True story. I sub contracted with another agency for a new startup and we wanted to have a pre-release for a small audience and the app was outright rejected by Apple for this same reason. My final milestone for said agency was tied to releasing the app to the store… still salty (and wiser) about that.
My mother had immunotherapy treatment last year for lung cancer. It caused a lethal arrhythmia within 24 hours that they could not treat. She was dead by the end of that day. The cardiologist said this was a known side effect (he muttered 5% as she lay there). It's still not a perfect solution.
To be fair, not knowing your mother's age or cancer, 5% is right around the mortality rate for major surgery in the elderly too. Things are just dangerous as you approach end of life and there are no good solutions for anything.
What are the odds of chemo sucking every moment of joy out of your life and then you die anyway.
I think I could deal with 20:1 odds if I had a clean before and after. Tell everyone you love them, hope to see them soon, then take your 95% chance of having an extra few years.
That's pretty much what happens when you get a stemcell transplant. Luckily there is steady improvement in the survival rate. This is a very old therapy by now of course. But let's hope the various form of immuno therapy take the same trajectory, getting a little better every year.
Hank Green just did a follow-up about a question about “who has the most DNA”, where he back pedaled heavily on his previous attempt to answer.
I learned, as he had, that sometimes bone marrow transplants don’t take and one option is to administer another, or several, which could make you much more chimeric than the average stem cell recipient. But I don’t understand how the marrows don’t end up fighting each other in a death match. Is that a special property of marrow?
I have not built anything novel — just utilizing community projects have been a wonderful improvement at home:
1. Ratgdo for the garage door
2. Esphome EcoNet for my water heater
3. Off the shelf Sonoff switches for some holiday lighting.
All of this is tied with a bow via Home Assistant.
Same boat here. When my 2nd child was around 5 was diagnosed with SPD (desires heavy input, sometimes auditory stimming) and autism. This is a journey and would recommend doing some reading. I can't recommend "The Power of Neurodiversity" by Armstrong enough to understand how every individual's mind works.
Each area (picky eating, social transitions) requires patience for incremental improvements. Also note that many of our social norms (at least in the USA) are not exactly fair to those neurodiverse individuals. Sometimes, self-awareness (when the child is older) will help as well.
Good luck and don't forget to love your child for who they are.
I have the exact same sentiment when it comes to the Baratza line of products. I have the Preciso, which is similar to the Encore. I have rebuilt parts of it twice and you could build a unit from parts if so desired. In fact, they should consider offering DIY editions ala Frame.work for enthusiasts.
It's at the hard sci fi end of the spectrum, compared to Star Trek and Star Wars, but not as hard edged as TE, but get close. They have FTL and artificial gravity, but the space combat portrays pretty decent zero-g manoeuvring and combat tactics. Some of the space battles are among the best ever committed to screen, and the most realistic before TE anyway although some Babylon 5 fans might argue. The CGI was a good generation or two better than B5 though and still looks great.
There is some science fudging for sure, and I have to warn you later on it gets more and more metaphysical and ambiguous. The last season turned some fans off, but it really didn't bother me. I'd have rather is stayed more grounded, but even right to the end the characters and the storytelling carried me through. Some of it's tough watching, a few of the characters really go through the grinder.
I'd highly advise checking some clips on Youtube, and maybe check out the Spacedock channel's analysis of some of the battles.
If you like anything in the spacefaring sci-fi genre and haven't yet watched the 2000's iteration of Battlestar Galactica, you're in for one hell of a treat.
Be forewarned. It is very difficult to avoid binge-watching the show.
I did like Expanse, but I tried to watch a few of the older Star Trek and/or Star Wars movies (don't remember the difference), and I didn't like them at all.
