hashmymustache

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Comment · 4 years ago
Including if you’re in another country. I owned a movie on Vudu that I wasn’t able to stream in Canada due to licensing rights.
Comment · 4 years ago
Every saltwater tank owner knows the frustration of bubble algae.
Comment · 4 years ago
I just don’t understand why they don’t have a lower cost tier less than 2Tb.
Comment · 4 years ago
No kidding. I admire people who decide to pursue math or physics without that edge. So much easier to jump into engineering or medicine.
Comment · 4 years ago
Home computer displays for radiologists can cost well over $10K. Of course they dont have to pay for it themselves though. And they can make over $600K working from home reading images all day.
Comment · 4 years ago
It’s not that simple. Physiology is a very dynamic system so I appreciate any corrections. But, basically the venous system has a lot of compliance and capacitance holding 70% or so of your blood volume in a euvolemic state. You can easily maintain blood pressure and arterial volume while dehydrated.

Orthostatics refers to change in blood pressure when standing. Every time you stand up you lengthen a large column of blood that gravity wants to pull to the bottom of your feet. Pressure sensors in your neck (where blood goes to the brain) immediately tell the autonomic nervous system about the sudden drop which sends a response to increase heart rate and increase resistance in the arterial system to maintain output and arterial pressure so you don’t pass out. To accommodate this you pull extra volume from the large venous pool to continue optimally filling the heart with each stroke. If your venous pool is low, the extra refill volume and venous pressure isn’t available to keep up with the sudden demand and the arterial pressure drops.

We have different medication classes that can selectively slow the heart down or decrease blood pressure by preventing increased resistance in the arterial system and those folks are also at risk of orthostatic hypotension because of blocking those compensatory mechanisms.

Comment · 4 years ago
Except Steve Jobs famously died of neuroendocrine pancreatic cancer.
Comment · 5 years ago
People use FB as a photo backup service?
Comment · 5 years ago
That’s every newspaper online. And gym memberships. And many others. Easy to get, pain in the ass to end.
Comment · 5 years ago
So the XX group on anabolic steroids won’t be an issue?
Comment · 5 years ago
How about high income through athletics or modeling? Should any two children be equally likely to make it professionally?
Comment · 5 years ago
I emotionally agree as you are correct and it is infuriating, but on the other hand it is the responsibility of the federal government to protect (subsidize, trade policy), and regulate domestic production of vital goods. Companies exported manufacturing because the government, elected by its citizens, did nothing to stop them. On some level it is very much the tax payer responsible for recalibrating the imbalance even if they aren’t to blame.
Comment · 5 years ago
Is the reMarkable 2 tablet not a fit for that? Haven’t tried it myself so not sure what its limitations are.
Comment · 5 years ago
With mortality figures as low as they are it’s hard to see that number decreasing considerably with increased regulation. In each example there appears to be morbidity secondary to unacceptably delayed medical diagnosis. It is incredibly easy to spot a battery on a plain film and an infant/toddler presenting with the symptoms described warrants immediate suspicion.
Comment · 5 years ago
Turns out it’s just Tom Brady.

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