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mdlbearNot too bad of a week. Any week that doesn't include trying to put ointment in my eye is better than one that does -- I'll take it. And the eyedrops. An unexpectedly painless dental procedure also helped.
Going to the Seattle Boat Show with N on Monday was fun; not as much to see as in Anacortes last May, but fun.
Top link for the week: kdeldycke/awesome-falsehood: đ± Falsehoods Programmers Believe in -- a meta-list of lists of falsehoods (and the occasional list of hard-to-believe facts). If you're a teenager living in a state with book bans, you can get a free eCard from the Brooklyn Public Library
Expect to be bored by the repeated log entries for eyedrops.
Notes & links:
0205Su ~ litter boxen
* up 7:35; S=7:13; exercises; shower
* 7:50 tobramycin eyedrops.
@ Sixty Years
After, Physicists Model Electromagnetic Pulse of a Once-Secret Nuclear Test
@ rahaeli on Twitter: "Several people have asked some variation on "what kind of
audience are these spammers looking for on DW?" and it made me realize I haven't
explained the Types of Spam a site will see!" (andrewducker)
@ Britain Is Much Worse Off Than It Understands (andrewducker)
x Pack: scooter -> totally dead battery. Weird bcause it looked like it had charged a
little yesterday. Did I not plug it in right? -> probably just dead
* 11:45 tobramycin eyedrops. Felt better almost immediately. will it last? maybe.
@ "Hello everyone! This is the new official [twitter] account of the Debirdify app.
-> Debirdify and of course:
@debirdify@digitalcourage.social
* before leaving RE turn down heat, turn off fireplace
* singing: Eyes Like the Morning, Wheelin'
* 3:35 tobramycin eyedrops.
* before leaving RE collect: drugs, Sable, backpack; -> CPAP (leave humidifier tub)
: see whether DS2's filter does better with the litter box smell.
* left RE ~3:45
* 5:28 arrived at RS
% eye seems to be doing well for a change.
* 7:45 tobramycin eyedrops. (aim pretty bad on this one; not clear I got a full dose)
& 11:15 woke up sitting; no mask. uncomfortable
0206Mo
* up 6:25; S=5:39; exercises
* 7:25 tobramycin eyedrops
@ MIT Has Beaten Tesla At Their Own Game. | by Will Lockett | Medium
MIT Spinout 24M Technologies Designed a Battery that Reduces The Cost of
Manufacturing Lithium-ion Cells - Batteries News
@ Netflix wants to chop down your family tree | by Cory Doctorow | Feb, 2023
" When they used adversarial interoperability to build a multi-billion-dollar global
company using the movie studiosâ products in ways the studios hated, that was
progress. When you define âfamilyâ in ways that makes Netflix less money, thatâs
felony contempt of business model. "
Samuel Maddockâs Blog | The End of Indie Web Browsers: You Can (Not) Compete DRM
@ kdeldycke/awesome-falsehood: đ± Falsehoods Programmers Believe in awesome list
Falsehoods Programmers Believe About Names - With Examples
Horrible edge cases to consider when dealing with music
% 10:50sish tobramycin eyedrops
* 11ish Seattle Boat Show with N -> fun -> back around 4:15
% a lot of walking, and I made it through with some tiredness but no pain
* 4:25 tobramycin eyedrops
@ CNET pushed reporters to be more favorable to advertisers, staffers say (andrewducker)
@ Opinion | H5N1 Bird Flu is Causing Alarm. Hereâs Why We Must Act. - NYT
@ What to Know About the Egg Shortage and Misinformation - The New York Times
* 8:21 tobramycin eyedrops -- purported "eyedrop guide" was useless.
@ mtime comparison considered harmful - apenwarr
0207Tu
* up 7am; S=4:16+; exercises
* 8am tobramycin eyedrops
@ Brooklyn Public Library Offers Free eCards to Teens Nationwide Facing Book Bans in
Local Communities | Brooklyn Public Library
@ We come to bury ChatGPT, not to praise it.
* 11:30 leave for...
* 12:30 root canal lake washington endo
-> only once around the loop to find the (badly signed) driveway
-> remarkably painless. Involved pumping a large amount of disinfectant through the
roots to clean out the biofilm. Something involving chlorine.
-> 2:15 ibuprofen at the endodontist's office
* 2:40 tobramycin eyedrops
@ Shtetl-Optimized » Blog Archive »
Googleâs Sycamore chip: no wormholes, no superfast classical simulation either
@ What ending the emergency actually means
* 6:48 tobramycin
@ Doctors Arenât Burned Out From Overwork. Weâre Demoralized by Our Health System.
" Regardless of whether we act through unions or other means, the fact remains that
until doctors join together to call for a fundamental reorganization of our medical
system, our work âwonât do what âwe were promised it would do, nor will it prioritize
the people we claim to prioritize. To be able to build the systems we need, we must
face an unpleasant truth: Our health care institutions as they exist today are part
of the problem rather than the solution. " -- NYT
* 9pm acetaminophen/ibuprofen (minimum interval would have been 8:15)
* load drugs
0208We * litter boxen
* up 7am; S=8:11; exercises
% 8:25 acetaminophen - next: 2pm
* 9ish tobramycin eyedrops - next: 1pm
@ Why do high IQ people stagnate in their careers? Emotional intelligence
@ 9 Evidence-Based Health Benefits of Almonds
Almonds | The Nutrition Source | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
* order more thyroid med - felimazole (methimazole) 2.5mg for Desti. (not clear where)
-> FAH's online pharmacy didn't have it in stock, but petco did. Same day delivery
-> except it may take 2 days before they can contact the vet, so...
* 1:44 tobramycin eyedrops - next 5:45
& got a chimichanga at the taqueria on 90th; not all that good.
* ordered On-Stage keyboard stand -- from $A because fastest delivery - Friday
% 2:40 acetaminophen next 8:40
* guitar: noodling around D/Dm/A/Am etc. Ought to do at least a little every day; my
fingers were starting to hurt after a couple of minutes.
* 5:44 tobramycin eyedrops
@ Lazy Reporters Claiming Fediverse Is âSlumping,â Despite Massive Increase In Usage
* 8:40 -> 9:15 acetaminophen
* 9:30 tobramycin
* replaced charger for the phone stand in the Lair with a 9W (USB-3) charger. It's an
improvement -- from "full in 22min" to full in ~4min. Not much point in going higher,
since the Pixel3 charges at 10W with most non-Google wireless chargers.
0209Th
& awake 3:30ish; 5ish cats slept on me until about 6am
* up 6am; S=6:46; Desti still in my lap; exercises
% read Curio's and Colleen's Rainbow Bridge pages, in particular
the fantasy sections, and cried. Not very long, but more than any other time since
Colleen died. So maybe I'm not as broken as I sometimes think.
: Desti gave me a kind of meow that I've never heard before. I think she was trying
to comfort me. She succeeded.
* 6:45ish tobramycin eyedrops
% no pain from the root canal, so no NSAIDs needed. Can chew on that side.
& fiber cookies, coffee, and a Kind bar in the Lair, interleaved with exercises
@ A&W 1/3 Pound Burger Failure Fact Check: Are Americans Really That Bad at Fractions?
| CulinaryLore tl;dr: yes " around half of the people surveyed thought that the
A&W 1/3 pound burger was smaller than McDonaldâs 1/4 pounder! "
* singing: Eyes Like the Morning
* pack: old CPAP, drugs, tobramycin, night guard
@ Trans Youth Struggle to Get Drivers' Licenses, IDs | Teen Vogue
* aim to leave by 10am -> almost exactly
* 10:43 tobramycin eyedrops.
* arrive 12:15ish
@ Lost and found: Codebreakers decipher 50+ letters of Mary, Queen of Scots | Ars
Before Envelopes, People Protected Messages With Letterlocking - Atlas Obscura
* 15min: spent some time on the ramp and porch with a hose. Gets rid of some of the
moss, but I'll need a leaf-sweeper nozzle for some of it, and the deck needs finishing
@ Want to Delete Your Twitter DMs? Good Luck With That | WIRED
* 3pm tobramycin eyedrops
* 4pm meeting with (realtor)Suzanne Leisher
-> $425-475k Minimal cleanup would be the brambles, overgrown gravel walkways and
drainage, clean off the moss. Do _not_ use a power washer. Clean the kitchen (N
is asking E'). Floors in the bedrooms. Garage door.
@ How I Get Things Done (2023) â Alan Ralph
* pack: ibuprofen, diphenhydramine, x acetaminophen
@ Was This Letter Written by Sherlock Holmes? - Atlas Obscura no, but...
* 6:45 (starts at 7pm) telemedicine apt with Emily Hilderman
-> did it on the phone because Zoom on Sable seemed to be behaving a little oddly.
(Might have been encryption, but whatever.) Took me a while to find the settings
to turn on audio and video. It popped up a window that asked whether to use WiFi
or phone, which was a little confusing.
-> if I run out of drops before 10 days, which would be 0212, I should get a refill.
-> referrals for opthalmology (shoreline) and audiology (NW)
-> need to schedule the colonoscopy
* 7:45 tobramycin eyedrops. (about 45m late, then)
: since the zoom appointmentment the trackball has been a lot more sensitive.
Weird. connection? who knows? -> unplugging and plugging back in fixed it
. forward mail for c (in $A envelope)
: email from Mycroft. Not happening. Of course I still have the makings of a PiCroft
The fact that I haven't put it together is a pretty good indication that I wouldn't
use it much -- or at all -- if I'd gotten it.
: my order for Desti's thyroid med has been cancelled: on back-order. Apparently
there's none to be had anywhere. -> ask about 5mg either split or (better) once/day
0210Fr * litter boxen (E')
& awake 3:30ish; down maybe 4:40ish
% very down on myself; sad
& found that the petco order had been cancelled, in an email sent ~10:40 yesterday
-> re-ordered with generic 5mg tablets, which apparently can be cut.
-> asked about giving them as 5mg daily
* up 7am; S=5:18, BP=125/79, P=65; exercises, shower
% dream bits include some stuff around selling the house, an electric car that somehow
had been neglected and that G was trying to repair, and a couple of kittens one of
which kept trying to escape. Orange tabby? Or maybe tortie.
* 7:38 tobramycin eyedrops
: the thing that changes the font size in Emacs is C-Scroll
@ Having Difficulty With Self-Discipline? | Psychology Today
@ Microsoftâs new AI Prometheus didnât want to talk about the Holocaust | Semafor
@ Denmark, Sweden Offer Protection to All Women, Girls from Afghanistan | HRW
" In a noteworthy decision, last week, Denmarkâs Refugee Appeals Board announced in a
statement that it will grant asylum to all women and girls from Afghanistan âsolely
based on their gender.â The appeals board cited âworsening conditions for women and
girls in Afghanistanâ as the basis for its decision. "
@ Twitter stands to gain from restoring formerly banned accounts - WaPo
* schedule audiology appointment ENT 206-668-7100 opt 3 -> 0328Tu 2:15
& I may get Desti's methimazole from two different places -- securevetsource and petco
both have infuriating user interfaces.
@ Opinion | There Is No Dignity in This Kind of America - The New York Times
equates trans rights with black rights
* 1:50 tobramycin eyedrops (late -- I wasn't paying attention) Next dose 5:40 or so
* schedule colonoscopy with seattle gastro health in northgate ph: 206-365-4492
https://gastrohealth.com/locations/seattle---northgate
* reschedule: Molly service at Bill Pierre -> scheduled on website -> 2/16 Tu 12:15
* mastodon icon Images/Icons/mastodon-logo{.svg,.credits.txt,-icon.png}
: long talk with Keith, about the downed tree. Gave him permission to chop it up,
though it's not clear he'll be able to - bad back and limited resources
& rabbit-hole around conditions and procedures in the lower digestive tract. Blerg.
* 6:15 tobramycin eyedrops
% nasal congestion pretty much all day on and off
% cold. Turned on the fireplace at 8:30, and changed into the warm fuzzy red bathrobe
* 10:15 tobramycin eyedrops
* bath
0211Sa
& awake 3:30ish
* up 7:15; S=6:28; exercises
* 7:40 tobramycin eyedrops
@ You're not going to believe what I'm about to tell you - The Oatmeal
Neural correlates of maintaining
oneâs political beliefs in the face of counterevidence | Scientific Reports
Confirmation bias - Wikipedia
" The backfire effect is a name for the finding that given evidence against their
beliefs, people can reject the evidence and believe even more strongly. "
@ thatcrazycajun | On family, friendship and politics
: hazards of procrastination: looks like Colleen's google account has been deactivated.
... and her Union Bank account has a security code I don't know the answer to
* 11:55 tobramycin eyedrops
& garage dive -- found more curtains, and my OFF badge-holder/wallet with my FHoF pin.
Also a stuffable backpack from CA Academy of Sciences, and a penguin matrioshka doll.
The scooter battery is probably dead.
& did a little work with a rake. Clearing gravel walkways is possible, barely. Will
probably want weed-killer followed by power tools.
= Total square footage for flooring: 12.5x24 = 300 $5-6/ft^2 installed, so 1500-1800
= average garage door+opener+install started at $2725 in 2021 according to HD
* 3:50: tobramycin eyedrops
* singing: Desolation Row. Missed Dr. Filth, and got good Samaritan and Phantom mixed
up a little (went back and fixed that one). But otherwise not too bad
* German pancakes for dinner. A half-recipe (3 eggs, 1/2c milk, 1/2c flour) may have
been a little much, but they're no good cold or re-heated. Forgot to take pictures :(
% not quite as good as I remember, but that was a long time ago
* 8:50 tobramycin eyedrops
@ She Was Once the Biggest Star in Jazz. Hereâs Why Youâve Never Heard of Her.
@ What Web3 Can Learn From Archive of Our Own | WIRED
Fannish Estate Planning - Fanlore
Estate Planning Is Important for Your Online Assets, Too - The New York Times
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Date: 2023-02-13 10:57 am (UTC)