Bob O`Bob
bob0bob.bsky.social
Bob O`Bob
@bob0bob.bsky.social
He/Him. I mask in public indoor spaces. Enforcer of the Paradox of intolerance. Retired software engineer. Playing at being every kind of engineer.

Just trying to survive, in the cross-product dystopia of _Network_ and _Idiocracy_
Please don't take this as argument, but the errors are less likely to be the machine than they are to be your body's responses to the process. Any machine may suffice, if you can learn to bear it. That hurdle was much lower for me, I'm sure.
August 24, 2025 at 8:00 AM
An automated machine of your own could help you to get used to the process. My Omron was under $100 and it can be set to take three readings, a few seconds apart, from just one start. I think it averages, but would be better for me to just throw out the first two.
August 23, 2025 at 9:33 PM
sometimes called "white coat syndrome" the same for me. But even when I take it myself at home the first reading is often anomalous. I might call it "oh it's not that awful syndrome" my BP is elevated until I remember what the process feels like.
August 23, 2025 at 9:20 PM
August 23, 2025 at 8:37 PM
I have an egg-shaped appliance by Nordic Ware that does proper in-shell boiled eggs IN the microwave. A "single tasker" tool that does its one thing (soft, medium, or hard) very well.
August 23, 2025 at 8:34 PM
"Chapter " titles within yt were helpful, thanks
August 22, 2025 at 5:24 PM
With CRISIS becoming ROUTINE there may be hope for the fourth quadrant.
August 22, 2025 at 1:30 AM
thanks. More resources are better. The noise stopped, it's either done or refueling.
August 21, 2025 at 11:11 PM
DOES NOT appear, on planefinder, flightradar24, or airnavradar. Now I'm getting concerned.
August 21, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Thinking maybe an Italian flag, with a California Bear added.
August 21, 2025 at 10:39 PM
looks entirely like a gen-av light single, Piper, Cessna, or similar but too high for me to see detail. Definitely a "drone" in the sense of near-constant annoying sound penetrating my walls for well over two hours but probably not otherwise.
August 21, 2025 at 10:24 PM
What would it take to get an advisory bot for San Jose? Some light single has been circling my Cambrian Park neighborhood for longer than I expected it to have loiter capacity.
August 21, 2025 at 10:22 PM