EponymousBosh

joined 5 months ago
[–] EponymousBosh@awful.systems 1 points 55 minutes ago

I was 21 in 2008. The cat in my profile pic, Oscar, was born in April that year, and I adopted her in June. She died of complications from kidney disease last July, at the age of 17. Time moves too fast.

Having suffered with untreated sleep apnea for several years (I have a CPAP now, thank God), I can tell you that you're not gonna be able to do this for four week, let alone four years. Sleep deprivation won't kill you instantly but it will make you feel like you're dying, and also make you want to be dead. Whatever the solution to your problems is, this ain't it.

[–] EponymousBosh@awful.systems 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

What the hell are these regional groups? Why is Mexico not part of North America? Why is ALL of Asia grouped with Australia and NZ?

[–] EponymousBosh@awful.systems 10 points 4 days ago

Echoing a statement from the American College of Radiology after the study's release, she stressed that the study's projection of cancer diagnoses from CT scans was based on statistical modeling, not actual patient outcomes.

There are no published studies directly linking CT scans to cancer, the statement says. [emphasis mine]

Without hard data to back it up, this study is fairly meaningless.

[–] EponymousBosh@awful.systems 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I really liked Garuda but I had to switch because my NVIDIA drivers kept breaking :(

[–] EponymousBosh@awful.systems 2 points 1 week ago

Nearly laughed out loud in a waiting room

[–] EponymousBosh@awful.systems 1 points 1 week ago

Hopefully the release of the last(?) book in the Locked Tomb series, or at least the release date for it

[–] EponymousBosh@awful.systems 22 points 1 month ago (7 children)

Cognitive behavioral therapy/dialectical behavioral therapy are not the universal cure for everything and they need to stop being treated as such

[–] EponymousBosh@awful.systems 15 points 1 month ago

OK but the point of ChubbyEmu videos isn't "this thing is GOING TO KILL YOU," it's "look at this weird thing that happened and the toxicology behind it,." In fact, he goes out of his way to reassure people that these things aren't likely to happen in the videos where viewers might get anxious, like the cases involving leftovers. There's been a couple videos where he's straight-up said "this was a freak accident."

More generally, the fact that the events aren't likely is part of what can make case studies valuable; i.e. "this sequence of events is highly unlikely to happen again in this specific way, so let's examine it closely and see what we can learn from it."

 

Last night I had a "back in school" dream, only in this one, the McElroy brothers were helping me cheat on a project. Unsurprisingly, Justin was the most helpful. What weird ones have y'all had?

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