Aura V. @auravulpes@computerfairi.es

It's almost as bad as every time I've tried to save my FurAffinity profile using C-x C-s

Love when I try to close something using Win+Shift+Q while I'm using Windows :P

I just heard an anti-vaping ad say that the vapour can contain "cyanide or even acetone", as though acetone, a relatively mild solvent that is generally recognized as safe in small quantities in food, is more dangerous than cyanide, which most people realize is a fairly potent poison. I get you're trying to use chemophobic scaremongering, but come the fuck on.

Pro tip of the day: If you need to turn torx screws (as long as they aren't security torx), but don't have a torx driver, a tri-wing or flathead will work in a pinch. Both are well suited to the job thanks to compatible driver geometry (aka torx are 6-pointed, and both 2 (flathead) and 3 (tri-wing) are factors thereof). Don't use a phillips driver, though. That will only end in suffering.

So, capsaicin (among other things) stimulates heat receptors and wintergreen (among other things) stimulates cold receptors. Does this means that spicy foods get objectively spicier when made hotter and minty foods get objectively mintier when made colder? I mean, I think the former is a thing, at least subjectively. Is the latter a thing? And, like, is either due to increased activity on the receptors the chemicals activate?

So, I've got that problem (I'm sure it has a proper name) whereby I'll accidentally swap the first letters of some phrases or compound words (for instance, a common one for me is saying "hot water heater" as "wot hotter heater"). That just came back to bite me *while trying to do it intentionally*. I tried to say "yumberlard", only to actually say "lumberyard" properly.

A minor correction to my post here. Nothing major, but I did get the heartbeat slightly wrong. Q is actually a small downwave at the beginning of the QRS complex. My point still stands, particularly as I got most of the ECG right, but it's worth correcting. Also, there's something called a U wave. Not majorly important, usually doesn't even show up, but, that's there, in case you cared.

@noiob Good an excuse as any for not becoming a zombie

@noiob Not necessarily oh no. This is the closest match to that arrhythmia I can find: sinus bradycardia. It can happen in healthy folks (athletes, for instance), though it could also be due to some problem. So, maybe oh no, but maybe fine

Now, that said, it does seem similar to the ECG output corresponding to 3rd degree heart block (shown below). Something tells me, though, that the game devs didn't do that on purpose and kinda just drew what they thought a heartbeat looks like.

Here's an ECG from a game, with a rough scribbled on normal heartbeat for comparison. Notice how the game's ECG lacks a T wave and seemingly is missing that Q interval (or it has no P wave and 2 RS complexes). This bugs me intensely.

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You know how sometimes you learn about something and suddenly you can't stop seeing every instance of it being done completely wrong? Yeah, that's me and ECGs right now. I've learned the structure of a normal ECG output, and so now I can't see (incorrect) fictional ECG output without going "Wait a second, that's not how those work!"

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Yesterday, I walked to a nearby park only to discover a depressing scene. Today, I walked back with my phone to document it.

I love generic honor society invites. "I'd like to commend you for your hard work last semester." Bitch, I took a fucking medical withdrawal last semester, who the fuck are you tryin' to kid?