klef25

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[–] klef25 1 points 3 months ago (2 children)

What's your opinion on APKMirror? I have a fire tablet for which I've been trying to get apps that aren't available throug the Amazon appstore. I just want to make sure that I'm not loading malware.

[–] klef25 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

This article leaves me with a lot of questions. As I understand it, SPF labels in the US have to apply to both UVA and UVB. They tried labels specific to each but decided that they were too confusing. Next, you don't need more than about SPF 35 to get appropriate protection from skin cancer. SPF rating higher than that offer only marginally more protection. Lastly, how are these "chemical" sun screens blocking UV. If it's not physically blocking the light, are they somehow changing the spectrum of the light so that it is not harmful? So, other than this guy who has spent $18B to try to sell his product in the US gunning for it, what is the advantage of the newer "chemical"? Do they last longer, cost less, have other functions for health and beauty? Are they generally easier to use?

[–] klef25 37 points 6 months ago (1 children)

This just reads like an ad. There doesn't seem to be any journalistic value to this article and it's got a clickbait title. At minimum, it should have noted results for competitors.

[–] klef25 12 points 6 months ago (3 children)

Wow! That site sucks on mobile.

[–] klef25 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Dalton being Rassilon creates a strange timey wimey issue with previous visits to the tomb of Rassilon (unless he's not the original Rassilon). I'd also like to point out that if we have The Bachelor, we also need The Associate and then maybe The Primary and The Secondary or The Elementary and The High Schooler. 😜

[–] klef25 3 points 7 months ago

Stupid title for an article (duh!) but interesting research. I really think cellular microarchitecture is going to help explain a lot of functions in the body that we currently struggle to understand.

[–] klef25 1 points 7 months ago

Any ad that starts with TIL or DAE gets an immediate down vote, a cringe, and no further reading

[–] klef25 7 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Considering that my wife has a crush on one and abhores the other, I'd say they are different.

[–] klef25 7 points 9 months ago

I really liked their option to rewrite clickbait headlines. That saved so much time and frustration reading nonsense articles.

[–] klef25 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Gasoline is explosive. Do not poor it on a fire. If for some reason, you decide that a fire needs gasoline (first, rethink what brought you to this point) poor it on the unlit material and then walk about 20 meters away making a small trail of gasoline away from the material to be lit. Liquid gasoline is not explosive. The vapor that comes off of liquid gasoline is what is explosive. When you go to light you trail of gasoline, stand away from it toss your match or whatever at the trail. The vapor will ignite before the flame hits the ground and then race to whatever you poored the gasoline on. It will then explode and shake the ground under your feet because you thought "if a little is good, more is better." Better yet, just get some actual lighter fluid that was designed for what you're doing and not for propelling a ton of steel down the highway.

[–] klef25 9 points 11 months ago

They say the same thing about demented old men, so I've given up on thinking that I know what the word "cute" actually means.

[–] klef25 8 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I see this in my office constantly and there are lots of reasons surrounding it. All of my patients get a mini mental status exam (MMSE) with their yearly physical after age 65.The ones with any impairment tend to deny it as real. If there is impairment, I try to work it up with labs and then a brain MRI. Insurance won't cover a brain MRI for MCI, so it has to be coded as "memory loss". Memantine and donepizil are not indicated for MCI, just dementia, so we don't prescribe them that early. We wait until it progresses. Also, I've seen a ton of patients over the years who have "microvasular changes" on brain imaging done for other reasons that no one has discussed with them, much less actually done an appropriate cognitive assessment and further workup. I don't know why I am such an outlier in these areas, because I'm not doing things that aren't indicated by specialty recommendation. I think it's just another sign of our broken system.

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