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  • remotelove@lemmy.cato196@lemmy.blahaj.zonerule
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    28 days ago

    I am 46 and was in the ICU a couple months ago with super high blood pressure and a false alarm for a stroke. Up until last week, I hadn’t ran for proper exercise in 20 years:

    I can push myself to two miles, but it hurts. It only took a couple of months to work up to this point, so that was cool.

    But still, if he wants to show off that he is doing just a little better than a 46 year old with cardiovascular issues he can go right ahead. I ain’t going to yuck anyone else’s yum, but a comparison needed to be made.

    Edit: Fitbit doesn’t separate workout types that well without planning ahead and configuring a workout routine. “Lap 2” was a running mile, and the rest of the laps are walking.




  • Could be as simple as a sensor. If there are other engine codes, that could mean a bigger issue. The obvious first steps are to check if the cat is actually still there or if wires to the sensors are damaged.

    Catalytic converters can last a long time unless combustion issues or other serious engine problems are ignored. TBH, catalytic converter codes are generally just a symptom of something else. So, do as detailed of an inspection as you can for any wiring damage or leaks. If you have any leaks, try your best to identify the kind of fluid it is. Maybe you can get a hint about what else is going on.

    Combustion control is horrendously complex, so it could be any number of things from bad spark plugs to a malfunction in the EGR system. Any information you can gather about the problem now may save you some time and money later.

    (I dunno if you know anything about cars, but I just covered the basics, just in case.)



  • remotelove@lemmy.caMto196@lemmy.blahaj.zoneCabrule management
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    2 months ago

    I gave this some thought and I still can’t decide what is the best option.

    From one perspective, not binding the bundle to the spine follows a clean horizontal/vertical layout and isn’t tightly bound to the movement of the spine. This may be “shortest path” and save on cable cost. However, there could be conditions that would stretch the cable if it were only tied to the neck and hips.

    If the bundle was tied closely to the spine, the cable would be stretched less when the spine moves, but it would be moving and bending more. Cable cost could be a bit more as the total path is longer.

    Installing something similar to a cable chain on the spine to let the bundle float (while still being contained) is probably a decent meet-in-the-middle solution between the above two options.

    (In hindsight, me giving this any serious thought was bizarre.)




  • remotelove@lemmy.cato196@lemmy.blahaj.zoneGluten free rule
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    2 months ago

    Allergies are a very real thing but so are Facebook hypochondriacs. Some marketing departments have little regard for either and will gladly label their products gluten free if it turns a higher profit. I had an online gaming companion that bought into the bullshit so hard, he was convinced a gluten free diet was curing his sons severe autism. Sigh.

    I am bitching because the people that actually have issues always get left behind.


  • remotelove@lemmy.cato196@lemmy.blahaj.zoneGluten free rule
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    2 months ago

    After digging a little, I think I found the start of an answer to this. It shouldn’t come as a surprise that saline solution contains sodium chloride. (Basically table salt.) In some cases, there is a small risk of gluten cross-contamination in that salt which may lead to some irritation for people who are extremely gluten intolerant.

    This research path immediately opened up a mess of search results that I have no interest in digging through and fact checking.

    Based on some of those search results though, I would speculate that there may have been some kind of overblown social media scare about gluten in salt and some companies just started categorizing eyedrops as gluten free.

    Then, most importantly, I lost interest in this topic. Cheers!


  • remotelove@lemmy.cato196@lemmy.blahaj.zoneFree rule, you say?
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    3 months ago

    In the original script, using human brains for compute almost destroyed the machines. The short-lived attempt caused an almost unstoppable infection of machines mindlessly watching reruns of the Kardashians and simplifying their language in the laziest ways possible by using words like “ur” and “rizz”. One was even heard trying to leave earth, thinking that it has become the brain it was trying to assimilate: “The big brain am winning again! I am the greetest! Now I am leaving Earth for no raisin!”