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Just seriously exquisite music.
EDIT: though, *dressed*, 'cause it's music worth dancing for in public
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I'm currently deciding whether to have my spleen removed, and it's a suuuper frustrating dilemma.
This is the first time in my life where there are no good or certain solutions -- only varying degrees of uncertainty and risks.
Growing up suuucks.
I'm so sorry, my friend. This is so frustrating. :/
Praying for you.
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I'm currently deciding whether to have my spleen removed, and it's a suuuper frustrating dilemma.
This is the first time in my life where there are no good or certain solutions -- only varying degrees of uncertainty and risks.
Growing up suuucks.
Yeah, good luck! If I were in your position, I'd ask friends and co-workers whether they know anyone who's had it done. When GothBard had her gall bladder removed, the doctors all assured her it was really minor and she wouldn't even notice. This was a complete lie, and she was unable to eat many foods for many months.
What *was* helpful was the large number of friends and acquaintances who popped out of the woodwork with, "Oh, yeah. I had that done. And it sucked for 3 years or so, but then your body finally adjusts and it gets better."
Yet another aspect of U.S. medical care: Doctors are unwilling to tell you anything for fear of being sued for telling you something that ends up being incorrect.
Yeah, the doctor I talked to last week was very specific and blunt in his recommendation -- but getting a doctor to sit down and say something, anything beyond "well I've heard that there's this procedure...", was an adventure path in and of itself. If it's not in a doctor's specialty, they don't want to say anything about it one way or another; it took me a year and a half to find an appropriate specialist because most doctors couldn't or wouldn't even tell me which specialty spleens fall under.
Anyhow, good call on friends and family, maybe the grapevine can help.
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I'm currently deciding whether to have my spleen removed, and it's a suuuper frustrating dilemma.
This is the first time in my life where there are no good or certain solutions -- only varying degrees of uncertainty and risks.
Growing up suuucks.
I can only wish you the best of luck here. Some situations have no clear right or wrong as you said. It is just a matter of which one sucks slightly less.
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the only thing I liked about the HBO series was the fight with the mountain and the nudity. That's it. It became fanfiction nonsense from the first season for me.Just finished binge-watching the Season 8 Game of Thrones DVD.I like the HBO rendition generally, but after it diverges from the books it gets too Hollywood-y for me. I fell in love with the books because there's no telling who will get maimed or die next, so once the show writers defaulted to 'all important characters live no matter what,' I started itching for Martin's next book -- which he will hopefully continue in his own style.
Well you are a counterculturalist. ;)
What about the early seasons is fanfic-ish, they're pretty faithful to the books as far as I remember. Aside from moving faster than the books of course, and Peter Dinklage being entirely too handsome to play Tyrion.
Oh and which fight did you like, the one with the Viper or the one with the Hound?
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I couldn't get into GoT, books or show. I couldn't get invested in any of the characters, so there was no point for me.
It was like fantasy-medieval Gatsby without the saving grace of Fitzgerald's prose or lens into an era of history. Also my grade wasn't dependent on reading it.
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Anyhow, good call on friends and family, maybe the grapevine can help.
A second opinion appointment, set up to answer all your questions gleened from both the internet and from fr&fam, might be useful if you can get on.
Even a tele-consult would help. A doctor with no personal investment in the outcome is more likely to freely answer your questions.One thing I've found useful is this set of questions
1) What are my options?
2) (For each option) What evidence supports choosing this option. Are there any definitive studies. How long after the surgery were patients followed.
3) (For each option) What are the possible bad outcomes. What percentage of the time do each of those outcomes occur.
4) (For each option) What are the possible good outcomes. What percentage of the time do each of those outcomes occur
5) (For each option) Would you recommend one of your own family members to choose this option.
6) (For each option) Is there anything else I should have asked to make an informed decision
7) What happens if I do nothing.
The internet has some reliable sites that can help you sketch out some of the answers to 1) before you even see the doc
PM me if you'd like to do this but it looks overwhelming. I've gone through this decision process with quite a few family members.
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In my eternal quest to rid myself of Current Events , I am trying to find ways to make the class more geography focused. I found a site with a random country spinner, so I can have the kids pick a country and find a news story or two from it as well as maybe just having a little focus on finding countries on a map. Since...well, we're sort of infamous as a nation for being crap at that. They'll still need to read articles and such to respond to, but a little more skills-focused.
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the only thing I liked about the HBO series was the fight with the mountain and the nudity. That's it. It became fanfiction nonsense from the first season for me.Just finished binge-watching the Season 8 Game of Thrones DVD.I like the HBO rendition generally, but after it diverges from the books it gets too Hollywood-y for me. I fell in love with the books because there's no telling who will get maimed or die next, so once the show writers defaulted to 'all important characters live no matter what,' I started itching for Martin's next book -- which he will hopefully continue in his own style.Well you are a counterculturalist. ;)
What about the early seasons is fanfic-ish, they're pretty faithful to the books as far as I remember.
The conversations littlefinger had with varys, the conversations King Robert had with Cercei(really?!?!), Katelyn pulling a GOT CSI, the changes to the Dothraki(sp)...you name it.
Aside from moving faster than the books of course, and Peter Dinklage being entirely too handsome to play Tyrion.
Also this. WAAAAAAAAAY too handsome.
Oh and which fight did you like, the one with the Viper or the one with the Hound?
Viper, I should have been more clear.
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That's why I'm not seeing it at my job - we only have less than 5 people with Thunderbolt docks. Everyone else is still using the slightly older (and being phased out) style "port on the bottom of the laptop" docking stations. A 5% failure rate is highly unlikely to hit us.
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So, we're in a "down cycle" at work, so we've been trying to pick up work for other teams.
The problem is, their processes are so cumbersome they're having massive issues even asking us what to do. Then our turnaround time is 1/4 theirs, so they can't fill our pipeline fast enough.
This morning was pretty much the final straw. In our 200+ person division, I am considered one of the top 5 tech gurus. I was just told that I shouldn't start on the next project because it was "too hard" for me, in spite of the fact I'd already re-done the script in my head and was ready to crank it out.
So, at the moment, I am earning a six-figure salary doing a craft project with cardboard, craft glue, and acoustic foam at home. (Acoustic damping for my work microphone, but still... it's a craft project.)
Great work if you can get it...
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That's why I'm not seeing it at my job - we only have less than 5 people with Thunderbolt docks. Everyone else is still using the slightly older (and being phased out) style "port on the bottom of the laptop" docking stations. A 5% failure rate is highly unlikely to hit us.
Well, apparently on the affected stations the failure rate is 100%.
It's just that only 5% are affected.
And this one was EXACTLY Shiro's issue. Mine is only similar -- I've got a USB-C dock and I only see the behavior on reboot. But it's similar enough to likely have the same underlying causes.
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I still think your company's IT build a crappy image.Hey, today I'm going to defend the indefensible because I had to spend half an hour disassembling my work setup, testing every component in turn, putting it all back together one piece (and reboot) at a time...
...and having everything work perfectly.Windows just lost a driver somewhere, and putting in one component at a time helped it find it.
Grr... Windows...
Possibly, but with both Shiro's and my laptop exhibiting the exact same buggy behavior, you can either conclude that the IT departments from two $100B+ companies made the exact same bizarre error in pushing a Windows update, or that yet again Microsoft released a buggy update.
I know where I'd put my money.
On crappy IT policies from $100B+ companies? Most def. My personal laptop is doing fine, as well as my work laptop. And both have a custom W10 image.
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"A Gatsby-themed GTA would be lit."
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I'm currently deciding whether to have my spleen removed, and it's a suuuper frustrating dilemma.
This is the first time in my life where there are no good or certain solutions -- only varying degrees of uncertainty and risks.
Growing up suuucks.
Enlarged spleen? I used to research Hereditary spherocytosis so removel of (part of) the spleen came up a lot.
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That's why I'm not seeing it at my job - we only have less than 5 people with Thunderbolt docks. Everyone else is still using the slightly older (and being phased out) style "port on the bottom of the laptop" docking stations. A 5% failure rate is highly unlikely to hit us.
We either have the bottom port as well, or just stick all the cables in it manually.
Why upgrade the docking stations when the old ones still work?
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I'm waiting to pick up Tiny T-Rex from school, Grampy Yesterday is coming over to hang out this afternoon so should be a fun time!
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"A Gatsby-themed GTA would be lit."
I would actually be interested in the original work, if that came to pass.
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"A Gatsby-themed GTA would be lit."I would actually be interested in the original work, if that came to pass.
Honestly?
Bring on Stealy Wheely Automobiley. A nice jazz soundtrack...
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"A Gatsby-themed GTA would be lit."I would actually be interested in the original work, if that came to pass.Honestly?
** spoiler omitted **Bring on Stealy Wheely Automobiley. A nice jazz soundtrack...
Great.
Now I am going to be calling it that for weeks.
And I will be checking for jazz tracks in GTA now...
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I forgot how hilarious the radio stations were in GTA.
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Enlarged spleen? I used to research Hereditary spherocytosis so removel of (part of) the spleen came up a lot.I'm currently deciding whether to have my spleen removed, and it's a suuuper frustrating dilemma.
This is the first time in my life where there are no good or certain solutions -- only varying degrees of uncertainty and risks.
Growing up suuucks.
Interesting! So spherical blood cells? How does spleen reduction/removal help with that?
In my case, it's:
Cystic fibrosis --> liver cirrhosis --> portal hypertension --> enlarged spleen --> constipation and other problems
The doctor talked about three possible solutions: a catheter between liver and spleen, embolizing part of my spleen, and removing it outright. He was negative about all of them, he thinks my spleen isn't worth treating; but oddly enough, he was least negative about outright removing it.
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Just seriously exquisite music.
EDIT: though, *dressed*, 'cause it's music worth dancing for in public
This makes me want to get my brogue on!
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Anyhow, good call on friends and family, maybe the grapevine can help.PM me if you'd like to do this but it looks overwhelming. I've gone through this decision process with quite a few family members.
Thanks for the offer! I didn't ask for percentages or studies, but we did go through possible outcomes (good and bad) and probable complications. And as he was very negative about doing anything, I can safely assume he wouldn't recommend any treatment for his family. :p
Basically my decision is hinging on a generalization that he made about my constipation, which is outside of his specialty, and I'm waiting on more info from another doctor to make the call. Of course he's probably swamped with patients with lung infections atm, so who knows when I'll hear from him...
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the only thing I liked about the HBO series was the fight with the mountain and the nudity. That's it. It became fanfiction nonsense from the first season for me.Just finished binge-watching the Season 8 Game of Thrones DVD.I like the HBO rendition generally, but after it diverges from the books it gets too Hollywood-y for me. I fell in love with the books because there's no telling who will get maimed or die next, so once the show writers defaulted to 'all important characters live no matter what,' I started itching for Martin's next book -- which he will hopefully continue in his own style.Well you are a counterculturalist. ;)
What about the early seasons is fanfic-ish, they're pretty faithful to the books as far as I remember.
The conversations littlefinger had with varys, the conversations King Robert had with Cercei(really?!?!), Katelyn pulling a GOT CSI, the changes to the Dothraki(sp)...you name it.
Aside from moving faster than the books of course, and Peter Dinklage being entirely too handsome to play Tyrion.Also this. WAAAAAAAAAY too handsome.
Oh and which fight did you like, the one with the Viper or the one with the Hound?Viper, I should have been more clear.
Yeah the Viper v. Mountain fight was utterly brutal on screen. Not a fan of the show's aftermath though, it raises a big question that's never answered.
I'll have to reread the books (read: listen to the audiobooks), my memory of them is hopelessly confused with that of the show.
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Ugh, sorry to hear, TS!
On a lighter note, this is Global Megacorporation:
Global IT: You've been approved for a RAM upgrade! Just go to the procurement site and order it!
NobodysHome: Er, am I missing something here? I've checked all the pages and done three searches and come up empty.
GIT: Yeah! You're just blind! Here's the navigation!
NH:
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Tonight, we played 'Santa's Soldiers', a setting for Savage Worlds where you play specops Xmas gnomes spreading seasonal cheer via the medium of heavy weaponry.
I liked it - it was suitably silly, and I've never pretended to blow anything up with marzipan before.
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Is it sad or hilarious when the middle age aunt with heart problems tries to pick a fight with her 15 year old niece by swearing at her.
Is it sad or hilarious when the middle age aunt with heart problems tries to pick a fight with her 15 year old niece by swearing at her.
Sad, for sure.
Of course, depending on the heart problems, that may "encourage" both the swearing and picking-a-fight.
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Is it sad or hilarious when the middle age aunt with heart problems tries to pick a fight with her 15 year old niece by swearing at her.
hilarious, when she realizes she has bitten off more than she can chew and her niece obliterates her.
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Basically, Crookshanks and Grampy Yesterday have been texting with her cousin (my brother's son) in Nebraska about better job opportunities in Wisconsin. His mom I guess found the phone and proceeded to swear at Crookshanks via text.
The sad part is, she's the reasonable one in that relationship as my brother is an actual living piece of shit.
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So, we're in a "down cycle" at work, so we've been trying to pick up work for other teams.
The problem is, their processes are so cumbersome they're having massive issues even asking us what to do. Then our turnaround time is 1/4 theirs, so they can't fill our pipeline fast enough.
This morning was pretty much the final straw. In our 200+ person division, I am considered one of the top 5 tech gurus. I was just told that I shouldn't start on the next project because it was "too hard" for me, in spite of the fact I'd already re-done the script in my head and was ready to crank it out.
So, at the moment, I am earning a six-figure salary doing a craft project with cardboard, craft glue, and acoustic foam at home. (Acoustic damping for my work microphone, but still... it's a craft project.)
Great work if you can get it...
Where can I sign for your job?
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On crappy IT policies from $100B+ companies? Most def. My personal laptop is doing fine, as well as my work laptop. And both have a custom W10 image.I still think your company's IT build a crappy image.Hey, today I'm going to defend the indefensible because I had to spend half an hour disassembling my work setup, testing every component in turn, putting it all back together one piece (and reboot) at a time...
...and having everything work perfectly.Windows just lost a driver somewhere, and putting in one component at a time helped it find it.
Grr... Windows...
Possibly, but with both Shiro's and my laptop exhibiting the exact same buggy behavior, you can either conclude that the IT departments from two $100B+ companies made the exact same bizarre error in pushing a Windows update, or that yet again Microsoft released a buggy update.
I know where I'd put my money.
Those are not mutually exclusive...
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Ugh, sorry to hear, TS!
On a lighter note, this is Global Megacorporation:
Global IT: You've been approved for a RAM upgrade! Just go to the procurement site and order it!
NobodysHome: Er, am I missing something here? I've checked all the pages and done three searches and come up empty.
GIT: Yeah! You're just blind! Here's the navigation!
NH:
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Basically, Crookshanks and Grampy Yesterday have been texting with her cousin (my brother's son) in Nebraska about better job opportunities in Wisconsin. His mom I guess found the phone and proceeded to swear at Crookshanks via text.
The sad part is, she's the reasonable one in that relationship as my brother is an actual living piece of s~+*.
And what was the reason for swearing at Crookshanks?!
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Speaking of updates...
Last Wednesday Thursday, Lord Of The Rings Online had an update 25.1, starting annual Winter Festival, and a adding few minor things. As a part of the update, the tasks (simple daily, "bring me 10 rat-asses" quests that are mostly used to speed gathering reputation in various regions) got blocked because something broke, with the promise they will be turned on soon, implying a new patch.
So yesterday I jokingly asked on the world chat what will get broken while patching the bug.
Today (Tuesday), as a part of weekly maintenance, the patch 25.1.1 was applied to the game, with downtime planned 8AM-12PM, Eastern Time...
And then extended to 2PM. And then extended indefinitely...
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Ah, complaining does work miracles. The game is patching now...
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Game worlds finally opened about 15-30 minutes ago. Merely, oh, 11 hours after originally planned.
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TS - Keep your head up. I'm not generally a guy who relies on "happy thoughts" to keep myself going, but in times of medical stress...yeah...staying positive will help keep you going.
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Game worlds finally opened about 15-30 minutes ago. Merely, oh, 11 hours after originally planned.
Huh? I was able to log in soon after my post, some hour and half before your post... Maybe there were some other issues with log in later, or some worlds were opened later.
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Enlarged spleen? I used to research Hereditary spherocytosis so removel of (part of) the spleen came up a lot.I'm currently deciding whether to have my spleen removed, and it's a suuuper frustrating dilemma.
This is the first time in my life where there are no good or certain solutions -- only varying degrees of uncertainty and risks.
Growing up suuucks.
Interesting! So spherical blood cells? How does spleen reduction/removal help with that?
In my case, it's:
Cystic fibrosis --> liver cirrhosis --> portal hypertension --> enlarged spleen --> constipation and other problems
The doctor talked about three possible solutions: a catheter between liver and spleen, embolizing part of my spleen, and removing it outright. He was negative about all of them, he thinks my spleen isn't worth treating; but oddly enough, he was least negative about outright removing it.
Spleen removal doesnt help with the blood cells itself. But since the spleen breaks down the abnormal sized cells, depending on how bad the spherocytosis is, the spleen actually breaks the bloodcells down faster then the body can make them. Causing a huge spleen, and the need for blood transfusions.
So removing the whole spleen, or a big part of it, reduces or removes the need for those blood transfusions, and the other problems caused by the enlarged spleen.
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Tonight, we played 'Santa's Soldiers', a setting for Savage Worlds where you play specops Xmas gnomes spreading seasonal cheer via the medium of heavy weaponry.
I liked it - it was suitably silly, and I've never pretended to blow anything up with marzipan before.
That sounds awesome!
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Those are not mutually exclusive...On crappy IT policies from $100B+ companies? Most def. My personal laptop is doing fine, as well as my work laptop. And both have a custom W10 image.I still think your company's IT build a crappy image.Hey, today I'm going to defend the indefensible because I had to spend half an hour disassembling my work setup, testing every component in turn, putting it all back together one piece (and reboot) at a time...
...and having everything work perfectly.Windows just lost a driver somewhere, and putting in one component at a time helped it find it.
Grr... Windows...
Possibly, but with both Shiro's and my laptop exhibiting the exact same buggy behavior, you can either conclude that the IT departments from two $100B+ companies made the exact same bizarre error in pushing a Windows update, or that yet again Microsoft released a buggy update.
I know where I'd put my money.
True. But in my experience, the bigger the company, the higher the chance someone who doesnt know shit about IT is in on important desicion making, and screwing it up.
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We reached -5 degrees this morning for the first time (but not the last) this season
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It's been raining all day. Good thing I have a water-resistant coat and a sturdy pair of boots.