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New comment by bts327 in "In kids, EEG monitoring of consciousness safely reduces anesthetic use"

bts327 — Sun, 04 May 2025 19:22:03 +0000

Good day to you.

New comment by bts327 in "In kids, EEG monitoring of consciousness safely reduces anesthetic use"

bts327 — Sun, 04 May 2025 17:46:36 +0000

I’m good here. Thanks.

New comment by bts327 in "You are what you read, even if you don't always remember it"

bts327 — Thu, 25 Apr 2024 13:36:42 +0000

This is it, combined with the points brought forth by the parent. Like all things, a healthy balance seems to be the optimal strategy. Life’s a journey; good idea to plan but the people and places you find off the beaten path are often the most rich and rewarding.

New comment by bts327 in "The darker side of being a doctor (2017)"

bts327 — Sun, 14 Apr 2024 05:54:50 +0000

“…doctor roles (e.g. anesthesia)…” Anesthesia has primarily been a nursing role, and it’s been this way since the American civil war. Physicians didn’t really want any part of it early on as it wasn’t very prestigious or lucrative. Nurse anesthetists have historically provided and continue to provide the vast majority of anesthetics, in the US at least.

New comment by bts327 in "Half of Americans now believe that news organizations deliberately mislead them"

bts327 — Thu, 16 Feb 2023 14:48:59 +0000

As evidenced by: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=fzYj11qWb-M

New comment by bts327 in "Activist glues his head to glass covering 'Girl with a Pearl Earring' painting"

bts327 — Thu, 27 Oct 2022 20:28:21 +0000

Likely the case

New comment by bts327 in "The New Era of Nicotine"

bts327 — Mon, 01 Aug 2022 05:29:40 +0000

I have the exact same experience when I quit coffee for any lengthy period of time. Short term withdrawal is hell, then boost of energy and the best sleep of my life consistently every night. Feel great for several weeks then realize how mundane and boring everything is without the buzz, have a cup of coffee and WOW, Im alive again! It's a brutal cycle and I fear I've done irreparable damage to my brain at this point.

As an aside, I highly recommend the Audible book "Caffeine" by Michael Pollan if you haven't already heard it. It's quite brilliant.

New comment by bts327 in "The New Era of Nicotine"

bts327 — Mon, 01 Aug 2022 01:02:17 +0000

Funny, I was addicted to nicotine for around 10 years. I got tired of smelling like smoke and I became really tired of the taste. Decided to quit one day and just stopped and have no desire to go back. It was incredibly easy. That was around 20 years ago. Caffeine/Tea/Coffee I am fiendishly and hopelessly addicted to; having tried numerous times to quit or cut back intake and I always fail.

New comment by bts327 in "Friendships form via shared context, not shared activities"

bts327 — Tue, 31 May 2022 04:31:38 +0000

"Friendships are formed through shared experiences. The more intense and positive the experience and its outcome, the more durable the friendship. Simple as that."

Truly.

New comment by bts327 in "CPM MagnaCut"

bts327 — Mon, 27 Dec 2021 05:10:49 +0000

Not really sure I’d call Larrin “someone off the street.” They guy literally wrote the book on modern knife metallurgy and has a PhD in the science. https://www.amazon.com/Knife-Engineering-Steel-Treating-Geom...

He also has a well known website and is considered one of the worlds leading experts on knife steels and knife craft.

New comment by bts327 in "Arctic Ocean started getting warmer decades earlier than we thought"

bts327 — Tue, 30 Nov 2021 18:20:55 +0000

Propaganda and hyperbole aside, it must be clear to even the most obtuse among us that the earth is a finite system sphere with finite system resources. Even if it isn't as bad as we're being led to believe, the steps we could be taking to mitigate a positive feedback spiraling collapse in the system loop are things we should be doing anyway. I don't see how anyone here can argue that generating millions of one-time-use plastic receptacles is a good idea in any system or in any way sustainable long term, so what is the harm in making the changes we should be making now, as if it were as bad as we're being led to believe?

New comment by bts327 in "Animals changed by proximity to humans"

bts327 — Fri, 20 Aug 2021 22:48:14 +0000

I’m not sure where the idea came from, but Michael Pollan has also propagated in his books this idea that human beings have been domesticated by plants. See, The Botany of Desire.

New comment by bts327 in "LSD and psilocybin increase the fractal dimension of brain activity"

bts327 — Sun, 13 Jun 2021 22:41:24 +0000

Just an amazing comment. As someone who has experienced profound states of psychedelia, and having consumed vast amounts of data pertaining to such experiences, yours may be the most unique and original commentary regarding the topic that I’ve seen yet. Bravo, and I’ll certainly be returning to this comment at a later time and date.

New comment by bts327 in "Teardown of a PC Power Supply"

bts327 — Mon, 24 May 2021 02:44:11 +0000

Am medical professional, if you receive a substantial electrical shock you should seek medical attention ASAP. There is the potential for a lethal arrhythmia to evolve even if you feel relatively fine immediately afterward.