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mdlbearVery, very mixed week. My treatment is going well (so far, after 8 treaments -- I expect the side effects to start showing up next week), and I've started to meet some of the regulars. But I've also been clumsier than usual, very stiff especially in the mornings, feeling vaguely out-of-it, and I left my house keys somewhere Friday. WTF? (I've been keeping them in my coat pocket with my car key and my wallet, both of which I still have, fortunately, but like I said WTF?)
Somewhat related, I've been making very slow progress on my taxes, not getting enough exercise, and doing next to no music. On the whole I have not been feeling good about myself.
Happy National Beer Day. I really ought to make separate posts for things like International Transgender Day of Visibility and International Asexuality Day, because by the time anyone sees them in a "Done Since" post it will be too late to actually do something about them.
And by the way there's a total solar eclipse tomorrow, and if you aren't in a good location and don't have travel plans made, it's too late to do anything about that either. (As for me, see above about radiation treatments. Cancer sucks.)
Notes & links: 0331Su Easter, International Transgender Day of Visibility @ International Transgender Day of Visibility - Wikipedia Transgender Day of Visibility | GLAAD Transgender Day of Visibility | GLSEN @ How to increase internet safety with a quick exit button | Infoxchange (AU) Panic Button: a short intro to a quick exit | by Tom McLean | Today | Medium GitHub - TodayDesign/panic-button: A script to add a banner & a quick-exit button to the top of a sensitive web page & awake 3:50 * up 6:30; S=6:39, BP=119/76, P=69, ; cat cuddle until 6:50 * abiraterone 6:55; rest 08:07 * H2O: 08:20, 9ish:c, 09:23, 14:10, 22:15st, 22:38, 22:06st @ The Person Who Was in Charge of OpenAI's $175 Million Fund Appears to Be Fake Disillusioned Businesses Discovering That AI Kind of Sucks (andrewducker) Sports Illustrated Published Articles by Fake, AI-Generated Writers % good conversation with R (cf. TDOV) & long wikipedia dive on rail systems, starting from MS Herald of Free Enterprise Surprisingly it did not include group theory; the section over rail gauges narrowly avoided veering toward quantum physics. @ when trans day of visibility overlaps with easter Caption: jesus showing off his top surgery to the boys * message Dr. Hilderman re: "talk to your provider about your medications" (first 3/27) @ Backdoor found in widely used Linux utility breaks encrypted SSH connections--Ars @ AT&T data breach: How to know if you were affected | AP News 0401Mo o litter boxen & awake 1ish, 3:30ish * up 6:30; S=7:15, BP=123/75, P=76, W=191.8; cat, exercises, Dutch * abiraterone 7ish; rest of am 07:55 * H2O: 07:55 09:15 12:20 13:??c 17:00ish 19:30ish : The Samsung S5mini I've been using as a bathroom wall clock died: expanding battery. I should have done a factory reset before I popped the back; now it won't boot * 10:40 leave for 11:25 checkin for 11:40 radiation therapy at montlake % didn't need a bathroom stop or water on the way in & nice conversation about science fiction with a woman maybe about my age who was there with her (adult) son, who was the patient. Met her last week in a conversation about spinning with a drop spindle. *- ask about the make and model of the equipment -> Elekta Synergy @ Radiation Therapy | Products | Linear Accelerators | Elekta Elekta Synergy Radiation Treatment System | Griffin Health 2.5 Image-guided radiation therapy " The images may also be used to check for other requirements of some types of treatment, such as full or empty bladder, empty rectum, etc. " @ Commissioning experience with cone‐beam computed tomography for image‐guided radiation therapy - Lehmann - 2007 - Jrnl. of Applied Clinical Medical Physics @ Targeting tumors and treatment trends | Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center & posted In case you were wondering… - GoingSideways.blog quick update explaining gap % 15:25 maddening itch on R shoulderblade @ Embracing the Strength of Weak Ties - Whats your Grief AKA "soft connections" " Research found that people who talked to one new person every day for 5 days reported feeling progressively more competent and less nervous. " * sleepytime tea, prune, fiber cookies 21:58 0402Tu & awake 1ish?; * up 6:35; W=192.8, S=7:58, * 06:41 abiraterone; 07:41 rest; * H2O: 07:42, 08:17, 09:50?, 1ish:c, 14:02, 15:59, 22:02, 22:43st * guitar: bad guys * walk: to park. sort of unsteady. w=10m, s=1035, 6hp, * 10:20 leave for 11:05 checkin for 11:20 radiation therapy at montlake *- ask about the cookbook -> they'll email it : tempted to start saying "Be seeing you" instead of "see you tomorrow" and see if anyone recognizes the reference @ Linux maintainers assess blast radius of xz-utils backdoor * 15:58 simethecone. gas pretty much all day % how the fsck did it get to be 4pm?? @ Non-Gassy Foods: What to Eat to Reduce Gas and Bloating * walk: Dayton+90th 17:22; w=0.9mi, s=2420, 27m, 18hp, day so far 17:28, s=5254, 54mm, 25hp, 1.94mi (computed by $G) * load drugs 0403We * litter boxen & awake 3ish * up 6am; S=6:36, W=191.6, BP=129/77, P=70; exercises, Dutch * abiraterone 6:07; rest 07:19, fiber * H2O 07:18, 07:32, 08:04, 11:55, 8oz at clinic, 3ish??, 22:52, 23:16st * */1 CPAP: change nosepiece * */1 CPAP: change paper filter, wash tubs * walk: end of block @ 200+ Artists Urge Tech Platforms: Stop Devaluing Music - Artist Rights Alliance Musicians pen warning on the AI era | LinkedIn Billie Eilish, Pearl Jam, 200 artists say AI poses existential threat to their livelihoods | Ars Technica @ Amazon's AI-powered "Just Walk Out"checkout option turns out to be 1000 workers watching you shop - Boing Boing * 12:00 leave for 12:45 checkin for 1pm radiation therapy * 1:30 new patient visit - Amanda Li, dietician *- laxative use in general. Alternatives to Fleet (sodium phosphate) enema *- nausea and dry heaves after enema *- a lot of flatulence, but doesn't seem to be a problem. coming out my arse? ~-gas: pickled green beans? (kimchi, pickled cucumber, sauerkraut, etc. all okay because fermented) # good conversation, which digressed into science fiction, the family's plans, and gin -> standard advice is to transition off saline enemas, to miralax and senna. -> drop Vitamin C and B12 while in rad. therapy _because antioxidants repair radiation damage (!)_ (she didn't say why, but the handout says they're antioxidants and from there the inference is obvious) -> ask for blood levels of Vit. D, CRP, and re-check iron panel # 18:15 long wikipedia dive starting from a SciAm article via Pocket: Is There a Thing, or a Relationship between Things, at the Bottom of Things? to quantum Bayesianism to the Einstein–Podolsky–Rosen paradox, quantum telepathy, and formal logic, ending up at Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus - Wikipedia -> which I think confirms my suspicion that if I'd stayed at Carleton another year I would heve ended up somewhere in the intersection of linquistics and philosophy -> which would almost certainly have lead me to Computer Science in grad school anyway @ Xz Utils Backdoor - Schneier on Security What we know about the xz Utils backdoor that almost infected the world | Ars oss-security - backdoor in upstream xz/liblzma leading to ssh server compromise * TP to Lair & upped my pledge to Friday's kickstarter to $120. Now over the 90K mark - Glitter! * remove B12 and C from pill sorters. Also iron caps, which also contain B12 and C! & fiber cookies, senna, and docusate with pm drugs : Ticia snarfed _all_ her wet food. (noted that her kibble dispenser is low) (also I had just given her treats in the bathroom, so right place, right mood) @ The 6 Best Bookstore POS Systems | Merchant Maverick Best Bookstore Software Comparison & Reviews 2023 5 Best Bookstore POS Systems 0404Th * awake 3:30ish * up 6:30; S=6:48, BP=124/76, P=65; cat, exercise, Dutch * 06:41 abiraterone; 07:51 rest of am drugs * H2O: 07:50, 08:10, 1/2c at the clinic, 12:57, 13:50, 14:51c, 17:ish, 17:40:gin, 23:47 * no enema, liq. glyc. if needed; x start miralax+senna after treatment -> tomorrow? @ In Praise of the Flâneur - The Paris Review * 10:20 leave for 11:05 checkin for 11:20 radiation therapy at montlake. #7/28 * 11:45 on treatment visit - Upendra Parvathaneni * SL: olives, chocolate, iron without anything else (went to Fred Meyer) % feeling pretty low-energy. All week? hard to remember. But definitely this afternoon. Related to treatment? bowel prep? bad diet choices? lack of exercise? low caffeine? More likely some combination of the above. @ post Thankful Thursday % goddamn constipation rabbit-hole. try citrucel - insoluble fiber, not fermentable) * gin: with ice and vermouth-soaked olives. First alcohol in a couple of weeks * 18:09 dishes (1-hour cycle) $ C $150 to Carleton via AX (matched 1-1) @ We Need to Talk About Trader Joe’s | TASTE : SHIT -- where the fsck are my house keys??? And my storage unit key??? -> checked coat, blue duffel, Molly, and my desk. Floor under the coat-hooks. That leaves Freddy's as the most likely, since that's where I took out my wallet. UW as a distant second, though I'll likely check there first. * 23:34 docusate sodium, senna, and fiber with pm drugs (400ml water, noted above) 0405Fr * litter boxen & awake 5:30; didn't get back to sleep, but cuddled % dream involved an implausibly huge type2 turd. Go figure. * up 7am; S=5:14, W=194.8; minimal exercises, Dutch * 07:34 abiraterone; 08:41 rest * H2O: 08:42, 09:53, 11ish:cup, 1300ish, 1400ish:c, 16:46, 17:29w.wine, 19:41, 21:43 % more trouble than usual getting dressed. More clumsy than usual getting around the Lair, esp. at 5:30. Do I need to start worrying about falling? @ Science Magazine - Regulating advanced artificial agents * 10:20 leave for 11:05 checkin for 11:20 radiation therapy at montlake * walking: 29min, s=1241, 1hp -> forgot to ask about lost+found * check lost+found at Freddie's, no luck. Will check again tomorrow * TAX DATA ENTRY - Exxon, Columbia Threadneedle, Schwab * walk: Dayton&90th 17:10, w=0.9mi, s=2172, 19hp, 21min, day: 44mm, 20hp, s=4108 x push to.do up to dropbox?? rclone -> don't think it's needed @ A return to roots: PPPL builds its first stellarator in decades and opens the door for research into new plasma physics | Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory * docusate sodium, senna, fiber with pm drugs 21:24 0406Sa International Asexuality Day (IAD) @ International Asexuality Day (IAD) & awake 2:20, 3something?, 5:30ish. Night sweats at 6-something * up 6:30; S=7:31, W=193.8, BP=139/80, P=67; exercises * abiraterone 06:47; rest 07:59 @ Tasty Tea(bag)s for Thirsty Nerds! by Friday Elliott — Kickstarter $111,233!!! * H2O: 07:45c, 07:57, 9ish?, at least one more, 16:17, 16:38:gin, @ ‘HR is not your friend’: why frustrated workers are hiring reps of their own @ As mainframes turn 60, skill gaps threaten the enterprise workhorse | CIO Dive " The sixtieth anniversary of the first commercial available mainframe, IBM’s System/360, is April 7, 2024 " What about the 7090 etc? * post Sweet Home Chicago - GoingSideways.blog : The Tena XL pantsu don't fit. ordered a pack of m/l; we'll see. arrive tomorrow -> note that the Depend XL seem to fit pretty well; better than their L/XL. * 15min: dishes @ Gray (unit) - Wikipedia " Notably, the centigray (numerically equivalent to the rad) is still widely used to describe absolute absorbed doses in radiotherapy. " @ Here's the column Meta doesn't want you to see (via RM on filkhaven) WTF? Meta Cancels LGF - Little Green Footballs * message Dr. Sunkara to add vit. D and CRP (C-Reactive Protein) to bloodwork @ Open Autism (via Fedora Project on LinkedIn) * email Cathy+Pat about the box of hard drives etc. that Pat turned up. % bath, 9ish. * 22:32 docusate, senna with pm pills
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Date: 2024-04-08 01:17 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2024-04-08 03:39 am (UTC)and
Could it be that the side effects are already starting to show?
Trains - sounds like a theme, between songs, the Going Sideways posts, and a deep dive.
Barbara and I have started taking BART for excursions into San Francisco. Driving and parking down town totally suck, while driving up I 280 to the Daly City BART station is fast and easy, and the train schedule between there and any SF stop is surprisingly good.
BART has four lines. All four of them run through SF and Daly City. Each runs on a 20 minute schedule; with all four running you get a train roughly every five minutes, and it actually runs pretty close to this in practice. So long as you're not going beyond SF or Daly City you can just get on whatever train comes, without worrying about which line it is. And the senior discount fair is all of $1.40.
(Later in the evening they cut back to two lines, so a ten minute spacing, although that sometimes gets thrown off. But it's still workable.)
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Date: 2024-04-08 05:05 am (UTC)Well, fatigue is a known side-effect, but I'm not sure it's related to the treatment this early in the game. I'll know more by the end of this week.
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Date: 2024-04-09 11:50 pm (UTC)Guess I'll either have to live another 20 years or figure out how to get to Spain or Australia in 2028.