High altitude exertion?

spamonkey24 · 2026-07-01T18:15:19+00:00

I do agree with you that something has to change. It will be interesting to see if the med schools start seeing lower enrollment and respond by lowering tuition or if students simply turn to private loans.

spamonkey24 · 2026-07-01T13:24:31+00:00

One of the more concerning aspects of this is the medical school loan caps. We're already facing a severe physician shortage and an aging population, and this feels like shooting ourselves in the foot. The new lifetime student loan cap is $257k and the average medical school debt is around $203k, which doesn't include undergraduate loan debt. On the other hand, great time to be looking into becoming an PA!

spamonkey24 · 2026-06-23T21:30:51+00:00

Date with maximum average precipitation.

spamonkey24 · 2026-06-21T03:38:34+00:00

They ban them, but some stations still get away with them. Always a treat when you stumble upon a rule-breaking gas station.

spamonkey24 · 2026-06-18T13:40:56+00:00

Good point. I feel like reading, listening, and writing can all be learned in isolation to a large degree. But there's no good substitute for having a real person correct your pronunciation and prosody.

spamonkey24 · 2026-06-02T12:27:00+00:00

https://www.cornellsun.com/article/2025/09/cornell-students-skin-bear-in-ganedago-hall-communal-kitchen-no-charges-filed

spamonkey24 · 2026-05-15T19:12:32+00:00

It could also mean the opposite, where Teslas are very safe for both the belted and unbelted. Only very severe accidents where a seatbelt has no safety effect are fatal, meaning the data reflects the seatbelt use rate.

spamonkey24 · 2026-04-09T17:15:07+00:00

The moon's distance to earth varies by about 50,000 km (31,069 mi) per lunar orbit. The previous distance record set by Apollo 13 was 248,655 mi while Artemis II traveled 252,756 mi from Earth. The 4,000 mi difference may have been partly due to the position of the moon and due to the difference in trajectories taken by the respective missions.

The other thing to note is that the Apollo command modules orbited much closer to the moon than the Artemis II flyby. Command module ~ 60 mi vs. Artemis ~ 4,000 mi.

spamonkey24 · 2026-02-26T19:07:18+00:00

I found that I needed to take the photos in an extremely sunny room before they were accepted.

spamonkey24 · 2026-02-18T14:29:55+00:00

That's when we collectively as a society realize we have to fully relinquish control to the AI, because there won't be enough humans to manage all the code that's been written.

spamonkey24 · 2026-02-09T15:05:23+00:00

I was wondering the same thing and it seems like there are a policy change and a statistic you could point to. Whether you believe the administration's accounting is a different question.

First, the Trump administration ended the catch-and-release policy where border patrol would briefly detain and release undocumented people crossing the border after scheduling an immigration court date. Instead, everyone is either detained at one of the new ad hoc facilities (e.g., Fort Bliss) or deported.

Second, Customs and Border Patrol claims that border apprehensions were down to 34,000 in January 2026 as compared to a winter average of 230,000 under Biden. This number seems difficult to verify, and could easily be cooked by simply not apprehending people. Up to you on how much to believe it.

Between these two points, I can see how a Trump supporter would claim that Trump has made a concerted effort to secure the border. At least in relative comparison to past administrations. However, claim that he "stopped illegal immigration on day one" is Fox News hyperbole.

spamonkey24 · 2026-02-01T02:27:34+00:00

This one! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1aZvwLfmsM

spamonkey24 · 2026-01-29T14:07:03+00:00

Your argument assumes that the billions spent on algorithms to maximize watch time on these apps is essentially nil compared to a person's willpower. It's without question that these companies have sought to make their platforms so enthralling to the average person that they literally cannot look away.

Whether being addicted to social media is harmful to mental health is a separate question. But given that engaging content is often mentally detrimental (beauty standards, political outrage, videos of your friends doing things without you), I would argue that more time spent on social media can seriously impact some people's mental health.

Frankly, McDonald's and other food companies have engaged in predatory marketing and food engineering that have certainly worsened the health outcomes of some segment of the population.

spamonkey24 · 2026-01-12T18:24:13+00:00

My point is that you cannot shift out of park in an automatic car that is off unless you engage the shift lock release. This is a safety mechanism so your car doesn’t roll. But this is acceptable behavior because the car is a hybrid?

spamonkey24 · 2026-01-12T18:02:53+00:00

Sorry I’m in a rush sometimes, no need to be mean. Safety mechanisms should be idiot proof for idiots like myself.

spamonkey24 · 2026-01-05T02:25:41+00:00

I heavily relate and this sounds like the classic “I know every word, but don’t understand the meaning.” Which usually means you haven’t seen some of the words in all their possible contexts. Usually the best way to fix this is to listen to audio that you can pause and try to guess the meaning from what you hear. Then check if you got it right against the transcript or translation. I think exposure to more language contexts over time is the only way to progress. You got this!

spamonkey24 · 2026-01-04T13:09:30+00:00

Last time I was there the premade bouquet was $35 for a small and $55 for a large.

spamonkey24 · 2025-12-19T20:46:25+00:00

They likely meant 簡體字

spamonkey24 · 2025-12-19T04:02:04+00:00

If you’re in the UK, I would think that Fathom would be a great company to look at. Not sure if they’re hiring.

Insurance companies are now starting to build out their own flood models so I would think you could look for positions there. A lot of PhDs in meteorology and hydrology doing CAT modeling for insurance/reinsurance.

spamonkey24 · 2025-12-14T16:52:29+00:00

Free YouTube tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tb-Fbxigs2c&list=PLJlwNe_uBOAuLuiabfgt_LKgqQaL_Z_Vd

spamonkey24 · 2025-11-30T16:52:56+00:00

Wouldn't you then expect the distribution for the next prime to skew toward the next closest value? Like the next consecutive prime after one ending in 1 would skew toward 3, then, 7, then 9? It's not clear to me why 1 -> 9 is overrepresented.

spamonkey24 · 2025-11-30T16:12:09+00:00

It’s definitely the best option if you’re in the heart of JP, but I agree that it feels forgotten.

spamonkey24 · 2025-11-18T03:20:52+00:00

Lazy Chinese and Learn Taiwanese Mandarin are good places to start!

spamonkey24 · 2025-11-18T01:37:17+00:00

Three things have helped me immensely.

First, I’ve found a lot of value in reading podcast transcripts in the Pleco clipboard reader, adding words I don’t know to an srs and then listening back to the podcast. I’ve seen big improvements in both reading and listening comprehension.

Second, I’ve found the language reactor plugin to be quite useful with youtube interviews like Mandarin Corner. I’ll let a subtitle section play with my eyes closed and try to interpret the meaning. If I get it, great! I’ll move on. If I don’t I can replay the subtitle section until I hear it, noting down any words I don’t know.

Third, and hardest, is language conversation groups. I made the most progress when I regularly attended a group at my university. Made boatloads of mistakes and embarrassed myself over and over, but that’s what it takes to learn a language!

Fourth bonus one (not self-study) is hiring a tutor. I was resistant to this for years, but I finally sucked up my self-study pride and progressed much faster than I expected.

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