I think it’s more that the doctor was struggling to insert it, so he offer the local anesthetic only to make his job easier.

As a related story I had a discussion with a guy that worked as head of security for a big watch manufacturing company in Switzerland (think about handmade watches worth several $10k-$100k)

He spotted some of the watchmakers casually going back home with watches in their pocket without any documentation about it, saying that they wanted to do some of the work at home. He stopped that of course.

He quickly got a call from HR explaining to him that a talented watchmaker is almost impossible to replace, they can go knock next door to another manufacturer and be hired at whatever salary they ask for. On the other hand It’s much easier to find a replacement for a head of security.

So I imagine a talented wizard would be like the watchmakers, the lab could be highly secured but with blatant security breach because the wizard cannot be bothered.

It’s not just for my home server but for EOL or other issues I used bitwarden emergency access options for passwords. Of anything happens to me my wife can request access to my vault and if I don’t deny it in a certain timeframe she will have full access to it.

I did that after my brother in law got in an accident and fell into a coma. I’m very grateful he had all his password saved in chrome on his unlocked laptop because if not it would have made the period insanely more difficult for my sister.

Simple things like paying the bills would I been insanely more difficult and stressful and you don’t need extra stress in this period.

I used it a few times for work even. At the time I had a usb-c hub connected with a screen, Ethernet, 65w charger, a keyboard and mouse and I had my laptop that I was carrying with me.

Once or twice I arrived at work and realized I forgot my computer at home … And I have a 2hour drive … So I connected my phone to the hub and work on it. It worked well to send email, use an internet browser, a bit of document editing and mostly connecting to remote desktops.

I’m wearing contacts and I let you imagine what it is like to take off contacts after chopping peppers.

It can stay for hours or even days in fingers. Washing hands with soap by itself doesn’t do much to rub off the capsaicin BUT washing hands with oil then soap is like a magic trick. My eyes feel much better now.

Journey, there is no word but the story is so well written i

There is the kiwix hotspot.

A WiFi hotspot that gives you access to the entire Wikipedia, medical information, homesteading books …

The worst is that it will probably increase profit or a quarter or too while running the brand to the ground.

This is the opposite of what a flat earther would say.

The main position of flat-earther (and the backers of conspiracy theories) is that you can’t trust sources, especially official sources of course.

And if you look at things without having the official explanation you start to notice things that, in appearance, do not make sense. Like the fact that you can see farther away than the curvature of earth allows. Of course it’s very easy to explain with the refractory properties of the atmosphere but can be quite difficult to demonstrate.

PS: earth is definitely round, I’m not trying the defend their theory.

Looking into my two year old bed and seeing that he’s staring at me, awake but without a word.

Yeah, you are not making blue chips before doing the green and red chips first.

You are being downvoted but you are asking a very legitimate question.

If Russia nuked a NATO country, what would really happen ?

Would the US respond ? It’s extremely uncertain, especially with the recent election of space Karen and cheetos.

Would France or the UK respond ? It’s a big question and a big discussion is happening currently in Europe.

France nuclear doctrine states that their nuclear arsenal will be used of France’s “vital interests” are at stake. Is Europe part of France’s vital interest ?

If there is a peace agreement they will station troops in Ukraine to prevent another invasion.

The cost and the downtime.

He has some level of clearance due to the work SpaceX is done but even there, he does not have access to some of SpaceX program because he could not get the right level of clearance

I agree with Nixos as well. Setting it up properly for the first time can take some time but after that it’s very much “forget it”.

When I was in Belgium I had to open a specific bank account for it. The money was then blocked on this account.

To release the money both me and the landlord had to find an agreement and sign the release documents. If we could not find an agreement then we would have to go to a judge to decide who gets what.

And at the end you get the deposit back+interests.

I liked this solution, it felt fair for both parties.

Having a vasectomy was the best thing I did for my couple sex life.

Now it’s just worry free creampies all the time.

It’s great that school are surveiling kids.

Does it means that school will finally get an appointed psychologist that meets the kids regularly to check on their mental health ? This way if there is any sign of depression they can easily get some free counseling sessions ?

What do you mean “This is not how we do things here !” ?

I first read it as “Trump will retaliate to Poland’s proposed bitch tax” and I thought that yeah, it’s totally something that could have happened.