Minor victory thread
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Finally managed to donate blood 
It had been 7 years since the last time because Spain has a 1-month exclusion for U.S. travelers/residents, and the U.S. has a lifetime exclusion for long-term E.U. residents.
It had been 7 years since the last time because Spain has a 1-month exclusion for U.S. travelers/residents, and the U.S. has a lifetime exclusion for long-term E.U. residents.
Nice! I have a lifetime ban from donating blood in Taiwan cause I've lived too long in the UK, and they suspect I might have Mad Cow Disease. I mean, it would explain a lot, but still.Finally managed to donate blood
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Nope, not joking. I actually went and rechecked the regulations online, just in case they've been changed, but alas, people who've lived in the UK for more than five years are still banned from donating blood in Taiwan.
Or if you have a tattoo, unless they finally changed that.
Looks like there isn't a restriction unless you're in a state that doesn't regulate tattoo parlors in which case you have to wait a year.
https://www.redcrossblood.org/donat...ements/eligibility-criteria-alphabetical.html
I got my computer to finally turn on and to complete its updates. Turns out my wireless network card was incompatible with windows 10, and that causes the system to freeze when performing updates on boot up.
So this is a really minor victory because the only way to get internet on my computer now is by running an Ethernet cable across the room, until I can afford an up to date network card.
So this is a really minor victory because the only way to get internet on my computer now is by running an Ethernet cable across the room, until I can afford an up to date network card.
Plug-and-play USB adapters are pretty cheap these days, and (at least the USB3 ones) get up to the speeds an internal card gets. Much easier to troubleshoot and replace too. I'm happy I made the switch, at least.
A wireless card interfering with boot is actually such a common problem that one of first troubleshooting steps for a computer that hangs during boot no matter WHAT operating system you are using is to remove the wireless card and try again.
—Patrick
I’m O - and donated as often as I could until the Mad Cow thing.
Now having the genetic marker for my autoimmune disease means they won’t touch me with a ten foot pole. It’s a specific question for bone marrow. My PFO for that was pretty cold. I guess I should have know not to waste their time once it was listed? Not very pleasant.
Now having the genetic marker for my autoimmune disease means they won’t touch me with a ten foot pole. It’s a specific question for bone marrow. My PFO for that was pretty cold. I guess I should have know not to waste their time once it was listed? Not very pleasant.
Well, anyone with a - blood type.
Well, anyone with a - blood type.
Welp looks like I’ve had it backwards since,..forever, I guess.
—Patrick
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GasBandit
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Thanks, all this time I had it backwards?
Greeeeat. Now I need to make some phone calls...
—Patrick
I'm ineligible for bone marrow donation thanks to a head injury I had a decade ago. I actually was called up twice (which was surprising because they said only around 15 percent of people get called once in their life and I was on the list for about a year and a half). The first time I told them about everything, even had a blood test done and was told that while I was a match, they found a better one. The second time I let them know they said they had to review it. When they called me back to let me know I was permanently ineligible, the person on the phone was very clearly crying. It was quite uncomfortable.
What is this of which you speak?
I owe about $1000 less than my car is worth.
Trading it in tomorrow
Trading it in tomorrow
Whee 
From what I’ve been seeing lately, Synthwave is making an actual comeback, so you might have to suffer through additional newly-created content as people jump on the bandwagon.
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—Patrick
GasBandit
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I've been listening to it all day, it's top shelf stuff, so far. It's gratifying, seeing as how I lobbied them for a Synthwave channel for the last couple years (citing Stranger Things and Thor: Ragnarok as evidence that Synthwave was making a comeback).
In that case, what a time to be alive.
On a semi-related note, there’s a different thing that I see is making a comeback (its last peak was in the 80’s) and it fills me with the bestest sort of joy, so I have some idea of how that makes you feel.
EDIT: Sorry, @Dave - that would be telling.
—Patrick
On a semi-related note, there’s a different thing that I see is making a comeback (its last peak was in the 80’s) and it fills me with the bestest sort of joy, so I have some idea of how that makes you feel.
EDIT: Sorry, @Dave - that would be telling.
—Patrick
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