Houndsfield's Unit
Hounsfield's Unit

Physician of the Dark Arts

All about the proof of work. And memes are cool too.

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2026-01-30 02:41:09 UTC

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Not sure if your "obviously... correct" is a troll, but you do realize that is correct to YOU and your idea of what this new system should be.
There are others that disagree.
I don't believer there is a universally correct answer because we are all different and have different motives , concerns and incentives. We all view bitcoin in a slightly different light. That is fine and that is good! but whenever you have a group of perceived elites make decisions with disregard to what are perceived as valid concerns by a large portion of the community (and then proceed mock and condemn those concerns), there is going to be pushback. We are seeing this everywhere.
The problem is no one knows the future. I worry these changes will place running nodes at risk - financial, legal, moral risks. That concerns me for putting the entire system at risk and thus that makes me cautious of these changes. And I have yet to hear convincing arguments for the change. I guess you don't feel the same. Since we don't know the future, we don't know if your obviously correct future will occur or my "obviously incorrect" one will.

2026-01-13 00:34:35 UTC

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You know these are still primarily interpreted by actual living human beings right ? AI is sometimes used to point out specific diagnoses but overall I wouldnt trust it even for my pet.
A doctor who treats himself has a fool for a patient - William Osler
A patient who treats himself has a fool for a doctor - Houndsfieldsunit 😉
Both are tongue in cheek but there is truth in both.

2026-01-09 16:02:58 UTC

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https://blossom.primal.net/28a78975061d32e401a236472df2294e614c21ddb23fb0ee3ad2dd1f3c2d6313.png
Changing the world one patient at a time ain't a bad goal doc.

2026-01-02 14:35:36 UTC

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https://media.tenor.com/eD90XmEM2TQAAAAx/austin-powers.webp

2025-12-16 15:40:42 UTC

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https://media.tenor.com/x7tK5Qi27FcAAAAC/67-south-park-67.gif

2025-12-08 10:37:58 UTC

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Everyone has joked for decades about how bad the flu vaccine is. I believe they even admitted that the most prevalent strains have not even been covered the past few years.
But government doesn't let a simple thing like logic get in their way.
When your house gets dirty you use chemicals that smell of citrus. Thus your house now smells of citrus. So from now on, when your house gets dirty you only have to make your house smell like citrus and not actually clean anything right?

2025-11-25 15:47:57 UTC

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I view Public Health as almost Keynesian medicine. It places control of your health in the hands of a small centralized group of elites who don't see you as an individual human being, but as a data point to be manipulated to somehow improve the health of the overall society.
But just like Keynesian economics, it is completely backwards in alignment and incentives with the individual. To them the society is what is important, not you as an individual. They know what's good for you and you should just do as they say.
I'll be nice and just say I disagree.

2025-11-20 20:16:40 UTC

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If you enjoy sharing, keep doing it.
If it has become tedious and frustrating, then stop.
I think a lot more people appreciate them then you would guess.

2025-11-20 03:10:30 UTC

What someone says gives you insight into what that person thinks.
What someone does gives you insight into who that person is.
Those aren't always the same.

2025-11-19 05:10:12 UTC

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https://youtu.be/CS-kjQq3TO8?

2025-11-13 02:21:53 UTC

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Things gonna get interesting. https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/visa-mastercard-reach-revised-swipe-fee-settlement-with-merchants-2025-11-10/
Merchants would be able to choose whether to accept U.S. cards in specific categories including commercial cards, premium consumer cards including many rewards cards, and standard consumer cards.
Merchants would also get more options to impose surcharges when people pay by card, including an "unfettered" ability to charge up to 3%, according to a court filing.

2025-10-17 13:27:29 UTC

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Just like covering your ears is censorship 🙄
They wanted the change. No concerns or facts were going to change their mind.

2025-10-03 05:31:27 UTC

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I have no clue about the syntax but I like the idea. This doesn't sound like it would be that hard to incorporate into wallet software, but would certainly be use as your own risk.

2025-09-07 16:29:59 UTC

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https://stacker.news/items/971710

2025-09-06 21:27:48 UTC

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She got boo'd from the stadium and the boy went home with gift from the teams.

2025-09-06 21:23:45 UTC

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https://x.com/PhilsTailgate/status/1964127753940181226

2025-08-23 21:00:40 UTC

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https://i.postimg.cc/fyBKMWKC/prodigy-bitchat.jpg

2025-08-09 18:26:23 UTC

Just watched The Italian Job with Mark Wahlberg (2003). Pretty good movie. In it they heist $35M in gold bullion in 3 mini Coopers.
Today, 22 years later, that same amount of gold is now worth ~$325M.

2025-08-03 21:23:35 UTC

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Of course the crew doesn't even see gender so no micro aggression there. But the person writing the question is not only assuming the fictional persons gender but was completely silent about their race so I find the entire question to be non-inclusive and thus unanswerable

2025-07-27 19:53:44 UTC

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It's all a charade. If you have insurance those numbers just are about meaningless. They already have a contract with your insurer to pay a fraction of each of those and call it a day (and they know what those rates are). All it does is give them an insanely inflated "MSRP".
And I don't even see a ER physician charge yet (likely coming in an entirely separate bill)
btw, that $1700 Chest X-ray will likely be reimbursed about $25
The whole medical billing system needs to DIAF

2025-07-26 20:07:48 UTC

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https://media.tenor.com/CPzFrRE9-YkAAAAC/steve-harvey-crazy.gif

2025-07-21 21:27:12 UTC

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Is /data your mount point for your second drive?
This looks specific for the Bitcoin core app so you may be able to just do the same to knots after you install it so it just points to the same directory.
Interested to see if that works and persists through app upgrades

2025-07-21 18:36:38 UTC

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if you feel comfortable with the linux command line, you should be able to move the app directory to your second hard drive (make sure it automounts) and then symlink the umbrel app dir on your primary hard drive to the app directory on the second drive. Works for me.
Now be prepared for when you upgrade because it will not respect that and you will need to do it again. It would be much easier if they just let you configure manually which directory to install things to

2025-07-18 05:11:51 UTC

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https://media.tenor.com/mOtjMYzN3k0AAAAx/this-is-a-knife-crocodile-dundee.webp

2025-07-12 14:52:18 UTC

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As far as loans go, federal student loans ain't bad. 4 years of subsidized deferment, forgivable upon death and multiple other ways to get them partially/fully paid for. Rates are not horrible and you can pay them off over decades.
Leave the gold in the vault and pay the fiat loans with deppreciating fiat. Reevaluate post graduation.
And as always, borrow as little as possible and use that money as wisely as possible.

2025-06-30 14:21:56 UTC

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https://media.tenor.com/FeyeDa60TyIAAAAx/yup-dale-doback.webp
21st century Luddites. Energy abundance for all is the key to economic success for all.

2025-06-13 13:54:54 UTC

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I saw a while back an idea for clients to mute for a specified period of time (a day, a week, etc).

2025-06-09 01:55:02 UTC

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So any good options?

2025-06-09 01:44:12 UTC

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Ugg. PWA with no channel management made, easy LNaddress and super easy to use.
Where to now? Back to Phoenix ? Zeus? Just looking for something easy for NOSTR and onboarding newbies.

2025-06-07 18:16:18 UTC

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Hopefully. But Powell's term is up next May and they will want the economy running hot going into the midterms. I'm thinking that could be when rates drop and money printer starts cranking up.

2025-06-06 04:27:17 UTC

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And feel they can get away with it.

2025-06-06 04:17:46 UTC

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Interesting. Sounds similar to a pre-mine crypto scam.
They print a ton of money for themselves, buy up all the assets thus driving up value (where we are now I assume), crash everything, and then rinse and repeat with old and new printed money.
Interesting theory. But that still leave them cover to print again, which you know they'll do.

2025-06-03 21:15:43 UTC

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https://media.tenor.com/kH9_uWF6ab4AAAAC/yes-hell.gif
It is amazing how difficult it is to get highly educated people to think for themselves.

2025-06-03 18:18:39 UTC

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https://i.pinimg.com/736x/6e/2e/e3/6e2ee3b0a3e1cb02a4b002615013815c.jpg
The truth doesn't care how much you question it, challenge it, ignore it, deny it, fight it; for it is the truth.

2025-06-03 18:18:11 UTC

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https://i.pinimg.com/736x/6e/2e/e3/6e2ee3b0a3e1cb02a4b002615013815c.jpg
The truth doesn't care how much you question it, challenge it, ignore it, deny it, fight it; for it is the truth.

2025-05-29 19:23:56 UTC

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Where have I heard this before? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAdG-iTilWU

2025-05-27 03:42:25 UTC

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https://media.tenor.com/98wO7UhvxLYAAAAC/funny-or-die-will-ferrell.gif

2025-05-22 03:22:02 UTC

Fun day in BTC land, but the real fun comes at:
~$152K - BTC is worth more than Apple
~$162K - BTX is worth more than NVIDIA
~$169K - BTC is worth more than Microsoft (and becomes the 2nd largest global asset
*based upon current market prices of course

2025-05-22 03:05:27 UTC

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University executives? Good luck with that!
https://media.tenor.com/Vb_DMqhFRXYAAAAC/atg-capa.gif

2025-05-21 18:53:37 UTC

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https://media.tenor.com/NDPpqL9tjTkAAAAC/april-25.gif

2025-05-19 02:18:47 UTC

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But then who do you sue? https://media.tenor.com/-ok8QpBV1P8AAAAC/really-willsmith.gif

2025-05-18 17:19:49 UTC

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There are probably over 100 slang terms for the various US dollar amounts but somehow people are going to be confused that one bitcoin = 100M sats? 🙄
I mean at this point about the only thing most people will ever purchase in "bitcoin" is a house or lambo.
Smart people always gotta mess things up.

2025-05-14 13:06:18 UTC

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Hey you should try out the lightning network thing. You load of some coins and you can zap people.
Wallet of Satoshi, Stacker News, Phoenix, CoinOS ...
https://media.tenor.com/ZVPlMF8Le4kAAAAC/disappointed-cmon.gif

2025-05-14 13:05:59 UTC

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2025-05-11 17:57:43 UTC

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That's awesome. As more of a general Rad doing a lot of ER work, that is so far outside of my wheelhouse I wouldn't know where to even start. So many different advances in all the different subspecialities. I'm much more of a jack of all trades, trying to be a master at at least some.

2025-05-11 01:32:14 UTC

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Fancy! I'm just trying to train all the new hires in general radiology so I am pretty sure I'll feel guilty when that time comes.

2025-05-11 01:11:24 UTC

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Heck, there are plenty of big practices and academic centers which could use whatever help you are willing to give. The need only seems to grow every year..... until we are all replaced by AI of course. 😂

2025-05-11 00:52:39 UTC

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Props from a fellow darkroom fiat miner.
This is precisely the story that so many of us want available to everyone, everywhere. Educate yourself, work hard, and save for the future in a way that can't be printed, stolen, or corrupted at the whims of those "in charge". It sounds like that is what you did and your future, whatever you want it to be, is the reward.
Hopefully all of us can leave The Cave at some point. 😉

2025-05-10 14:07:32 UTC

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They posted about network outages a bit ago. Hope that's all.
#nevent1q…gdtw

2025-05-10 12:56:27 UTC

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The program exhausted original funding of $1B in like 3 weeks. They tripled funding to $3B and it was gone in less than 2 months when they had to end the program early.
Top 10 traded in cars were all American
Top 10 purchased cars - 3 American
Estimates are that it cost taxpayers up to $24k per new sale, and just front loaded yearly sales, perhaps even hurting the industry sales as a whole.
All so you can feel better short term about your nice new car and <1mpg efficiency improvement while now in massive amounts of unnecessary debt.

2025-05-06 18:29:33 UTC

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https://i.imgflip.com/9t2lkn.jpg

2025-05-05 20:09:37 UTC

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Gotta prepare them for the real world.
https://media1.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPTc5MGI3NjExZHYyc2owZmtrdHZseXg5ajEzMzJ6a2FjZ2NuOWs2bXk4ZDRmejl4eSZlcD12MV9pbnRlcm5hbF9naWZfYnlfaWQmY3Q9Zw/oaRH8XL7VXY1Li8C0R/giphy.gif

2025-05-02 13:26:40 UTC

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https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/2832778
It's been a while since I last looked but I have never seen released data the actual radiation dosage associated with full body scanners at airports.

2025-04-18 14:10:48 UTC

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Umbrel is nice and pretty if it does what you want. Ubuntu way more configurable, but not as pretty of a front end.

2025-04-18 00:20:05 UTC

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Happy to help. But I only see people's insides 😁

2025-04-08 16:34:01 UTC

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Congratulations. I don't know you and I will likely never meet you, but the best advice I can pass along is to try and enjoy every minute.
It is new and exciting now, but in ~5 years it will seem normal and day-to-day. You will spend more time at your job, the birthday parties will come and go and they will begin to frustrate you beyond belief.
But ~10 years after that they are ready to go, to move on to college/career/life and you will realize they are what made your life meaningful that entire time.
It's the journey that's important. Try and enjoy every minute.

2025-04-07 03:55:15 UTC

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At first I thought you were talking about docs being dumb on social media, but you are right about the entire payment system. Your bank knows which doc you see, Visa knows which pharmacy you go to and possibly even the drugs you bought (possibly even from Amazon).
Everyone deserves the right of true privacy.

2025-04-06 19:02:26 UTC

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As long as that is actually writing to the external drive Good job!
Umbrel and Start9 both provide nice GUIs and preconfigured apps but are full OSs.

2025-04-06 15:21:04 UTC

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Why not just mount the second drive and symlink it to wherever your Bitcoin Core data dir is. Don't forget to set auto mount on boot.
I did this with Umbrel and it worked fine besides borking with every update🤦‍♂️

2025-03-19 16:54:27 UTC

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https://media.tenor.com/5Wpca6ftlTkAAAAC/breakdance-raygun.gif
Each gen just keeps improving!

2025-03-16 07:38:45 UTC

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She's correct because Public Health values the population over the individual. It puts an elite few in control of the many.
Public Health = medical statism
https://tenor.com/bDSjL.gif

2025-03-12 20:07:40 UTC

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Isn't that just the old market timing vs DCA argument? Tortoise vs the hare? And you are assuming you'll be able to catch the hare when it's taking a breather. Why not a bit of both?
Your stack may be growing slower and slower as NGU, but at least you are guaranteed it's growing vs hoping to catch the pullback.

2025-03-12 19:17:47 UTC

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Migrated my zap set up around just the other day. Was able to log into @nprofile…sdxk with Amber on Android and with a few clicks set it up with Amethyst. Well done!

2025-03-12 19:05:29 UTC

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https://i.imgflip.com/9n5t45.jpg

2025-03-10 23:49:06 UTC

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https://image.nostr.build/cbe2ab687181b6e972687fbcca8fe2ed0d726bcc07f6d0f7e08f9cdb638b770a.jpg

2024-10-01 19:11:41 UTC

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did someone say my name?
Be careful with using absolute numbers. Look at borders, enhancement, new? etc. example hydatid cysts can be low density but often show other suggestive findings - daughter cysts, etc.
and always beware of window/level. Rads can be tricky 😉

2024-09-25 14:26:04 UTC

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user31726104@fountain.fm
https://media.tenor.com/iXp32kTdC_IAAAAC/double-dose.gif

2024-09-20 14:33:14 UTC

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https://media.tenor.com/IcaCZj4IVdEAAAAC/yes-that-is-correct-kenan-thompson.gif

2024-08-20 11:41:56 UTC

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I see your oopherectomy and raise you a Pfannenstiel

2024-03-17 19:47:16 UTC

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Welcome. Good to see more docs veering from the status quo.
Back to my dark room now 😎

2024-03-05 03:48:42 UTC

Something finally clicked.
Life is work and success is proof of that work.
Success in school = PoW
Success in sports = PoW
Success in a career = PoW
Success in a relationship = PoW
Success growing a family = PoW
Wealth = PoW
Privacy = PoW
Freedom = PoW
Came for the bitcoin, staying for the proof of work. 😁
Big thanks to @npub1qny…95gx @npub1guh…6hjy @npub1s05…eyhe @npub14mc…frlx and so many more. Please keep doing what you are doing. I am just one example of your PoW.