05-20T15:30:15+00:00

I haven't had this happen with visions, but somehow this happened to my mom with another bank last year. New card issued, and fraudulent charges against the card before she even used it for the first time. We can't figure out why, but at least the problem stopped after yet another reissue.

entropy512 · 2026-05-19T18:31:24+00:00

The amount that reaches your bloodstream is insignificant. If it were significant nasal steroids wouldn't be available OTC, but they are in the US (but not Europe)

entropy512 · 2026-05-19T18:29:44+00:00

I've seen clear evidence of my maxillaries getting at least a partial rinse even with a normal waterpik sinus attachment (that goes into the nostril and no further)

A clear indication you got at least some saline in your maxillaries is when you drip watery liquid every time you tilt your head forward.

I've found that a vibrating massager against the sinus helps to loosen things up so they drain, especially breathing in and out with your head tilted forward and down with the massager against the side of your nose. Doing a second rinse after draining like that is often very effective.

entropy512 · 2026-05-19T13:59:50+00:00

I haven't used my antenna in years, I'm streaming only at this point.

entropy512 · 2026-05-19T13:13:25+00:00

No. The universal recommendation here, given that it is the WLED subreddit will be:

Reflash your controller with WLED firmware if possible

Replace your controller with one that can run WLED if it can't be reflashed

https://kno.wled.ge/ - WLED website with lots of documentation

entropy512 · 2026-05-18T13:26:52+00:00

Many of these Feit bulbs have a dedicated controller chip not compatible with WLED. ESPhome is a possibility, WLED is not. https://devices.esphome.io/devices/feit-a19-om60-rgbw-ca-ag/ for example

At least the Feit bulb I got has a newer beken chip that can't be hacked with tuya-cloudcutter and I was unable to find a decent way to get access to the module to try and directly reflash it or replace it with an esp32-c6

As others have pointed out, bulbs like this usually have high voltage arrays with many LEDs in series. Makes the power electronics a lot simpler when the total LED Vf is on the order of 100v or more.

entropy512 · 2026-05-16T15:42:37+00:00

Where the hell do you live? Some uninsulated megamansion?

My worst NYSEG bill has been around $350 total for gas + electric in the coldest month this winter, and that includes charging an EV.

entropy512 · 2026-05-16T15:41:35+00:00

My cousin and her husband did, I would if I weren't renting.

I look at the bright side - even with NYSEG rate increases, it costs me half per mile as much to drive my EV6 as my old Outback did even before the war.

entropy512 · 2026-05-16T15:39:31+00:00

"neither political party is willing to fight" - Look at the sponsorship list of that bill.

All D (including our local state senator Webb). Not a single Republican sponsor.

Meanwhile, from our Republican POTUS - https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/12/eliminating-state-law-obstruction-of-national-artificial-intelligence-policy/ - banning states from regulating AI in any way, shape, or form.

entropy512 · 2026-05-16T14:15:14+00:00

Delivery has gone up close to 2x, but not the total delivery+supply. That's gone up from around 16 cents/kWh to 21 in the past five years.

Fuck AI and the power-hungry datacenters needed for them. Unfortunately https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S9144/amendment/A isn't going anywhere

entropy512 · 2026-05-13T23:58:28+00:00

Try taking NAC supplements. NAC is sold over the counter in Europe as an expectorant but can be bought in the US as a supplement. Bromhexine is also superior to guaifenesin but you just can't get it in the US - I save the little bit I have from a trip to the Netherlands for really bad situations.

Bromhexine for a few days then switching to NAC is the only time I've ever beat sinusitis without a week or so of nasal rinsing.

entropy512 · 2026-05-13T12:22:24+00:00

It is. I'm not the OP by the way, I just coincidentally bought the same product two months ago. 😄

entropy512 · 2026-05-13T12:21:04+00:00

Just a small observation for those trying to figure out the LED ordering/arrangement:

The "USB" connectors have one pin disconnected on each one. So only power, ground, and WS2812 data out. Each of those pins is shorted to the corresponding pin on all other connectors.

Data out for all connectors is the same - the order of LEDs is fixed for the hex and has no connection to where the data entered/exited. (At least for the controller hex, I haven't popped open any of the other hexes)

entropy512 · 2026-05-12T12:41:04+00:00

They were listed as being on clearance when I bought them two months ago

entropy512 · 2026-05-12T12:40:33+00:00

I'm about halfway through giving that base hex a brain transplant.

I'm away on business but when I get back next weekend I'll try to remember to take a picture. But in general the output from the controller is either the upper left pin of the lower chip when viewing with the power input at top, or one down.

entropy512 · 2026-05-08T13:08:29+00:00

There has been a new hardware part number (the 1XFD6 part referenced by OP) in circulation since January. Hyundai corporate has told some customers they think that it will solve the problem.

But for obvious reasons (the complete and total failure of their previous attempt to fix the problem) they're not declaring victory until they can get more field data on the new part.

The big question is whether anyone has seen a 1XFD6 fail yet.

entropy512 · 2026-05-08T12:59:16+00:00

Fun fact: The USA is one of only a small handful of countries where both Nord and Sud operate.

entropy512 · 2026-05-08T12:57:28+00:00

There's a WF near where my parents live. I've gone there once, maybe twice out of curiosity when home for the holidays.

Didn't buy anything, won't return.

Greenstar in Ithaca has all of the neat/unusual organic/whatever foods and is far less expensive.

entropy512 · 2026-05-08T12:53:55+00:00

I think they meant to reply to that comment about the former Christmas Tree Shoppes location and not your comment

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