PvtDeth t1_jd6ub67 wrote on March 22, 2023 at 7:06 AM

Reply to [homemade] Reuben eggrolls by housewifewithaknife

I've never heard of this before and I'm instantly an enormous fan of the dish.

PvtDeth t1_jbvd6oc wrote on March 12, 2023 at 12:32 AM

Reply to Complete STAR WARS IV, A New Hope story in a single scrolling computer graphic by Sehrengiz

Very cool, but Special Edition?

PvtDeth t1_jb3eo5n wrote on March 6, 2023 at 3:13 AM

Reply to comment by Aseyhe in Does the age of the universe depends on where you are? by _bidooflr_

How can you use the CMB as a reference frame if it is roughly uniform in every direction?

PvtDeth t1_j6o576d wrote on January 31, 2023 at 6:37 PM

Reply to comment by Thisnameistrashy in [WP] You work for an organisation that works to prevent atrocities with the use of the butterfly effect, receiving bizarre orders from an ultra-intelligent AI that tells you weeks later what disasters your actions prevented and how. Recently, you start to suspect that the AI has ulterior motives. by Thisnameistrashy

Also, Travelers. They're both extremely good shows.

PvtDeth t1_j0m8qdk wrote on December 17, 2022 at 7:03 PM

Reply to comment by 0xB0BAFE77 in Geckos use Van Der Waals forces to stick to walls, but how do they let go? by houstoncouchguy

I once found a gecko that had died while it was on the side of a metal pole. From it's dehydration,you could tell it had been dead for at least half a day. I took it off to get rid of it and it was still stuck really well. It felt like peeling Velcro.

PvtDeth OP t1_iwfl061 wrote on November 15, 2022 at 6:56 AM

Reply to comment by Spinaccio in My door is getting more and more out of square. What do I do? by PvtDeth

I think your right. Inspecting it more closely, I can see that all the joints are cracked open.

PvtDeth OP t1_iwfkxh1 wrote on November 15, 2022 at 6:55 AM

Reply to comment by Blackcap477 in My door is getting more and more out of square. What do I do? by PvtDeth

Thanks for your suggestions. The house is single-wall construction, so there is no framing, The house is up on posts, so it's easy to inspect underneath and it doesn't look like there are any problems there. The gap on the hinge side looks almost perfectly even from top to bottom while the gap at the top is like an eighth of an inch on the hinge side and over an inch on the other.

PvtDeth OP t1_iwfkmrk wrote on November 15, 2022 at 6:51 AM

Reply to comment by sdfree0172 in My door is getting more and more out of square. What do I do? by PvtDeth

We're in Hawaii, so the temperature and humidity are pretty constant throughout the year.

PvtDeth t1_isn0jbj wrote on October 17, 2022 at 4:55 AM

Reply to comment by c3fepime in Does a reverse placebo exist? by Nearby-Cloud-3476

Thank you. This is great info. Anecdotally, it might explain why I don't seem to need much pain medication.

PvtDeth t1_isdwbd6 wrote on October 15, 2022 at 5:46 AM

Reply to Does a reverse placebo exist? by Nearby-Cloud-3476

All these posts are citing the nocebo effect, but not in the context of the original question. Yes, nocebo is the opposite of placebo, but the question was >Can your body prevent a medicine from working because you strongly believe it doesn't work?

So, we know belief in a side effect can cause the side effect, but can disbelief in the beneficial effect of a medicine diminish that effect.