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  • 14 months' work at the gym and the dinner table

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    I have a recent accomplishment to brag about. I recently got my VO2 max into the ‘Above Average’ range on Apple Watch’s estimate. For a typical guy my age with my exercise habits it would be a no brainer but Im a transplant patient with chronic hemolytic anemia (due to my other obscure genetic enzyme deficiency). Given that VO2 max is a product of cardiac output and arterial oxygen content and the former is affected by transplant physiology and the latter is capped for me it’s something of a big deal.
  • Christmas memes 2025

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    MikM
    Yule like it!
  • Calibri v. Times New Roman

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    Doctor PhibesD
    Why don't they use the 'We The People' font? Maybe it's too gay?
  • The Godfather’s Cat

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    HoraceH
    I thought it was CGI.
  • First time for everything

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    HoraceH
    I picked up a prescription yesterday from a young looking Asian girl, I have to say girl because to me, "lady" or "woman" seem wrong. But since she's a pharmacy tech, or maybe even a pharmacist, I'm sure she was at least mid 20s. Anyway, she was stunning. From what I could tell through the drive through window at least. Which is enough to infer everything I couldn't see.
  • Good morning from Miraflores

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    89th8
    Street view! [image: 1765379394347-b14d348b-2c4b-4b7d-a5e1-94763521ce11-image.png]
  • My AI Training

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    MikM
    @Axtremus said in My AI Training: ![alt text](image url)@Mik said in My AI Training: ... but you still have to amass and feed it the data. Where it can help you is you can train it to do normal engineering reports where you just put in the parameters and it does all the verbalization for you. But it can't amass data it hasn't been given. That's another concern ... how do you know the data you feed it will not leak outside your data security enclave? You don't. Exactly why I stay away from cloud storage as much as possible.
  • Nobel Peace Prize Laureate is….

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    @jon-nyc said in Nobel Peace Prize Laureate is….: Smart girl. [image: 1760119847208-img_8204.jpeg] she seems to be missing? off the grid? news conference with her in Oslo was cancelled...?
  • The Ukraine war thread

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    MikM
    Which should have happened long ago.
  • Did something new today…

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    MikM
    Yeah, when we bought our 2006 Odyssey I pooh-poohed Janet for wanting the heated seats. Now on our Murano I LOVE the heated seats and steering wheel.
  • Charlie Kirk Shot

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    jon-nycJ
    Me too. Though there is a minor caveat that he’s repeating what another person outlined. Still he must find it to be at least an intriguing possibility to forward it.
  • Move over, MLK Jr

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    @jon-nyc said in Move over, MLK Jr: Of which the geezers birthday isn’t one, yet.
  • The Netflix-Warner Bros acquisition is of Paramount Importance

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    jon-nycJ
    That reminds me of Steve Forbes (remember him?). He of course was the son of Malcom Forbes, the founder of the then-empire. He recognized the nepotism involved and once said in a debate something like ‘let’s just say I came to management’s attention rather early’.
  • And then there were 12

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    89th8
    I thought this was about JMU making the top 12 in college football playoffs
  • 3 hours and 42 minutes

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    89th8
    Odd. I fly Delta all the time and have a nearly flawless experience with them. Reliability, the app, cleanliness, service... I say odd because my friend flew Delta this weekend to come watch the Redskins lose to the Vikings, his flight here was delayed 6.5 hours (two deplane events, two mechanical issues) and then last night on his way home it was delayed 1.5 hours, although admittedly it was somewhat related to de-icing.
  • Trump Pardons

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    jon-nycJ
    Yeah told him next time he’s on his own.
  • Variable Pricing on Instacart

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    MikM
    Instacart's business model has been to gouge the customer since day one. I won't use them. There was talk about Kroger using variable pricing, but I see no evidence they ever actually did it.
  • Retro by Sec. Trans.

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    @Doctor-Phibes said in Retro by Sec. Trans.: A bunch of mf's who always fly first class or in private jets have decided they're going to improve our experience. What about free alcohol, shit-for-brains? I don't think that is the solution.
  • 7.6 magnitude earthquake in northern Japan

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    MikM
    Saw that yesterday. every time one hit when I was in CA I was in a vehicle and didn't feel it.