pastabatman

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[–] pastabatman@lemmy.world 6 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

That is not what "all cause mortality" means.

[–] pastabatman@lemmy.world 5 points 4 days ago

This was almost certainly an older style of MRI that didn't use superconductors. You could turn these off and on, but the strength of the magnetic field was much lower that what can be achieved with superconductors.

I also looked up the wind down time and I was mistaken. It's a day long process to wind down and wind back up and MRI and do all of the testing and adjustments, but the loss of the magnetic field happens in a few hours. I edited my post.

[–] pastabatman@lemmy.world 88 points 5 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (9 children)

Radiologist here. There are multiple safety zones (four to be precise) around the machine and extensive screening procedures are required to access the inner zones. The magnet of an MRI is always on and extremely strong. However, you need to be pretty close for it to pull a gun from your hands. Like, less than a few meters. That would be zone 4. He should never have been that close.

The button he pressed is called a quench. It's for life threatening emergencies only. Think "patient trapped between the machine and a metal object." It vents the liquid helium used to keep it superconductive and basically destroys the machine, but the magnetic field dissipates in minutes. There is a way to wind the machine down without destroying it in situations that aren't life threatening or for servicing, but it takes hours for the magnetic field to dissipate and even longer to bring it back.

[–] pastabatman@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

This looks bad, but the last time Jared Hess and Jack Black teamed up we got Nacho Libre, which was good.

[–] pastabatman@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (6 children)

Screen durability and the distracting crease are the two biggest problems with foldables, so they are making a phone where a third of the screen is always unprotected, added an additional crease, and sharpened the radius of both creases. Hard pass for me (and most people), but this is more of a statement piece for their manufacturing and engineering prowess than a mass market product. Hopefully the advances they make will improve single fold devices.

[–] pastabatman@lemmy.world 59 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Facebook is the reason Trump was elected in the first place (Cambridge Analytica).

[–] pastabatman@lemmy.world 19 points 1 month ago

So heartwarming that these two excessively weird old men managed to find each other ❤️

[–] pastabatman@lemmy.world 22 points 1 month ago (4 children)

It was nowhere near as bad as the reviews suggest. Manny Jacinto was honestly great. The Stranger's helmet design with the metal cables looking like a deranged smile was cool, as was his ability to temporarily disable lightsabers. The new king fu element to the fight scenes was interesting.

[–] pastabatman@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Greetings fellow normal people! What a typical day we're having.

[–] pastabatman@lemmy.world 51 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Remember when Trump was impeached (the second time) and Republicans argued that there was no point since he was about to leave office?

[–] pastabatman@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The uncle Sam image is clearly AI, but the pictures with people in "Swifties for Trump" shirts look real. But there is a "satire" tag on one of them...

Either he believes the images are real, or he knows they are fake and is trying to meme a little. Either way he is a moron. If this forces Taylor's hand to either disavow Trump or just straight endorse Harris, he's cooked.

[–] pastabatman@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

He was in a tough situation. We need to remember the extent of right wing vitriol and hate. Anyone who speaks out against Trump gets death threats. Their concerts would have had protestors outside. Continuing the tour could have been a safety risk for their fans. I'm not saying cancelling everything was the right move, but it's not as simple as "dick riding for Donald Trump."

 

The building where I work is decorated exclusively with art donated by local artists. I think this one is super cool.

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