I remember going to a good show last summer, Sounds Of The Underground. While some of the bands sucked nuts (Chimera, DevilDriver), there were tons of good bands there (The Red Chord, Poison The Well, Strapping Young Lad, Every Time I Die, GWAR, A Life Once Lost, etc etc) and it cost me about 20$ for the whole day.
Health Problems Related to the Geek Lifestyle 04 April Dr. AA06:33 amAdd comment
I am a currently practicing board-certified Internal Medicine physician in a large rapidly expanding tech-growth community. (Ed note: Verified) Our area is rapidly being filled with web development, IT, and biotechnology companies. As a doctor in this area over the last few years, I have discovered some unique health problems associated with this population. One of my patients pointed me to this site when I was discussing with her if computer use causes carpal tunnel syndrome.
I have noticed several repeating patterns in this geek lifestyle population.
I have always wanted to post my observations regarding the geek lifestyle. I affectionately call it the "geek lifestyle" because of my previous life of programming and web design. One of the best part of my job is getting to live vicariously through these young energetic people. I frequently wonder what would have happened to me if I would have stayed with my tech-life instead of transitioning to medicine.
Personal points aside, I have noticed several repeating patterns in this geek lifestyle population. Hopefully, these ideas will spark others to study this unique population.
#1 Horrible Sleep Hygiene Insomnia and altered sleep patterns is one of the most common complaints to my office. Frequently the complaint is of light sleep or of multiple awakening throughout the night. Although this can be a symptom of depression, this is typically caused by poor sleep habits. It typically starts with somebody waking up in the middle of the night and turning on the laptop or TV. This begins to happen more and more frequently until the patient starts to worry about waking up as soon as they go to bed at night. This stress makes the sleep worse and worse until they finally come to see me.
The bed should only be used for two things-sex and sleep.
The fix is typically easy if the habit is not too ingrained. The bed should only be used for two things-sex and sleep. If one is awake in bed for more than 10-15 minutes, one should get up and do something non-stimulating. Listening to music or reading are excellent choices. Lying in bed and watching TV or using the laptop are the worst. These stimulate the brain to wake up even more. If this happens repeatedly, the habit will be formed.
A few of my patients have tried "sleep hacking" and it almost always fails. The dangers of hacking sleep have been explored by a physician elsewhere.
#2 Headaches
Poor screen position, too small font, screen too bright/too dark, poor sitting posture are all commonly reported causes of chronic headache. Recurrent headaches are a very frequent complaint among heavy computer users. Typically these are caused by a multitude of issues regarding computer use. If they occur the same time every day or if they do not appear on non-work days, these are the clues that point me to a computer cause.
Often when I tell my patients that I suspect it is their work environment, they come back and tell me me how they fixed it. Poor screen position, too small font, screen too bright/too dark, poor sitting posture are all commonly reported causes of chronic headache. When in doubt, I just tell them to trade offices for a couple of days. If they feel better in the other office, then it suggests that it is related to their personal work environment.
Poor eyesight is frequently believed to be a cause of chronic headaches although I believe that is very overrated. What I have seen a few times is that people with glasses having too strong of a prescription. Type-A people when getting refracted for glasses will mistakenly report that higher and higher powers make them see better. To check for this when you get your glasses, just ask your doctor if the manual refraction is close to the computer-predicted, automated refraction. If the manual is a lot higher, then over-power should be a consideration.
#3 Back Pain Back pain is a frequent complaint in my
Most of its boot cycle is spent waiting for the BIOS POST, which takes about two minutes. (I think the hard drive is going so the IDE detection takes a while.)
You know, you could just manually configure the drive in BIOS, instead of waiting for it to autodetect every time.
They missed a major point about the PS2 controller: the fact that it had analog sensitivity on every button. That's how Gran Turismo 3 tells you how hard you're pressing the gas or brake. Also I'm not positive but I'm pretty sure the original Dual Analog controller featured L3 and R3 buttons (by pushing down on the analog sticks).
"Other studies found that 51 percent of women fantasized about being forced to have sex, while a third imagined: "I'm a slave who must obey a man's every wish."
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I remember going to a good show last summer, Sounds Of The Underground. While some of the bands sucked nuts (Chimera, DevilDriver), there were tons of good bands there (The Red Chord, Poison The Well, Strapping Young Lad, Every Time I Die, GWAR, A Life Once Lost, etc etc) and it cost me about 20$ for the whole day.
Glad I don't listen to Madonna. I'm happy with my 15$ / ticket Between the Buried and Me shows.
Health Problems Related to the Geek Lifestyle
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Dr. AA06:33 amAdd comment
I am a currently practicing board-certified Internal Medicine physician in a large rapidly expanding tech-growth community. (Ed note: Verified) Our area is rapidly being filled with web development, IT, and biotechnology companies. As a doctor in this area over the last few years, I have discovered some unique health problems associated with this population. One of my patients pointed me to this site when I was discussing with her if computer use causes carpal tunnel syndrome.
I have noticed several repeating patterns in this geek lifestyle population.
I have always wanted to post my observations regarding the geek lifestyle. I affectionately call it the "geek lifestyle" because of my previous life of programming and web design. One of the best part of my job is getting to live vicariously through these young energetic people. I frequently wonder what would have happened to me if I would have stayed with my tech-life instead of transitioning to medicine.
Personal points aside, I have noticed several repeating patterns in this geek lifestyle population. Hopefully, these ideas will spark others to study this unique population.
#1 Horrible Sleep Hygiene
Insomnia and altered sleep patterns is one of the most common complaints to my office. Frequently the complaint is of light sleep or of multiple awakening throughout the night. Although this can be a symptom of depression, this is typically caused by poor sleep habits. It typically starts with somebody waking up in the middle of the night and turning on the laptop or TV. This begins to happen more and more frequently until the patient starts to worry about waking up as soon as they go to bed at night. This stress makes the sleep worse and worse until they finally come to see me.
The bed should only be used for two things-sex and sleep.
The fix is typically easy if the habit is not too ingrained. The bed should only be used for two things-sex and sleep. If one is awake in bed for more than 10-15 minutes, one should get up and do something non-stimulating. Listening to music or reading are excellent choices. Lying in bed and watching TV or using the laptop are the worst. These stimulate the brain to wake up even more. If this happens repeatedly, the habit will be formed.
A few of my patients have tried "sleep hacking" and it almost always fails. The dangers of hacking sleep have been explored by a physician elsewhere.
#2 Headaches
Poor screen position, too small font, screen too bright/too dark, poor sitting posture are all commonly reported causes of chronic headache.
Recurrent headaches are a very frequent complaint among heavy computer users. Typically these are caused by a multitude of issues regarding computer use. If they occur the same time every day or if they do not appear on non-work days, these are the clues that point me to a computer cause.
Often when I tell my patients that I suspect it is their work environment, they come back and tell me me how they fixed it. Poor screen position, too small font, screen too bright/too dark, poor sitting posture are all commonly reported causes of chronic headache. When in doubt, I just tell them to trade offices for a couple of days. If they feel better in the other office, then it suggests that it is related to their personal work environment.
Poor eyesight is frequently believed to be a cause of chronic headaches although I believe that is very overrated. What I have seen a few times is that people with glasses having too strong of a prescription. Type-A people when getting refracted for glasses will mistakenly report that higher and higher powers make them see better. To check for this when you get your glasses, just ask your doctor if the manual refraction is close to the computer-predicted, automated refraction. If the manual is a lot higher, then over-power should be a consideration.
#3 Back Pain
Back pain is a frequent complaint in my
april fools! it's first.
I would just like to say that the controller I felt fit the best was the Dreamcast controller. Hands down.
Sorry, buddy, but a lot of kids would completely own a lot of older gamers. Load up counterstrike for proof.
Don't forget the N64 controller, which was the first to feature the thumb analog stick.
Then it'll be duped, don't forget that one.
Your bands suck. Long live Between the Buried and Me
You know, you could just manually configure the drive in BIOS, instead of waiting for it to autodetect every time.
Try using W3C Standards. Here's a link.
Ha! I usually see them with 400-500 on average.
You're the reason I read the comments. Thank you. I'll turn in my application tomorrow.
Thank you. Please mod parent up.
get a dremel.
Um... The Analog sticks are analog. That's why they're called "Analog sticks".
They missed a major point about the PS2 controller: the fact that it had analog sensitivity on every button. That's how Gran Turismo 3 tells you how hard you're pressing the gas or brake. Also I'm not positive but I'm pretty sure the original Dual Analog controller featured L3 and R3 buttons (by pushing down on the analog sticks).
Agreed. I used to play that shit all day.
BOOM FIRSTPOST! noob!
When do you think Windows 98 was released?
"Other studies found that 51 percent of women fantasized about being forced to have sex, while a third imagined: "I'm a slave who must obey a man's every wish."
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Most women fantasize about being raped.
unders_core is the new one.
Yes! My city is getting owned.
He speaks the truth.