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Hernia surgery: what you need to know - Inova Newsroom
2025-04-04 13:45:04| Spiritual Career Counseling
Michael G. Svestka, MD, FACS, is a board-certified general surgeon who specializes in hernia surgery at Inova. His practice focuses on complex hernia repairs, and he is a high-volume abdominal wall reconstruction specialist with experience in both open and minimally invasive robotic-assisted surgical approaches. He sees patients in the office at Fairfax, Virginia.There are a lot of misconceptions when it comes to hernias what they are, how they happen and what options are available to fix them. Here are answers to a few of the most common questions patients ask about hernias and hernia surgery.What do people misunderstand about hernias?Many people dont know what a hernia is. A hernia is a hole (where there shouldnt be a hole) in the muscles and connective tissue that make up the abdominal wall. Some hernias can become dangerous if the intestines become trapped, which can lead to an emergency. However, not all hernias need to be fixed. In certain cases, its better to monitor the he... [ more ]
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Why Is HBO Max Becoming Max? What to Know About the Changeover
2025-04-04 11:45:04| Spiritual Career Counseling
Given HBOs prestige, you might think that Warner Bros. Discovery would want to keep the premium channels name attached to its new streaming platform.As youll read below, however, the media company has its reasons for transforming HBO Max into a platform simply titled Max.Max has been in the works for as long as Warner Bros. Discovery has been a corporate entity. Longer, even. In March 2022, weeks before WarnerMedia spun off from AT&T to merge with Discovery, execs were planning one streaming platform with content from both HBO Max and Discovery+, as Varietyreported at the time.And on Tuesday, May 23, that vision will become a reality with the launch of Max. Here are the need-to-know details about the new platform.Why is HBO Max becoming Max?HBO Max is rebranding as Max to emphasize its breadth of content, as JB Perrette, Warner Bros. Discoverys head of streaming, explained during a presentation in April. Max is where consumers can finally say, Heres a service that not only has s... [ more ]
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Doom in Typescript Types took 3.5 trillion lines and a full year of work
2025-04-04 11:45:04| Spiritual Career Counseling
Doom has been ported to just about everything, right? Well, until now, the id Software title had not been recreated inside of Typescript's Types system, until now.The feat was devised by Software Engineer Dimitri Mitropoulos, founder of Michigan Typescript and co-founder of SquiggleConf. He released a video showcasing the results of a year-long effort to get the game running inside of Typescript's Types system.Typescript is a language built on top of Javascript, that add static typing to catch many errant mistakes before your executes, think of it as guardrails which check that functions and other variables are being used correctly. While this is commonly used in all kinds of development, it's unheard of to run a game within Typescript's Type system.The port itself runs inside three and a half trillion lines of types, totalling a gargantuan size of 177 TB. This is run through Typescript's Type tracker, which takes 12 days to compile the first frame of Doom (0.0000009645 fps). This mean... [ more ]
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