Baeocystin

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by Baeocystin 2y ago
It does. High blood sugar levels are hard on every system in the body. One thing about semaglutide is that it can lower blood sugar levels past normal, too. One of my diabetic friends had to lower her dose of Ozempic precisely for this re
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by Baeocystin 2y ago
I (politely) disagree. My father did not wish a funeral, and, per his wishes, we did not hold one for him. And honestly, standing at his gravesite paying my respects, I do not have the painful memories that I had with my mother's fu
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by Baeocystin 2y ago
My mother passed from Alzheimer's. There was a few-month period in the middle-end phase where she no longer had the capacity for long-term fear or existential dread, but was still able to eat food and listen to music. What remained o
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by Baeocystin 2y ago
The risks of teflon are well known: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-stick_surface#Health_conce... The risks of ceramic coatings less so, but still concerning: https://foodpackagingforum.org/news&#x2F
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by Baeocystin 2y ago
To clarify, you can't use any teflon or ceramic nonstick coating at the temps required, regardless of heating method. The coatings will degrade, and possibly poison you. That being said, you don't need to be using gas. It is pos
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by Baeocystin 2y ago
It's just a somewhat poetic way to describe the flavors you get when cooking with really high heat really fast. You can't get it on teflon because you're using temps 100+ degrees above what teflon can handle without decompos
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by Baeocystin 2y ago
Not OP, nor have I seen Succession. But I do work with many very wealthy folks. It's a completely different world in some ways, and utterly banal in most others. If I were to summarize, it'd be that the Hedonic Treadmill effect
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by Baeocystin 2y ago
When I worked as a welder in a shipyard, very often I would get a pre-chosen lunch set from one of the multitude of taco trucks that showed up. It ranged from regular, professional trucks where you could order from a menu, on down to the
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by Baeocystin 2y ago
I'm sure generational differences are a big part of it. I was already in the workforce by the mid 90's, and honestly, it was such an optimistic time, for everyone. Lots of hope for the future. I wish I could share what it was
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by Baeocystin 2y ago
Social media was a very strong nail in the coffin, no argument there. But the 90's optimism absolutely died that day.
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by Baeocystin 2y ago
For me and my cohort (I'm in my early 50s now), yes, absolutely. Again, from my point of view, things got even worse post 2008, with the rise of mobile and social media. The tech world specifically evolved in directions dramatically
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by Baeocystin 2y ago
Nah man. That kind of pervasive optimism truly was part of the zeitgeist. Adults felt it as well. Unfortunately, that worldview died with 9/11.
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by Baeocystin 2y ago
The subtle smile at the end of the Tiger's enclosure!
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by Baeocystin 2y ago
I mean, in that very article it talks about how he was granted probation many times, and has already been released. Doesn't seem very lifey to me.
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by Baeocystin 2y ago
Sanity Checking Expected Output is one of the most vital skills a person can have. It really is. But knowing the general shape of the thing is different than any particular algorithm, don't you think?
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by Baeocystin 2y ago
Neat. Those genuinely were fun facts!
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by Baeocystin 2y ago
I still remember being blown away by the single-floppy QNX demo that included a web browser. It was so fast . I wish you guys the best. I can only imagine what a gordian knot it must be getting all the legal ducks in a row to actually op
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by Baeocystin 2y ago
I non-ironically dream for the day that a modern computer is as snappy booting as my old Commodore 128, as fast to reset, and as responsive to all keystrokes.
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by Baeocystin 2y ago
Seconding the Stoic recommendation. Meditations got me through a lot of rough patches. And I know exactly what you mean about First, Second, Third Career. I'd had my First before my parents got sick. Then 2008, divorce, house sale,
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by Baeocystin 2y ago
Speaking as someone who was the sole caregiver for both my parents, one of whom had a truly awful Alzheimer's journey, I find the bullet points in this listicle rather aggravating. Take time for yourself? Get help? Take a break? No
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by Baeocystin 2y ago
I did a couple of years at the NASSCO shipyard in San Diego as a welder after the first .com crash. The (literal) toxic work environment is why I left welding, even though I genuinely enjoyed the work. But I was already starting to see rea
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by Baeocystin 2y ago
> If we see a pattern of mistakes being made then we can talk about taking steps to prevent them. ...but that's not really nothing? You're acknowledging the error, and saying the action is going to be watch for a repeat, and i
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by Baeocystin 2y ago
Any pointers on where we can check the best local models per amount of VRAM available? I only have consumer level cards available, but I would think something that just fits in to a 24Gb card should noticably outperform something scaled fo
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by Baeocystin 2y ago
My family had a great laugh this past week doing just that. Current household favorite is titled "Triple-Digit Temperatures in the Fall are Bullshit", as I'm sure many fellow bay area folks can agree with. Would we have take
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by Baeocystin 2y ago
They turned hazel when I hit puberty. Hair got darker, too. Pretty common in white folks, FWIW.
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by Baeocystin 2y ago
Probably less to do with being white specifically than simply being a convenient Other, but yes. Most people are great. Some are awful, a few evil. When you stand out, you'll attract the attention of everyone, including the latter,
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by Baeocystin 2y ago
I (white, blonde and green-eyed at the time) spent a lot of my childhood in SE Asia and southern China in the late 70s/early 80s. Once we got to the smaller, interior towns, we had to be really careful with our movement, as we could at
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by Baeocystin 2y ago
Slight aside, but I learned to read with Asterix & Obelix & Tintin. The Asterix series in particular was fantastic for reading the same story in difficulty languages, and savoring the wordplay in each, and how the translators playe
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by Baeocystin 2y ago
Wow! At that size, I wonder if it's even technically still flying, or more like swimming through a thick Brownian motion soup.
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by Baeocystin 2y ago
My honest opinion is that until the software situation drastically changes, there is zero reason to get anything other than nvidia cards, because the cost of hardware will always be dwarfed by engineering hours in dev, and ROCm isn't t

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