Thank you for the information, but I wasn’t so much concerned about the details as enjoying the revelation that a comic strip from my childhood suddenly made sense.
Merry Christmas, in case that applies for you!
Thank you for the information, but I wasn’t so much concerned about the details as enjoying the revelation that a comic strip from my childhood suddenly made sense.
Merry Christmas, in case that applies for you!
I fairly recently learned that they sell covers that go over laptops so you can move between employers and bring your sticker collection with you (and bonus, not annoy your IT department as much).
I didn’t know that! I guess now I have to watch the movie again. What a shame.
That movie is also how I discovered Jimmy Eat World, Ryan Reynolds, Ryan Reynolds’ ass, and - as I was just entering manhood at the time - quite a lot of other things.
Van Wilder?
I’ve never seen or heard that word, but it makes me think of X-Men.
There was a ketchup “anticipation” marketing campaign?
Suddenly a particular Foxtrot comic strip makes a lot more sense.
For stupid, obscure reasons, this reminds me of the Predator franchise.
Apparently they were reliable.
Nice! Not to one-up (or one down) you or anything, but my HDD was 6.4GB. Last time I tested that drive (which was admittedly a few years ago), it even still worked. It was a Quantum drive, a brand I’ve otherwise not heard of, but one which was apparently notable enough to to get its own Wikipedia page.
A CD of “funny pictures”? Even with ancient tech, that must have been a crazy number of pictures, funny or otherwise.
I’m not doubting your claim, I’m just impressed by your commitment. I also had a huge amount of “funny pictures” and a dodgy Internet connection, but I didn’t have any friends, so I setup DDNS to host pictures that no one but I would ever see.
I leave you with this funny picture: https://xkcd.com/512/
edit: I forgot, before I used DDNS, I put many of my pictures on an Angelfire account used by my friend’s StarCraft clan. At the time I didn’t realize Angelfire was free, at least at that tier, and was unable to convince my parents to pay for one. Even with our piddly 28.8 connection, it was worth it. This was, I think, the last image I uploaded there (sorry about the reddit link):
edit 2: At least for me, the reddit link didn’t work. Here’s another version of the same picture:
I had basically the same thought. I don’t sleep well now and I didn’t then.
However, it turns out they don’t need much data. The night they did my first sleep study, I woke up a number of times in the double digits in an amount of time that was so annoying to them that they gave up and sent me home early. They were still able to affect a diagnosis (and back it up with quantifiable data, lest you think them fakers). A full night of sleep is helpful to them to do things like verify your symptoms, but it seems not that much is needed.
Also, as others have said, you can do an at home study. I did one of those as well (later) and it was just a finger sensor (basically a pulse oximeter) and a sticky pad you put on your chest (which does kinda suck if you have chest hair but isn’t unpleasant or cumbersome otherwise). I trust that test less, but in case you feel you have sleep apnea, it’s less weird and just as likely to get you the equipment you need.
Lots of people describe their CPAP as life changing and I believe them. For me I wouldn’t call it life changing in the traditional sense, but I would describe it as beneficial enough that I recommend one. Even if it were 100% psychosomatic, I would say it helps enough that it’s improved my sleep. I recommend a test to you. Worst case scenario, it’s one unpleasant night to find where you stand. Best case scenario, it really is life changing (and hopefully for the better)! If you have questions, while I’m in no way even remotely an expert, I have been through it and would be happy to answer any to the best of my knowledge.
Please take care of yourself if you can. Your health is worth it.
I regularly find myself too weird a situation, as well.
When I was but a youth, I met someone and asked where they worked. They, too, said “the evil empire” (meaning Walmart) but I, being naive and having recently discovered Linux, said “Microsoft?” They laughed and responded in the affirmative.
I believed that for weeks before a Walmart-specific story came up in conversation.
I think it’s just so an employee can say “that’s in aisle 7” without having to walk you there.
Home Depot has their interiors mapped out on Google Maps.
It’s fantastic. Since they did that I’m pretty sure I’ve never spent more then ten minutes in one unless I wanted to.
Impressive that they were able to generate a pull request with blank screens.