To be fair my wife is an NP so she does know quite specifically what I want

Also these instructions would be included in your file when you make them.

What you want is a living will and an power of attorney who will understand and respect your wishes.

The best way to do this is to write down clear and specific (as specific as you want) instructions and give them to the person who would be responsible for your medical decisions in the case of your loss of capacity. If you're married, this will typically be your spouse, but you can also (in writing) specify a parent or sibling. Just sure to ask that person.

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For example, my wife and I worked out our instructions/will recently.

For myself, I wanted to be kept alive as long as I have reasonable quality of life. I also made explicit wishes that I don't not want to be kept alive should I become an unreasonable burden on my family.

Basically, I made it clear that keeping me alive in a situation where I am a burden is against what I want.

Modern equipment is a bit more complicated and is more efficient but this is the gist of it.

First you use diodes to turn the negative part of the AC wave positive.

So now you have a bunch of bumps that are all from 0 to 110V (in the case of 110VAC).

Next you use capacitors to store energy from the bump so the voltage doesn't drop anymore.

Then you add resistance to bring the voltage down to what you want to use.

Yeah at low levels, size is likely compensated by with proper training and technique. But at the high levels where everyone is highly skilled and trained, biological differences play a more important role.

Yup that's why there's no "make a back door just this one time so we can stop the terrorist".

It's all or nothing. The backdoor is wide open for everyone, or for no one.

A work year (i.e. minus vacation)

Example

Likely because that's where we see and hear from

I just googled what tow away protection is.

It's far from a standard feature so it's likely rarely an issue. Also, no one would bat an eye at a car alarm going off on a car pulls by a tow truck. Hell, we all tune out car alarms all the time anyway.

For those wondering how oxygen is toxic:

https://byjus.com/question-answer/why-oxygen-is-toxic-to-anaerobic-bacteria/

Say what?