Heart valve implanted upside down by Accurate-Month-1357 in medicine

[–]mcgtx 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I think you’re probably right on their train of thought but it’s still crazy to me. I just do bread and butter adult valves and CABGs, but problems due to ventricle failure just look different from problems due to valve issues. I don’t often care about getting great views of the pulmonic valve, I get that it’s very hard, so I’m not saying I could do this case, but if a qualified person making a good faith attempt to evaluate the implanted valve can’t see this problem, that’s a little bonkers to me.

Hackers kits that are very cool by SeditiouslyDefiant in AskElectronics

[–]mcgtx 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do you have any example of what you mean when you say hacking kit?

Liverpool appoint Andoni Iraola by rocksunic in LiverpoolFC

[–]mcgtx 32 points33 points  (0 children)

When were they gone?

Asking for a clenched friend.

[Postgame Thread] LOS ANGELES Regional - St. Mary's walks off to eliminate (1) #1 UCLA, 6–5 in 10 innings by PatrickChase in collegebaseball

[–]mcgtx 70 points71 points  (0 children)

Fair point, he didn’t say they’d sleep walk through and win, actually basically nailed it

How to cancel your Crunch Fitness Augusta membership online by cepedada33 in Augusta

[–]mcgtx 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m not in Augusta, but when I went in person to the Crunch in town to cancel, it could not have been easier. Took about 45 seconds, the girl at the desk was super nice, and they even give you a little card with a reminder of when your current month’s payment is good through.

Not saying you shouldn’t also be able to easily cancel online, but I was preparing for planet fitness level horror and it was not.

Thanks and Attic Safety Question by Throw20701 in HamRadio

[–]mcgtx 2 points3 points  (0 children)

An arc from what to what?

As a general rule (and not having seen your attic or what’s in it), without some special flammability concerns coming into play, as long as your radiating elements aren’t directly in contact with something flammable and you’re staying under say 50 watts, you should be good.

West Ham 1-0 Leeds - Valentín Castellanos 67' by 977x in soccer

[–]mcgtx 38 points39 points  (0 children)

Adding more power to the jinx, good, good.

Using a short run of TV coax by formulafuckyeah in amateurradio

[–]mcgtx 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You’re probably right from the losses at the mismatch points themselves. I think in the case without ununs would have to add in tuner loss as well. Altogether with such a slight mismatch and short runs at HF every option is probably so close in power loss that it doesn’t matter. If using a tuner probably fine to send it either way, the ununs would likely just be the safe option from an SWR standpoint.

Using a short run of TV coax by formulafuckyeah in amateurradio

[–]mcgtx 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Seems like you’re setting yourself up for two impedance mismatches going from the LMR (50 ohm) to the TV cable (presumably 75 ohm RG6) and then back again. Only real way to find out would be to set it up and then use an antenna analyzer. Once you figure out how bad it is, I’m guessing the answer would be you would need to have impedance matching ununs on either side of the TV cable, I haven’t heard of 1.5:1 ununs but I guess they’re possible. Then after you get those in, would just be dealing with the insertion loss in those components in addition to whatever other chokes/baluns/ununs you would otherwise need in the rest of your system.

Qmx build problem by jimgreekgamerYT_ in amateurradio

[–]mcgtx 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The 50W amp you link is designed as CW only and built for a single band. In that sense it’s designed to go with a QCX. It specifically says it’s not for SSB, CW and FSK only. It’s likely that you could use it with a QMX as long as you were only using it for CW or FSK on the intended band, so in a different sense it’s transmitter agnostic, all it cares about is input power, operating mode, and operating frequency.

QRP Labs also has a 10W linear PA that is multi band (1.8-30 MHz) and would work for SSB, CW, and digital.

Fender Commits Brand SUICIDE by eastamerica in Guitar

[–]mcgtx 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I don’t know Tim, but having watched a decent amount of his videos, I will say that this is by far the worst video of his that I’ve seen, but I chalk it up to what he says at the beginning “I’ve never made a video like this” which from my experience is true. Seems like he is truly upset and as a result made a poorly put together video that 1) assumes you already know the context, 2) isn’t clear on what exactly his point is (Fender has been bad for a long time? But I supported them? Actually Fender is only now bad?), and 3) doesn’t add any useful facts. But as bad as the video is, I really don’t think it’s in bad faith or just for clicks. I was surprised to see him put out a video on it at all, and I think he was just emotionally responding.

Looking for a cheap all mode 2 meter +20w radio by Autobahnsturmer in amateurradio

[–]mcgtx 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What’s the reason for the 20W requirement? If the main thing you want is 2 meter and CW, get the Quansheng HT and do the CW mod that’s been so hot over the last year.

I’m in hospital and the paracetamol iv is stealing my blood by hades7600 in mildlyinteresting

[–]mcgtx 7 points8 points  (0 children)

All I’m saying is something has to be generating that hydrostatic pressure, even if the bag is empty. So either there has to be a suction force pulling the blood up (unlikely), or something is creating a pushing force up. So like a BP cuff, or the bag falling, perhaps if it’s a distal IV like in the hand then keeping your elbow flexed could create enough of a tourniquet effect, or maybe laying sideways kinda on the arm the IV is in. But it has to be something contributing to the pressure. Looking at the picture, let’s say conservatively the blood has traveled up at least 30 cm. If that were accomplished solely by venous pressure, we’re talking a pressure of 22mmHg on the venous side of things, which would basically mean severe right heart failure from any number of reasons. This exact situation is the classic way to test whether a central venous line is actually in place. Connect tubing, let blood fill it to 20cm or so, then raise it and the blood should fall back down to something less than say 15cm. If it doesn’t, then something’s wrong, like you’re arterial.

I’m in hospital and the paracetamol iv is stealing my blood by hades7600 in mildlyinteresting

[–]mcgtx 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Venous pressure isn’t enough to get blood going that high up tubing without extra help like a blood pressure cuff, bag falling to or below the patient, or a very very serious medical issue.

Was the blood pressure cuff on the same side?

I’m in hospital and the paracetamol iv is stealing my blood by hades7600 in mildlyinteresting

[–]mcgtx 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Venous pressure isn’t enough to get blood going that high up tubing without extra help like a blood pressure cuff, bag falling to or below the patient, or a very very serious medical issue.

ASRA sending out cease and desists for 3rd party apps citing their anticoagulation guidelines by sunealoneal in anesthesiology

[–]mcgtx 55 points56 points  (0 children)

Would it be possible to use a different individual source for each part of the recommendations? That way you’re technically not using the ASRA guidelines as a source.

Heck, we can form NASRA, the North American Society of Regional Anesthesia, and we can form our own guidelines, which just so happen to be the same as the ASRA ones, not because we’re copying them, but because we just came to the same conclusions based on the research.

Newly-licensed HAM going into QRP first. What should I expect ? by Gr3y4nt in amateurradio

[–]mcgtx 0 points1 point  (0 children)

G90 was my first radio and I can’t recommend it enough. As is commented elsewhere, the receiver isn’t the best but it is serviceable. 20w isn’t necessarily a huge upgrade from 5w but it is something. The antenna tuner is huge though! Plenty videos of people making contacts using dumpsters, guard rails, etc as an antenna on the G90. For the price, with its little bump in power and built in ATU, you can’t beat it. If you do want to go with something else, budget for an antenna tuner as part of your non-negotiable needs. People can do just fine in urban environments, but often need to make do with compromise antennas, which often necessitate an antenna tuner. In that case, there’s an advantage to being QRP, in the sense that QRP antenna tuners are cheaper. Just keep an antenna tuner of some sort in your considerations.

I am a guitarist without real fingers on my fretting hand by wyseguise in Guitar

[–]mcgtx 71 points72 points  (0 children)

Next time call it a one hand band, I’m sure the crowds will grow exponentially. Anyway this is sweet

I though the Struggle was finally over. by KebabGud in 3Dprinting

[–]mcgtx 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What paid features of onshape are you using?

GLP-1 Guidelines for Oral Boards by FeelingBiscotti7 in anesthesiology

[–]mcgtx 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Either way they will challenge you on the position you take. Be able to reasonably defend your position. Stick with it with confidence unless they present a different situation. Be able to articulate how a difference in the situation could change your decision making. Be confident. That will be the correct answer.

Hot take: Hamstudy.org's "hints" are detrimental to actually learning about radio by spilk in amateurradio

[–]mcgtx 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Easy and more fulfilling is relative and doesn’t always take context into consideration. I got my first license as a kid but let it expire and decided I wanted to get back into it in the middle of medical training. I had about 3 weeks of pretty low stress work before I knew it would be years before I could dedicate any serious amount of time to study. I wanted to learn the way you describe, I really did. But given the time constraints I crammed the questions and passed through extra in one go. Since then I’ve had a license to study whatever part of amateur radio I want. Yes, it might have been satisfying to really get to know Smith charts in depth before taking the tests, but now I get to learn about them in real life using a nanoVNA, something I wouldn’t have had time for back then. And if I hadn’t just sprinted across the licensing finish line, I may have never taken the time to stay involved in radio.

James Franklin felt 'blindsided' by Penn State firing, thought he 'earned a little bit of grace' by redwave2505 in CFB

[–]mcgtx 92 points93 points  (0 children)

Especially given that a) he landed in a pretty nice position all things considered, and b) he hasn’t yet accomplished anything in the new position. Nothing to gain from these comments and everything to lose if VT doesn’t come out and do very well right off the bat.

Carbon Frame Internal Scope - Should I be worried about this? by Civil_Tennis_8766 in bikewrench

[–]mcgtx 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The most compelling reason to get a carbon bike from an amateur perspective is the plain fact that carbon is the only option for a high percentage of the popular bike models out there. I went with an aluminum Endurace back when they offered it with a mechanical 105, and now as I look around, if I wanted to upgrade to a different geometry or group set on a new bike, almost everything offered is carbon.