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The J Church line on Muni is still a train in part because back when they were converting lines to buses, the hill on Church St was too steep for buses.

I would add the nano-texture display option on the M4 iPad Pros (1TB+ SKUs only) and the newest MacBook Pros. I recently bought an iPad Pro with the option and it’s been really nice. I can read outside in direct sunlight with it. The downside is a slight loss in contrast and very small loss in crispness but frankly for my use cases it still looks really good. My next MBP I’ll be getting this option.

but typical APIs for name resolution such as gethostbyname / getaddrinfo don't return the TTL

Oh wow I didn’t know this but I looked it up and you’re right. Interesting.

Golang HTTP2 clients will reuse the first server they can connect to over and over and the DNS is never re-resolved.

I’m not a DNS expert but shouldn’t it re-resolve when the TTL expires?

I hope they’re not getting rid of the Zeekr because as far as I know Hyundai doesn’t make any vehicles that have wheelchair ramp conversions and Waymo was planning a wheelchair accessible version of the Zeekr. If Cruise hadn’t so colossally screwed the pooch their next-gen custom vehicle was going to have an accessible version too which I was excited for because they were already testing it.

A $1k Wheelchair 2 years ago

I think it works in this case because Zack has a high profile YouTube channel and a high degree of trust in his workmanship from that. As they say, regulations are written in blood, and I would trust an approved device over a chair from some no name company somewhere because I have more faith that it won’t break on me while I’m out and about. Zack is obviously an exception to that because of his reputation which I think will help him be successful in this endeavor.

A $1k Wheelchair 2 years ago

You should really have an ATP evaluate them to determine what they need. Hemiparesis and a bad fitting chair is no joke. Unfortunately this is likely to be expensive (as noted in this entire post). You can try getting a lightweight chair like a TiLite or Quickie online, but the fitting and sizing is the most important part and in my experience a trained professional is the best route your first time around. After that, as you become more familiar with the needs of your parent you can make adjustments in the future.

A $1k Wheelchair 2 years ago

In this case the OP is targeted towards people who are already familiar with this type of chair, so I can sorta understand why the reader who has only ever seen the hospital style chair is confused.

A $1k Wheelchair 2 years ago

Custom fit lightweight wheelchairs are expensive. My Ti-Lite (one of the most popular lightweight chair brands) Aero Z starts at $3k and goes up quickly with wheels and backrest and casters and various other options that I need for sitting 16 hours a day without creating more problems. Insurance covers this for me every 5 years, but of course that's not a luxury every one has. Most plans don't cover DME 100%.

What Zack and Cambry are doing is great.

(edit) I’d like to add that I think part of being able to drive costs down is that they’re not offering these via insurance so they sidestep the need for FDA approval to market it as a medical device (hence the company name), CMS approval and HCPCS coding and all the regulatory costs that come with that.

Now don't get me started on power wheelchair cost...

There’s Blind. It tends to be toxic but I’ve also seen actually helpful advice for my company’s board. This article is really just saying don’t talk shit on Slack which seems like basic common sense.

I’d add that if you’re going to talk shit online, don’t use a device with your company’s MDM on it.

I think that really depends on the environment it’s deployed in. I used to live in a poorly ventilated former warehouse apartment with a mini split for HVAC and at night my levels were around 700. I live in a much better ventilated apartment now and it’s made a noticeable difference in QoL.

I have an SCD30 which is a dual-channel NDIR sensor and am pretty happy with it. Once a year I’ll take it outside to recalibrate it and it’s never drifted more than a few ppm. I make sure to turn off the auto-calibration and manually calibrate it because auto-calibration can lead to weird behavior if you don’t know what it’s doing (it re-baselines the lowest observed ppm in a time window as 400ppm).