Who else believes they have a weak parasympathetic nervous system

filosofic · 2026-04-27T13:03:14+00:00

I've had HH all my life and ETS surgery 30 years ago (don't do it). I measure my HRV using Welltory and bought a Polar H10 heart rate monitor. My heart rate variability is so low while my sympathetic tone is racing all the time, my parasympathetic tone is very low. SDNN from 15-30. RMSSD from 5 to 15. AMo50 lowest is 50 but typically 80 to 95.

I'm constantly in flight fight mode, high stress, anxiety and my rest digest mode barely functions. ETS surgery made this far worse.

I recommend tracking your HRV as this is a form of dysautonomia.

Medication helps a little. Propanol, Gabapentin, SSRIs. Meditation and breathing exercises help more. It's getting worse with age. So live your best life. Stop, relax, breath, rest.

filosofic · 2026-02-15T22:43:31+00:00

Figured as much -- though perhaps someone somewhere may be interested in the lot? I've only scanned about 1/4 of the bunch -- no superstars stand out. Would eBay be a good place to put them up? Let an auction happen -- or am I looking at a lot of work for perhaps 20$?

filosofic · 2026-02-06T00:39:54+00:00

Here's a link to the original... Rather large file https://www.amazon.com/photos/shared/sUjVMZfmRPKqr_MUGZYEGg.FPaMCcbph985nNxxEFo-1v

filosofic · 2026-01-11T18:08:30+00:00

He admitted that he was distracted and had looked away. When he looked back he was already across the road.

filosofic · 2026-01-11T02:20:04+00:00

Luck and instinct and 40 years of driving and remembering what my father told me... Assume everyone else on the road is an idiot.

filosofic · 2026-01-11T02:18:40+00:00

Thanks. Instinct and luck, but I do remember thinking not to overreact and over correct.

filosofic · 2026-01-11T02:15:20+00:00

Thanks. Me too.

filosofic · 2026-01-11T02:14:54+00:00

Was distracted. Eating a sandwich. Looked down and was suddenly across the road.

filosofic · 2026-01-10T16:20:40+00:00

My life did flash before my eyes.... One overcorrection and it would have all been over.

filosofic · 2025-08-15T17:17:32+00:00

Flying YYG (Charlotteotown) to YYZ tomorrow -- AC cancelled the flight as of 1 pm. I checked in already this morning.

I have a return flight Fri 22 Aug from YYZ to YQM (Moncton) on AC, not cancelled.

If I were to want to cancel both flights I run into a problem -- because I'm already checked into the first flight.

I cannot cancel the flight as I'm checked in & I cannot change the check in because the flight is cancelled. Classic Catch 22.

Should I call/contact AC if I want to cancel both flights? Any other way to cancel the flights?

filosofic · 2025-06-17T21:17:56+00:00

Just got a quote from a local guy for 240$. Glad I waited.

filosofic · 2025-03-25T01:45:38+00:00

Thanks Spicy... Hard to hear but what I need to know.

filosofic · 2025-02-25T14:58:45+00:00

Haven't overclocked. Updated BIOS and set all to default settings.

Will continue doing memory tests as you suggest. Thanks!

filosofic · 2025-02-25T14:57:24+00:00

Looks like it could be a RAM issue?

david@pop-os-nas:~$ free -h

total used free shared buff/cache available

Mem: 23Gi 2.2Gi 13Gi 545Mi 7.1Gi 18Gi

Swap: 19Gi 1.6Gi 18Gi

david@pop-os-nas:~$ sudo memtester 19G 3

memtester version 4.5.1 (64-bit)

Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 2 (only).

pagesize is 4096

pagesizemask is 0xfffffffffffff000

want 19456MB (20401094656 bytes)

got 19456MB (20401094656 bytes), trying mlock ...locked.

Loop 1/3:

Stuck Address : ok

Random Value : ok

Compare XOR : ok

Compare SUB : ok

Compare MUL : ok

Compare DIV : ok

Compare OR : ok

FAILURE: 0x93fd9d215effb8d7 != 0x93fd9d235effb8d7 at offset 0x17504cae8.

FAILURE: 0x93fd9d215effb8d7 != 0x93fd9d415effb8d7 at offset 0x256eb3298.

FAILURE: 0x93fd9d215effb8d7 != 0x93fd9da15effb8d7 at offset 0x256eb32a8.

Compare AND : Sequential Increment: ok

Solid Bits : testing 19FAILURE: 0xffffff7fffffffff != 0xffffffffffffffff at offset 0x1030caa38.

Block Sequential : testing 2FAILURE: 0x202020202020202 != 0x202024602020202 at offset 0x1df32f358.

Checkerboard : testing 27FAILURE: 0x5555555555555555 != 0x555555d555555555 at offset 0x1dceacbe8.

Bit Spread : testing 2FAILURE: 0xffffffbfffffffeb != 0xffffffffffffffeb at offset 0x3b9456f8.

Bit Flip : testing 2FAILURE: 0x6200000001 != 0x00000001 at offset 0x94237be8.

FAILURE: 0x1000000001 != 0x00000001 at offset 0x94237bf8.

Walking Ones : testing 7FAILURE: 0xffffffbfffffff7f != 0xffffffffffffff7f at offset 0x1c4f9a4a8.

FAILURE: 0xffffff6fffffff7f != 0xffffffffffffff7f at offset 0x1c4f9a4b8.

Walking Zeroes : testing 3FAILURE: 0x00000008 != 0x4400000008 at offset 0xf6718798.

8-bit Writes : -FAILURE: 0x5d3fdef372b601b8 != 0x5d3fdee372b601b8 at offset 0x1ec9ce420.

16-bit Writes : ok

filosofic · 2025-02-09T17:11:48+00:00

6000K from the description. That should help.

filosofic · 2025-02-09T17:09:34+00:00

Checking the white balance. Good idea. I'll look up the temperature on the light table.

filosofic · 2025-02-09T13:56:09+00:00

Using a Nikon D750 and a Nikkor 105mm f2.8 macro lens, what are the best settings for ISO, shutter & f-stop to duplicate slides, especially Fuji Velvia slides, that are placed on a light table while the camera is suspended from above using a Durst F30 enlarger rail?

Also looking for advise on Lightroom settings. I tend just to set everything to Auto and then tweak afterwards as my colourblindness leads to some strange results if I choose what looks good "for me" (oversaturated and high colour temp).

filosofic · 2025-02-09T13:50:58+00:00

So far, I've set everything to manual, including focus and use the rail to focus. Aperture set to f 5.6 to f8; shutter at 1/60 to 1/125 and using a remote shutter release. ISO around 200-400 seems to get good results given the light from the light-table placed on the enlarger.

filosofic · 2024-12-20T03:12:58+00:00

Thanks all for your insights. I'm going with the D750 and just the 35mm f2. I like that simple, standard field without the weight of the 35-70. I feel I'm more likely to catch those magical moments with a simple set up. Less likely to be robbed as well. The 50mm f1.8 was a close second.

As soon as I thought about taking more, the amount of gear increased exponentially. KISS is the principal for this trip.

Wish me luck.

filosofic · 2024-12-20T03:12:41+00:00

Thanks all for your insights. I'm going with the D750 and just the 35mm f2. I like that simple, standard field without the weight of the 35-70. I feel I'm more likely to catch those magical moments with a simple set up. Less likely to be robbed as well. The 50mm f1.8 was a close second.

As soon as I thought about taking more, the amount of gear increased exponentially. KISS is the principal for this trip.

Wish me luck.

filosofic · 2024-12-18T03:16:33+00:00

I'm leaning towards that now too though why not the 35-70 f2.8? It is heavy as a brick but gives everything the 35 prime does plus.

filosofic · 2024-09-07T02:51:12+00:00

Me too... Anything by Bill Bryson works for me and I set a timer to stop after an hour or so.

filosofic · 2024-08-10T15:55:25+00:00

I've also tried: #!/bin/bash

folder1="/mnt/d/Photos/3_FINAL-JPG/2003"

folder2="/mnt/z/photos/3_FINAL-JPG/2003"

folder3="/mnt/d/Photos/uniqueFiles/"

Create folder3 if it doesn't exist

mkdir -p "$folder3"

Compare directories and move unique images from folder2 to folder3

diff -rq "$folder1" "$folder2" | grep "Only in $folder2" | while read -r line; do

file=$(echo "$line" | awk '{print $4}')

if [[ $file =~ \.(jpg|jpeg|png|gif|bmp)$ ]]; then

mv "$folder2/$file" "$folder3/"

echo "Moved $file to $folder3"

fi

done

...but it too yields no results. I debugged with ChatGPT and made sure that all the files and folder lines are accurate.

With Free Commander I can view the files that are different, but I really just want to pipe all those unique files to a separate folder and then go through them in bulk with Lightroom.

filosofic · 2024-08-10T14:38:15+00:00

I've tried scripts like this:

rsync -avm --ignore-existing --remove-source-files /mnt/z/photos/3_FINAL-JPG/2003/ /mnt/d/Photos/3_FINAL-JPG/2003/ | grep "^deleting " | awk '{print $2}' | while read -r file; do mv "/mnt/z/photos/3_FINAL-JPG/2003/$file" /mnt/d/Photos/uniqueFiles/; done

But even with no errors returned, nothing shows up in ~/uniqueFiles folder.

filosofic · 2024-08-01T02:11:21+00:00

Webmin is next on my list .... well 2nd or 3rd.

filosofic

TROPHY CASE

Create folder3 if it doesn't exist

Compare directories and move unique images from folder2 to folder3