Feeling very sick right now.
It’s probably post-exertional from wednesday and thursday, but I spent most of yesterday relaxing and watching youtube.
It could be post-youtube, if some of the milder animation which doesn’t hurt right away does … now. So I’m avoiding youtube until my next therapy appointment on wednesday, if that helps, may discuss it and continue avoiding.
I’ve been trying to contact my ob/gyn for almost a month.
I can’t do that by the online messaging system, because it’s been too long since my last appointment, because pandemic.
I tried to contact customer support, but they haven’t replied.
I tried to do it by pain, but couldn’t get through, and I’m very sick right now because I’ve just tried to make a pain call.
P.S. I have contacted my general practitioner and endo.
I can easily find phones which amplify everything so many decibels-- 40, 50, even 60 dB. But I can’t find anything on phones which limit everything to a certain number of decibels. And just because a phone is supposed to have quieter settings, without some shared measurement system, I can’t trust that these won’t be the usual earache-inducing volume range.
I try to look up reviews including hyperacusis, but they usually come from companies selling amplified phones, which have a header regarding “tinnitus & hyperacusis” because they also sell a sound masker for tinnitus.
So one of the most distinctive features of the Germanic languages is Grimm’s sound shift. Among other changes, it’s why (for example) Latin P often corresponds with English F, Latin T with English Þ, Latin C with English C, Latin Qu with English Wh, etc.
At times I’ve thought that the shift happened in the Roman period. Because the Cimbri and Teutones, whom Marius defeated in the 2nd century BCE, are often supposed to be Germanic peoples, possibly from Jutland, and their names don’t show any such shift. And because the Chatii, Cheruscii, etc. who lived in what’s now Germany in the 1st Century CE, are Germanic peoples and their names appar to be mid-shift.
Anyway, ran across the same theory elsewhere online.
I am not a linguist, but I am pretty sure it’s wrong. Because the Germanic languages borrow a lot of political and military vocubulary from the Celtic languages, and these don’t show the shift, so they must have borrowed these after the shift. And they probably borrowed these during periods of Gallic hegemony, rather than Roman hegemony. The most prominent example is perhaps Gallic rix, “ruler,” yielding for example Gothic reiks rather than *reihs. D.H. Green notes Gallic celicnon, “tower,” which yields Gothic kelikn, rather than *helihn.
One thing I found odd about one German-created word: It’s “coloratura”, which is supposed to sound Italian.
The Germans admitting in any way that one of their guttural-sounding words wasn’t good enough to describe something musical, fer cryin’ out loud, is IMNSHO a begrudging token of respect to the Italian language.
I’m considering a Vtech CS6829 or similar model. It’s supposed to have a wider range of volume options, and if it turns out too loud for my room, it may still be a big improvement for the kitchen.
Tried to set up pain.
Got hit with flashing red light. Checked Vtech’s support site. Nothing in the manual. Vtech’s contact us page is incompatible with Firefox, and Firefox’s webcompat site is probably still inaccessible. Vtech’s accessibility contact email bounces unapproved emails, and it’s not clear how to get approved.
Their accessibility pain line doesn’t work either.
One of the nice things about using a dry-erase board for to-do lists is that I can incrementally refine my personal alphabet. I wish I could create fonts and keyboard settings for it…
After my last doctor’s appointment, I went to the hospital library, looked for anything on photosenstivity. One book described symptoms very much like my own, mentioned stabilizing fixation, and practicing saccades and pursuit. I found a cheap copy online last thursday. I have also looked for gaze stabilization exercises online, will be trying them daily. Kinda leave me dizzy though. I should also practice my vestibular exercises and arm stretches daily.
Turns out, the page doesn’t work until the user clicks the cookies popup. But I block cookies popups because they give me migraines.
Have you tried archive.org?
You can get a free account and check out books online. I’m afraid I can’t speak to accessibility issues, though, so proceed with caution. It doesn’t seem particularly problematic to me, but I don’t know if it might trigger your migraines or other issues.
Signed it.
But what about the mode (using the common terms) (i.e. most common values for each digit) (in base 2 to avoid ties)?
Jurassic Park remake where they raise questions about the source of the amber. (In the book and movie, they’re from the Caribbean, but lately a lot is from Buma/Myanma.) Also, more feathers.
Been watching For All Mankind. Reached a rappelling scene, and expected one astronaut to cut the cable to go a bit farther, just to heighten the sense of danger. Avoided any main bus b undervolts so far, though.
Ran into one of theose taxonomies of conspiracy theories, and had to speak up.