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Pavan Anand
@paanvaannd.bsky.social
🥼 MD (Family Medicine) & 🧑🏾‍💻 programmer in Riverside, CA.

Interested in almost everything under the Sun… and within and beyond it as well.

Views: mine, left-leaning, optimistic tinged with realism; repost ≠ endorsement; posts ≠ medical advice.
❌ “A high A1c causes increased risk of heart failure.”
✅ “Heart failure hospitalization risk increases 8–32% per 1% unit increase in A1C.“

❌ “Climate change is bad for everyone, including animals & plants.”
✅ “Climate change raises lifetime cost of living by ~$255,000.”
November 6, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Health & climate messaging need to be clearer & grounded in self-interest, especially in the U.S.

It shouldn’t have to be, but unfortunately I think that’s where we are as a society. “What’s in it for me?”
November 6, 2025 at 6:47 PM
And in the same way, we should steer away from climate solutions becoming like the U.S. sick—not health—care system: waiting on issues manifesting before recognizing their impact on our/others’ lives.

It’s a tough messaging divide to bridge for people concerned about the day-to-day, not the future.
November 6, 2025 at 6:32 PM
*who are *rock*, ground, and water types

Post-night shift typo
November 5, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Bulbasaur: #001 in the Dex, #1 in my heart!

But we shouldn’t forget those among us who are grass, ground, and water types: touching grass can be harmful for them :(
November 5, 2025 at 5:43 PM
I highly recommend checking out the search engine Kagi (kagi.com).

You pay for it (monthly/yearly, cheap for the value return): you’re not the product.

You can guide search results: de-prioritize certain sites like Reddit, Amazon, etc. while prioritizing others like indie sites (see Kagi Lenses)
Kagi Search - A Premium Search Engine
Better search results with no ads. Welcome to Kagi (pronounced kah-gee), a paid search engine that gives power back to the user.
kagi.com
November 5, 2025 at 5:38 PM
I regret having watched the video of her testimony in that article… I have no words to describe my reaction to the utter lack of logic, reasoning—any semblance of the capacity for critical thought—going on there.
October 23, 2025 at 5:45 AM
I mean, S03E08 is one of the best episodes of television ever.

The story, cinematography, acting, its dark humor, optimistic ending, the emotions it evokes… I’ve watched it 4-5 times so far and I can’t help but tear up during it. Words can’t describe its beauty.
October 20, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Not sure if it’s a proliferation of people who don’t know the difference now or if it’s always been this way, just more visible now with the Web.

Had a discussion online in which someone retorted with: “well, in my opinion, it’s an absolute fact that…”

. . . what
October 15, 2025 at 8:07 AM
I like Rectangle but Komorebi would allow a (near-)universal config file that minimizes fussing with separate configs, UIs, paradigms, etc.

That said, I’m also considering others as mentioned in these comments: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4555...

Heard great things about Aerospace, too!
Show HN: Rift – A tiling window manager for macOS | Hacker News
news.ycombinator.com
October 14, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Thanks for the suggestion! Rectangle on my Mac Studio works wonderfully :)

I should’ve specified that my ideal new tiling WM would auto-tile and have config file support for portability/reproducibility.

Seems that Komorebi is coming to macOS, may be my cross-platform solution: youtu.be/u3eJcsa_MJk
My Favorite Tiling Window Manager is Finally on macOS
YouTube video by Jeezy Codes
youtu.be
October 14, 2025 at 8:15 AM
It might only be valid for one person…

If it is, and it’s used up already though you want an invite, let me know: I’ve got 3 more codes left at the moment’
September 20, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Now, if we still don’t get Mega Flygon after >10 years of asking…

Grab the pitchforks.
September 16, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Furthermore, why should I care about things like that in a game focused on gameplay?

I don’t play Pokémon games to focus on overworld textures and intricacies of depth, scale, and realism rendered digitally.

I just want a fun game where imaginary creatures battle each other.

Exasperating, really.
September 16, 2025 at 2:37 PM
1) I disagree: they look good.

There are legitimate criticisms, like walls just being textues as opposed to any actual depth to windows, doors, and other features.

Hard to take these claims seriously, though, from people who claim

“I could do better
“PS2 level graphics”
“Literally unplayable”
September 16, 2025 at 2:37 PM