@pre@boing.world2025-05-31 12:24:33
On the 10th of December 2024 at about 4pm in the afternoon I had a sudden shivering attack. The room wasn't cold, but I was, so I took to bed and shivered on the electric blanket until I napped for a few hours.
Woke up groggy, and never got better. Feeling light headed and occasionally dizzy and half stoned all the time. Can't handle booze or dope at all any more. Doing the job feels like trying to program drunk, concentration shot and short term memory failing.
Various doctors have ordered batteries of tests and put me on drugs to reduce my blood pressure but nothing that's really helped.
They did an MRI last week. Apparently everything looks normal which is good I guess, but still leaves symptoms unexplained.
There are worse fates than feeling half drunk all the time I suppose.
Given no visible brain damage, about the best suggestion anyone has is to stay off booze and drugs (which is easy, since I can't handle them any more) and get back to meditation. If it's damage so small the MRI can't pick it up it'll get better slowly probably. 🤷
Anyway, they gave me the MRI data upon request, so I spent most of yesterday importing it into Blender and making some visualization.
Ladies and gentlemen, I present: My apparently completely normal brain in an MRI selfie.
#blender #mri #selfie
@yaxu@post.lurk.org2025-07-01 13:11:58
Found an old review, really loved working with New Noveta back in 2019:
"The two young performers get straight to work making the attendees at the edges of the room feel uncomfortable, grasping each other's bodies, screaming and crying, while brandishing what appears to be a giant folding fan made of 2ft blades. The pair chase each other on foot through the crowd, pushing people in all directions and never looking anything other than distressed, disturbed or downright terrified…
@cdarwin@c.im2025-06-30 20:10:19
U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders condemned the Republican budget reconciliation package in stark terms during a floor speech late Sunday -- calling the measure
“the most dangerous piece of legislation in the modern history of our country”
and warning that its massive cuts to Medicaid, federal nutrition assistance, and other programs would have deadly consequences nationwide.
“Over 50,000 Americans will die unnecessarily every year,” said Sanders (I-Vt.),
referring to a recent…
@tante@tldr.nettime.org2025-06-30 12:55:57
(This was not by me but I very much relate)
https://mastodon.social/@anon_opin/114772417335001235
@Techmeme@techhub.social2025-08-01 16:06:26
Sources: thousands of US export license applications, including for Nvidia chip shipments to China, are stalled due to turmoil at the US Commerce Department (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-government-turmoil-stall…
@mgorny@social.treehouse.systems2025-07-01 09:38:32
The season for being on the edge of collapsing due to overheating has started. I just hope nobody's going to ask me to close the window.
@NFL@darktundra.xyz2025-08-01 02:11:09
Roger Goodell addresses NYC office shooting in emotional interview ahead of NFL Hall of Fame game https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6528172/2025/07/31/nfl-hall-of-fame-game-goodell-nyc-shooting/
@Techmeme@techhub.social2025-05-31 04:30:52
Nvidia reported record gaming revenue of $3.76B in Q1, up 42% YoY, driven by sales of its Blackwell chips that are used to enhance game graphics through DLSS (Max Knoblauch/Sherwood News)
https://sherwood.news/business/nvidia-finally-had-a-quarter…
@Techmeme@techhub.social2025-07-31 08:35:35
The Cyberspace Administration of China questioned Nvidia over H20 chip security concerns after US lawmakers urged adding tracking features to exported AI chips (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/china/chinas-cyberspace-regul…
@Techmeme@techhub.social2025-06-01 11:05:37
DappRadar: NFT lending market volume has dropped 97% from a peak of ~$1B in January 2024 to ~$50M in May 2025, with borrower activity falling by 90% (Stephen Katte/Cointelegraph)
https://cointelegraph.com/news/real-world-assets-revitalize-dy…