Call me Yohann. I frequently write about medicine, but I am fascinated by many things. The internet is full of noise. I created this little corner of the ...
When people say, “we have made it through worse before” by Clint Smith all I hear is the wind slapping against the gravestones of those who did not make it, those who did not survive to see the confetti fall from the sky, those who did not live to watch the parade roll down the street. I have grown accustomed to a lifetime of aphorisms meant to assuage my fears, pithy sayings meant to convey that…
One of the ambulatory surgical centers I work at has transitioned from from paper records to electronic records. To facilitate this, a desktop computer was installed in every OR next to each anesthesia workstation. I generally think the conversion to electronic records is long overdue. It requires some adjustment but ultimately reduces our intraoperative workload dramatically. However, someone -…
It's May (graduation season). I just wanted to share - and save - this moving essay . It is about the author's thoughts and feelings as his autistic son finishes 12th grade.
So late last year, shortly after my previous post , I talked myself into upgrading my PC a second time. This was prompted by the the fact the an Intel CPU, the i5-14600K, was on sale for about $170. The price had been falling for some time (and has now rebounded over $300 !). This generation of Intel CPUs had been plagued by oxidation and degradation which led to an early demise. These apparent…
Is there anything more delightful than this toad in his home? I defy you to find it. Seneca Creek Greenway, Maryland, USA
As I was saying : 1 Many analysts believe that Iran’s grip on the Strait of Hormuz is only temporary. A widespread expectation is that U.S. and allied naval forces will soon stabilize the situation and that oil flows will resume along familiar lines. That expectation is flawed. It assumes that to continue to control the strait, Iran must physically close it off. But as we have already seen, you…
Today's news : A top deputy to U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro acknowledged in a closed-door hearing this month that the Justice Department did not have evidence of wrongdoing in its criminal investigation of the Federal Reserve over the cost of its building renovations, according to a transcript of the court proceedings. A political prosecution. Imagine that. As I was saying : Jerome Powell is not a…
Sixteen days in and Iran is waging asymmetric warfare exactly the way one would expect: decentralized resistance, with military units operating independently to inflict economic pain on the US and allies. The US military is extremely effective at destroying targets - but it does not take much to shut down shipping through the Strait of Hormuz. This was entirely predictable, which is why several…
The problem with supporting - or even just cooperating - with someone as dishonest as President Trump is that eventually you have to either (1) join him in his belief that his conflicts with reality are, in fact, the result of a global conspiracy against him or (2) resist his impulses, and in doing so, become his enemy. "It can't be that Trump is corrupt," his supporters reason. "Literally…
I became interested in PC building about a decade ago due to two events: one, the Pentium G3258 was released in 2014 and quickly became famous as a low-cost, easily overclockable dual core CPU. It really lowered the barrier to entry for novices like me. Two, I encountered a clip of two men playing a combat flight sim using an early version of the Oculus Rift and I wanted the same for myself . Such…