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Boomtrooper

Boomtrooper
Darth Ender said:
well, in all cases (of covid caused), the loss of smell is brain damage. which is permanent. it's your brain rewiring around it that makes the loss of the sense not perm.
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not strictly true - the main mechanism is damage to sustentacular cells that support the olfactory apparatus and for the majority, recovery is complete by about 6 months. For some (I think in region of 1-2%) damage can be long-lasting, and there are some cadaveric studies showing destruction of the olfactory bulb...
 

Darth Ender

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MishaTX said:
Well. It's... complicated. And I say that as somebody who's been tortured by having to learn all three different ways of notation.

Let's get the first one out of the way: YYYY/MM/DD. This is the only LOGICAL one, as it makes sorting by date so very, very much easier. It only appeals to geeks like myself, however.

Then there's DD/MM/YYYY. This just doesn't make sense to me, since the most important information should be at the beginning, in my logical opinion (as well as that of the Silent Majority who always, somehow, seem to agree with me). Who gives a hootin' owl fart what the day is? There's a huge difference, given how seasons work on our planet which we happen to inhabit, as to whether it's the 21st of February or the 21st of August.

Which leads us to MM/DD/YYYY which, for everyday purposes, is more useful. It tells you what time of year it is, then what date it is (which nobody cares about unless their mortgage is due) and finally what year it is, which even fewer people care about unless they're idiot amateur historians like myself.

Which is why it's complicated. My inner geek tells me to use YYYY/MM/DD, my everyday personality tells me to use MM/DD/YYYY, and my radio training tells me to use DD/MM/YYYY (except I usually leave out the YYYY because people on the other end not knowing what year it is aren't really worth wasting my time on). Oh, and never use the ordinals when on the horn or everybody is going to laugh at you.

Complicated, I tell you.

Thanks for coming to my TEDx talk.
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I vote for YYYY/MM/DD all others are stupid garbage.
 

PiLhEaD

PiLhEaD
Just said:
My mother-in-law is months after her Covid episode, which she went through surprisingly well for a cancer convalescent
(only some fever and weakness, lungs were nor "devastated").

She has lost her smell and taste almost completely though when she was sick,...
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Darth Ender said:
well, in all cases (of covid caused), the loss of smell is brain damage. which is permanent. it's your brain rewiring around it that makes the loss of the sense not perm.
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Thanks for those cheery updates. Alas I think you're probably right. <shrugs - play the cards you're dealt>

I am very pleased to hear your mother-in-law came through okay @Just.
 

PRORABBIT67

PRORABBIT67
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PiLhEaD

PiLhEaD
MishaTX said:
...Let's get the first one out of the way: YYYY/MM/DD. This is the only LOGICAL one, as it makes sorting by date so very, very much easier. It only appeals to geeks like myself, however....
....Thanks for coming to my TEDx talk.
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Agreed. For the messaging system I worked on we used YYYYMMDDHHMMSSNN (we needed the NN).

What's the next TEDx talk subject on*? And where do I subscribe please?

* please let it be Blam! please let it be Blam! please let it be Blam! please let it be Blam!please let it be Blam! please let it be Blam!
 

PiLhEaD

PiLhEaD
Boomtrooper said:
not strictly true - the main mechanism is damage to sustentacular cells that support the olfactory apparatus and for the majority, recovery is complete by about 6 months. For some (I think in region of 1-2%) damage can be long-lasting, and there are some cadaveric studies showing destruction of the olfactory bulb...
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I come back to my 'play the cards you're dealt' mantra.

Or if people prefer 'we are where we are' (now let's stop moaning and get on with sorting it out). This was one of my mantras back in my Programme Management days.
 

WhiteShadow

WhiteShadow
MishaTX said:
I'll be honored to have you on my, ahem, list. Yeah, I know, I make it sound ominous when it really isn't, but I DO have a reputation to uphold, you know.

Send me a request or I'll send you one as soon as I get back online.

See you in the black, CMDR! Let's go see if we can't go diplomatically make our points to somebody together. It'll be FUN!

Oh, and BLAM!, of course, there'll definitely be a good deal of BLAM! involved. BLAM! is so much more fun with friends! :)
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BLAM is definitely better with friends!!

(A bit like "Pie tastes better with Cool Whip")

Source: https://youtu.be/7ZmqJQ-nc_s
 

Darth Ender

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Boomtrooper said:
not strictly true - the main mechanism is damage to sustentacular cells that support the olfactory apparatus and for the majority, recovery is complete by about 6 months. For some (I think in region of 1-2%) damage can be long-lasting, and there are some cadaveric studies showing destruction of the olfactory bulb...
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that is true... it appears two separate symptoms are at play, one direct ...which hits those support cells directly ...and one indirect that happens to damage the part of the brain that deals with the olfactory processing. Both dont necessarily have to happen to the same person (to the same degree)

hms.harvard.edu

How COVID-19 Causes Loss of Smell

Olfactory support cells, not neurons, are vulnerable to novel coronavirus infection
hms.harvard.edu hms.harvard.edu
www.news-medical.net

Alarming COVID study indicates long-term loss of gray matter and other brain tissue

In a research paper recently uploaded to the preprint server medRxiv* by Prof. Gwenaëlle Douaud et al. (June 15th, 2021), participants that had taken part in a brain study prior to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic were invited back for a series of follow-up tests, revealing significant losses...
www.news-medical.net www.news-medical.net
 

Just

Just
Boomtrooper said:
not strictly true - the main mechanism is damage to sustentacular cells that support the olfactory apparatus and for the majority, recovery is complete by about 6 months. For some (I think in region of 1-2%) damage can be long-lasting, and there are some cadaveric studies showing destruction of the olfactory bulb...
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I sense some factual, scientific dispute incoming...

Can and should be any change in the way how neural network is working considered as (permament) "damage" considering the fact that brain is constantly "rewiring" itself as a part of it's self reprogramming process?

etc, etc

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Ok, the second link from ED post kind of nuked this post.
Losing gray matter is brain damage.
 
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MishaTX

MishaTX
PiLhEaD said:
What's the next TEDx talk subject on*? And where do I subscribe please?

* please let it be Blam! please let it be Blam! please let it be Blam! please let it be Blam!please let it be Blam! please let it be Blam!
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I have a multi-page thesis on the Tao of Blam!™, but I'm pretty certain that I'd have to post it on a different forum, lest I incur enough infractions to drive our poor moderators andn CMs insane.

I do find it encouraging to see such eagerness to learn the One True Truth, however, young padawan. You will go far, and I'll be happy to assist you as much as I can, being a mere mortal, on your way forward.

Peace is a lie. There is only Passion.
Through Passion I gain Strength.
Through Strength I gain Power.
Through Power I gain Victory.
Through Victory my chains are Broken.
The Force shall free me.

BLAM!!
 
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