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This welcome message refuses to go away. 90% of the time that I open the Samsung Health app, I get this annoying welcome message. Particularly annoying because of how much screen real estate it takes up and I'm just sick of interacting with it to remove it.

Am I missing something here ? Is there a way to permanently stop this welcome message from spamming me nearly every time I open the app ?

Edit: seems I found the solution, thanks to someone who responded to this thread with what worked for them.

It isn't enough to interact / read the welcome message .... You also have to mark it as helpful. It isn't obvious how you do this, but you need to long press the welcome message and a dialog appears asking you to select thumbs up helpful or thumbs down unhelpful.

Mark it as helpful.

The welcome message came back the next time I opened the app, but the third time I opened the app the message did not appear and has not appeared since. Fingers crossed, but it now seems to be gone for good.

Thinking about buying this interface, but research surfaces some disgruntled users here & there - generally Windows users. Seems Windows drivers are patchy. Mileage seems to vary depending on the windows setup.

So I come to you, asking this question, seeking the current driver situation ... specifically for Windows 11 on a X870e motherboard. Bonus points if it's the Asus ProArt X870e Creator Wifi.

It's Galway Races time again. RAG week for monied gomies.

The last few days I have noticed this ropey looking bollox cycling around town ... He does these wild swerves towards people and cars and then swerves away again just inches before collision.

Very aggressive cycling and seems to be looking for a reaction.

Just wondering if this is a Crohn's thing, or a co-occurring gluten sensitivity thing ...

I don't eat ultra processed breads, so I'm not sure if it applies with that stuff.

But whenever I eat bread, which is organic freshly baked stuff - no additives or preservatives or emulsifiers etc - I get intensely bloated a couple hours later, which then lasts for a couple hours. And I mean intensely bloated, like considering going to the hospital levels of bloat because it goes beyond GI discomfort and feels like a medical emergency.

That feeling lasts about 2 hours .... and then eases off, and becomes much much milder bloat. Some lingering bloat, but very mild by comparison, until I have a BM and eject this material from my system. So about 24 hours until I'm back to baseline.

I spent months on exclusive enteral nutrition, and then months on CDED ... so I spent most of a year without eating any bread whatsoever ... And before that I wasn't eating much if any bread since I was diagnosed, I immediately adopted a restrictive diet based on stool quality. So I had a lot of time without bread, and so when I've tried eating it lately I know for certain it's the bread causing this reaction.

So I'm wondering is this a common Crohn's thing or should I be investigating other potential causes ?

I've tried it a few times now over the laat couple weeks and I've ruled out any other possibilities ... I was hoping to eat bread again ... but I guess it was probably adding to my GI problems all along. Or maybe I'm just sensitive to it whilst flairing ...

Particularly for people who own or have used both.

I have already decided to get the smaller versions of the 17/25/45 lenses for a 'every day carry' / street photography use case, as I want to be discrete in crowds, and have a more manageable load in my hand for quickly taking shots, shooting from the hip, etc. I had the 45mm 1.8 in the past and loved it, but gifted it to an ex along with my first m43 camera body. Amazing shots from such a small lens. Anyway.

I am also choosing the body to go with it.

I was thinking of getting an OM-3. Seemed like a no brainer, flagship internals in a smaller than flagship body. But then I started to wonder, especially once I realised there's no black version of the OM-3, is it really more discrete & 'every day carry' than an OM-1 ? In a meaningful sense ? They are practically the same price btw (during promotional sales in my part of the world anyway).

When researching the size differences online, I see mention of the protruding grip on the OM-1 ... but I don't see why that's an issue since, with the exception of maybe a pancake, the lens is going to protrude further anyway. The grip is also contributing a lot to the extra volume of the OM-1, obviously, but like I say - I don't really consider the grip to be extra volume since the lens is going to be protruding further than the grip. Disregarding the grip, they are essentially the same size. Though the OM-3 weighs approximately 500g vs the 600g of the OM-1.

I think the all black colour of the OM-1 is more discrete and less eye catching than the silver OM-3, especially paired with small (black) lenses ... and is not meaningfully bigger, and I don't think the extra 100g weight (if my googling was accurate) is going to register in my hand, or hanging off my neck/shoulder.

But am I wrong ? Is the OM-3 the better body (vs the OM-1) for every day, street photography uses ? Will the 100g and grip be enough extra weight & size that the OM-3 is a nicer camera to manage in an every day, street photography use case ?

Without making big compromises in visuals/performance ... up to what generation can I expect to emulate using the Steam Deck (OLED) while docked to a 1080 screen ?

Other than not doing this at all, what precautions should I take to protect myself from viruses and malware etc, specifically as it relates to downloading and installing software (visuals / graphics related).

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Using the private tracker with the initials TL.

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Are there reliable security apps for scanning downloaded files ?

Should I use a separate PC with no internet connection - airgapped so in the event there is a virus, it can't phone home ?

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Are there methods of sandboxing I should employ ?

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Basically looking for any kind of security measures I should employ when going down this route.

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Up until this date, I have legit licenses for all my software (audio mostly and some cheap visual stuff like Affinity).

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In an ideal world I would like to have everything audio + visual accessible on the same machine, but I'm concerned about mixing licensing on the same machine. Though I could potentially devote one PC purely to audio / video work, and use a different PC for email, purchases, financial transactions etc.

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Though if I did have an audio / visual PC with mixed licencing, some of those legit licences require online access for license activation and updates etc. So a compromised software would probably have some opportunity to phone home at some point or another.

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Anyway, I'm technically proficient, I'm just looking for a crash course in security in a domain that I've never really had to be concerned about.

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Any help appreciated. I checked the sub wiki but didn't really find much to address this specific query (maybe I missed it, or maybe it's not allowed to be discussed ?) ... a lot of it seems to be focused on movies & music, and how to deal with ISPs in that regard.

I started my first biologic lately, Entyvio.

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I've had Synovitis in one knee since starting. It is very disabling and very painful. Knee swells up like a balloon with synovial fluid.

First time I met rheumatologist they drained it. Offered steroid injection but I refused at the time because it just so happened the knee was the least swollen it had been since starting, that very day, and I wrongly assumed it was on the way to self resolving. Dr said if I changed my mind I could book another appointment, but no guarantee how quickly I could be seen. I said I'd take my chances. I nearly instantly regretted this, as within 36 hours it was back to full swell - and worse. Extreme pain especially at night, had to prop the knee extremely gently with pillows etc, and couldn't move while attempting to sleep.

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Fast forward to yesterday where I meet the rheumatologist again and finally got the steroid injection into the knee. Noticing some improvements today, though it can take a couple weeks until you could consider it 'back to normal' - if it works. Hopefully it does, and hopefully it doesn't return.

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So has anyone here experience with Synovitis ? Either as a consequence of a biologic, or a progression of their Crohn's / Auto immunity ?

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Some more detailed back story:

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Very very gradually after starting Entyvio, synovitis started to develop in one knee. Within a day or so of the 2nd infusion, it ranked up to the degree that it was a serious problem and I had to go to A&E (ER) to rule out injury (just to satisfy the IBD nurse, she wouldn't believe me when I said I didn't injure myself) and to rule out septic infection.

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Did that, was then scheduled for a GI appointment, who then sent me to a rheumatologist.

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Both of whom were like ... It *could* be a reaction to the biologic (only when I presented it as a possibility) - but they believe it's just a progression of my Crohn's / auto immunity, either a 'IBD arthritis' or a co-occuring auto immunity arthritis like SpA or PsA. Annoyingly, they wouldn't commit to a definitive form of arthritis since the treatment would be effectively the same: biologics other than Entyvio.

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At any rate, the net result is the same - come off Entyvio.

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I just find the timing a little hard to swallow as coincidence. I start my first biologic and *immediately* this happens ? And it is known to happen ? It has been observed in GI & rheumatology literature, though so far studies have been inconclusive one way or the other - they all end with the same conclusion that further study / research/ observation is required.

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I will admit my cognitive bias though - I do *want* it to be caused by the Entyvio. Because if that's the case, flushing that shit out of my system should eventually resolve the issue - albeit slowly.

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Tangent: I know one individual in a local Crohn's group waited two years for her Entyvio induced body pains (sounded like fibromyalgia) to resolve. She seemed adamant it can take that long to *fully* leave your system, but as far as I can tell it 'only' takes about 4 - 5 months (Entyvio has a half life of 25 days, and general wisdom indicates you want about 4 - 5 half lives for a biologic to flush out of your system). Maybe her understanding was muddled slightly, and the actual fact is it can take that long for negative reactions to resolve - despite the Entyvio leaving your system sooner than that. Eventually some new doctor joined her medical team, agreed or confirmed what she was going through was down to Entyvio and eventually after 2 years of coming off Entyvio, when it started, it resolved. A professional is backing that summary and so that's her story. Make of that what you will. My main take away is she started Entyvio, immediately suffered pain all over, and two years after quitting Entyvio it completely resolved. Doesn't seen unreasonable to point the finger at Entyvio, but the length of time it took to resolve is concerning. Maybe all her muscle & nerve cells had to completely replace themselves with new cells to be fully rid of the Entyvio 'injury' ? Just spitballing.

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Anyway, I want this to be Entyvio related so I can go back to exercising. The only thing keeping me positive about my situation with Crohn's was my ability to maintain a healthy lifestyle, doing my best to contribute to a better long term outcome.

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If I can't do *any* real cardio, and to a lesser degree if I can't do *any* strength training involving the legs (so far, god forbid this spreads) - that really, seriously worries me ... and may well be what contributes to making the mortality stats what they are, if big numbers of Crohn's / IBD / Auto immunity sufferers can't do any real cardio exercise to maintain their cardio vascular health at optimal levels as they age.

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In the case that I have to accept this is a Crohn's related arthritis, or co-ocurring auto immune arthritis, I can only hope the new biologic manages it sufficiently enough that I can return to at least maintaining basic standards of being fit & healthy re: cardio & strength.

The vast majority of the time, I use my deck at home - plugged in. Either in the lounge, or in my bedroom. It is effectively always plugged in to power, while I'm playing it, or in sleep mode on my bedside table. The only time I unplug it and use battery power to play is when I leave the house with it, which is very rare.

Is this OK from a long term battery health perspective ? Are there settings I should be adjusting ? Max charge limit or something ?

I just want to be sure I'm not harming the health of the battery by having it plugged in all the time, in play and standby / sleep.

I'm on the market for a couple of 1440 IPS monitors, to run a dual monitor setup for creativity & productivity tasks (Photo editing, digital painting, graphic design, 3D modelling, coding).

However, I like to game. So it would be beneficial if one of the monitors could excel in this domain.

In terms of priorities, one monitor needs to prioritise colour accuracy (I will be printing my work) - so DCI-P3 needs to be very high, even Adobe RGB though those tend to get very expensive indeed the more accurate they are with Adobe RGB ... and the other gaming capable monitor should prioritise refresh rate (144hz) and gsync/freesync.

When I'm working on Art / Design, I only need one of the monitors to be colour accurate since the other monitor will be used for panels and UI elements etc. Though the Art / Design monitor would benefit from a good refresh rate when digital painting especially.

Who knows, maybe there's one monitor that covers everything, but I expect that I'll probably need different monitors if I want excellent results in each domain.

As far as gaming goes, I'm not talking about esports or anything, so I wouldn't want shitty colours or graphical artifacts just for the sake of getting huge refresh rates ... I'm hoping I could get a 144hz monitor, with gsync/freesync AND visual output looks gorgeous.

Total maximum budget for both monitors combined is about €1,200, where I am willing to spend more on the Art / Design priority monitor than the gaming oriented one.

Undecided between 27" and 32" ... I wouldn't rule out one of each, unless that's really jarring when working on both at the same time ? If a monitor is available in both sizes, and the panel is the same quality in each, I guess budget will be the deciding factor. At any rate, I'm open to suggestions here in terms of what's more or less practical, and what works in terms of budget. Maybe an excellent art / design monitor only fits in the budget at 27", and mayne at the same time there is an affordable 32" gaming monitor. Or vice versa. Etc.

I am googling monitors BTW, for both purposes, but I am overwhelmed by the sheer amount of monitors out there and I'm just throwing this out to the community here in the hopes of benefiting from your ideas, experience and insights.

GPU 5070 ti

CPU 9800x3d

64gb kit, 2x32gb - SKU: CP2K32G64C40U5B

Motherboard: ASUS Tuf Gaming B850m-plus WIFI

CPU: 9800x3d

64gb is obviously overkill for a primarily gaming focused PC, but RAMpocalypse is a strange beast and this kit was more accessible to me than anything similarly decent at 32gb.

So I'm wondering how optimistic or pessimistic should I be as far as clocking this down to 6000 and getting the latency down some.

Might be worth pointing out this is single rank RAM.

I'm not stressing about it, with the X3d CPU, RAM latency shouldn't be a showstopper ... but I'd still like to tune the RAM and optimise it.

Some parts still incoming so just trying to get an idea before they arrive and I open them.

Whenever I look into Uuna Tek plotters, I'm usually kind of unnerved by the fact most of what I find is content from people who were given a plotter in exchange for making a video/review about it. There's not much in this subreddit either.

Anyway, for anyone familiar with the plotters - especially if you own one - maybe you can field some queries here.

First of all, the Uuna Tek website is selling two main lines of plotter ... the 'iDraw H' and the 'Uuna Tek 3.0' ... Are these significantly different plotters ? Hardware and software differences ...

Second, regarding software, what's the deal with the software needing cloud / online access ? Is that a thing ? Do you need to rely on a cloud based service to use these plotters ? Either the iDraw H or Uuna Tek 3.0 ?

I read someone comment, either on YouTube or elsewhere, that they were having issues plotting and the response seemed to be that Uuna Tek's servers were down at the time ...

I really hope not, but I seem to have that impression and that would totally rule out a purchase.

How easy or difficult is it to use or tinker with custom software for IDraw H and Uuna Tek 3.0 ? Is one easier than the other ? Is it difficult to translate software that might have been originally developed for AxiDraw / NextDraw ?

How does the hardware quality of iDraw H and Uuna Tek 3.0 compare to the AxiDraw / NextDraw ?

And the software ?

And the plotting results ?

Finally, Uuna Tek have introduced a 3rd hardware variant called the 'Art Station' ... I've read the marketing, something about being meant for long running installations ... does this mean it is built from more robust hardware ? Is it more suited to using other art media than their other two plotting platforms ? It seems like it's their answer to Bantam Tool's 'Art Frame' ... but without mirroring exactly the 'Art Frame' marketing spiel.

All thoughts & insights welcome.

Updates never usually take this long to show up on FDroid.

Up until the last month, I lived a *somewhat* active lifestyle. I went on long brisk walks most days, with my dog, mostly in the woods. I ride motorcycles. For 'home gym' type exercise, I use an air bike, a rowing machine, I do strength training with free weights.

I can't do any of this right now. I've already put on a good chunk of weight in the last 6 weeks of this. Obviously I can eat less, but that's not the point ... I worry that the mortality rate associated with certain autoimmune conditions can be placed squarely at the feet of simply being unable to do any kind of meaningful cardio exercise, thus leaving your cardiovascular health in a poor spot.

Background: I had auto immune conditions start up, coincidentally enough when COVID started, beginning with skin issues, then bowel issues. I am on a multiple years long waiting list to see a dermatologist because the skin issues aren't severe enough I guess, but in the mean time my GP eventually settled on a psoriasis diagnosis (after first thinking seb derm - maybe it's both).

Then bowel issues started, and that also took a couple years to be finally seen to - and I was diagnosed with Crohn's. Tried some non-biologics interventions first, which helped symptoms a lot - including skin - but didn't produce the level of healing required for my small intestines. So, eventually, and recently, I started biologic therapy.

Specifically Entyvio, which is gut selective. The GI team were initially suggesting Humira, since it had a wider scope and could address skin issues (and upper back pain & stiffness - which I had been experiencing for a while - assuming that was autoimmune related). I suggested trying Entyvio first since the skin issues etc may resolve if they are extra-intestinal manifestations of the Crohn's disease, rather than independently co-ocurring autoimmune conditions. They agreed that made sense.

After the first infusion, didn't feel great, but nothing serious. I just took it easy, and backed off any exercise or physically demanding activities - just took it easy. Decided to take it easy until I was in the maintenance stage. I didn't think much of it at the time, but I did notice one of my knees occasionally give a little ache here and there when I would climb some stairs.

After the second infusion, within 48 hours or so, the same knee developed full blown enthesitis and swelling.

Turns out, this has been observed in new Entyvio patients. It is in rheumatology & gastro journals. It has been observed enough that there are meta-analyses on the papers published about it. Some papers strongly indicate / suspect a causal relationship, some are inconclusive, and the meta-analysis was ultimately inconclusive too. So basically they see it happening, but can't say with certainty why it's happening. But this is to be expected, to some degree, with observational studies.

At any rate, it's happening, it's being observed, and it's happening enough that they are actively publishing papers about it (which all generally come to the same conclusion that it should be researched further).

So, as far as I'm concerned, the timing of this is too much of a coincidence for it not to be directly or indirectly caused by Entyvio.

So I see the GI team about it, they're skeptical, say they haven't seen this before. They refer me to a rheumatologist. Takes a couple weeks to be seen. By then, on that very day, my knee was in the best condition it has been in for this entire 6 weeks - typical poor timing. But, in saying that, it was still obviously swollen, still had fluid on the knee, and still was stiff and limited mobility - just nowhere near as severe as it was a couple days previously.

Rheumatologist also didn't like the idea it was caused by Entyvio, cited the same meta analysis I read (I happen to have a science degree, for what it's worth, so reading medical literature was 90% of my work for my degree) - but I made it clear I didn't share her interpretation of the meta-analysis findings (she falsely represented it as the meta-analysis proved there was no link. It was inconclusive, not the same thing - but I digress).

Anyways, she aspirated the knee to analyse the fluid to rule out infection & gout. On the spot, she felt like this was an autoimmune arthritis - could be PsA, SpA, just generic IBD / autoimmune arthritis - she wasn't willing to pinpoint a specific form of autoimmune arthritis, since the treatment would be the same - biologics. She offered a steroid injection that day, but I declined because I seriously thought that whatever was causing this had passed, since my knee had improved so much that day. She told me I could come back for a steroid injection if I changed my mind.

I really regret not taking that shot, because within 24 hours my foot was sore, and within 48 hours my knee enthesitis was back to full blown swelling, pain, stiffness, severely limited mobility.

At any rate, whether it is a paradoxical side effect of the Entyvio, or an awfully suspiciously timed coincidence of a genuine progression of my IBD / Psoriasis / Autoimmunity into the development of arthritis .... the net result is changing biologics.

So now I am waiting for the Entyvio to flush out of my system entirely before starting a Stelara biosimilar.

Anyways, I'm in agony, pain is severe while sleeping, I'm sleeping in like blocks of an hour or so before pain wakes me up ...it could be a month until the rheumatologist can see me to inject steroids into the knee. And 3 months until I start the new biologic.

Ultimately I'm depressed at the idea that this may be my new reality ... not being able to do meaningful cardio exercise is really troubling me. Up until now, I was coping with autoimmunity by living an otherwise very healthy life - no bad habits, diet & exercise on point. In my mind, I could at least mitigate the severity of the autoimmunity by eating well and exercising. But if my knees, or ankles, or feet, or anywhere from the spine down to the toes are fucked up with arthritis / enthesitis - that's going to put an end to the type of exercise that keeps your cardiovascular system healthy.

Shit, I can barely get from my bed to the toilet. My poor dog isn't even getting a short, slow stroll most days.

Anyways, thanks for listening to my TED talk - I suppose I'm fishing for people to tell me they got their PsA / enthesitis under control and are exercising normally, and are fit. If anyone is living that life, please let me know. I need to know such people are living that experience.

For example, if I had an A0 sized screen & design, but could only use an A4 sized printer to create the positives - this would mean the design could be printed across 16 A4 film/transparency sheets to make up the full A0 design (16 A4's = A0).

But could these 16 A4 tiles be cleanly exposed to create a seamless, singular A0 screen ?

16 A4's to A0 is probably an extreme example. In reality, what I would actually like to do is more like stitching a couple A1's to make an A0 ... Or maybe 4 A1's to make a 2A0.

Extra time and effort isn't really the issue, it's more a case of is this possible to do in a seamless fashion, repeatable every time without relying on luck ?

Also, assume that the design can't be separated out into individual components - assume the whole design is connected from one corner to it's opposite, occupying the whole A0 space.

Most obvious challenge that occurs to me is cutting the borders off the individual sheets.

Let's say you manage to do that just right ... it's probably still likely that somehow the edges where the sheets are sitting beside each other messes with the exposure in one way or another, so the lines are visible somehow ?

Just wondering what people's experiences are on the biosimilars for Stelara / Ustekinumab ... specifically Wezlana or Pyzchiva.

I often see people have a bad time moving from the original biologic to the biosimilar. Sometimes I wonder if it's the switching over itself, rather then the biosimilar specifically, which causes the poor performance.

Like I wonder if you started on the biosimilar would you have a better experience than starting on the original and then switching. I wonder this because I have also seen some people report that they were fine on the original, moved to a biosimilar and had a bad time - but stuck it out and after several months ended up back in the same good place they were at with the original.

Anyway, I digress, I'm just curious who is using these biosimilars and what your experience has been - as I am likely to start on Wezlana or Pyzchiva in a couple months or so. I am not currently on Stelara. I started my first biologic, Entyvio, recently. Two infusions but had a bad reaction to it so I will be switching biologic.