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Blood pressure varies significantly throughout the day and is often measured incorrectly at doctors offices. It's a good idea to get a home cuff BP machine and keep track of it you…

Chris Spargo video that covers some of this history: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6h1Al7pJf4

Lin Brehmer of WXRT Chicago was really good, he died not too long ago though. Since then I almost never turn the radio on in the car. Iggy pop does a great show on BBC radio 6 (onl…

Wow! I had a Dragon 32 back in the day :)

More scientists need to get into politics?

What about the 4000 Square employees that just got the boot?

I didn't fully realize how much pain there was until I started delegating the coding to AI. It's very freeing. Unfortunately I think this will soon lead to mass layoffs.

If you enjoy your job your employer is able to exploit you more?

I thought its decline was due to Perl's confusing syntax. That's what caused me to move away from it anyway.

I wonder if they could test this by comparing blood pressures of older folks in Australia with those in other countries since I hear they really like beetroot there :)

Yes, other states have it you can Google for a list.

Thanks, was scratching my head and thinking that a baby's side isn't always peaceful.

*Tatham

I'd guess maybe 10-20% improvement for me.

Late 50's and still enjoying it. Are there some frustrating days? Sure. But overall it's fine and is relatively well paid. It helps to have one or two co-workers that you get along…

Where is the evidence that we're in hyperinflation?

I've been interested to see some small (1 acre-ish) solar panel installations popping up on local farmland near me in Northwest Indiana. I'm a bit surprised because although we get…

That is a very weird and troubling article.

I've also noticed that they give you a very short time to explain your problem and symptoms and it's not unusual for them to be misinterpreted and/or misunderstood. Sometimes assum…

I get the impression that Amtrak is itself a tourist attraction, as opposed to a practical means of transportation.

Just wanted to say thank you and farewell. You are in good hands with hospice.

That's the one reservation I have about reading. When you're reading you aren't living, in a sense.

Kurt Vonnegut wrote something similar about doing art of any kind.

This might be the exception that proves the rule but I used to work for an outfit that made a school website product (SaaS) and they seemed to be making plenty of money.

What about the missing comma at the end of the first line? :)