Chromdome35

re: Alpha Gal - the tick-borne meat allergy

Posted by Chromdome35 on 8/20/26 at 2:41 pm to HoboDickCheese

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i was diagnosed a few weeks ago, only reactions I've had so far are bad hives. I cut out meat and dairy (i can still have bird and seafood) and haven't had any issues since, I've got an appointment tomorrow with a allergist

If you are so inclined, I would love to hear the results of what the allergist says. We're trying to get an appointment with one.

re: Alpha Gal - the tick-borne meat allergy

Posted by Chromdome35 on 8/20/26 at 2:39 pm to CatfishJohn

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Meat and dairy are my two main food groups.

We're both serious carnivores!

ETA: We were both serious carnivores!

re: Alpha Gal - the tick-borne meat allergy

Posted by Chromdome35 on 8/20/26 at 2:37 pm to way_south

We are in Fayetteville AR

re: Who wants to buy their very own Panzer?

Posted by Chromdome35 on 8/20/26 at 2:36 pm to Darth_Vader

Do they take checks?

Alpha Gal - the tick-borne meat allergy

Posted by Chromdome35 on 8/20/26 at 2:36 pm

My wife was just diagnosed with Alpha Gal, the tick-borne meat allergy.

We think she probably got exposed last fall and has had it for a while but her reaction to eating red meat has been pretty muted. She doesn't break out in hives or go into anaphylactic shock.

Are any of you dealing with this?

re: What I don't know about AI could fill a book

Posted by Chromdome35 on 8/19/26 at 9:12 pm to UltimaParadox

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Employees need to know the process as much as they need to know how to code

Preach!

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re: Grok bot from X revealed today

Posted by Chromdome35 on 8/19/26 at 9:11 pm to hawgfaninc

So Claude Cowork in other words?

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re: Latest Updates: Russia-Ukraine Conflict.

Posted by Chromdome35 on 8/19/26 at 6:04 pm to Leopold

If Ukraine were to be offered a peace deal that had them surrender the Donbas in exchange for EU and NATO membership with nothing other than that (No reparations, etc...) would they take that deal...I think they would jump at it.

re: Latest Updates: Russia-Ukraine Conflict.

Posted by Chromdome35 on 8/19/26 at 10:37 am to GOP_Tiger

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probably early 2028.

That seems pretty optimistic, I was thinking somewhere around 2122 on the wars 100th anniversary. :cheers:

re: Latest Updates: Russia-Ukraine Conflict.

Posted by Chromdome35 on 8/19/26 at 10:28 am to Lee B

The point was that Ukraine is preparing extensive defensive lines just over the border from the Donbass. The question is why create such extensive fortifications outside of the Donbas with one POSSIBLE answer being that if they end up giving up the Donbas, they will have a good border defense in place on day 1.

It's a POSSIBLE signal that they are preparing for Russia controlling all of the Donbas. Since Russia can't take it, the only way all of the work and investment make sense is that Ukraine would end up ceding it in a peace agreement.

I'm fully aware that Ukraine has said they wouldn't give it up, but things change.

re: Latest Updates: Russia-Ukraine Conflict.

Posted by Chromdome35 on 8/18/26 at 7:55 pm to doubleb

Follow the replies back a few posts

re: Latest Updates: Russia-Ukraine Conflict.

Posted by Chromdome35 on 8/18/26 at 5:20 pm to VolSquatch

Of course they have a choice, Russia hasn't demonstrated the ability to take it. Ukraine is probably going to offer to relinquish it to end the war.

re: Putin gathers warships with hypersonic missiles in Baltic Sea

Posted by Chromdome35 on 8/17/26 at 11:40 pm to texas tortilla

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Nato would get crushed.

Crushed by who??? Russia????? :rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao:

You can't be serious. The Russian army has been gutted by the war in Ukraine. The Russian Air Force has been unable to establish air superiority over Ukraine in 4 years of war. The Russian Navy has been savaged by a country with no navy. If Russia didn't have a decent-sized submarine fleet, they wouldn't have a navy at all.

re: Official US/Israel vs Iran war thread

Posted by Chromdome35 on 8/16/26 at 3:28 pm to ninthward

Which part is bullshite? The part where Iran inflicted heavy damage on the US naval base in Bahrain?

-3

re: 2020+ Land Rover Defender owners of the OT

Posted by Chromdome35 on 8/15/26 at 10:48 pm to subotic

I owned a Triumph TR8 for a few years. That's a TR7 body with a small V8 under the hood. Was a fun car to drive.

My friends nicknamed it the GTO...stood for Get Toolbox Out.

re: Latest Updates: Russia-Ukraine Conflict.

Posted by Chromdome35 on 8/14/26 at 4:43 pm to Coeur du Tigre

One of the biggest surprises in this war is how a country with no navy has decimated Russia's navy. Totally crazy.

re: USS Abraham Lincoln

Posted by Chromdome35 on 8/13/26 at 8:38 pm to Auburn1968

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re: Official US/Israel vs Iran war thread

Posted by Chromdome35 on 8/13/26 at 8:25 pm to BayouBengal51

blah blah blah

I'll believe it when we do it

re: Official US/Israel vs Iran war thread

Posted by Chromdome35 on 8/13/26 at 5:00 pm to cypher

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USA Lost 25% of Its MQ-9 Drone Fleet Due to War with Iran

The U.S. Air Force has lost about a quarter of its entire fleet of MQ-9 Reaper drones due to the war with Iran.

According to The Washington Post, approximately 45 drones were destroyed.

This represents about 25% of the entire U.S. fleet of these UAVs, which numbered approximately 185 units before the conflict began.

The losses resulted from the intensive use of Reapers over Iran and near the Strait of Hormuz. Due to these losses, the U.S. even resorted to purchasing remaining MQ-9 Reapers from General Atomics’ stockpiles.

Iran’s air defense system has become the main challenge for the Reaper. Due to their low speed and flights at relatively low altitudes, these drones proved vulnerable to air defense systems.

Some of the drones were destroyed not in the air, but at U.S. military bases during Iranian strikes.

According to The Washington Post, a single MQ-9 Reaper system can cost up to $50 million, meaning losses have already exceeded $1.3 billion.

This is why you don't see large expensive multi use drones in the Russian/Ukraine war. They were used early on until AA started feasting on them.

re: Latest Updates: Russia-Ukraine Conflict.

Posted by Chromdome35 on 8/13/26 at 10:16 am to VolSquatch

I think the coming mobilization will create multiple problems for Russia's army and Putin.

If it is in fact a broader scale mobilization that pulls in part from more urban populations of St. Petersburg and Moscow, then that will include with it more public visibility and awareness of the problems with the Russian army. This will result in further erosion of public support for the war thus pressuring Putin.

The Army will suffer the same exposure from increased public visibility to the issues that will be created by onboarding, equipping, training, transporting and supporting a massive volume of new troops.

While I do not think this by itself would bring it all down, it will be a few more sticks on the camel's back.

ETA; I fully expect Ukraine to target the troop onboarding and training facilities. Ukraine will want to reduce the quantity of mobilized troops before they ever reach the battlefield. Maygar is probably salivating at the prospects.