Dempf
@Dempf@lemmy.zip
- Comment on Is it possible to fix one's eyesight? What are working methods? What is to be cautious about? 1 week ago:
I had the same surgery for $7600 a year ago.
My glasses prescription was really strong, and my corneas are really thin, so LASIK wasn’t an option for me.
Anyone considering this surgery should research the side effects and risks (there are some meta-papers in medical journals that go over these items).
I experienced all of the visual artifacts below in the days/weeks after my surgery. At first they were very bad/noticeable.
After a couple of weeks, the only major issue was still getting halos.
Those have gradually diminished over the last year, and 99.9% of the time, I don’t even notice that I have the lenses in.
Night driving is a bit more annoying because I still get a lot of halos there, but it’s manageable, and my brain is better at filtering them out.
Overall getting this surgery was one of the best decisions I’ve ever made. I see better than 20/20, and no longer have to wear glasses/contacts. But I’m saying (to anyone reading this and considering it), go into it with the expectation of some risk (e.g. could cause early cataracts), and give your body time to recover from the surgery and your brain time to adapt & filter out the halos.
- Comment on Automated switchboard 1 month ago:
Seems like people have been doing this enough that companies have started to disable the functionality. Comcast will just hang up on you nowadays if you spam zero.
My trick lately to speed things up with Comcast is just go straight to cancellations. I always immediately get a human on the phone. I them tell them what I’m actually calling about, and they will then transfer me to the correct department.
- Comment on All the Disney+ films and TV shows that have been deleted from the service 2 months ago:
That makes sense, thanks.
- Comment on All the Disney+ films and TV shows that have been deleted from the service 2 months ago:
Is there someone who understands / can explain the tax principles behind the removal? I see the term impairment charge mentioned in the article. Best I can tell, the company is saying their book value is higher than the actual value of the item, so they can take the loss and write it off. But why does that necessitate removing it?
Is this also the reason that Disney used to put stuff into “the vault” back in the day?
I’m all on board with piracy-first (I don’t even bother to figure out how to pay for movies/TV anymore because piracy is so much more convenient), but I want to be able to explain to a layman why things are getting worse.
- Comment on Anon challenges a fine 5 months ago:
My understanding is usually you can go before the judge and explain that the higher insurance rates will be a burden for you. Usually you don’t necessarily need a lawyer to go and ask for that. The judge will often add some stipulations like double the fine you pay now, and you can’t get another ticket for a certain amount of time.
When I lived in Illinois they had formalized the process and called it “court supervision” which is an option you can check on the ticket, but you do have to appear in court. Can’t get another speeding ticket for a year, and they won’t report it to insurance.
When I got a second speeding ticket though after 11 months, I did hire a lawyer. He requested continuance for me, so that by the time they heard the case, it had been 12 months, and I could do a second court supervision. Since then I decided to try to avoid getting more tickets.
- Comment on The true hero of summer 6 months ago:
Which will be a more common occurrence in the future.
- Comment on The world's only coal-to-nuclear reactor plant just broke ground in Wyoming 6 months ago:
I wonder if it has to do with reusing the transmission lines from the coal plant.
- Comment on Is it weird that I enjoy imagining being a witness/victim of various tragedies? 6 months ago:
Yours is the best take.
My guilty pleasure is the Air Crash Investigation series, or more recently Mentour Pilot on YouTube. It scratches both itches in my brain – the logic / engineer side, and the morbid curiosity & fascination with disaster.
The Roy thing is maybe pushing a little into weird. But if this sort of thing wasn’t normal then there wouldn’t be whole shows, subreddits, etc dedicated to disasters.
- Comment on gonads 7 months ago:
They need to do way instain nematodes> who kill thier babbys. becuse these babby cant frigth back? it was on the news this mroing a nematode in ar who had kill her three gonads . they are taking the three babby back to new york too lady to rest my pary are with the father who lost his chrilden ; i am truley sorry for your lots"
- Comment on Hypersensitive tankie mod 8 months ago:
This engine is McCarthyism.
- Comment on CFCs 8 months ago:
I use talking points like these a fair amount with Republicans. Try to get them to think back to when they were leaders in environmental policy. Get back to their roots of environmental stewardship. It seems to have moved the needle slightly.
- Comment on Task failed successfully 11 months ago:
Sure, I have an idea. How about we talk about beans…
- Comment on How have you personally found the Lemmy community compared to its competition and other social media? 11 months ago:
I have been happy to get outside my bubble a little bit. But at the same time, many of the Marxists here seem to be in their own bubble.
- Comment on OK Microsoft... trying to log into Teams while work lapop updates to Windows 11. No longer works in any iPhone browser, including Edge. The app will not authenticate my work login... 1 year ago:
I keep Teams on my Android phone but installed in its own isolated work profile via Shelter.
- Comment on Pharmacy staff from Walgreens, CVS say they’re at a breaking point — here’s what their days look like 1 year ago:
Costco does these and I happened to schedule my COVID shot the same day. It made getting my shot really chill and easy since everyone who would normally be waiting at the pharmacy for a flu shot was at the other side of the store.
- Comment on Gordon Ramsay's Ultimate Grilled Cheese Sandwich- Ramsay Around The World 1 year ago:
At least I can say… man’s got balls for leaving this video up.
