Memetic hazards. Hands down no question, lie to me.

I used to work with a Doctor who could after a 30s to two minutes conversation and maybe placing hands on a pulse or abdomen give an accurate diagnosis and management plan. Just decades of clinical experience and staying up to date with everything shining through. Seriously impressive to watch. Never doubted a diagnosis either unlike some other times I’ve seen that done.

Damn autocorrect. Ta.

I like folks but it’s pleural so only works for groups.

Psychiatric diagnoses are made with time and extensive interviewing. Usually you need symptoms to be present, persistent and having a negative effect on the patient’s life for a diagnosis.

You do raise a very good point though because there is so much more subjectivity diagnosis can take a long time, a part of it is trying to rule out what you describe.

The driver is obviously at fault for using a 2 ton metal box to kill someone whilst drunk. The fact that they died as well just means justice is working quicker.

I seem to remember running in circles kiting a lot in the dlc area.

I really loved Control, one of my favourite games I think.

It’s worth playing just for the Ashtray maze section near the end all on its own, but the rest of the game is also great.

Whistle with my fingers, took a good few weeks of practice over one summer blowing spit all over my fingers but eventually I learned. Still a really useful skill today.

I enjoy both. I switch between fiction/fantasy heavy and science heavy. Sometimes I’ll do a run or a series of one and get a hankering for the other. Usually I prefer my sci-fi more science than fiction. I love the expanse and the martian for example. But I also enjoy the culture and the Polity books which are more fiction than hard sci-fi.

And party on dudes.

This looks fascinating. It also has a demo. I’ll be giving it a go. Thanks for sharing.

Just another chipping in on the Eufy solar. I’ve been pretty impressed so far with a few minor niggles.

Generally it works well, connects nicely to the repeater and rings ok. Solar works great no issues with battery power on our south facing front.

The main selling point for me was no subscription or remote server connection.

It’s annoying if it loses connection to the WiFi. I’ve actually turned the security mode (which makes it scream if taken off the wall without turning that off first in the app).

Thanks, damn autocorrect.

Drowning in a small space like underwater caving. I’m a bit catastrophic (claustrophobic). Normally no issues with water but the thought of being trapped somewhere small and watching it full up with water terrifies me. Safe to say I am never going caving or swimming in caves.

Oh and the apparently inexorable march towards fascism in the UK and the west is pretty bad too.

Is the twist that they are actually in hell? Cuz I guessed that about halfway through the first episode when every single character was an insufferable ass. Which coincidentally is also why I stopped watching. Very American humour I think, it felt similar to Parks and Rec, another one which everyone seems to love that I bounced off hard.

Seconding this with caveats.

Masturbation is normal, natural and healthy (reduces the risk of prostate cancer in men). Unless it isn’t, it’s not healthy when it is an addiction and masturbation is getting in the way of life. If you’re not seeing friends or missing work or school because you’d rather watch porn and jerk off then that’s a problem. A therapist would be the best person to talk to about that if you do have an addiction.

If you’re just masturbating a few times a week then carry on, enjoy yourself and don’t feel guilty.

I’m basically only on windows these days because I have a windows mixed reality vr headset and I don’t know how well that would play with Linux.

Excellent game. I really enjoyed my time with Slay the Princess. The voice acting was top notch, I really enjoyed working out what was going on and finding my way to the ending.

Everyone dies. Only certainty of life.

As part of my job in the hospital I often interact with dying people and their families. Palliative care - caring for people in the last period of their lives, in the UK focuses on patient experience and patient priorities. We generally aim for as pain free and as comfortable an end as possible and have medication which can usually make this a possibility.

The dying process for most people is a lot like falling asleep. They get more and more sleepy and spend less time awake. Eventually they go to sleep and the breathing starts changing with bigger gaps between breaths and eventually the breathing stops.

If it’s done well it’s a peaceful process with minimal pain and agitation.

If this is something you are concerned about it might be worth talking to your doctor about it. We have the RESPECT process in the UK which is a guided conversation about things important to the patient around the end of their life with medical recommendations for what is appropriate (not every treatment is appropriate for every patient).

Googly eyes on everything!