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Go with the flow man.
As the aircraft designer said, "Simplicate and add lightness".
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I make flow charts for the code I write for the OpenComputers Minecraft mod. Makes it easier to implement.
I also make flow charts for all the various processing stuff I have to set up to figure out what I need and how to lay it out.
What do you get when you cross a joke with a rhetorical question?
The metaphorical solid rear-end expulsions have impacted the metaphorical motorized bladed rotating air movement mechanism.
Do questions with multiple question marks annoy you???
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I smell money
Charlie Gilley
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
Has never been more appropriate.
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Amusing, but as others already mentioned it can useful for learning purposes.
This looks interesting:
Flowgorithm is a free beginner's programming language that is based on simple graphical flowcharts.
Flowgorithm - Flowchart Programming Language[^]
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PIEBALDconsult wrote: state's official websites:
Did you consider that they might be using COBOL.
And not Object COBOL but actual COBOL.
Quite a few years ago I had to extensively modify an older C application and realized I could no longer even think in structured programming. I had to use a model that allowed me to simulate OO via C. A junior programmer thought that was cool and I didn't explain it was just a hack so I could implement it.
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Cats "love" laser pointers. My cat knows where the light comes from; he gets all excited when he sees me pick up the pointer; yet he still chases the light.
I can run the pointer "under a door", and he'll sit in front of the door ... waiting. If he then sees the pointer in my hand, he'll give me a stink eye.
"Before entering on an understanding, I have meditated for a long time, and have foreseen what might happen. It is not genius which reveals to me suddenly, secretly, what I have to say or to do in a circumstance unexpected by other people; it is reflection, it is meditation." - Napoleon I
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As a signature block I once saw read:
I've known many Zen masters in my life; most of them were cats.
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Does he close his eyes slightly to give you the stink eye?
The difficult we do right away...
...the impossible takes slightly longer.
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Does the same with the mouse cursor. Not enough action: will gnaw on your hand. Can't do it while I'm standing up. But will swipe me if I try to pass. Recess is recess.
"Before entering on an understanding, I have meditated for a long time, and have foreseen what might happen. It is not genius which reveals to me suddenly, secretly, what I have to say or to do in a circumstance unexpected by other people; it is reflection, it is meditation." - Napoleon I
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God has a sense of humor, yesterday I teased Southmountain about new glasses. Went to the eye doctor for my yearly checkup, I knew something was up because I ditched my single focus computer lenses 3 or 4 months ago.
The cataracts in both eyes have grown so much over the past year I now have a surgery consult in February.
The optometrist said, "Yeah, your prescription changed so much that we're not even going to do glasses until the cataracts are taken care of."
Any advice? I know around here I'm kind of a whippersnapper at 57 (58 in March).
I’ve given up trying to be calm. However, I am open to feeling slightly less agitated.
I’m begging you for the benefit of everyone, don’t be STUPID.
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MarkTJohnson wrote: Any advice? Yes: 1. follow your doctor's advice; 2. don't ask for medical advice form a programming community; 3. don't follow the medical advice of a programming community... hmm, that would include my own previous advice... running into the liar paradox[^] here
Mircea
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Ok then, has anyone else had the experience and what might I expect?
(There's always one in the crowd, most of the time it's me.)
I’ve given up trying to be calm. However, I am open to feeling slightly less agitated.
I’m begging you for the benefit of everyone, don’t be STUPID.
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MarkTJohnson wrote: Ok then, has anyone else had the experience and what might I expect? Not for cataracts, but I have one coming up for my sinuses. Not trying to compare the two at all, but even for something like with sinuses it can be worrying. Probably even more so for you.
Wish I could say something more helpful. Wishing you the best with it being a smooth operation and a quick recovery.
Jeremy Falcon
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I had mine done December 2020.
I kept thinking that my glasses were just a bit dirty so I was always cleaning them until I started to struggle with driving at night which was especially bad on a dark road at night due to the headlights of the oncoming cars.
I went to the optician and they organised an appointment at the local hospital where they confirmed they were getting pretty bad, so a few weeks later I went under the knife to get them done.
Obviously they use anaesthetic so you don't feel anything, the only thing that was a little bit uncomfortable was the light used by the surgeon to see what he was doing especially as they use some kind of tool to keep your eyelids wide open so you can't blink so for about 10 minutes on each eye staring into a bright light.
When the op was finished they taped some plastic shields over both eyes to protect them while the incisions healed (a couple of days) and I had to add special eye drops several times a day for a about a month.
That having been said I was really amazed at how much brighter colours were and also how much sharper things were in focus.
The only thing I very occasionally notice is you can see the edge of the lens, a bit like seeing the frames of the lenses when wearing glasses, and to be honest you don't really notice them.
I am really glad they were done especially as they added lenses that were close to my glasses prescription (required for reading and computers), I still have a my last pair of glasses which I occasionally use when using the mobile phone because the writing can be a bit on the small size.
I certainly have no regrets about having them done.
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My mom had Cataract surgery a couple years ago. They do one eye at a time a week or two apart to allow healing. About two years after the initial surgery, a membrane behind the lens will fog up, though that only need a non-invasive laser 'surgery'.
What do you get when you cross a joke with a rhetorical question?
The metaphorical solid rear-end expulsions have impacted the metaphorical motorized bladed rotating air movement mechanism.
Do questions with multiple question marks annoy you???
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Not yet, probably in the next decade.
My parents had them done and all went well.
It also fixed some eye vision.
CI/CD = Continuous Impediment/Continuous Despair
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I have a 20 year head start on you (79 in June), but my cataracts seem to have stabilised at "almost insignificant". My brother had his done a few years ago at about the age I am now, and had no problems following it. And my son, a few years ago at just over 50; apart from a few days of blurry vision he reports no ill effects.
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MarkTJohnson wrote: at 57 (58 in March)
A friend underwent this surgery at 50. And they placed interocular lenses in his eyes during the procedure.
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Yes. I had my surgery in April last year. Leading up to it I had the following vision problems, over and above the cataract: near-sightedness (myopia), astigmatism, presbyopia (lost of focusing ability due to age), and glaucoma. Also, I lost my right eye in 2020 due to a fall, so getting this fixed properly was all-important. Like you, the cataract was changing my prescription and making it hard to drive at night.
I had three options for a corrective implant lens. The basic lens would correct the myopia, but I'd still have to wear glasses for the astigmatism. A toric lens (extra $) would correct both the myopia and the astigmatism, but I'd have to use reading glasses. A multi-focus toric lens (more extra $$) would eliminate the need for reading glasses. After talking to my opthalmologist I chose the toric lens. She thought the multi-focus lens wouldn't satisfy me, since I read printed material a lot and work on a screen.
My surgery went well. The day after my vision was corrected to 20/25, and a week later to 20/20. I use cheap, over the counter reading glasses. I have pairs in a couple places in the house, one in the car, and a pair at work. I can also wear normal sunglasses for the first time in my life. I have excellent distance vision, at least during the day.
There are two down sides. One, I've lost my close-up vision. Holding an item close to my eye doesn't work. That is a pretty unavoidable aspect of any cataract surgery. I've now got a desktop magnifier for that sort of thing. Second, driving at night is still somewhat difficult. The toric lens means bright lights in my visual field have halos. Depending on your lens choice you may or may not have this problem.
All in all, I am eminently satisfied with the result despite the added expense of the toric lens (about $4,000 I paid out of pocket, given my insurance). Find a good surgeon and follow their instructions both before and after surgery. I had drops I had to use for a week leading up to and 4 weeks after.
Software Zen: delete this;
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I've had cataract surgery on both eyes. My doctor offered 3 options for the implanted lenses:
1) Cheapest (100% covered by my insurance) were clear / no correction. Guaranteed to require multifocal corrective glasses.
2) Middle (~$1000/eye out of pocket) were corrected for near or far but not both. Guaranteed to require corrective glasses for whichever wasn't corrected with the implanted lenses.
3) Fancy (~$2500/eye out of pocket) were super cool multifocal lenses. Excellent chance that no corrective glasses would be required at all.
Having worn glasses for 20+ years I chose the fancy multifocal lenses. It's been several years and I'm still loving it. No glasses!!! The only thing I notice is slight coronas around lights at night. It's my understanding that is normal for all 3 lens choices - not just the multifocal lenses.
They use lasers in tests before the surgery to map the eye to pick the proper multifocal lens. The procedure itself was very quick (15 minutes). I was awake the whole time. Eye drops to numb the eyeball (that was weird). They use a suction cup to hold the eye steady as they work. My doctor injects antibiotics into the eye so no regiment of drops are required after. I've found many people become squeamish when hearing these kind of details but when you explain that blindness is the alternative they get over it.
Surgery in the morning with a follow-up in his office a few hours later. Wore an eye patch for about 6 hours and overnight (the first night). Lots of "floaters" in the first 12-18 hours. None after about 24 hours. Follow-up with my optometrist after a few weeks.
Hope this helps!
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I have floaters my whole life. Nothing to do for that.
I’ve given up trying to be calm. However, I am open to feeling slightly less agitated.
I’m begging you for the benefit of everyone, don’t be STUPID.
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Had it done a couple of years ago, piece of cake.
As the aircraft designer said, "Simplicate and add lightness".
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Thank you to all who posted. Calmed some fears, I mean I code for a living kinda need to be able to see. Hope I can get something like a Valium for procedure day though.
I’ve given up trying to be calm. However, I am open to feeling slightly less agitated.
I’m begging you for the benefit of everyone, don’t be STUPID.
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Hi,
Both of my Parents have had both Eyes done, no issues, well my Mums night vision is now so good she forgets headlights some times! Go for it!
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