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The heartburn has been quite minor, and only at night. Tums has been plenty for controlling it. (But I don't have GERD.) The heartburn itself is definitely not the cause of the wei…

I'm also on one of these drugs (Tirzepatide) and have been for a few months. The first time I remember knowing I was fat was when a babysitter made fun of me for it at age 6. I've …

I asked my doctor about it and they prescribed it. They had previously prescribed Wegovy/semaglutide but it’s very supply constrained right now so I was never able to actually take…

I’m not on semaglutide, but I am on tirzepatide (aka Mounjaro), which is the newest drug in the same class. Honestly, it’s like a miracle. I’ve been fat since I was 6 years old. I’…

I was recently contracted to help with a (very small!) Mac app written in SwiftUI where they had hit a hard wall on implementing a couple fundamental UI features and needed that pa…

Swift is pretty good at this. e.g.: Task.sleep(nanoseconds: 3e11)

You're in the minority, is the thing. Most computer users don't use multiple platforms on a regular basis. That's something that's really only common among some very specific niche…

Not 100% sure about cars, but houses were cheaper. Interest rates being higher means that the monthly payment on a given mortgage amount is higher, meaning the house price that an …

I don't really bring my desktop computers in sketchy situations where they might get wet. They tend to sit in the exact same spot on my desk in my office for their entire lifetime.…

I'm someone you would describe as "anti 2A". I still think the "defense against home invasion" style argument is mostly nonsense. It's super rare, and I don't think the benefits of…