ThisIsNotHim

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[–] ThisIsNotHim@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 year ago

It's a motorized wheelchair that takes up twice the space and is way more expensive to build.

[–] ThisIsNotHim@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 year ago

That's my understanding of the procedure as well. The other method requires more prep but is quite easy.

If they catch it early they can measure how fast each leg is growing at 6 month intervals (and other measurements). Then they can go in and tell the longer leg to stop.

That procedure can be close to painless. A month with a soft cast and crutches, another month with just crutches, and a third month with no physical activity.

[–] ThisIsNotHim@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I'd be very surprised if it was to become taller. I'd have to watch the clip again, but I only recall seeing the device stretching his pants on one leg.

I know they'll do it to fix leg length discrepancies above a certain threshold, especially if the other procedure isn't viable. I don't know if there's other medical reasons to consider it.

[–] ThisIsNotHim@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 year ago (4 children)

To follow the thread of tangentially related concepts:

The Ilizarov apparatus (caution NSFL). The leg is intentionally broken, then a terrifying cage encourages it to heal in a different size or shape.

I'm not sure how much it's used now, but I was presented with it as patient as a potential option about 20 years ago. It was kind of a "please don't pick this one it's clearly worse" choice. Thankfully they'd done about a decade of prep work to enable me to pick the less extreme option.

[–] ThisIsNotHim@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 year ago

All things which I don't know how to spell are smarter than humans.

Proboscis monkeys are divine beings.

[–] ThisIsNotHim@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 year ago

Or worse: it's in telephone mode now, so obviously you only want the sound from the "call" because there's no other reasons the microphone could be on.

[–] ThisIsNotHim@sopuli.xyz 11 points 1 year ago

Sleater Kinney

Fugazi

Jawbreaker

Rainer Maria

The Thermals

[–] ThisIsNotHim@sopuli.xyz 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What game(s) do you want to talk about? Make a post!

To echo what another person said I came here from /all

[–] ThisIsNotHim@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 year ago

A solid chunk of Philip K Dick's output worked better as movies/TV than as books.

There's definitely something there, but the books feel somewhat unfinished/unpolished. Which makes sense, his books weren't popular in English until after the release of Blade Runner, which coincided with his death. Maybe the popularity of the movie would've given him more time and resources to revise future works.

A Scanner Darkly is the only one where both the book and the movie felt about the same quality.

[–] ThisIsNotHim@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Chittenden county is moderately dense. It has about 25% of the state's population. There's public transit in the form of buses and it seems moderately used. It's a rural state, but not nearly as rural as you seem to think.

In contrast I grew up in a significantly more densely populated suburbs in the greater Boston area. People might use the commuter rail, but I'm not even sure what other public transit even existed. If it's there I've never heard of anyone interacting with it.

[–] ThisIsNotHim@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 year ago

The decision to use Adobe suite is more likely to be a company wide decision. Part of Adobe suite lock-in is also familiarity making things faster. By promoting others, that may help future generations avoid at least part of the problem.

Google services may be much more piecemeal. Even if the boss personally happens to think there's a productivity benefit to using a given search engine, it would be unusual to block others.

Practicing what you preach is sometimes important, but I'm not sure how much it bears on these issues. A single company eschewing either won't make a difference. Getting the public to slowly consider alternatives may.

[–] ThisIsNotHim@sopuli.xyz 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

True but I'd just like to sit and admire the word frugivorous for a moment

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