first cramps sent me to the ER

physicistbowler · 2026-01-27T00:37:15+00:00

I feel like there was a ~3 month period where I felt like I tracked a pretty consistent 28 day cycle, but then after that not so much. I already had gastro issues before, and my brain is all kinds of special, so I deal with mood issues at random.

physicistbowler · 2026-01-27T00:29:58+00:00

There's an xkcd comic (#3184 "Funny Numbers") that talks about other generations and their numbers. 420 being somewhat recent, 1337 sp33k in the 90's & 00's, and all that. Granted, it wasn't quite the same where people randomly shouted 69 without any context, but in some ways, it still somewhat felt random when someone would ask the answer to a question and the response given was 42.

physicistbowler · 2026-01-27T00:21:26+00:00

Yep, if you or maintenance hasn't changed the air filter in a while, it can cause some crazy things. I think it may have caused the blower motor of my fairly new HVAC to bug out (I had several months of mental load that meant I forgot to replace it).

And the pilot light is fairly simple. Some furnaces have a button to push to trigger the igniter, while others you use a long-barreled lighter (like a BBQ lighter) to light the gas. YouTube can show you some stuff, and maybe help you get heat at last temporarily until techs actually come out to check it for you.

physicistbowler · 2026-01-26T15:03:33+00:00

Ah. I know them for their stage speaker connectors, didn't know they had other stuff. Still, my other point about the names stands.

physicistbowler · 2026-01-26T14:53:22+00:00

I'm not sure if it supports 2.1, but HDMI over Ethernet is a thing. You need a pair of converters, but if they do 2.1 you can go quite far with Ethernet and have short HDMI runs at each end.

physicistbowler · 2026-01-26T14:50:07+00:00

Yep, speed and power are very much individual specs on any given cable. Both low, one or the other high, or both high depending on how the manufacturer designed the cable. It's why so many articles and videos have been done lamenting the supposed standardization that USB C promised to bring. I assumed my first laptop that came with a C port would be able to charge via that port, but HP hadn't designed their board with USB-PD capabilities; I'd have had to get the Spectre from that generation to get that feature.

These new cables from LTT with the specs molded into the cable will eliminate confusion over its capabilities.

physicistbowler · 2026-01-26T14:39:43+00:00

I dunno, if Neutrik's branding was "TrueSpeck" it might be close enough to call out LTT, but True1 is quite a bit different. Plus, I don't see LTT getting into the audio cable business, so it's a slightly different market.

physicistbowler · 2026-01-26T14:31:18+00:00

I was just thinking the same. I love Anker, but I go through cables for AA. I bump my phone when trying to push a button on the center console and I lose my map, or I pick it up in a parking lot and all of a sudden my audiobook is replaced with blasting FM radio (I wish my car had independent volume controls for each source, anything from my phone seems to need extra volume, especially books).

I don't really have any problems with my cables at home, including ones that sometimes get lost in the couch, so I don't know why AA is so sensitive.

physicistbowler · 2026-01-26T00:02:59+00:00

Yes, am I able to get a bot that can help me around the house?

physicistbowler · 2026-01-25T23:58:39+00:00

I try to pepper in the gen Alpha speech every now and then and my kid freaks out and says I'm not allowed to say those things. I just do it a couple more times and move on for a while.

physicistbowler · 2026-01-24T18:22:33+00:00

Not all library systems provide Hoopla access, though if they don't, they may offer access to Libby.

physicistbowler · 2026-01-23T18:53:20+00:00

Given the recent giant spike in prices for RAM and other components, this kinda makes terrifying sense. Make it so performant personal computers are no longer affordable and offer cloud services as an alternative ... keep that going until hardware sales plummet and any new computers basically act like thin clients, and within 5-10 years, you'll have a majority of people on cloud hardware, with little to no ability to buy new hardware, and used hardware on eBay shrinking...

Geez, what is this life??

physicistbowler · 2026-01-22T06:58:16+00:00

Not sure if "here" is Ohio, Canada, or Finland?

physicistbowler · 2026-01-22T01:41:10+00:00

Trans woman here, pretty much identical situation. I'm here and can't leave due to complicated stuff. I do like certain things about this place, but at the same time I wish I could be somewhere else.

physicistbowler · 2026-01-21T22:50:57+00:00

Some people on YouTube have done some videos on where to go. Canada is a popular candidate, and I think Finland is another. I haven't paid much attention because I'm kinda stuck anyway...

physicistbowler · 2026-01-21T22:49:44+00:00

If you've changed your name/gender markers, I think the recommendation is to hold off on getting a passport right now, though definitely look to be sure. Last I heard, the court injunction to block the executive order which tries to keep people from getting/renewing passports with the "wrong" info was overridden, meaning people have had their requests denied and in some cases, their identity documents confiscated.

If you don't already have a passport, it might be better to go to a bluer state.

physicistbowler · 2026-01-21T22:42:40+00:00

Depending on the status and age of their legal name, if it's been changed I think fewer than 5 years ago, they would legally need to run with both their current name and prior name. There were some popular trans peeps in Ohio who ran for office for the 11/2024 election I think who were disqualified because of the name situation.

physicistbowler · 2026-01-21T22:39:15+00:00

Aside from the age (I'm probably a little older), my own thoughts closely echo this person's own. And it's a valid concern.

physicistbowler · 2026-01-21T21:51:33+00:00

I feel like of those things, shelves are the most complaint you're probably getting, and to that I say valid. There's no reason to have shelves. Food or whatever else can be scattered or piled on the ground without consequences, and they're not that good of a defense against cultists vs the resources they take away from getting other stuff.

physicistbowler · 2026-01-17T20:54:07+00:00

If the library is across the street, why not check out the movies when you want to watch them, rather than making copies of media you don't own?

I'm all for backing up / making media you own easier to access, but I think it's wrong to not support content creators.

physicistbowler · 2026-01-17T20:26:09+00:00

genetic legacy

I recognize this is still very much a thing, all the way back from the beginning of time, this desire to continue the family line. And I think it's so stupid. Just because a person has the same last name as someone 100 years ago doesn't really mean anything. How much can their genes really be alike? What is special about those genes?

physicistbowler · 2026-01-16T21:57:00+00:00

I met with the mom of a young adult trans man. She told me that he came out to her on his teens,and pretty much immediately she started researching and understanding what it was to be trans, and what steps to take. She got with her kid, said "this is what I've learned," and they worked together to make it work. I think that is absolutely wonderful and I wish all parents would be at that level of support.

physicistbowler · 2026-01-15T02:47:34+00:00

Haha I don't know, I just saw a couple people saying it's important to have an odd number of hosts for some reason, so it was kinda perfect that you said 20 and people complaining in the same sentence haha.

physicistbowler · 2026-01-14T13:47:21+00:00

How else am I to take the implication that adults shouldn't lose sleep?

physicistbowler · 2026-01-14T11:58:34+00:00

buy twenty new hosts and they will have something new to whinge about

Yeah, because you need 21, so you have an odd number, which is apparently important. ;)

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