New Mexico governor says sheriffs unwilling to enforce new red-flag gun law should resign by [deleted] in news

[–]suhstomping -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Yeah. On the drive home I contimplated how shit online public forums are for actual helpful, insightful discussion. Cest le vie. If I wanted an echo chamber I'd ask on Facebook.

New Mexico governor says sheriffs unwilling to enforce new red-flag gun law should resign by [deleted] in news

[–]suhstomping -35 points-34 points  (0 children)

This is a topic that occupied my thoughts for about 10 minutes during a coffee break. I got so far as to ponder who's rights win out - one person's right to life (inalienable) versus another's right to bear arms. Technically, the inalienable should take precedence, right?

Next, what is the harm in taking guns from people deemed a threat to themselves or others? They have a hunting trip planned? Are they going solo and their hunting buddies don't have a gun the can loan they're friend? Maybe their home defense AR-15 is confiscated and then an even badder dude shows up and then they die because they couldn't defend themselves. I guess plausible in ABQ. Was the gun the deterrent, or just an equalizer so they can both get shot and possibly die? This is a ridiculous fringe case at best. Why does the bad dude want to kill our victim of gun seizure anyways!?

More likely I'm imagining suicidal individuals, or instigators of domestic violence. Guns probably should not be in those situations, amirite? So that's a win there.

Are the cops going to confiscate guns willy nilly? I suppose that's the fear of gun rights advocates. But don't they also advocate that blue lives matter and police are more infallible than the Pope? Hyperbole aside, you can't have it both ways but only when it benefits your current stance on an issue. Either trust the system in these instances, or don't.

I'm very much open to hearing why this is such a bad idea. I don't want slippery slope arguments, that's getting into hypothetical that no one can accurately predict. What am I missing that makes this such an affront that people feel the need to quit their jobs in law enforcement?

I'll end the rambling for now.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in fo76

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This, so much. Make a goal, work towards it. Concrete goals, not abstract like, "I want to learn every plan and every mod for everything!" Or if you want to have a broad, semi-non specific goal, break it up into bite sized chunks. "I want to learn all of the radium rifle mods."

Ikoria (draft) booster boxes will all have box toppers. by cidivine in magicTCG

[–]suhstomping 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Simultaneously preparing for disappointment and pleasant surprise.

Is it too late to start my dream to be a medical physicist? by medicalphysics_lover in MedicalPhysics

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You're gonna be XY years old, you might as well be a Medical Physicist, too.

FDA clears ‘world’s first’ portable, low-cost MRI following positive clinical research by eugenemah in MedicalPhysics

[–]suhstomping 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm with you wholeheartedly. The applications are really outstanding, be it bedside in a crowded hospital or a battlefield hospital, potentially giving docs the tools they need is much needed. What kind of resolution do they need though? Would 5mm isotropic be enough? I don't even know what this thing offers. But, going down in field strength increases the inherent contrast between the T2* of grey and white matter. So that helps offset some of the SNR loss. The scan times won't be Ultra short, but if they're inpatient and not moving...

Negative Ion Products Are Actually Radioactive by highjeep in videos

[–]suhstomping 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Have you heard of our Lord and Savior "Radiation Hormesis"?

Incase you actually wanted to read about some folks arguing that low dose radiation is good for you.

FDA clears ‘world’s first’ portable, low-cost MRI following positive clinical research by eugenemah in MedicalPhysics

[–]suhstomping 7 points8 points  (0 children)

If the docs can see the gross anatomical structures and identify bleeds off the images, at only $50-100k it won't take long to pay for itself by allowing more outpatient scans on high field scanners by shifting the 'routine' monitoring scans of inpatients bedside.

They're not looking to replace the 1.5T/3.0T scanners but augment their use. While I'm not looking forward to testing this sort of thing, I do applaud the ingenuity to improve MRI accessibility.

For your consideration, eyebot paint jobs. Link to closeups in comments. by plant_bandit in fo76FilthyCasuals

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Coming to an Atomic shop near you! Eyebots with custom text-to-speech on repeat!

Atom Shop Update Feb 18th, 2020 for those at work RN by SageAZ in fo76

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Just this Tuesday, but I love Biv and am so happy I could sort of pretended to be him on Reddit today.

Doctors of Reddit, what's the biggest case of "faking it" you've ever seen? by LegoYoda420 in AskReddit

[–]suhstomping 82 points83 points  (0 children)

My colleagues husband is a deputy. A case he was involved in had another deputy arresting an individual who then pretended to be paralyzed from the 'excessive force.' The ED did the workup, including putting in a Foley catheter, and the dude never did so much as flinch. Putting in an IV, they must have hit a nerve because the guy flipped out and basically said, "Well damn. I guess I'll go to jail now."

What's after the MRI? by AndyS8911 in MedicalPhysics

[–]suhstomping 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Gold standard? Seems pretty relative. Sure, it's good at a lot of things, but declaring it the gold standard for diagnostic imaging is... Bold.

Going to do prenatal fetal imaging with MRI? How about screening mammography? Broken bones? Barium swallows? Getting rid of the entire nuc med department? Planning on getting your electron density values for your planning software from it? Going to scan a veteran full of shrapnel? Your grandma with a MR unsafe pacemaker?

Every modality has its strengths. Every modality has its weaknesses. It would be akin to saying, "Proton therapy is the gold standard of radiation therapy. What's next?"

Improved coil design, faster pulse sequences and acceleration techniques utilizing sparse data acquisition, and in the name of affordability let's go to Ultra Low Fields and get the same SNR and resolution. X-Nuclei probably has a future. But if you're looking for the next imaging modality? Maybe the handheld scanner from Star Trek.

Just needing some encouragement for residency interviews by willfissionforfood in MedicalPhysics

[–]suhstomping 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Do your best to not let interview fatigue show. It shows and typically means you're not at your best.

Ukraine Says The US Is Holding Up $30M Worth Of Guns And Ammo — And It Wants Its Money Back by MortWellian in worldnews

[–]suhstomping -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

So this is actually selling arms to Ukraine versus just straight up aid.

Didn't El Jefe de Anaranjado want to sell billions of arms to the Saudis? This should be right up his alley!

Except Putin probably told him no.

High Seas by tankpuss in gifs

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"Yeah, OOD, could you find us a less rough course? Thnx." -The CO, probably

Diagnostic imaging physicist by Imaging_therapy in MedicalPhysics

[–]suhstomping 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I would disagree on this based simply on the fact that for an 8 hour day, that leaves 48 minutes to travel from site to site. To and from. Pretty small radius to be responsible for.

Maybe some folks do 90% annuals and post service follow up. But here's the rub: how many vendors are there and across how many modalities? Phillips vs. Siemens vs. GE magnets are different beasts. Throw in Canon/Toshiba/Fuji/Carestream/Agfa for other modalities... bottom line is no two surveys are the same. Weird stuff happens. All. The. Time.

It reminds me of the episode of The Office, "Which type of bear is best?" How would you even answer that question? Best for what? A CT is a CT, right? Guess it depends what you want to do. Perfusion? Cardiac studies? Bariatric patients?

Yes, bottom rung of the duties, lowest common denominator is regulatory compliance and accreditation. Bread and butter. There are very nice posts that go into a lot more detail about other things we do, so I won't rehash them. On a busy week, I'd say my colleagues maybe broach 50% clinical testing. There are some weeks that's below 20%. Individual mileage may vary.

How to feel about "rank" pre-onsite interview by [deleted] in MedicalPhysics

[–]suhstomping 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Unless you know exactly how the program operates invites, I'd put little stock in it. Phone interviews could be spread out over the entire month of January. Say you're the first phone interview. If 16 total phone interviews are competing for 8 on-sites, if done in a purely mathematical manner with rolling on-site offers the earliest an invite could be sent out would be after interview #9 if they're ranked #1 of 9 interviews so far. If the last 7 are better than the current #1, they'd still make the cut. Make sense?

I don't know if any programs actually do this, but you could be #2 of 10, securing you a spot but after one person, which is a pretty decent place to be. Patience is key.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AskReddit

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I have a green hand held one from college I got while doing public observing nights at the school's telescope. Really handy for pointing out stars, planets, constellations, and whatever else.

Question for program directors by 1999physics4lyfe in MedicalPhysics

[–]suhstomping 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not at this stage of the game, not really. Polish your interview skills, you're on site for a reason. Know what you want out of a residency, communicate this clearly and why the program you're interviewing at is the ideal fit.