pastabatman

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[–] pastabatman@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

That is not what "all cause mortality" means.

[–] pastabatman@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

This was almost certainly an older style of MRI that didn't use superconductors. You could turn these off and on, but the strength of the magnetic field was much lower that what can be achieved with superconductors.

I also looked up the wind down time and I was mistaken. It's a day long process to wind down and wind back up and MRI and do all of the testing and adjustments, but the loss of the magnetic field happens in a few hours. I edited my post.

[–] pastabatman@lemmy.world 89 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (9 children)

Radiologist here. There are multiple safety zones (four to be precise) around the machine and extensive screening procedures are required to access the inner zones. The magnet of an MRI is always on and extremely strong. However, you need to be pretty close for it to pull a gun from your hands. Like, less than a few meters. That would be zone 4. He should never have been that close.

The button he pressed is called a quench. It's for life threatening emergencies only. Think "patient trapped between the machine and a metal object." It vents the liquid helium used to keep it superconductive and basically destroys the machine, but the magnetic field dissipates in minutes. There is a way to wind the machine down without destroying it in situations that aren't life threatening or for servicing, but it takes hours for the magnetic field to dissipate and even longer to bring it back.

[–] pastabatman@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

This looks bad, but the last time Jared Hess and Jack Black teamed up we got Nacho Libre, which was good.

[–] pastabatman@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago (6 children)

Screen durability and the distracting crease are the two biggest problems with foldables, so they are making a phone where a third of the screen is always unprotected, added an additional crease, and sharpened the radius of both creases. Hard pass for me (and most people), but this is more of a statement piece for their manufacturing and engineering prowess than a mass market product. Hopefully the advances they make will improve single fold devices.

[–] pastabatman@lemmy.world 22 points 2 months ago (4 children)

It was nowhere near as bad as the reviews suggest. Manny Jacinto was honestly great. The Stranger's helmet design with the metal cables looking like a deranged smile was cool, as was his ability to temporarily disable lightsabers. The new king fu element to the fight scenes was interesting.

[–] pastabatman@lemmy.world 11 points 3 months ago

Right? There's no way it costs more money to run Tinder than Netflix, and Netflix is profitable at like $15 per month.

[–] pastabatman@lemmy.world 48 points 3 months ago (6 children)

I don't mind the concept of dating apps, but nearly all of the useful features are paywalled. I also wouldn't mind paying a few bucks for a service I find useful, but the prices are outrageous.

[–] pastabatman@lemmy.world 28 points 3 months ago (1 children)

The hackers sent the documents to Politico from an AOL.com email address with the name "Robert" lmao

[–] pastabatman@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I'm super excited for the mobile version but also worried about my future productivity

[–] pastabatman@lemmy.world 14 points 3 months ago

They definitely deserve this. Still, I hope their fab business works out because we need another high end fab (especially a US based one). It's exorbitantly expensive, too much for anyone but an established player to enter the market.

 

The building where I work is decorated exclusively with art donated by local artists. I think this one is super cool.

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