SwampNut

"Are there any electric seat-integrated options under $200?" Shit, damn, there are, with great reviews. "Find one with dual user settings." Done. On top of that, I love the dual controls. You can just use the analog (ish) side knob or the full control panel. And unlike a remote you can drop into the shitwater, this is a mountable "console" type remote. We have a wall to the right and a cabinet to the left, for easy mounting. I'll put VHB tape on the back of this and run it along the underside of the mirror, should look decent.

Having your AI agent already know about you is so helpful. Tailored recommendation for you Given that you are comfortable with plumbing, tools, and value-oriented gear, the Luxe Bidet Neo 185–style attachment is the most logical first choice: it is inexpensive, widely used, and well-reviewed, while offering dual nozzles and self-cleaning in a simple, no-frills package. If you want something that feels a bit more “fixture-grade” and you do not mind spending a bit more, a Brondell Element/PureSpa non-electric attachment would be the next best pick.

Feeling a little cocky.

Don't ask don't tell.

I think your existing usage of Omeprazole is part of that. It's been a miracle for me, can't believe this is not known/recommended by ANYONE. Another fucking peptide discovery I have to make on my own.

No, generally that is much lower, and often includes doing shots more often. IE, 500mcg every three days, etc. Dave followed a calendar schedule of moving up, which is never a good idea. Phillip followed the drug maker's recommendation of moving up as needed when lower doses are not effective. It took over a year for me to move up, as blood sugar control became ineffective. In the studies, most people stayed at 7.5-10mg. Edit to add: 2.5mg starter 5mg first titration up (some just do this at 4 weeks) 7.5mg as needed 10mg 12.5mg 15mg

Ours is a very cheap one that is over ten years old. Both it and the toilet lid are falling apart. I think the lid breaking damaged the bidet. Your replacement recommendations? Our water temp is always reasonable, so no heat needed, nothing crazy. Maybe just get the same one if it exists.

Every AI assumes a charge efficiency that is lower than the truck shows on its display. They go with 85% and the live data in the truck was far better. Grok however assumes a driving efficiency that is higher than realistic. Nvidia's GPT6 assumes one that is too low, but only a little. The others were in a range. Now which AI do I use, to feed all the AI answers into, and let them fight it out? And what’s the prompt?

We just spent enough electricity asking various AIs to charge the truck for a year. Your estimate is probably very wrong, so far we have Grok, Perplexity, and ChatGPT putting us at 15-22, Gemini at 11, and a non-consumer internal AI at Nvidia saying 16.

Here it is a week later, and 100% of my tirzepatide-induced stomach issues are gone. Not better, but gone. I'm back to the cast iron stomach I was known for and loved. I have pressed the test with things like a massive Mexican junk food meal along with four grilled serranos, and ... nothing. Just my old normal processing. I am now super-interested in the exact mechanism of action going on here with all of this. I know that a large part of what started the problem is increasing gastric emptying time from 20 minutes to 70 (ish), but not sure why the PPI fixes it. I can only guess that the longer contact time in the stomach was stimulating too much acid production? As far as I can tell, I don't have any side effects of Omeprazole, or possibly may have slight constipation. But that also varies by other things I eat and drink so it's hard to tell. I just added one more magnesium to my daily routine. Unexpected side benefit: I can take vitamins/supplements on an empty stomach with no upset. As Phillip said, the cost is effectively zero, I think 20 cents/day. @rxx do you recommend any specific version of it? I see various timed release, one with magnesium, but isn't that the same as just taking mag capsules? I am taking this: https://www.walgreens.com/store/c/walgreens-omeprazole-delayed-release-tablets/ID=prod6071736-product

It's interesting how everyone is affected so differently. So here I am ADDING omeprazole (see my post on that), and finding myself vastly more attracted to alcohol and such. But I've totally lost my addiction to hot peppers and hot sauce. I don't dislike them, but now I'm probably far more normal on use of them, while in the past I would often wake up dreaming of what I could make for lunch to go with my massive collection of hot sauces. Which now, is becoming old and stale. Oh, and when I'm taking retatrutide, I like chocolate. I've always disliked chocolate. But not on tirzepatide, still dislike it. WTF! I think this is at least 80% of the path to weight loss and great health. Just.Eat.Plants My short story on this: I was at 256 and got together with a group of around 100 people to do a purely plant diet. For about 8-10 days I ate nothing but a potato. Seriously. No, not a potato with butter and salt. A potato. Then I went into a very well balanced and complete plant based diet for 187 days. If it wasn't a whole plant, I didn't eat it. Got to 210 in a pretty good timeframe. I slowly added small amounts of other foods, and now I'm able to very well judge what effects the awful standard American diet garbage have on me. I can feel things like my watch band or ring getting tighter from bloating and inflammation. Or just pains around my body that had gone away on just pure plants.

So damn useful. I've found a reason/need to strap people things down in the bed nearly every day for the last week.

It will increase life, if they are dimmable LEDs. The enemy of LED life is heat, taking even just a bit off the top will make them last much longer. "Hey Siri, set the garage to 90%."

Well that blows, find another doc? I have more non-appointment interaction with mine than appointments. But yeah, in general I'm going on my own with medicine, and our 15+ year PCP is now being shoved out of his practice at end of year.

What info did you use to decide on that usage? Just that it would stop working when you didn't take it? Doctor advice? It does seem like long term usage is OK, and also that some people get semi-permanent relief with cycles. Shit's dirt cheap, so the only reason I have concerns is any unexpected medical concern. Obviously, tirzepatide is a permanent thing for me if I want to live. The other GI remedies are less effective and require much more usage.

I don't know if you've ever looked at the connectors on my line lights? They come in 45 degree, 90, and straight. You can make the shapes that would allow. I can't say whether Dave's specific kit has all of those, you can buy them as needed. My kits came with some of all of them, but I had to buy a few to make specific shapes. In case it's not obvious to some, this is common in detail and paint shops because the specific hex shape helps show any defects.

It will be interesting to see if the 14 day usage results in long term improvement when I stop taking it. Also shortly after posting, I said fuck it and started taking it. So far, zero episodes of dyspepsia. Yesterday I decided to push it with a heaping amount of jalapeños in a lunch with other challenging foods, nothing. This weekend I will be further abusing my GI tract with both food and drink. No noticeable side effects so far.

I thought of you this morning as I was changing out a hose that was leaking. Teflon tape meant that this fitting, so old that it had corroded through from the inside and was spraying, came off with two fingers. It was 48 degrees, fucking retarded cold. But the water was kinda ok. I think the warmer ground makes it come out warmer than the air. And nice truck.

This is why I posted here. It can mean there's danger, or as Mike said, could be that you shouldn't cover up symptoms of a larger issue. Today we learned that ultra low fat dog food is RX only. Can't buy it. Why? One of the above I would believe.

Yesterday I did the yearly maintenance on the vacuum cleaner for the first time, and learned that it's five years and six days old. It needs a brush motor, and had a five year warranty.

That's how this was installed, it's super effective and "easy." I say it that way because it took a bunch of measuring and marking, and planning, but the job was not hard. Just requires thought and taking your time. I had to replace a couple that died and the tape came off easily (it's the 3M pull-to-remove stuff). I have a lot of my lighting and other things on these Apple Home compatible switches. Dirt cheap, and means any device can control them. "Hey Siri set the shop to full brightness" or "Hey Siri turn on shop lamp 1." Or if they are dimmable lights, you can get a dimmer version (these are just on/off). https://amazon.com/dp/B084JHJBQT

I was just musing on this yesterday. I ordered something fluffy and soft. It was in a box. Which Amazon put in another box, and "protected" it with said crumpled paper. Though in this case they barely put in any crumpling effort and it was mostly just paper. Luckily, my fluffy soft item was still fluffy and soft, not broken. Use teflon tape on all garden hose fittings. Thank me later.

This works, now to make a prettier, permanent version. Propane annoyances have already commenced. I was doing the propane exchange machine at Sam's, $20 each. After the first, it says it's out of inventory, fuck off. Sigh. Ok, so next day I swap cylinders and go out with two empties, fill at U-Haul. $16, but have to stand around waiting. The employee was fun, friendly, and efficient, so there's that. She laughed her ass off at my shirt. So, we will see how often it needs a new tank. When I got it, I had two empties and one partial, so no idea on usage still.