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EV Road Trip Report: Mid-South to Florida

2023.03.20 19:10 kommandarskye EV Road Trip Report: Mid-South to Florida

This sub was really helpful during my purchase process so I thought I would share some feedback in case it helps others considering buying one and/or taking a long trip in one.
Purchase/QMerit Installation
For context, we purchased a new Bolt EV 2023 (2LT) with the infotainment package in Feb. Got very lucky, all the local dealers in Memphis who had listed inventory (of EUVs/EVs) had already been spoken for, some of them still in transit and paid for sight unseen, and nobody seemed especially interested in helping me order one - this seemed to be true out to a 250 mile radius, and even further out for most of Jan. I had one dealer in Arkansas close-by that had an EV en route that they had not yet listed, so after finding a used EUV to test-drive, I put down a deposit and purchased at MSRP with no nonsense add-ons when it came off the train a few weeks later. (Very smooth sales process, feel free to DM me if you want more info)!
I had had a mild preference for the EUV, since the plan was for this to be our daily commuter with two kids in car-seats - but in the end, we find the EV is more than spacious enough. Zero regrets, I kind of prefer the EV's look anyway and while the 3 inches of leg-space would be nice, the better efficiency is worth it.
QMerit install process was smooth, it took a few weeks but Level 1 charging was just fine for daily work/school/shopping (20-30 miles), I think it was adding about 48 miles in 12 hours overnight, the battery never really fell below 50%. The installer quoted a $1700 non-standard install at first but once I e-mailed QMerit customer service about it, they said they would cover it completely. I got them to install an Emporia charger that I'm happy with, had it hardwired which is probably a bit overkill but it does indeed charge at around 11.5Kw. The only real use for the level-2 is getting back from a weekend away close to empty and needing a full charge before an unusually busy weekday of driving; I suppose it extends the life of the dual-level charger which is useful when charging at campgrounds or when staying at others' houses.
Road Trip We took our first long-distance road trip in the car last week for spring break, about 800 miles each way to visit family in Florida.
A few observations in case they are useful to others planning to buy a Bolt and/or to take a long trip in one, esp. in the South:
1) A Better Route Planner is very useful: not sure the premium features are worth it or necessary (but I'm happy to support the developer!). I started out quite conservative (requested arriving SoC at 10%) and pushed that down to 5% on the way back: I think it makes sense to keep it higher because it seems to be around 6-8% that the range will drop to "low" and you get a reduced propulsion message, which you might find stressful (we did the first time, but I believe you should still have 10 miles left at that point).
2) Plugshare seems to be the best place to get up-to-date reviews (most of the major charging stations had check-ins within days of us). Seems to be good etiquette to update if things go well (there were some chargers that had not been checked in for weeks or months and I was concerned about depending on them in case there was some issue) as well as if things go poorly. Especially useful if you are in urgent need of charging, as it will turn up wall outlets and level 2 chargers that are not always in ABRP's route plan.
3) Driving in this region (TN/MS/AL/GA/FL) a lot of your stops will be at Electrify America, often at Walmarts. We never had problems finding a working stall but it was typical for 1-2 out of 4 to have some kind of issue (usually already documented on Plugshare). It charges very quickly under 50% (55 Kw), so the ideal situation is to arrive with <20% charge and get to 80% within an hour. EVGo also worked well the one time we used it. It makes sense to get the monthly plan even for a single trip, I think I saved over $8 on one long charge alone.
4) We typically don't drive continuously for more than 4 hours anyway, so the stopping to charge was not generally an issue. The problem is that you are forced to stop at, well, these particular locations - at best, strip malls in the suburbs of big cities (Memphis, Birmingham, Montgomery, Tallahassee, Jacksonville, Ormond Beach etc.), sometimes just a convenience store or gas station. There are usually a few food options but you are limited to what happens to be available if you want to eat while charging. With small kids in particular, you may only have 1-2 options that can be walked to across a parking lot: twice on our trip, I dropped the family off 0.5-1 mile and walked back over, which wouldn't be so bad if there were pedestrian walkways or cross-walks but there aren't in such places. In contrast, on our ICE road trips, we would detour to state parks for a hike and picnic (e.g.) or stop at any restaurant we wanted, whereas we felt a lot of pressure with the Bolt (for time-efficiency's sake) to make our charging stops our only eating/rest-stops because of how long they were. (To be clear, not all charging stops are long.)
5) Plugshare will also generally give you info on hotel chargers (Kayak and other platforms will let you filter hotels in an area by "EV Charging" amenity), typically level 2 ClipperCreek chargers that will get you a full charge overnight. They are not reservable in advance, and hotels don't always enforce a policy not to park ICE cars there. The first time we stayed at one, four Tesla spots and two ClipperCreek spots right by the entrance were taken up by ICE cars, and we arrived late (after 11PM)... luckily while I was unloading, I happened to notice someone come out for a smoke by his car and he moved it to another spot. The second time, there was clearer signage and the EV spots were less conveniently located so the spot was open despite arriving late in the evening. But if two people happened to need a single charger overnight, there is no obvious way to communicate with one another (perhaps through actively checking in on the Plugshare app and DMing there, leaving a note with the front-desk or a sign on your dashboard with your phone number). It worked out for us this time but I would not rely on getting a full charge at such places in the future.
6) We had no problem stuffing the trunk with enough stuff for a week: three carry-on suitcases, plus bags of books, board-games, sports-gear, swimming/snorkel gear, a couple of violins). We could probably pack more efficiently so I don't see cargo-space as the limiting factor for the trip for a family of four.
Tl;dr. Overall, the trip went well - but I don't think we will be taking the Bolt on a multi-day road trip (400+ mi). Its principally the flexibility of being able to take our long stops wherever we would like that I miss about our ICE road-trips, as well as sleep wherever we would like. Everything worked out as well as it could have for us in every other respect, and obviously we saved a great deal on gas even with paid DCFC. So while I feel slightly uneasy about how close we might have been to losing a few hours here or there due to charging issues (waiting, technical issues, not getting a hotel EV spot etc.), I think the infrastructure is already good enough and improving fast enough, that those concerns are not really the constraint.
What I'd love to see across the South are multiple (2-4) L3 chargers at every interstate rest stop, in main streets in towns on state highways/routes that are not interstates, and at local/state/national parks, as well as at more hotels - that is, enough density of chargers that one can be nearly as thoughtless about them as we are as ICE drivers about plotting routes without thinking of gas station. Neither commercial demand nor local/state/federal policy seem to be quite there yet but as EV adoption continues (esp. of non-Teslas!), I feel optimistic.
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2023.03.20 19:07 Hasstier Android App Update Error

The wife's Android prompted for an update earlier but threw an error. It doesn't update and won't open because it needs to be updated. It's a lovely little circle.
 Feedback v3.108.6 - java.lang.IllegalStateException - UNKNOWN - android Client: android Type: UNKNOWN Tutanota version: 3.108.6 Timestamp (UTC): Mon, 20 Mar 2023 16:41:46 GMT User agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; Android 13; KB2005 Build/RKQ1.211119.001; wv) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/4.0 Chrome/110.0.5481.154 Mobile Safari/537.36 java.lang.IllegalStateException Error message: database not open Stacktrace: java.lang.IllegalStateException: database not open at net.sqlcipher.database.SQLiteDatabase.rawQuery(SQLiteDatabase.java:1954) at net.sqlcipher.database.SQLiteDatabase.query(SQLiteDatabase.java:2943) at de.tutao.tutanota.offline.AndroidSqlCipherFacade.get(AndroidSqlCipherFacade.kt:90) at de.tutao.tutanota.ipc.SqlCipherFacadeReceiveDispatcher.dispatch(SqlCipherFacadeReceiveDispatcher.kt:50) at de.tutao.tutanota.ipc.AndroidGlobalDispatcher.dispatch(AndroidGlobalDispatcher.kt:41) at de.tutao.tutanota.RemoteBridge.invokeMethod(RemoteBridge.kt:153) at de.tutao.tutanota.RemoteBridge.handleMessageFromWeb(RemoteBridge.kt:90) at de.tutao.tutanota.RemoteBridge$initMessageChannel$1$onMessage$1.invokeSuspend(RemoteBridge.kt:58) at kotlin.coroutines.jvm.internal.BaseContinuationImpl.resumeWith(ContinuationImpl.kt:33) at kotlinx.coroutines.DispatchedTask.run(DispatchedTask.kt:106) at kotlinx.coroutines.scheduling.CoroutineScheduler.runSafely(CoroutineScheduler.kt:571) at kotlinx.coroutines.scheduling.CoroutineScheduler$Worker.executeTask(CoroutineScheduler.kt:750) at kotlinx.coroutines.scheduling.CoroutineScheduler$Worker.runWorker(CoroutineScheduler.kt:678) at kotlinx.coroutines.scheduling.CoroutineScheduler$Worker.run(CoroutineScheduler.kt:665) 
Deskop/laptop apps updated fine, as did my own Android phone app. It's only hers that took a faceplant. Cleared the cache and reset data but didn't help. Gonna try an uninstall/reinstall later but figured I'd see if anyone else was having a similar problem.
Edit: added codeblock for easier reading...hopefully.
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2023.03.20 19:06 masterqwerty1 My car keeps stalling (no engine light) Kia Ceed

I have a Kia ProCeed 2.0 crdi 2009 Manual. After I bought it in January I've replaced the timing belt as there was no service history just to be on the safe side. About 2 weeks after the car started randomly stalling while driving under 20..30mph. Sometimes I can just turn it back on and sometimes it won't for about 15 mins. It happened to me abou 6..7 times now.
There was a point where I had to call the recovery service because I was stuck in the middle of the road. The guy came turned the car on and it started fine. The OBD reader didn't find any problems apart from brake switch sensor fault which he then explained it shouldn't cause the car to stall. On the OBD scanner everything was working as it should. I then called my mechanic to check it out and he said the same thing " I don't see anything wrong with the car I even went for a drive and it seems fine" I even told him to replace the fuel and air filter just to be sure its not the problem but that still didn't fix it. I called Kia to see if there are any engine recalls and they said there aren't on your vehicle.
What I am doing now is reseting the ECU by disconnecting the battery to see if that will fix the problem let's hope it does.
Any help of what could be the issue would be appreciated thank you!
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2023.03.20 19:04 Professional_Disk131 Predictmedix (CSE: PMED, OTC: PMEDF, FRA: 3QP) Continues Expansion With High-Margin Revenues

Predictmedix (CSE: PMED, OTC: PMEDF, FRA: 3QP) Continues Expansion With High-Margin Revenues
Predictmedix (CSE: PMED, OTC: PMEDF, FRA: 3QP) announced several updates regarding business expansions in the last couple of weeks. The company that provides workplace health and safety improvements thanks to AP-powered products notably stated it has begun to produce its mobile application for detecting impairment from cannabis and alcohol. Combined with high-margin revenues, there is no doubt why the stock price increases after news is released.

https://preview.redd.it/m0c0d1exoxoa1.png?width=750&format=png&auto=webp&s=6cb0038d5536e75735fc75ab6db005b8abe6cea3
What is the issue?
Over the world, law enforcement and high-risk businesses have struggled with the problem of alcohol and cannabis-related impairment, and the present testing procedures are cumbersome, expensive, and time-consuming. Drug testing businesses have struggled to develop a single product that combines dependability, speed, cost-effectiveness, and non-invasiveness. Businesses and organizations have been dealing with issues for a long time are addressed by the portable solution from Predictmedix, designed for law enforcement agencies and other high-risk mobility industries.
The global workplace safety market is expected to grow at a fast pace. The 13.5% CAGR (Compound Annual Growth Rate) should bring the market’s valuation to USD $26.7B by 2027.
Company Overview
Predictmedix is a rising international provider of fast health assessments, medical supplies, and options for remote patient treatment. The company’s Safe Entry Stations use multispectral cameras to evaluate physiological data patterns and detect indicators of exhaustion, impairment from cannabis or alcohol, infectious disease, and crucial physiological factors. These stations use specialized artificial intelligence (AI). Using multispectral cameras, the company’s Safe Entry Stations may detect indicators of weariness, impairment from alcohol or cannabis use, infectious infections, and other critical physiological factors. Another advantage is the company’s capacity to monitor signs of COVID-19 and other infectious diseases. Because Covid causes distinctive physiological patterns, its solution will be able to identify, evaluate, and then decide whether or not that person is likely to be infected. A real-time examination will decide whether any more testing is necessary. Predictmedix’s AI will learn how new symptoms present novel patterns from which to continue recognizing infection as the virus evolves.
It gives numerous benefits in financial terms. Screening as a Service provides multi-year contracts and high-margin recurring revenue. Safe Entry’s technology is supported and tested (CE Mark and ISO certified). Through innumerable placements and events that received excellent evaluations and were successfully published in peer-reviewed publications, Secure Entry provides organizations all over the world with the confidence and effectiveness they require.

https://preview.redd.it/28q5svpyoxoa1.jpg?width=977&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b33d43e9d7e6f5b9eec7b14b0107f33d726bff91
On March 15, Predictmedix announced it has started manufacturing its AI-powered mobile application that rapidly detects impairment from alcohol and cannabis. In numbers, the screening machine’s processing time takes less than 30 seconds to complete, and has a success rate of over 90%. The Safe Entry was notably tested by 1600 persons at the University of Jakarta, and Indonesia prepares the products for regulatory approval listed as Medical Devices.
“We are happy to announce to our shareholders that we are making very good progress with our portable solution for detecting impairment in individuals. From our research and discussions with high-level contacts, we believe our product will be in high demand in multiple industry verticals worldwide. In 2021, the drug screening market size was valued at over $5.2 Billion with revenue forecasted at over $22 Billion in 20302, making this another lucrative opportunity for Predictmedix.”
Dr. Rahul Kushwah, Chief Operating Officer
Share Structure / Financials
The latest financial statements occurred for the period ending October 31, 2022. On this date, the company issued 119M shares. We also can notice Predictmedix has 7.2M warrants at $0.27 and only 580k options at $0.40. These numbers don’t include the following $610k financing. Indeed on February 13, Predictmedix raised $612k by issuing 12.25M shares at $0.05. Entitled to each share is a $0.10 warrant. The net proceeds issued from the financing will be used for general options including business development and technology upgrades.
The stock price trades at $0.15 (March 18). After witnessing a constant downtrend over 2022, 2023 saw brighter days, notably thanks to commercialization targets. After undergoing a 52-week low of $0.025, PMED pushes towards its 52-week high of $0.21.
The company has made the same amount in gross profit and generated $3.5k in revenue during the quarter. The company experienced a $459 loss in the interim, primarily as a result of consultancy expenditures ($152k), management fees ($80k), and marketing costs ($86k). We can point out that Predictmedix has meager revenue costs, which means that costs will be quickly covered if sales start to come in.

https://preview.redd.it/ugcahld0pxoa1.jpg?width=977&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c3a943544f407b9b6e2f4bb60396286fd03a639a
“In 2023, Predictmedix will be hyper-focused on commercialization, securing high-revenue recurring placements for workplaces in industries such as mining, manufacturing, warehousing, construction, and other industries where employee health and safety remain of high priority.”
As proof of this statement, the company announced a purchase order (March 6, 2023) from DefSpace, a global platform for Defense, Space, and Aerospace. This company will lease four stations, each of which will generate $2.5k per month in recurring revenue for a four-year deal, totalling $500k.
Conclusion
More than ever, Predictmedix (CSE: PMED, OTC: PMEDF, FRA: 3QP) is ready to move from the development to the commercialization phase. The secured contract with DefSpace marks a milestone for the company, and other contracts should follow soon. High margins offer the company to be quickly profitable, and this is something you have to consider about Predictmedix. Many companies have issues with returning a positive EBITDA, and it won’t be the PMED’s case.
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2023.03.20 19:03 Professional_Disk131 Predictmedix (CSE: PMED, OTC: PMEDF, FRA: 3QP) Continues Expansion With High-Margin Revenues

Predictmedix (CSE: PMED, OTC: PMEDF, FRA: 3QP) Continues Expansion With High-Margin Revenues
Predictmedix (CSE: PMED, OTC: PMEDF, FRA: 3QP) announced several updates regarding business expansions in the last couple of weeks. The company that provides workplace health and safety improvements thanks to AP-powered products notably stated it has begun to produce its mobile application for detecting impairment from cannabis and alcohol. Combined with high-margin revenues, there is no doubt why the stock price increases after news is released.

https://preview.redd.it/tzidj8ysoxoa1.png?width=750&format=png&auto=webp&s=48870acdcb797bb73c4e6e79c12fa5b67d8b85f8
What is the issue?
Over the world, law enforcement and high-risk businesses have struggled with the problem of alcohol and cannabis-related impairment, and the present testing procedures are cumbersome, expensive, and time-consuming. Drug testing businesses have struggled to develop a single product that combines dependability, speed, cost-effectiveness, and non-invasiveness. Businesses and organizations have been dealing with issues for a long time are addressed by the portable solution from Predictmedix, designed for law enforcement agencies and other high-risk mobility industries.
The global workplace safety market is expected to grow at a fast pace. The 13.5% CAGR (Compound Annual Growth Rate) should bring the market’s valuation to USD $26.7B by 2027.
Company Overview
Predictmedix is a rising international provider of fast health assessments, medical supplies, and options for remote patient treatment. The company’s Safe Entry Stations use multispectral cameras to evaluate physiological data patterns and detect indicators of exhaustion, impairment from cannabis or alcohol, infectious disease, and crucial physiological factors. These stations use specialized artificial intelligence (AI). Using multispectral cameras, the company’s Safe Entry Stations may detect indicators of weariness, impairment from alcohol or cannabis use, infectious infections, and other critical physiological factors. Another advantage is the company’s capacity to monitor signs of COVID-19 and other infectious diseases. Because Covid causes distinctive physiological patterns, its solution will be able to identify, evaluate, and then decide whether or not that person is likely to be infected. A real-time examination will decide whether any more testing is necessary. Predictmedix’s AI will learn how new symptoms present novel patterns from which to continue recognizing infection as the virus evolves.
It gives numerous benefits in financial terms. Screening as a Service provides multi-year contracts and high-margin recurring revenue. Safe Entry’s technology is supported and tested (CE Mark and ISO certified). Through innumerable placements and events that received excellent evaluations and were successfully published in peer-reviewed publications, Secure Entry provides organizations all over the world with the confidence and effectiveness they require.

https://preview.redd.it/nnybej3uoxoa1.jpg?width=977&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1666c1bd0b8da9e161dde2d93f2b3df9be84ae46
On March 15, Predictmedix announced it has started manufacturing its AI-powered mobile application that rapidly detects impairment from alcohol and cannabis. In numbers, the screening machine’s processing time takes less than 30 seconds to complete, and has a success rate of over 90%. The Safe Entry was notably tested by 1600 persons at the University of Jakarta, and Indonesia prepares the products for regulatory approval listed as Medical Devices.
“We are happy to announce to our shareholders that we are making very good progress with our portable solution for detecting impairment in individuals. From our research and discussions with high-level contacts, we believe our product will be in high demand in multiple industry verticals worldwide. In 2021, the drug screening market size was valued at over $5.2 Billion with revenue forecasted at over $22 Billion in 20302, making this another lucrative opportunity for Predictmedix.”
Dr. Rahul Kushwah, Chief Operating Officer
Share Structure / Financials
The latest financial statements occurred for the period ending October 31, 2022. On this date, the company issued 119M shares. We also can notice Predictmedix has 7.2M warrants at $0.27 and only 580k options at $0.40. These numbers don’t include the following $610k financing. Indeed on February 13, Predictmedix raised $612k by issuing 12.25M shares at $0.05. Entitled to each share is a $0.10 warrant. The net proceeds issued from the financing will be used for general options including business development and technology upgrades.
The stock price trades at $0.15 (March 18). After witnessing a constant downtrend over 2022, 2023 saw brighter days, notably thanks to commercialization targets. After undergoing a 52-week low of $0.025, PMED pushes towards its 52-week high of $0.21.
The company has made the same amount in gross profit and generated $3.5k in revenue during the quarter. The company experienced a $459 loss in the interim, primarily as a result of consultancy expenditures ($152k), management fees ($80k), and marketing costs ($86k). We can point out that Predictmedix has meager revenue costs, which means that costs will be quickly covered if sales start to come in.

https://preview.redd.it/ew5gb0dvoxoa1.jpg?width=977&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5d72339af833d70d4f29169bb30879993ff36abf
“In 2023, Predictmedix will be hyper-focused on commercialization, securing high-revenue recurring placements for workplaces in industries such as mining, manufacturing, warehousing, construction, and other industries where employee health and safety remain of high priority.”
As proof of this statement, the company announced a purchase order (March 6, 2023) from DefSpace, a global platform for Defense, Space, and Aerospace. This company will lease four stations, each of which will generate $2.5k per month in recurring revenue for a four-year deal, totalling $500k.
Conclusion
More than ever, Predictmedix (CSE: PMED, OTC: PMEDF, FRA: 3QP) is ready to move from the development to the commercialization phase. The secured contract with DefSpace marks a milestone for the company, and other contracts should follow soon. High margins offer the company to be quickly profitable, and this is something you have to consider about Predictmedix. Many companies have issues with returning a positive EBITDA, and it won’t be the PMED’s case.
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2023.03.20 19:02 Professional_Disk131 Predictmedix (CSE: PMED, OTC: PMEDF, FRA: 3QP) Continues Expansion With High-Margin Revenues

Predictmedix (CSE: PMED, OTC: PMEDF, FRA: 3QP) Continues Expansion With High-Margin Revenues
Predictmedix (CSE: PMED, OTC: PMEDF, FRA: 3QP) announced several updates regarding business expansions in the last couple of weeks. The company that provides workplace health and safety improvements thanks to AP-powered products notably stated it has begun to produce its mobile application for detecting impairment from cannabis and alcohol. Combined with high-margin revenues, there is no doubt why the stock price increases after news is released.

https://preview.redd.it/31kqc9fhixoa1.png?width=750&format=png&auto=webp&s=20e3bb1348cc6bc599ff40baad25a4c6c9d1f303
What is the issue?
Over the world, law enforcement and high-risk businesses have struggled with the problem of alcohol and cannabis-related impairment, and the present testing procedures are cumbersome, expensive, and time-consuming. Drug testing businesses have struggled to develop a single product that combines dependability, speed, cost-effectiveness, and non-invasiveness. Businesses and organizations have been dealing with issues for a long time are addressed by the portable solution from Predictmedix, designed for law enforcement agencies and other high-risk mobility industries.
The global workplace safety market is expected to grow at a fast pace. The 13.5% CAGR (Compound Annual Growth Rate) should bring the market’s valuation to USD $26.7B by 2027.
Company Overview
Predictmedix is a rising international provider of fast health assessments, medical supplies, and options for remote patient treatment. The company’s Safe Entry Stations use multispectral cameras to evaluate physiological data patterns and detect indicators of exhaustion, impairment from cannabis or alcohol, infectious disease, and crucial physiological factors. These stations use specialized artificial intelligence (AI). Using multispectral cameras, the company’s Safe Entry Stations may detect indicators of weariness, impairment from alcohol or cannabis use, infectious infections, and other critical physiological factors. Another advantage is the company’s capacity to monitor signs of COVID-19 and other infectious diseases. Because Covid causes distinctive physiological patterns, its solution will be able to identify, evaluate, and then decide whether or not that person is likely to be infected. A real-time examination will decide whether any more testing is necessary. Predictmedix’s AI will learn how new symptoms present novel patterns from which to continue recognizing infection as the virus evolves.
It gives numerous benefits in financial terms. Screening as a Service provides multi-year contracts and high-margin recurring revenue. Safe Entry’s technology is supported and tested (CE Mark and ISO certified). Through innumerable placements and events that received excellent evaluations and were successfully published in peer-reviewed publications, Secure Entry provides organizations all over the world with the confidence and effectiveness they require.

https://preview.redd.it/dz3hb9mpoxoa1.jpg?width=977&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7e02c2844472a8a61bfa6ccc8161f698f1ca5d34
On March 15, Predictmedix announced it has started manufacturing its AI-powered mobile application that rapidly detects impairment from alcohol and cannabis. In numbers, the screening machine’s processing time takes less than 30 seconds to complete, and has a success rate of over 90%. The Safe Entry was notably tested by 1600 persons at the University of Jakarta, and Indonesia prepares the products for regulatory approval listed as Medical Devices.
“We are happy to announce to our shareholders that we are making very good progress with our portable solution for detecting impairment in individuals. From our research and discussions with high-level contacts, we believe our product will be in high demand in multiple industry verticals worldwide. In 2021, the drug screening market size was valued at over $5.2 Billion with revenue forecasted at over $22 Billion in 20302, making this another lucrative opportunity for Predictmedix.”
Dr. Rahul Kushwah, Chief Operating Officer
Share Structure / Financials
The latest financial statements occurred for the period ending October 31, 2022. On this date, the company issued 119M shares. We also can notice Predictmedix has 7.2M warrants at $0.27 and only 580k options at $0.40. These numbers don’t include the following $610k financing. Indeed on February 13, Predictmedix raised $612k by issuing 12.25M shares at $0.05. Entitled to each share is a $0.10 warrant. The net proceeds issued from the financing will be used for general options including business development and technology upgrades.
The stock price trades at $0.15 (March 18). After witnessing a constant downtrend over 2022, 2023 saw brighter days, notably thanks to commercialization targets. After undergoing a 52-week low of $0.025, PMED pushes towards its 52-week high of $0.21.
The company has made the same amount in gross profit and generated $3.5k in revenue during the quarter. The company experienced a $459 loss in the interim, primarily as a result of consultancy expenditures ($152k), management fees ($80k), and marketing costs ($86k). We can point out that Predictmedix has meager revenue costs, which means that costs will be quickly covered if sales start to come in.

https://preview.redd.it/h6t7eyuqoxoa1.jpg?width=977&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b5b8efc5bb5447ecee5cc32dc26659857e0473e4
“In 2023, Predictmedix will be hyper-focused on commercialization, securing high-revenue recurring placements for workplaces in industries such as mining, manufacturing, warehousing, construction, and other industries where employee health and safety remain of high priority.”
As proof of this statement, the company announced a purchase order (March 6, 2023) from DefSpace, a global platform for Defense, Space, and Aerospace. This company will lease four stations, each of which will generate $2.5k per month in recurring revenue for a four-year deal, totalling $500k.
Conclusion
More than ever, Predictmedix (CSE: PMED, OTC: PMEDF, FRA: 3QP) is ready to move from the development to the commercialization phase. The secured contract with DefSpace marks a milestone for the company, and other contracts should follow soon. High margins offer the company to be quickly profitable, and this is something you have to consider about Predictmedix. Many companies have issues with returning a positive EBITDA, and it won’t be the PMED’s case.
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2023.03.20 18:52 cmarie22345 Am I expecting too much from the contractors that renovated our basement?

We recently got our basement redone and we have had problems pop up after the completion. They had to come back out a few times to fix them, but I’m unsure if some of these are even their responsibility so I wanted to get some feedback!
We had a completely unfinished basement and got drywall put up separating the basement into three areas, a bathroom installed and epoxy floors. They completed the whole thing pretty quickly and seemed to be working pretty diligently.
The issues we had: 1. The doors they installed are not opening and closing properly and are getting jammed and stuck. 2. No hot water was coming through the faucets in the bathroom. 3. They had to move our washer and dryer around. Our dryer stopped working completely after and we found out that there is something wrong with the gas valves inside the dryer. We are unsure if this is a main gas line issue (which they had to change around during the renovation) or something within the dryer. It was over 15 years old, so we just assumed it couldn’t handle being jostled around. We bought a new electric dryer. The contractors told us they installed an outlet for an electric dryer - this was not requested or part of the original ask. We appreciated it for sure, but when the new dryer got delivered, it was discovered that there is NO electricity coming through. So clearly they messed something up with the outlet. 4. They didn’t re-hook the ventilation hose when moving the dryer to new location. They just left it open and the hose ripped. 5. During the renovation process, there was one day where they had removed some old appliances we had in the basement they agreed we could leave there at the start. They left the appliances outside, uncovered, overnight while it was below freezing and during a snow storm. They didn’t tell us they were leaving them out. Some of the appliances broke from this (air conditioner, humidifier). 6. Some nails they used were coming through the other side of the wood and sticking out, exposed, on the side of the stairs. 7. The washer started leaking and we found that the water line hookup was super loose and needed to be tightened.
They came back and fixed the hose and hot water issue. And they are supposed to be coming back to look at the electrical dryer outlet (was supposed to be here at 9am this morning but STILL waiting after no showing on Friday).
Im assuming all of these issues are technically their responsibility, but I’m new to this and not sure if I’m expecting too much? We are happy with the overall product and they got it done pretty quickly. They are also being responsive and coming back to address the issues. But they are hounding us to post a review and we don’t feel comfortable doing so until everything is addressed.
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2023.03.20 18:49 blueboy714 Time for me to Vent About my Ongoing CD Problems (TY for letting me ramble)

I just need to vent a bit - so here goes. (ON SOAPBOX)
I was diagnosed with CD at 35 back in 1997. Surgeries in 1999, 2008, 2013, 2022 and then earlier in 2023. 40 strictureplasties and about 4 feet of primarily small intestines removed plus ileocecal valve and terminal ileum.
I never missed a day of work due to my gut issues and only ended up in the hospital when I needed surgery - unlike many CD patients who need to go in once or twice a year to get cleaned out. I worked in the pharmaceutical/clinical research as a Statistical Programmer and Manager ... so I wasn't active like many CD patients.
So I ended up in the hospital in March 2022 with gut problems that came out of the blue and I couldn't handle anymore. They ended up doing surgery and everything was fine.
Shortly after the surgery I started needing iron infusions. Over the span of 6 months I needed 10 iron infusions over 4 or 5 months. Then I started having bleeding issues and needed 13 units of blood transfusions over 10 weeks. They determined that the area that was reconnected during the surgery was having bleeding issues and they needed to go in and fix the problem with another surgery.
Originally my surgeon had the surgery scheduled for late March 2023. I went in to see for my pre-operation clinic appointment and she took one look at me and asked me one question and told me to wait a few minutes. I had been complaining about the blood loss, swelling in my legs, unable to stand or walk with holding on the wall or using my cane (which I needed because my right leg was injured during one of my CD surgeries).
My surgeon came back in the office and told my surgery would be next week and I would be admitted to the hospital as soon as a room was cleaned up later in the day. That was January 2023.
Now it is March - and I am still having ongoing blood loss plus I now have the problem that anything I eat gives me diarrhea, cramping, gut gurgling, and eventually a ton of gas. They have me on medication to prevent all of this - but it isn't working.
I have been told that I need to get worse before they do another colonoscopy and enterography (I had 4 colonoscopies last year and 2 enterographies).
I understand surgery is the last option - but based on what is happening after my surgery in January this year vs. March 2022 - I suspect I will be needing a 6th surgery later this year - because I am having similar problems. Loss of blood requiring iron infusions, hemoglobin levels going down each week when I have labs done - so when it too low I will be needing more blood transfusions.
If you read this entire rambling mess - thanks. (OFF SOAPBOX)
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2023.03.20 18:31 AmbitiousInspector69 100% disk load and can't determine why

Hi! I have 2 1TB SSDs in RAID so they form a 2TB Volume (tired of too many local disks). I have some games installed on that volume, and lately, I discovered that opening something installed there takes forever. The task manager shows 100% disk load, alternating between the RAID members (100% every 5-6 seconds for every disk). Processes show just `System`. What the heck is happening there, does anyone maybe encountered something like that?
I have a steam library on that volume, and it starts downloading updates, but I instantly kill the process. Nothing else of the installed software seems to occupy the volume.

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2023.03.20 18:27 Professional_Disk131 Predictmedix (CSE: PMED, OTC: PMEDF, FRA: 3QP) Continues Expansion With High-Margin Revenues

Predictmedix (CSE: PMED, OTC: PMEDF, FRA: 3QP) Continues Expansion With High-Margin Revenues
Predictmedix (CSE: PMED, OTC: PMEDF, FRA: 3QP) announced several updates regarding business expansions in the last couple of weeks. The company that provides workplace health and safety improvements thanks to AP-powered products notably stated it has begun to produce its mobile application for detecting impairment from cannabis and alcohol. Combined with high-margin revenues, there is no doubt why the stock price increases after news is released.

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What is the issue?
Over the world, law enforcement and high-risk businesses have struggled with the problem of alcohol and cannabis-related impairment, and the present testing procedures are cumbersome, expensive, and time-consuming. Drug testing businesses have struggled to develop a single product that combines dependability, speed, cost-effectiveness, and non-invasiveness. Businesses and organizations have been dealing with issues for a long time are addressed by the portable solution from Predictmedix, designed for law enforcement agencies and other high-risk mobility industries.
The global workplace safety market is expected to grow at a fast pace. The 13.5% CAGR (Compound Annual Growth Rate) should bring the market’s valuation to USD $26.7B by 2027.
Company Overview
Predictmedix is a rising international provider of fast health assessments, medical supplies, and options for remote patient treatment. The company’s Safe Entry Stations use multispectral cameras to evaluate physiological data patterns and detect indicators of exhaustion, impairment from cannabis or alcohol, infectious disease, and crucial physiological factors. These stations use specialized artificial intelligence (AI). Using multispectral cameras, the company’s Safe Entry Stations may detect indicators of weariness, impairment from alcohol or cannabis use, infectious infections, and other critical physiological factors. Another advantage is the company’s capacity to monitor signs of COVID-19 and other infectious diseases. Because Covid causes distinctive physiological patterns, its solution will be able to identify, evaluate, and then decide whether or not that person is likely to be infected. A real-time examination will decide whether any more testing is necessary. Predictmedix’s AI will learn how new symptoms present novel patterns from which to continue recognizing infection as the virus evolves.
It gives numerous benefits in financial terms. Screening as a Service provides multi-year contracts and high-margin recurring revenue. Safe Entry’s technology is supported and tested (CE Mark and ISO certified). Through innumerable placements and events that received excellent evaluations and were successfully published in peer-reviewed publications, Secure Entry provides organizations all over the world with the confidence and effectiveness they require.

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On March 15, Predictmedix announced it has started manufacturing its AI-powered mobile application that rapidly detects impairment from alcohol and cannabis. In numbers, the screening machine’s processing time takes less than 30 seconds to complete, and has a success rate of over 90%. The Safe Entry was notably tested by 1600 persons at the University of Jakarta, and Indonesia prepares the products for regulatory approval listed as Medical Devices.
“We are happy to announce to our shareholders that we are making very good progress with our portable solution for detecting impairment in individuals. From our research and discussions with high-level contacts, we believe our product will be in high demand in multiple industry verticals worldwide. In 2021, the drug screening market size was valued at over $5.2 Billion with revenue forecasted at over $22 Billion in 20302, making this another lucrative opportunity for Predictmedix.”
Dr. Rahul Kushwah, Chief Operating Officer
Share Structure / Financials
The latest financial statements occurred for the period ending October 31, 2022. On this date, the company issued 119M shares. We also can notice Predictmedix has 7.2M warrants at $0.27 and only 580k options at $0.40. These numbers don’t include the following $610k financing. Indeed on February 13, Predictmedix raised $612k by issuing 12.25M shares at $0.05. Entitled to each share is a $0.10 warrant. The net proceeds issued from the financing will be used for general options including business development and technology upgrades.
The stock price trades at $0.15 (March 18). After witnessing a constant downtrend over 2022, 2023 saw brighter days, notably thanks to commercialization targets. After undergoing a 52-week low of $0.025, PMED pushes towards its 52-week high of $0.21.
The company has made the same amount in gross profit and generated $3.5k in revenue during the quarter. The company experienced a $459 loss in the interim, primarily as a result of consultancy expenditures ($152k), management fees ($80k), and marketing costs ($86k). We can point out that Predictmedix has meager revenue costs, which means that costs will be quickly covered if sales start to come in.

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“In 2023, Predictmedix will be hyper-focused on commercialization, securing high-revenue recurring placements for workplaces in industries such as mining, manufacturing, warehousing, construction, and other industries where employee health and safety remain of high priority.”
As proof of this statement, the company announced a purchase order (March 6, 2023) from DefSpace, a global platform for Defense, Space, and Aerospace. This company will lease four stations, each of which will generate $2.5k per month in recurring revenue for a four-year deal, totalling $500k.
Conclusion
More than ever, Predictmedix (CSE: PMED, OTC: PMEDF, FRA: 3QP) is ready to move from the development to the commercialization phase. The secured contract with DefSpace marks a milestone for the company, and other contracts should follow soon. High margins offer the company to be quickly profitable, and this is something you have to consider about Predictmedix. Many companies have issues with returning a positive EBITDA, and it won’t be the PMED’s case.
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2023.03.20 18:25 Johanna-Draconis Ep87 - Why do I end up in bad relationships? (Sabotage II) - The Deconstruction Of C-PTSD - Johanna Draconis

Ep87 - Why do I end up in bad relationships? (Sabotage II) - The Deconstruction Of C-PTSD - Johanna Draconis

https://reddit.com/link/11wp400/video/33cl307sgxoa1/player
https://www.buzzsprout.com/371360/8087949
Transcript: https://www.johannadraconis.com/episode-81-100

Intro [0:00]

Hello my dears! My name is Johanna, and I welcome you to the Johanna Draconis - The Deconstruction Of C-PTSD podcast.
In this episode we will talk about how we end up in bad relationships - not that there is a foolproof way, but we suffering from PTSD or the like - often find that we keep having bad relationships. Be it family, friends, partner, coworker - simply any form of relationship.
You are not only imagining it - it is something that is known and it is really important to understand the reason behind. This is an overview, if you want more of a specific point - please tell me. Either way let us dive into it and find the reasons why.

Prelude [0:43]

I could - without a doubt - fill a library with this question. Human relationships are a huge topic with many nuances and complications and the like. So this episode is here to give you the short answer so you know where you need to look.
Also this only covers the segment where you get screwed over by PTSD and the like - not the kind where you screw yourself over. That is up to you. It is also worth reminding, that we are talking about ANY sort of relationship - not just the romantic one.
We are going into the 2 main factors and then into the consequences that follow it.

Relationship with motheMother figure - 0 to 2 years [1:22]

For the first factor I want to say beforehand, that this is independent of how good or bad everything else was. When you are around roughly 0-2 years old - the relationship with your primary caregiver, usually a parent, will shape your form of attachment.
The later years will reinforce or lessen it - of course there is always room for adjustment. You learn how much you can rely on your primary caregiver to fulfill your needs and keep you alive. If all goes well, and a majority of people it does, it is a secure attachment.
If not it is either avoidant, ambivalent or disorganized. This may lead to an inability to trust others, being clingy, problems with intimacy, unable to share thoughts, insecurity, bad at dealing with breakups, negative self image and the like.
So in other words - simplified - if you have been feeling insecure and/or not confident in a relationship, be it about yourself or your counterpart - then you should really look into this topic.

Relationship to others - 2 to 6 [2:31]

The second factor, from the age of roughly 2-6 years - we learn our definition of normal. That means we learn how a normal relationship and a normal day looks like. At least in theory we do. We learn how we are treated is how it should be.
So if you grow up in a household where when a person enters the room slaps everyone, then you will perceive that as normal and repeat that behavior. Until you learn otherwise. And if you get treated badly, you will think that is okay and normal.
You are most likely reliving your relationships you had as a child - the good, the bad and the ugly. And in combination with the first factor - this mean you will accept to be treated in a specific way, sadly often in a bad way, because you don’t know it differently.
And the sad truth is: People will treat you the way you let them get away with. If they don’t like boundaries or you saying no and standing up for yourself - they do not have your best interest at heart.
You should have been taught to stand up for yourself as a child - as a way to ensure your wellbeing. If you haven’t I strongly recommend learning how to do it.

Side effects [3:48]

With these 2 factors in mind a lot will make suddenly sense. There is also the consequence, that these factors influence your body language, how you move, how you talk, how you express yourself, how you word things and so on.
Now this has 2 consequences. One, you will this way attract similar people, who are similar unhealthy or in a similar position or share the same mentality and so on. And they will not encourage positive change and attack you for changing.
Meaning you will have a less to no supportive social network. The other one is, that you will attract abusers. Who are drawn to these signals and know you will be a good target. You will accept being treated in a way, that no healthy person would.
And they know exactly how to push the buttons they need to - as they know the insecurities and weak spots. This allows them to easily trap their victim and make escaping them incredible hard. It is best to avoid them as much as you can.
If you are unsure if you are in a bad relationship, ask yourself “Do I feel comfortable, secure and protected in this relationship? Does it make me happy?”. If not, it might be wise to look into it. And ask yourself why you are in that relationship?
Obligation shouldn’t be the reason. But that and more is a whole other topic, we might get into another time.

Outro [5:23]

That was it for todays episode, I hope you found it helpful. Hope you are safe and well. And as always, if you have any questions or feedback and the like, please let me know at [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected]).
More information and transcript you can find as usually under johannadraconis.com/Podcast, information regarding therapy you can find under johannadraconis.com/Therapy and links are in the description.
I hope to see you next time. Watch yourselves and have a wonderful time.
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2023.03.20 18:14 kingofallnorway Should I just cancel my phone plan? It's stressing me out every month

$108 a month T-Mobile, 4 lines, top plan. Service is great, no problems.
The reason I joined was for free phones. Family, and myself like flagship phones. Just not the types to have a cheap Android but I did in the past. I do a lot of important work on my phone and just prefer reliability of a higher end one. That being said, we all own our phones now and so I could cancel the plan with no issues.
The $108 commitment stresses me out. I hate paying it. I know I'm getting shafted by T-Mobile. I could go on a Metro ACP plan for $0 (for myself) and my family could get cheap Mint lines.
What do you think? Cancel or keep? I feel guilt about betraying T-Mobile and giving up my loyalty, and I'm afraid I'll have FOMO. The new free phone deals for the iPhone 15 would be in 6 months.
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2023.03.20 18:08 Pory02 Ein Kommentar zur "Wahlrechtsreform" - Wieso diese undemokratisch ist und fast jeder davon abgelenkt wird

Jetzt ist es fast ne Woche her, seit die Regierung angekündigt hat ihre “Wahlrechtsreform” durchsetzen zu wollen und meistens höre und lese ich nur “die armen Linken” oder “die Arme CSU” oder “die CSU sind Heuchler” usw.
Ich muss ehrlich sein. Es erschreckt mich, das zu lesen. Nein, nicht weil ich Fan der CSU oder der “Linken” bin. Sondern, weil sich fast jeder durch den Schwachsinn dieser Parteien ablenken lässt und das wahre Problem nicht sieht.
Das wahre Problem ist, dass die “Wahlrechtsreform” undemokratisch ist! Allein das bisherige Wahlrecht mit der 5% Hürde ist schon undemokratisch an sich. Warum das so ist, erläutere ich etwas später. Es wird mathematisch. Das Problem, was diese “Reform” undemokratisch macht, ist das Bayerische System, die Grundmandate oder deren Klausel (Um genau zu sein, verstehe ich die Begriffe noch nicht so. Ich sage immer, die Direktwahlkandidaten oder die Erststimme) abzuschaffen!
So scheiße es auch ist, es kann ruhig in Bayern und vereinzelten Bundesländern so sein(Da müssen sich die Länder und ihre Einwohner selber drum kümmern), ABER für ganz Deutschland ist es definitiv undemokatisch! In nem anderen Redditpost habe ich da ein gutes Beispiel gelesen: Wenn eine Partei 65 von 299 Wahlkreisen gewinnt, aber sie es dann nur durch 0,1% es nicht über die 5% Hürde schafft, dann werden die GANZEN WÄHLER, die diese Politiker, diese Vertreter ihrer Ansichten, gewählt haben, einfach ignoriert. Ihr Recht auf diese Vertreter geht flöten.
Allgemein ist diese 5% Hürde so verdammt undemokratisch! Beispiel letzte Bundestagswahl (2021):Von etwa 60,4 Millionen wahlberechtigten Deutschen haben 76,6% gewählt. Das sind etwa 46.266.400 Wähler. 8,7% von diesen gingen an die Kleinparteien. Weil diese aber einzelne Parteien sind und keine Gemeinschaft, gingen 4.025.176,8 Wählerstimmen verloren!
“DaNn SolLen siE auFhÖReN ImmeR IHrE StimEN zU veRSwEnDen!”Und weiterer Blödsinn wird jetzt kommen, jedoch IST DAS NICHT DER SINN EINER DEMOKRATIE!
In einer Demokratie hat jeder das Recht, Vertreter seineihrer Ansichten zu wählen! Egal ob Rechts oder links, dumm oder intelligent, arm oder reich, Mann oder Frau, alt oder jung.
Ich verstehe natürlich, dass man nicht 100.000 Leute im Parlament haben kann. Doch die Stimmen derer so zu ignorieren, die nicht dieses pseudo “strategische” Wählen mitmachen wollen, sondern wirklich die für sie passenden Vertreter, das ist NICHT im demokratischen Verständnis!
Zitat Wikipedia: “Demokratie (von altgriechisch δημοκρατία dēmokratía ‚Volksherrschaft‘) ist ein Begriff für Formen der Herrschaftsorganisation auf der Grundlage der Partizipation bzw. Teilhabe aller an der politischen Willensbildung.”
Wenn die Stimmen dieser Menschen ignoriert werden, wo ist das bitte noch eine Demokratie?!
Übrigens war das bisher auch nie eine Verschwendung, weil die Kleinparteien mit mehr Stimmen auch mehr Geld bekommen und den Großparteien trotzdem Stimmen und Sitze genommen werden. Außerdem konnte man somit die 800 Sitze verhindern.
Ich bin selber auch jemand, der die großen Parteien nicht mehr wählen will und kann! Sie lügen uns Wähler andauernd an, gehen korrupte Deals ein und stellen Konzerne über die Bevölkerung. Und das machen alle von denen! Auch die Grünen (Saudi-Arabien-Deal, weitere Unterstützung von Massentierhaltung, Lützerath, usw.).
Durch diese “Wahlrechtsreform” werden wir zur nächsten Bundestagswahl nur noch diese Parteien im Bundestag haben. Am Wahrscheinlichsten CDU, SPD, Grüne und AfD. Da können wir auch gleich das amerikanische System mit nur zwei Parteien haben. CDU und AfD tun sich zusammen und SPD und Grüne, aber am Ende sind alle gleich korrupt. Und FDP und “Linke” machen es da auch nicht besser (besonders nicht, seit die Linke sich selbst zerstört).
Wenn man mit der “Reform” nicht mal mehr durch seine Erststimme Leute in den Bundestag bringen kann und wenn die Gesellschaft denkt, dass “strategisch” und das “geringste Übel” zu wählen bedeutet immer dieselben zu wählen, wie dann? Wie will man eine Nazi Partei verhindern, wenn man die wählt, die sowieso schon mit denen zusammen arbeitet? Apropos, sie lügen uns an…
Ich weiß, dass viele komische Leute mehr und mehr amerikanische Verhältnisse in Deutschland schaffen wollen, aber das echt auch in der Politik mit einer Pseudo-Demokratie, wo man am Ende eh immer dasselbe wählt?
Natürlich “jammer” ich nicht nur rum. Die Verkleinerung der Bundestages ist richtig und wichtig. Überhangs- und Ausgleichsmandate MÜSSEN abgeschafft werden. Da ist es auch egal, ob man 598, 630 oder 700 Sitze als festen Betrag wählt. Ich habe sogar nen Vorschlag, wie man diese "Reform" verbessern könnte mit nur zwei bis drei Punkten:
- 5% Hürde auf 1% ReduzierenDadurch würden mit dem Beispiel der Bundestagswahl 2021 immer noch fast 500.000 Wählerstimmen ignoriert werden, das wäre aber zumindest demokratischer als das jetzige System.
- Die Grundmandatsklausel so belassen wie sie aktuell istAlso, dass eine Partei mindestens drei Wahlkreise gewinnen muss, um in den Bundestag zu kommen. Mir wäre persönlich ein Wahlkreis lieber, aber ich verstehe schon ein bisschen warum.
Bei dem Folgenden Punkt bin ich mir hingegen nicht mehr so sicher, ob der noch Sinn ergeben würde:- die Sitze im Bundestag nicht zu 100% Belegen wenn nicht 100% der Wahlberechtigten gewählt habenAlso bei 630 Sitzen und eine Wahlbeteiligung von 76,6% würden nur 482,58, also 483 Sitze belegt werden. Zwar würden Politiker einerseits wieder einen Anreiz bekommen, sich um mehr Wähler zu kümmern, gleichzeitig könnten sie dies aber auch ausnutzen, um einfach so die Mehrheit mit weniger Leuten zu haben…
Allgemein stört es mich eh, wie die “Mehrheit” generiert wird. Meistens werden die Parteimitglieder ja dazu genötigt, sich gegen ihr Gewissen zu entscheiden und lieber das zu machen, was die Parteiführung will (Fraktionszwang), aber das ist wieder ein anderes Thema, was ich aber mal erwähnen wollte.
PS: Ihr müsst nicht meiner Meinung sein. Bleibt bitte einfach höflich und sachlich! Beleidigungen sind keine Meinung oder Kritik!
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2023.03.20 18:05 Bubzoluck [15 min read] The Hunt for Red Corona - The Russian Flu of 1890 was likely a COVID 1.0!

[15 min read] The Hunt for Red Corona - The Russian Flu of 1890 was likely a COVID 1.0!
Hello and welcome back to SAR! Much like the groundhog poking its head out of its burrough, the world is starting to wake up from the dark cloud that was COVID-19. Now this isn’t to say that COVID is gone, SARS and MERS from earlier in this century prove that the Corona Virus is a fact of our lives, but I do think that the worst is over. BUT before people start to click off this post because I dare to say the C-word, today I want to talk about an epidemic that has fallen to the wayside of history: the 1889-1890 Pandemic. Also called the Asiatic Flu or the Russian Flu this was a respiratory viral pandemic that struck the Russian Empire before being transported globally via newly established railroads and steamships. Despite being the first true global pandemic, we don’t really remember this blip of history and the question is: why? Well today we shall explore this forgotten disease and answer the question that wasn’t in your mind at all, there is a COVID-OC43?

Exit, Pursued by a Bear

+2 extra credit points for anyone who knows what this section title references. Before we can talk about the pandemic we have to talk about what was going on in 1890. At this point in time the world was engrossed in what is considered the second Industrial Revolution, also called the Technological Revolution, this period began in 1870 due to the discovery of great synergies. Firstly, the invention of the Blast Furnace by Scottish James Neilson allowed for iron to be heated at higher temps and being tempered with coal in a more efficient manner thus leading to an increased production of Steel. The use and manipulation of Steel cannot be understated—cheap Steel allowed for building larger bridges and skyscrapers, opened up the agricultural sector by providing more robust steam-driven farm equipment to feed the burgeoning industrial working class, built the next standard for war equipment, and most importantly for our story, laid the foundation of rail and steamship transport. The use of rail cannot be understated either: a railway could turn the week long trip from Scotland highlands to London into a day affair (albeit a long one). This ability to transport people or cargo in a day when it would take upwards of a week at times is what changed the idea of distance and made the world much much smaller. Afterall, nowadays if it takes 6 hours to drive somewhere far away we think what a long trip, while in 1810 a 6 hour trip might have been just to get to the next village over.

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  • We call this temporal shortening of distance Globalization and the end of the 19th century represented the first hard step in that effort. Looking at the graph we can see that over the 60 years that rail development took off, rail development was the driving force behind Globalization. A quick look at the rail maps of the German Empire in 1840 vs 1880 shows that having a rail line close to your city or port was crucial for the economic (and defense) of the country. Russia…is a different story or rather an even bigger story. Much bigger.

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  • If you are unaware the Russian Empire was HUGE; at its peak it covered 22.8 MILLION square miles and is the third largest empire in history (after the British Empire and the Mongol Empire). For much of its history, upwards of 80% of the population of Russia lived west of the Ural Mountains in what is called European Russia. But with that area of Russia being occupied densely for thousands of years, most of the natural resources were extracted from Siberia while farming was extracted from the Chernozem region (modern day Ukraine and Kazakhstan). So in order for food or raw materials to be shipped from the outer edges of the empire into the heartland, it would have to cover upwards of one thousand kilometers. Before rail, this was a 2 week journey and all the while you are racing against the clock so the food doesn’t spoil before it gets to the markets in the middle of St. Petersburg.
    • Up until the creation of the railroad, like most civilizations, trade was done via rivers and luckily the Volga River runs north-south straight through the middle of European Russia. Despite this centrally located river traversing the upper portions of the river were frozen for 6-7 months per year making it basically useless for transferring cargo. Peter the Great built the Vyshnii Volochek System, an extensive canal system, that linked the newly created St. Petersburg with the old capital of Moscow in 1709. Although the canals improved travel it still took 3 months to travel from Moscow and St. Petersburg. To go from Astrakhan on the Black Sea up to St. Petersburg (traversing the entire length of European Russia) was a notable 2 year trip. One way.
    • Well why not roads? Well Russia at the time was known for very wet soils that made roads extremely muddy and dangerous. In fact, the best time to traverse by road was during the winter when the mud was frozen but this added the danger of trying to transport people and animals in the sub-zero temperatures. Alexander I laid the first real roads in 1817 between Moscow and St. Petersburg which was finished in 1834. If weather held, a small cart could make the trip between the two cities in 10 days but the road was small and could only really allow for small non bulky goods to be moved. The true time was closer to 70 days. In response to this Nicholas I founded a committee to study plans for road development in 1833 that would be studied and funded by central, provincial, and local authorities so all roads in Russia were improved slowly but surely. Despite the good intention, the plan failed due to a lack of funds, engineers, and labor.
  • Despite the problems with river and road transport, Russian leaders were hesitant to embrace the railroad. Minister of Finance Count Kankrin and Minister of Ways and Communication Count K F Toll believed that money should be spent improving the agricultural sector rather than building these large and expensive machines and rail systems (completely looking over the fact that there was plenty of food it just couldn’t be transported quick enough). The first railroad would then be privately sponsored for mining and would instantly prove their usefulness over horse and cart. In just 15 years the cost of the railroad would be paid for. In response to this the Russian Government believed that private industry should take the financial risk rather than embracing the technology.
  • On January 6, 1835 Austrian engineer Franz Anton von Gerstner sent a letter to Nicholas I and proposed an extensive Russian railway system. Von Gerstner was probably the most qualified person in Europe due to being the first person to build a railway on continental Europe (Danube-Moldavia line) and he provided statistics about the usefulness of rail. Probably the most important of which was the English’s ability to suppress Irish disorder quickly with easy troop movements. The first line to be completed was between Moscow and Tsarskoe Selo in 1836, with a new St. Petersburg-Moscow line in 1851. With great attribution to the Crimean War (1853-1856), the total amount of rail would increase from 5000km in 1860 to over 53,200km in 1899.

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  • Probably most important among these railways was the Trans-Siberian Railway started by Tsar Nicholas II in 1891. Starting in Moscow in the West, this railroad would stretch 9,289km (5,772mi) to its terminus at Vladivostok in the East. To put this in perspective,if you were standing in San Francisco and boarded a train, the final destination would be Spain, yeah you’d go over the Atlantic Ocean. That’s how long this thing is! Despite being the largest province in the country, Siberia represented the least developed part of the country mostly due to its vastness and inability to traverse laterally. Several rivers flow through the region but are untraversable except for 5 months of the year due to freezing over. Walking the distance could take upwards of a year but once the railway was completed it took a mere 7 days. That’s nuts!

Wow you really love trains don't you?

Well… not really i'm pretty indifferent to them but they are fairly important to the beginning of our story! Close your eyes and imagine it is 1889 in the city of Bukhara in modern day Uzbekistan. Bukhara is an ancient city, probably founded sometime in the 6th century BC, the Bukhara region was a regional capital for the Persian Empire when it reigned in this area. Bukhara remained a servant to the dominant empire of the region for the majority of its history and following the invasion of Russia into Iran in 1804, Bukhara once again shifted hands into the Russian Empire. By May 1889 the city was like any other bustling regional power in the late 19th century: merchants hustled their products to passerbys, children played in the street kicking an air filled sheep’s bladder, and doctors made house calls. One doctor, Oskar Heyfelder, was working one warm May day going from house to house when he encountered a sickly old matron of a large family. She was dying—a respiratory influenza had taken hold of her and she was quickly fading. The doctor stood over the old woman with his hat in his hand and recommend opium and a priest. There was nothing more he could do.

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  • Little did Heyfelder know but he had just encountered one of the first people to be infected in the 1889 pandemic and the disease would spread quickly via—you guessed it—railroad. See back in 1879 a new Trans-Caspian Railway was built along an old Silk Road corridor which would have bypassed Bukhara entirely. That is if it wasn’t for the last Emir of Bukhara Muhammad Alim Khan (1880-1944) who was unhappy with the nearest station being dozens of miles away in Kagan so he built a private spur to Bukhara itself. With the rail connection established the disease spread quickly up the railway into Russia and then exported to the rest of the world over weeks. I found a great map from a 1892 book published on the Russian Flu that shows the spread of disease by coloring the map. [In case it's hard to read, go to the link and then page 218 of the pdf].

The Butler Weekly Times, Butler MO, Jan 1 1890
  • From the first cases reported in Bukhara, Russian Flu would travel up to Tomks in Western Siberia, Ufa (100 km east of Moscow), Kazan (700 km east of Moscow), Ukraine, and Novgorod (near St. Petersburg) by October of 1889. By November Moscow was hit with 20,000 cases alone which crippled the growing worker’s population and grinded production to a halt. Somewhere between 25-50% of soldiers and students were taken ill which added an extra burden on families. Mid-November saw 180,000 of the one million citizens of St. Petersburg infected. The bread-basket of the Russian Empire was struck next when Kiev and the rest of Ukraine fell to the disease although luckily it hit after the Autumn harvest had already come in.
  • Once established in Russian the disease was able to spread out of the motherland to other regions. Via St. Petersburg the infection hopped aboard Baltic ships and was exported to Finland, Sweden, Germany, and Denmark. In Sweden up to 60% of the population would be infected within 2 months of the Flu landing. As a major trading hub, Posen had an extensive rail network that allowed for the Flu to move throughout Germany infecting half of the 1.5 million residents of Berlin. Vienna and Rome got it by early December; Paris by Christmas; Spain in January where up to 300 people died a day in Madrid alone. London, Birmingham, Glasgow, and Dublin took a punch by Christmas as well.

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  • Remember that this is the age of small Earth where globalization has made a trip across the Atlantic as short as 7 days. Russian Flu entered Boston and New York City on December 18th, 1889 before being sent West towards Chicago and San Francisco (who would particularly be hit bad). Once in the United States it would spread north to Montreal and south to Mexico and the rest of South America. By February the disease reached East via the Dutch trading companies and spread liberally among the South East Asian population. Japan, Australia, and New Zealand all caught it in April; China in May.

The Deadly Disease Wasn’t That Deadly

Now if it feels like I’m leaving something important out, that's because I am. Usually when you talk about pandemics we talk about how quickly it spread and then the death toll. All told, the pandemic killed about 1 million people worldwide—now don’t get me wrong this is an enormous loss of life and its unfortunate that these people died but in the grand scheme of things it just wasn’t that deadly. During this same period, a global Cholera pandemic was going on which killed at least 4 million people, Russian Typhus Epidemic in 1919 killed 3 million, and in 1918 the Spanish Flu would devastate the globe with somewhere between 17 and 100 million people dead. That being said, some important people did catch the disease: future King Edward VII of England nearly died before his mother, Queen Victoria, left the throne, although many suspect that his catching this disease ultimately led to his death in 1910. His son Prince Albert Victor, the grandson of Queen Victoria and 2nd in line for the throne, caught it in January of 1892 and died at the age of 28 making way for Queen Elizabeth II to eventually be crowned. Augusta, Queen Empress consort to Emperor Wilhelm I of Germany fell ill in 1890 and died within 4 months. Alexander III of Russia managed to just survive the condition which prompted him to make major public health changes in St. Petersburg. I could go on.

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  • So what even happened then? It would start with typical cold symptoms: sweating, fever and chills, sneezing, watery eyes, and dry cough. But contemporary doctors did identify 4 distinct clinical forms of Russian Flu: a simple fever that would increase over 48 hours and then subside within 3 or 4 days; a gastrointestinal form in which people had severe diarrhea, fevers, and stomach aches (which honestly could have been a co-infection with the raging Cholera epidemic at the time); a rarer catarrhal form (profuse mucus production that would fill the sinuses and lungs and progress to pneumonia); and finally the worst one, a “nervous” form that caused intense nerve pain in the hands and feet driving people mad. Regardless of which form someone got the worst symptom, and the most common reason why someone would die outside of catching pneumonia (fluid in the lungs) is developing skin lesions. These bullae (large blisters filled with white fluid) were painful, itchy, and formed in the creases of the feet, hands, and extremities which were prone to popping—once popped they were open sores ripe for infection. If you didn’t manage to die from the skin lesions then kidney failure, digestive inability, or spinal nerve damage that would drive people towards suicide was another common way to die.
    • Here’s the problem with Russian Flu…it doesn’t appear to be a Flu. Nowadays we attribute the word Flu to the Influenza Virus, a small RNA virus from the family Orthomyxoviridae but back in previous centuries the word Influenza meant any disease that affected humans. The word is derived from the Latin influentia meaning “to flow into” and it was believed that the stars gave off an intangible fluid that flowed into humans and caused sickness. Eventually this idea would morph into the Humoral Theory of Disease in which there are 4 fluids in the body that need to be balanced else they cause disease. There are 4 types of Influeza Virus: A and C which infect a variety of different animals (human, pig, bird, horse, bat), B which exclusively infects humans (although seals have been seen with Influenza B), and D which exclusively infects pigs and cows. If you’re older than 10 years old, you’ve almost certainly been infected with Flu at some point—already the 2022-2023 Flu season has 26 million infections in just the US alone.

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  • Real quick I want to talk about the names of Influenza Viruses. The Influenza Virus is a sphere shaped particle that has primarily two proteins on its surface: Hemagglutinin (HA or H) and Neuraminidase (NA or N). These proteins are incredibly important for the virulence of the pathogen—the Hemagglutinin helps the virus bind to the target cell and infect its viral genome into the cell while the Neuraminidase helps burst the cell when the baby viruses are ready to be released. So far 18 HA subtypes (called serotypes) and 11 NA serotypes have been isolated in nature allowing for considerable genetic variation. Thus we classify Influenza A viruses based on what version of the H and N proteins they have: H1N1 caused the Spanish Flu of 1918 (killing 20-100 million people) and the Swine Flu of 2009 (killing about 400,000 people); or H3N2 caused Hong Kong Flu in 1968-9 (1 million dead). Even still there are several combinations that only infect animals, such as H5N1 is Avian Flu and is tracked by many governments to prevent a possible transmission from bird to humans. All Flu A viruses are also classified by a standard nomenclature based on where and when they were first discovered. For example, Swine Flu was referred to as A/Brisbane/59/2007 since it was first discovered in Brisbane in 2007.

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  • The thing is, Russian Flu may not be an Influenza like we first thought. Traditionally it is believed that the Russian Flu was caused by H3N8 (which primarily infects horses) or H2N2 (which caused the Asian Flu of 157-8). The problem with this is that Russian Flu does not share many of the common Flu symptoms we have seen in other outbreaks—Flu follows a pretty consistent 2-8 day pattern focusing mostly in the lungs. Severe complications of Flu can lead to more severe respiratory distress, meningitis, or encephalitis but other organ involvement is pretty limited. Russian Flu almost always involved other organs. This idea isn’t a contemporary one either, people had suspicions on just what Russian Flu really was.
    • Following the discoveries of Louis Pasteur and Robert Koch in the field of microbiology, the race of finding the causative agents for common diseases was on. In 1891, German Richard Pfeiffer isolated an unknown bacteria from the nose swabs of patients infected with Influenza. On January 4th, 1892 he announced he had found it, the cause of Influenza: Haemophilus influenzae. There was a momentous uproar in the scientific community because if we know what causes a disease it indicates that we can treat the disease. The problem is that Pfeiffer could not replicate the infection of H. influenzae showing definitively that it caused Flu. But as more and more people kept finding H. influenzae in patients affected with Flu, the observations were corroborated and later was accepted as fact—by 1900 it was believed that the cause of Flu (any lung infection) was due to this bacteria. This fact was firmly cemented in the medical psyche as H. influenzae was found over and over again in Flu victims during the Spanish Flu epidemic of 1918.

A List of Flu Cures Dancing to Flu
  • But there was some skeptics—one of the big reasons to doubt was that antibiotics at the time did not touch Flu. Now this was before Penicillin but drugs like Salvarsan were the goto agent to kill a multitude of bacteria (you can read more about this arsenic containing ‘medicine’ in my post here!) but it couldn’t touch the Flu. It wouldn’t be until 1931 that the disease Influenza was discovered to be from a virus not a bacteria like once thought. When the development of genome sequencing came about, we were able to sequence Spanish Flu (1918) as H1N1, the same one that caused the Asian Influenza epidemic in 1957 and later Swine Flu in 2009. In 2005 we used samples from graves to ‘revive’ the 1918 virus and found that it was incredibly infectious in primates. When Flu was discovered in 1933, scientists back-dated all epidemics that were called Influenza and claimed it was caused by H1N1. There is additional evidence to support this claim though that Flu may have caused Russian Flu. By looking at serotypes in corpses of adults born between 1863 and 1886, they discovered higher antibodies for the H2 subtype. But when they analyzed samples from corpses from 1910, they had the same levels.

The Hunt for Red Corona


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  • Following the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers started to take another look at the Russian Flu and see if it was infact Flu. COVID-19 does resemble Influenza epidemics due to its similar respiratory symptoms but with other organ involvement, a Coronavirus was implicated more than a Influenza one. There are 7 Coronaviruses that are infectious to humans—3 caused deadly epidemics SARS-CoV-1 (9% mortality) usually referred to the SARS outbreak in 2002-2004, MERS-CoV (30% mortality) which popped up in 2012, and SAR-CoV-2 (0.6-2%) which we are in right now. The other 4 Coronaviruses are implicated in 15-30% of common colds and have been in the population for decades (probably centuries), HCoV-229E, HCoV-NL63, HCoV-OC43, and HCoV-HKU1. The milder viruses are seasonal and show up every 3-4 years during the normal Flu season of autumn to early spring.In 2005 Belgian researchers found that HCoV-OC43’s genome was very similar to another coronavirus found in cow, BCoV. The DNA sequence of OC43 was almost identical to that of BCoV isolated from corpses from 1890. Does this mean that a coronavirus was the cause of Russian Flu? Well let’s look at the evidence:
    • Firstly, we know viruses can jump between species, especially when there is big populations of that species in prolonged contact with the second—this is why giant pig or bird farms can be hotbeds for viral transmission. With the development of railways in Russia in the second half of the 19th century, cows started to be transported in mass quantities along the railway. This meant that thousands of cattle were packed into tiny poorly ventilated compartments allowing for easy transmission of disease. From 1870 to 1890, the bacteria Mycoplasma mycoides completely crushed cattle populations due to them being packed in close quarters and herds had to be slaughtered quickly to prevent the spread from going worldwide. What would those workers have been exposed to as they started to slaughter more and more animals? Diseases, specifically cow diseases that could have made the jump. This isn’t as far-fetched as it seems—the 2002 SARS epidemic became much worse following the slaughter of thousands of civets for human consumption. Likewise it was noted in 1889 that the cows showed the same symptoms as humans. So it's possible that HCoV-OC43 is the virus that mutated from cows into humans. So between the similarity in symptoms between COVID-19 and Russian Flu, the industrialization of the railways allowing for viruses to mutate and then for people to spread it quickly and globally, and the use of genomic science, we now believe that Russian Flu was really Russian COVID. Let’s just be glad that HCoV-OC43 is now a mild cold and doesn’t cause painful blisters and horrible nerve pain. Cheers!
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2023.03.20 18:01 Severe_Guarantee3680 Im using expo and android emulator and after i did some updates to my codestack the content is no longer being rendered.

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2023.03.20 18:00 jharung Resistance between ground pins on faulty GPU's 8-pin PCIe connector

Please excuse this probably very basic question, but I'm interested in learning about electronics by diagnosing my faulty GPU (an RTX 2060 6GB).
My GPU suddenly died while using it (blue screen). Afterwards, the computer would only turn on after removing the PSU's 8-pin PCIe connection to the GPU. Otherwise, the PSU cuts power immediately with an audible clicking sound, which seems to indicate that a short was detected.
To begin diagnosing the problem, I measured the resistance between the pins on the GPU's 8-pin PCIe connector. Using Google, I found the following pin diagram: (see top left portion). Of course, this pin layout is vertically mirrored when looking at the GPU connector.
My assumption was that all ground pins (5 to 8) should be interconnected (i.e., share a common ground) and that the resistance between them should be very low. I could verify that this is the case on an older working GPU that I have (which uses a 2x 6-pin connector).
Once I measured on my faulty GPU, I found a resistance of approximately 52k ohms between pin 6 against pins 5, 7, and 8, respectively. The resistance between each combination of pins 5, 7, and 8 is very close to 0 ohms, on the other hand. I noticed that pin 6 is also labeled as "Sense A", but information I have found so far still indicates that it should usually be connected to ground. Therefore, I am wondering if this is a normal reading or indicates a problem?
Additionally I measured to following:
Pin 4 to ground: ~56k ohms Pins 1, 2, 3 to ground: < 0.3 ohms (this probably indicates a short?)
Pin 1 to pin 6: ~55k ohms Pin 2 to pin 6: ~56k ohms Pin 3 to pin 6: ~57k ohms Pin 4 to pin 6: ~20k ohms
Any idea how to make sense of this is appreciated!
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2023.03.20 18:00 AvantgardeSavage Your morning determines your night, and six other sleep secrets

Here are seven little known secrets about sleep. The first one you might know :)
1. Sleep is the most important thing you can do for yourself
We live in the era of self-improvement. With our basic needs met, for the first time in history we can focus on optimizing our lives beyond survival and reproduction. Most of this optimization is around nutrition, exercise and stress. All of these are critical aspects.
Sleep has a higher impact than any of these.
Suboptimal sleep will damage all dimensions of your health, make your more anxious and unhappy, and reduce your lifespan.
Going from average sleep to the ideal sleep results in 10 extra years of life, +25% productivity, +11% happiness.
You can find out how much you can gain by improving your sleep, by completing the questionnaire here.
2. Current normal sleep is dysfunctional
Normal sleep in 2023 is bad sleep.
I won’t suffocate you with statistics about sleep. Suffice to say they are bad. They show people sleep for too little, with too much variation, at the wrong times, feel sleepy during the day, have disruptions to their sleep and lack energy.
The situation is worse than this. Most people do not notice slightly bad sleep quality, like they don’t notice sleep apnea.
Why is our sleep nowadays so bad? Because our man-made environment is not in tune with our circadian rhythm.
3. Good sleep is effortless
Most sleep advice revolves around the moment when you go to bed. The Internet is full of tips and tricks on how to fall asleep.
This type of advice is almost useless. It’s like putting band-aids on a wound while continuing to poke yourself with a knife. Sure, it might momentarily stop the bleeding, but it does not solve the underlying issue.
If you are having difficulty falling asleep, then you need to treat the cause, not the immediate symptom.
We evolved to fall asleep effortlessly. It’s not a skill that you have to learn. All our ancestors, and all our ancestor species slept. They slept well. We have a history of many millions of years of good sleep. Only in the past hundred or so years has bad sleep become common.
Sleep is a state of the body that arises in response to signals.
These signals come from your body and from the environment. When you struggle to fall asleep, it’s not because you are ‘bad at sleeping’. It’s because your body did not receive the right signals to go to sleep.
4. Your morning determines your night
Crucially, these signals come throughout the whole day, not just in the evening. Your body has a circadian rhythm that adapts based on signals. Disruptions to this rhythm at any time will affects the rest of it.
The Suprachiasmatic Nucleus (SCN) is a bundle of about 10,000 neurons that coordinates circadian rhythm. Light is the main circadian signal it uses.
In the morning, strong light is the signal for it to wake up your body. Without it, you don’t fully wake up.
Artificial light is too dim for this task. Sunlight is between 10,000 and 100,000 lux. Average indoor lighting is around 30-100 lux. The difference is immense. We don’t notice it because our sight adapts to varying light intensities.
When you wake up and remain indoors, you don’t fully wake up. Your body is in an in-between state, neither asleep, nor fully awake. It only becomes awake when you go outside for the first time and expose yourself to sunlight.
Because waking-up is delayed, your circadian rhythm is also set back. No sunlight in the morning means less sleepiness at night. It is harder to fall asleep because you have delayed your circadian rhythm.
So if you get up at 7 AM, but then stay indoors until 11 AM, then your circadian rhythm is delayed. You might feel awake after waking, especially if you drink coffee. But your circadian clock will be running behind. So when you try to go to sleep at 10 PM, your circadian clock is still 2 hours early, so you don’t feel sleepy. You stay up too late and disrupt the rhythm even further.
5. Artificial light is both too dim and too bright
Artificial light is too dim to wake us up. Yet it is too strong to allow us to transition into sleep.
Natural light at night is either absent or incredibly low. A full moon is 0.1 lux, while starlight is 0.001 lux. That’s 500-50000x lower than average artificial lighting.
This light is a signal telling our SCN to keep us awake. It thinks it’s still day so we should be awake and active.
Transitioning from fully awake to asleep naturally took hours before artificial lighting. Outside as the sun sets, light gradually dims. Then our ancestors spent some time in darkness without light or only with firelight in which they progressively felt sleepier and sleepier until actually falling asleep. You cannot shorten all of this to a couple of minutes and expect success.
There have been studies where people spent time in nature without artificial light. Without fail, in these cases they went to sleep around 9-10 PM. Both night owls and early birds, people who slept easily and those with trouble going to sleep, they all found sleep easy.
6. Sleeping pills don’t help
Medication for sleep is common despite it’s unpleasant side effects. 8.2% of adults declare they took medication for sleep at least four times in the past week. 80% of people taking sleep medications experience side effects like oversleeping, feeling groggy, or having a hard time concentrating the next day.
These side effects would be worth it if the drugs actually helped. But they don’t. If anything they make sleep problems worse.
Sleep does not equal being unconscious.
Going to sleep and sleep itself are incredibly complex states of your brain and body. They are not the same thing as losing consciousness. That is one (small) dimension of it.
If I punched you hard enough to know you out, you would not say you are asleep.
Yet that is exactly what sleep medication does. It renders users unconscious for a period of time. That’s not sleep. It impedes sleep. People taking them have symptoms of insufficient sleep: they do not sleep because they are unconscious from the drugs.
7. Melatonin supplements do not help sleep
Melatonin is the preferred natural alternative for those who do not want to take medication for sleep. Sales of melatonin supplements in the U.S. grew 500% from 2003 to 2014.
However melatonin does not help sleep. Research shows no benefit in almost all cases.
Taking melatonin is not as risk-free as you might think. It is a substance that our body produces. However melatonin supplements have 10x-1000x times more melatonin than produced in the body. That’s huge.
There is no clear data as far as I know on the risks of so much melatonin. There are however two troubling facts:

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2023.03.20 17:54 AvantgardeSavage Your morning determines your night, and six other sleep secrets

Here are seven little known secrets about sleep.
1. Sleep is the most important thing you can do for yourself
We live in the era of self-improvement. With our basic needs met, for the first time in history we can focus on optimizing our lives beyond survival and reproduction. Most of this optimization is around nutrition, exercise and stress. All of these are critical aspects.
Sleep has a higher impact than any of these.
Suboptimal sleep will damage all dimensions of your health, make your more anxious and unhappy, and reduce your lifespan.
Going from average sleep to the ideal sleep results in 10 extra years of life, +25% productivity, +11% happiness.
You can find out how much you can gain by improving your sleep, by completing the questionnaire here.
2. Current normal sleep is dysfunctional
Normal sleep in 2023 is bad sleep.
I won’t suffocate you with statistics about sleep. Suffice to say they are bad. They show people sleep for too little, with too much variation, at the wrong times, feel sleepy during the day, have disruptions to their sleep and lack energy.
The situation is worse than this. Most people do not notice slightly bad sleep quality, like they don’t notice sleep apnea.
Why is our sleep nowadays so bad? Because our man-made environment is not in tune with our circadian rhythm.
3. Good sleep is effortless
Most sleep advice revolves around the moment when you go to bed. The Internet is full of tips and tricks on how to fall asleep.
This type of advice is almost useless. It’s like putting band-aids on a wound while continuing to poke yourself with a knife. Sure, it might momentarily stop the bleeding, but it does not solve the underlying issue.
If you are having difficulty falling asleep, then you need to treat the cause, not the immediate symptom.
We evolved to fall asleep effortlessly. It’s not a skill that you have to learn. All our ancestors, and all our ancestor species slept. They slept well. We have a history of many millions of years of good sleep. Only in the past hundred or so years has bad sleep become common.
Sleep is a state of the body that arises in response to signals.
These signals come from your body and from the environment. When you struggle to fall asleep, it’s not because you are ‘bad at sleeping’. It’s because your body did not receive the right signals to go to sleep.
4. Your morning determines your night
Crucially, these signals come throughout the whole day, not just in the evening. Your body has a circadian rhythm that adapts based on signals. Disruptions to this rhythm at any time will affects the rest of it.
The Suprachiasmatic Nucleus (SCN) is a bundle of about 10,000 neurons that coordinates circadian rhythm. Light is the main circadian signal it uses.
In the morning, strong light is the signal for it to wake up your body. Without it, you don’t fully wake up.
Artificial light is too dim for this task. Sunlight is between 10,000 and 100,000 lux. Average indoor lighting is around 30-100 lux. The difference is immense. We don’t notice it because our sight adapts to varying light intensities.
When you wake up and remain indoors, you don’t fully wake up. Your body is in an in-between state, neither asleep, nor fully awake. It only becomes awake when you go outside for the first time and expose yourself to sunlight.
Because waking-up is delayed, your circadian rhythm is also set back. No sunlight in the morning means less sleepiness at night. It is harder to fall asleep because you have delayed your circadian rhythm.
So if you get up at 7 AM, but then stay indoors until 11 AM, then your circadian rhythm is delayed. You might feel awake after waking, especially if you drink coffee. But your circadian clock will be running behind. So when you try to go to sleep at 10 PM, your circadian clock is still 2 hours early, so you don’t feel sleepy. You stay up too late and disrupt the rhythm even further.
5. Artificial light is both too dim and too bright
Artificial light is too dim to wake us up. Yet it is too strong to allow us to transition into sleep.
Natural light at night is either absent or incredibly low. A full moon is 0.1 lux, while starlight is 0.001 lux. That’s 500-50000x lower than average artificial lighting.
This light is a signal telling our SCN to keep us awake. It thinks it’s still day so we should be awake and active.
Transitioning from fully awake to asleep naturally took hours before artificial lighting. Outside as the sun sets, light gradually dims. Then our ancestors spent some time in darkness without light or only with firelight in which they progressively felt sleepier and sleepier until actually falling asleep. You cannot shorten all of this to a couple of minutes and expect success.
There have been studies where people spent time in nature without artificial light. Without fail, in these cases they went to sleep around 9-10 PM. Both night owls and early birds, people who slept easily and those with trouble going to sleep, they all found sleep easy.
6. Sleeping pills don’t help
Medication for sleep is common despite it’s unpleasant side effects. 8.2% of adults declare they took medication for sleep at least four times in the past week. 80% of people taking sleep medications experience side effects like oversleeping, feeling groggy, or having a hard time concentrating the next day.
These side effects would be worth it if the drugs actually helped. But they don’t. If anything they make sleep problems worse.
Sleep does not equal being unconscious.
Going to sleep and sleep itself are incredibly complex states of your brain and body. They are not the same thing as losing consciousness. That is one (small) dimension of it.
If I punched you hard enough to know you out, you would not say you are asleep.
Yet that is exactly what sleep medication does. It renders users unconscious for a period of time. That’s not sleep. It impedes sleep. People taking them have symptoms of insufficient sleep: they do not sleep because they are unconscious from the drugs.
7. Melatonin supplements do not help sleep
Melatonin is the preferred natural alternative for those who do not want to take medication for sleep. Sales of melatonin supplements in the U.S. grew 500% from 2003 to 2014.
However melatonin does not help sleep. Research shows no benefit in almost all cases.
Taking melatonin is not as risk-free as you might think. It is a substance that our body produces. However melatonin supplements have 10x-1000x times more melatonin than produced in the body. That’s huge.
There is no clear data as far as I know on the risks of so much melatonin. There are however two troubling facts:

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2023.03.20 17:50 DatDude304 The Ultimate Betrayal... my SO and my Sibling.... I'm so lost...

Not sure if the title was clear enough, but yes my SO (30F) [at the time] and sibling (32M) [at the time] decided that I (29M) [at the time] deserved to experience the ultimate form of betrayal in this life...
I've shared my story in this sub before, but deleted it due to shame and thinking that my SO and I could work it out. But I've realized finally that there is no coming back from this. No matter how hard either of us try...
This story starts with my SO and I who dated in Highschool and got married while in college. Throughout our 5 year dating period, there were a lot of small issues, breakups (none of which ever initiated by me), and redflags I now realize... We decided to get married, she was all brains so I decided to drop out and go to work while she finished her Masters. Once we finally got married in 2010, I felt we recommitted and decided we were going to be T4E.
2 years in, we had our first child. And us both being children ourselves [20 and 21] new parents were completely thrown for a loop. She took to parenthood like a fish in water while I was slow to realize what having an actual FAMILY ment...
She began experiencing post-partum depression and I had 0 clue how to cope/help her cope... this started the riff.
Rewind back to my childhood: when my parents started experiencing marital issues, which finally led to their divorce, [my father had an affair and got another woman pregnant, I now have a younger half sister whom I do not know at all...] Big brother started experiencing his own troubles... bad grades, fights, and questionable behavior. He was even caught trying to video tape girls in the ladies' room in high-school. He was eventually expelled because of this and had to enroll in a GED program to recieve a diploma. He and I were always estranged since I was and still am quite literally the opposite. Straight As through most of primary school, began studying engineering in college, no fights, no mishaps... ever.
When I met my wife in h/s, I clung to her and her family and all but ignored my own... I now see that this is where the riff between he [my brother] and I began...
Fast forward to 2013, I land an 6-figure paying job, and my SO and I have our 2nd child. But still are not in a good place emotionally. She has been at home taking care of kids while I've been working shift work unable to help as much as she requests. We decided, inorder to maintain her sanity, she should start working to get out of the house and put her degrees to use. She got a job working in a plant as well, not the same as me. [We're from the south, plant work is pretty much as good as it gets without going corporate america].This is where she met a random guy and had her first affair... being young and naive, I never saw it coming and went into a state of shock/denial when I found out through msgs on her tablet... I told her to quit the job, she did and we never spoke of it again.
During this time, my brother (now married with 1 child from a previous gf and 1 child with his current wife) started to resent me and my family as we always showed everyone the best of us. Never complaining to anyone never sharing our marital problems, ever.
Fast forward to 2017, my SO and I are going through hell trying to stay together. Now with 3 children under the age of 7. We would argue and she'd threaten me with divorce one day, and back in love with me like nothing ever happened the next day. This was mainly due to her mood swings, I've been verbally abused, physically abused, and emotionally abused... (never returning any of it because it's not who I am). She has expressed to me that my lack of care/inexperience caused her continual mental abuse. But on the other hand, i can honestly say, that I've also never been shown so much care by one person. At least that's what I believed. We now know this was due to her undiagnosed mental disorder.
Early in that year, I see multiple msgs between her and my brother on our wireless account... I confront him, he says she confided in him due to our marital problems... I tell him to stop msging my wife, he agrees. I confront her and have a similar exchange.
I think this is the end of it. Until one night, my wife and I decide we need to separate and figure out our personal problems. I left the house and lived with my mother for 6 months. During that time, I found out from my brothers wife that he and my wife had begun a relationship.
[This is turning out to be way more than I wanted to type. I'm going to abbreviate to save time.]
In short, they had sex. Multiple times, he physically/emotionally abused her also [be cause he also deals with mental health issues]. My parents do nothing. I do retreat into an even further state of shock/depression. Meanwhile my 3 kids and his 3 kids are caught in the middle...
Finally my brother gets into a Major accident trying to go see my wife again, gets thrown in jail because he was drunk during, and they finally end their "relationship".
I see how broken my wife has become and can't bring myself to divorce her because of the state she is in, and I feel that she will spiral off the deep end if im not there to help.
We got back together the following year and there hasn't been a day that's gone by where I don't dive into a blinding rage over this situation...
[Currently] My bro and I haven't talked since, my wife and I have finally decided to divorce, and I have no idea how I am suppose to cope with this event having happened to me in the ONLY life I will ever live....
I had more I wanted to write but this has already taken me 5 days to complete... if you made it this far, Thank you for listening/reading. My mission now is to figure out how to rebuild my self confidence and be an example for my children to look up to.
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2023.03.20 17:43 numberfivextradip Just started acid and bases, can someone explain why this is A

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2023.03.20 17:41 rverne8 Cubase 12: ASIO guard and expression maps not compatible

Here's the equipment and software I'm working with:
Cubase 12, Windows 10 Installed on ‎4/‎11/‎2022 OS build 19044.1645, Vienna Ensemble Pro (build 7.2.1481) Vienna Instruments Pro 2.0 (v 2.6.110) Universal Audio Apollo Twin, M-Audio Oxygen 88 keyboard controller, USB connection, NVIDA GeForce GTX 1600 Ti Display adapter, Intel i7-8700K CPU 3.70 GHz, 32 GB RAM Total Physical Memory
I'm trying to use expression maps with Vienna Instruments Pro 2.0 player to maneuver around numerous patches in my orchestral template. Otherwise, I'm forced to key lots of extra MIDI notes in Cubases' MIDI Key editor as I use MIDI notes to select patches. I have several hundred patches in a typical orchestral template.
Turns out ASIO guard interferes with the functionality of Cubase, globally, vis a vis construction of expression maps; when an expression map is being used, I was told ASIO guard has to be switched off for all VST instrument and effect plug-ins. ASIO guard is enabled by default for *each* VSTi and effect when those are loaded in. The problem is now I have to click on each of those ~650, one by one to disable ASIO guard.
Also, deleting the expression maps has no effect on Cubase's functionality, it is globally dead meat as far as the use of my MIDI controller is concerned.
My plan is to ditch this whole VST show along with Cubase and find a new hobby.
Thanks for listening.
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2023.03.20 17:40 StangStrai8t 5r110w transmission for 03-10 powerstroke. have no reverse all other gears seem perfect replaced all solenoids new valve body wiring harness new pan/fluid and filter. is it possible maybe a faulty new solenoid? any help is appreciated

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