I kid you not one time I saw the Netherlands spelled as: The 'Neanderthals' . I had such a good laugh. Almost choked on my coffee.

I just called them the Dutches. lol

+1 star for ttul

Chuck Norris decided to take the final sleep on his own. Death tried years ago, but Chuck didn't feel like it.

Yeah, same here. This stuff is cool. Wish I'd had a mentor.

I wonder if this is a way for them to take a situation like the RAM shortage and spin it into a way to sell more products with little memory to mask the expensive price of memory by bundling it with the outer shell of the laptop rather than try to sell a few PRO laptops whose price is now very jacked up because of the expensive memory.

This device has been in the pipeline for a lot longer than our current RAM shortage, and it's A18 Pro SOC (with it's integrated 8GB or RAM) was probably taped out before ChatGPT was a thing...

In general complete devotion to the craft by constantly practicing like it is a habit and not just when inspiration strikes is essential.

One could argue this lack of devotion predates even the smartphone. Heck, I remember getting a Nintendo Entertainment System in the late '80s and then not going out biking or playing basketball as a result.

Ironically these days you might have a better chance making a living from playing video games compared to any physical activity.

Most of my shoulder issues are sleep related since I sleep on my side. Getting a body pillow system, was costly but kinda worth it. Helps with shoulder and GERD. Only issue is that it's kinda warm and I like to sleep cool.

Any recommendations? I have GERD and generally sleep on my back, which helps but isn't perfect.

You can try raising the head part of the bed by 5 - 6 or so inches using wood blocks. The doctor recommended it to me.

It's not perfect, but has really helped me!

Same here, it helped a lot. Also don't eat a big meal and go straight to bed. Aim for an earlier dinner.

MedCline relief system. It's like a plastic casing with a specific pillow for wedging your arm underneath a hole but also sleeping on an incline and a body pillow to wrap your other arm or your leg around so it's not so rough on your hips too. It's kinda weird sounding ... but it works.

And yes, try not to eat right before bed. Especially greasy food.

Cervical radiculopathy can cause shoulder pain. I have experienced this quite a bit and it's probably also because of my sleeping style. I wouldn't get an MRI unless I was planning to have surgery.

Wouldn’t the MRI decide if surgery would be beneficial?

So many other factors and physical therapy is required for insurance approval anyway.

The issue with those inclined pillows with the arm hole in them is that they can be a really hard angle for a side sleeper to be at. It makes my back and hips hurt way worse than my shoulder.

i recommend a bedjet. got it for the wife and it’s rough to sleep without it now.

> was costly but kinda worth it

This doesn't inspire confidence, but I guess any improvement that mitigates pain is nice.

I mean, not expensive like seeing a specialist expensive, but more expensive than getting an extra pillow at Walmart. I'm talking $400 USD.

3744 hours. Dayum!

Just going off basic numbers:

- 3744/52/5 = 14.4 hour day if they work 5 days a week

- 3744/52/6 = 12 hrs if they work 6 days a week

- 3744/52/7 = 10.3 hrs if they work 7 days a week.

That is, indeed, what 9-9-6 means: 9am-9pm (12hrs) * 6 days per week.

9-9-6 is also not full productivity for 9-9-6.

Office workers will eat lunch, take a 1-2hr nap in the afternoon, and also eat dinner with their coworkers within the common 9-9-6 rhythm. It still takes a significant chunk of time, but the actual working time butt-in-chair is closer to 54 hours

You lose productivity doing 996 anyways so how can you maximize past that?

The little boat tipped over.

It caused a MAjor ECoLOGiCAL disASter?

Lorraine Bracco is great, but her delivery of that line cracks me up. That had to have been overdubbed or something.