Huh, a TIL within a TIL! :D I came across this systematic review (https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4622344/). Looks like for cortisone <6mg is the sweet spot.
RA... oof. That shit is a curse*, a giant FU from the universe. I hope you get the relief/management you need. Tangential: does the prednisone get you all hyper?
*My aunt had it. In my pre-teens, my mother sent me to live with and care for her in final years (it wasn't the RA that got her), so I deeply empathize with your health struggles.
Bruddah/sistah/non-binaryah, I know your pain intimately. I got my first shot in the knee 3 months ago. "And to think... I hesitated." Sending warm recovery thoughts your way. What kind of physical therapy regimen does the sawbones have you on?
Season has... begun? Are you implying that grilling season ever ends?
As we pick up speed, the wind noise quickly becomes very loud,
For those of you who bothered by wind noise, check out Cat Ears (https://www.cat-ears.com/). They break up laminar airflow over the ears. For me, long rides are way less mentally fatiguing, and I get to hear more of everything. Also, as @hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com suggested, a mirror of some kind gives you that rearview awareness. There are tons of designs to choose; it's just a matter of finding what works for you.
Fully agreed. We've all had those colleagues, and their lack of deep understanding of memory management propagates up the stack. </bad pun> Can a developer know only managed frameworks and still be good at their job? Absolutely, but in my experience they are the rarity. I think it is tricky to truly understand, say, garbage collection, reference/dereference, etc without understanding direct memory management.
Extending the driver aid metaphor, features such as ABS, traction control, and lane assist allow good drivers to use their finite attention on quality, rapid decisions. But those good drivers know how to handle the edge cases where the machine fails or is unable to handle the current situation. Managed frameworks are a bucket of super sweet driver aids. There are good reasons why .NET added pointers, because sometimes we need to disable the traction control. Weird COM Interops leap to mind. Sometimes you just need to grab control of that array and be able to do so in memory-safe ways.
And to throw myself under this bus, could I whiteboard a doubly-linked list in C++ with needed methods? Gawd, no, not in the time allotted to a tech interview. But I could spot the bugs in one in seconds.
If you're looking to network within software development communities, a user group is a good starting point. For example, I am a .NET software engineer, and the Portland Area .NET User Group was instrumental in building out my PacNW professional network. Plus their meetups are generally a fun time.
Look for API meetups in your area, it doesn't matter what kind of APIs. Even if you have no interest in API development, API meetups are usually run by Developer Relations (DevRel) engineers. It is the job of DevRels to help software engineers become better and to connect people to resources. Source: used to be a DevRel.
And even if you live in a small or low-density region, there is probably some kind of computer users, web development, and IT group. Again, even if you're not exactly interested in those aspects, these people tend to know senior or principal software engineers who can either connect you to resources or directly take you on for mentoring.
All that said, I frequently say "we are not meant to engineer alone," however self-motivation is a prerequisite to programming and software engineering. Go to the library and immerse yourself in some books on software development; off the top of my head: "Modern C++ Programming with Test-Driven Development," Refactoring, Design Patterns, "The Pragmatic Programmer," "Code Complete," "The Missing Readme," "Object Oriented Analysis and Design with Applications." A lot of these are going to go over your head at first, but just take a look at them.
Some people will take issue that I suggest learning C++ first, but I've been at this a while (34 years). I liken it to learning to drive a manual transmission car with no synchromesh. The difference between a software engineer who understands memory pointers and one who learned only managed languages is always immediately apparent.
Good luck out there.
Want to demolish a regime? It's gonna take a lot more than a vote. But waiting for a perfect candidate is a sure way to lose. The worldwide fash uprising didn't happen within a single voting cycle; this was a concerted, multi-front effort on the part of Conservatives and oligarchs (see: "Evil Geniuses," by Kurt Andersen). In the United States, that movement probably started in earnest with the Powell Memorandum, but can trace its roots much further to psy-ops like the Red Scare and covert ops like COINTELPRO. Coincidentally, note the dates of when COINTELPRO was revealed and when the Powell Memorandum ("an excess of democracy") was written/disclosed.
Get out from behind the keyboard (yep, I'm calling myself out on that one, too), get out and about in your community, talk to people, organize, unionize, seek out common ground with people, build a bigger table instead of bigger fences. We didn't get into this shit overnight; we're not getting out of it without decades of work and probably bloodshed. The faster we want the change, the more of our own individual blood we need to be willing to invest, while being careful to avoid the exact mistakes that always happen when people demolish regimes. And count on more COINTELPRO-like opposition at every turn. The oligarchy have lots of motivation and money to invest in keeping us divided.
Right? Shit like this almost feels like... a psy-op to keep the left divided against itself. And then we ape-brains conveniently spread such content to soothe our egos via complex purity tests.
Seriously folks, I get we all want to hold the absolute moral high ground, but we're all losing the war because of letting psy-ops divide us. "Oh, I wouldn't fall for any of that." Bull. Fucking. Shit.
~~Pay attention to when~~ Be wary of messaging that pits you against people with whom you actually have more in common than in opposition. When we wait for perfectly aligned allies, we die alone. And when we propagate and perpetuate divisive content, we're just doing the fash's job for them.
There's so much I love about Aurora. Every time I boot up my video editing laptop or rendering desktop, it's like... slipping into a hot tub on a cold winter night.
My partner surprised me with a Yuto Omura's Japanese cuisine cookbook. I've been trying his recipes from his site (https://sudachirecipes.com/) and YT channel for about a year now. Every single recipe of his I tried has been an absolute slam dunk, sometimes helping me solve a particular recipe I've been trying to dial in for years (or decades). "Hm, sure, I'll get around to buying his cookbook at some point."
Oh, wow, I wish I'd gotten this book sooner.
There are elucidating primers and explanations, beautiful photographs, and just enough text to get you to your destination. The book + site + YT channel are force multipliers for each other. Even though I was using his website a lot, there are some recipe refinements in the book as he found tweaks and improvements. Yamitsuki (https://sudachirecipes.com/izakaya-salted-cabbage/), for example, has some tweaks in the book that I would have never imagined on my own.
And if you've never made yamitsuki, do yourself a huge favor. The website version of the recipe has been my most requested side ever. That shit gets mowed. down. Every time. Omura isn't kidding when he calls it addictive.
In addition to the great content, this is one of the best designed cookbooks I own: lay flat binding, two bookmark ribbons, a serious index (rather than an afterthought jammed into as few pages as possible), and a matte finish on the pages so that your fingerprints don't muck up the images. A lot of thought went into making a cookbook that people would want to use.
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Braised lamb hindshank on Punjab coconut cream curry with cashew, apricot, kale, and peas. The lamb is from a local rancher. Coconut cream is what I had available, which was almost too rich. Oh, who am I kidding? Coconut cream was amazing!
I prefer soltanas for this kind of curry, but apricots are what I had; the substitution worked great. I seared and braised the shank in a little bit of lamb stock I made from another meal, then crisped it up under the broiler right before plating. The result was crispy, creamy, almost-fall-off-the-bone meat.
As a sidenote for anyone else trying to rein in their grocery bill but are tired of ground beef/chicken/pork, shanks + curries are my go-to when I want a hearty, satisfying dinner that makes great use of whatever is available. The disadvantage of this is that the leftover bones are not really suitable for stocks; too much of the minerals tend to leech out resulting in yucky metallic notes in the stock. Rice would stretch this out, but we're trying to bring our blood markers into normal range, so we've been scaling way back on the straight carbs.
Broth base was a stock made from bones from a prime rib roast, turkey carcass, chicken carcass, pork bones, ham hock, reduced pastrami cooking liquor, kombu, and mirepoix. Not the traditional tantanmen base, but the results were worth the effort. Also, the single ham hock somehow initially overwhelmed the pastrami liquor. :D Had to tweak things a bit.
The tare was Japanese dark soy sauce, ground sesame, roasted tahini, peanut butter, leek, and homemade chili oil.
Toppings are pork shoulder "chashu" crisped up under the broiler before serving, seasoned ground pork, ajitsuke tamago, and roasted ground cashews.
I have a Roxim Z3EK bicycle headlight. This light is supposed to have a low and high beam function, but I can only get the low beam to work. So far, I have tried:
I emailed the manufacturer asking for a wiring diagram, but no response.
I appreciate any guidance y'all might have. Thanks!
Last summer the LBS gave me this old Rodriguez that was part of a batch of bikes they got from an estate sale. I just "completed" it yesterday. Even in its neglected state, it felt soooo good. Also, since it was from the original era of Rodriguez, it merits all the love.
How I got it:
The original TA 50.4 BCD crank was ruined because it was over-torqued to the point of rubbing the frame. Not the biggest issue since 50.4 chainring selection has been problematic for decades.
I stripped it down, cleaned it thoroughly, touched up the paint dings, and put clear film on all the wear points. I'm not a fan of blue on bicycles, but this metal flake blue really grabs me. 
The handcut lugs and brazed cable guides are also a pretty detail.
Upgrades:
What I kept:
What I'm going to change:
Part of the fun of these old bikes is the by-hook-or-by-crook refurbishing journey. The networking and human connection involved in bringing this bike to its rideable state... it absolutely took a village. I found fellow retrogrouches in my small city. I helped the LBS resolve a bunch of their computer network problems. Old components that were languishing in a box got a new life on a bike that will be ridden. Seeing this in the sun, feeling it on the pavement, all that frustration turns to joy.
Special callout to Classic Cycle in Bainbridge Island WA USA: (https://classiccycleus.com/museum/bikes/). They are a seriously cool museum bike shop. They have encyclopedic knowledge and a ridiculous NOS parts selection. For being such a tiny shop, it's absolutely worth the trip. Be sure to say hi to Tullio, the friendly chill shop kitty.
My triumphant return to fishing after a 35 year hiatus is a resounding success! I think I'm ready to go pro. :D
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Well, don't just leave the rest of us dull folk hanging! What all did you install? I see a Deore triple crank and Alivio (Altus? Acera?) front derailleur.