Miscarriage

Miscarriage

Illustration in origami style featuring two people, one appearing male and the other female, standing beside a baby stroller, with stylized plants on either side. The figures are conversing, with speech bubbles above them indicating a dialogue. The scene conveys a sadness

We are in the process of a miscarriage and I wonder, is this the worst part of it? Waiting to pass a dead child, old enough to have had a heartbeat but far too young to survive ex-utero, or was it sitting in the doctor’s office, holding my wife’s hand as our hearts are broken — again?

Maybe the worst part comes later, after the physical is over, and we’re just… sad.

There isn’t another good word. There’s no upside to this. There’s no, “they’re in a better place,” or “it was time,” or “they aren’t suffering any more.” 

In the meantime, it’s just heightened anxiety, hoping we don’t end up in the ER again like we did on Mother’s Day.

No, there isn’t really a worst, it’s just all bad.

Several lit candles of varying sizes arranged on the ground with pink and purple flowers, creating a tranquil and reflective atmosphere, possibly for a vigil or memorial.
Delta Nudge: Trip Protection

Delta Nudge: Trip Protection

The authors of Nudge talk about all of the ways organizations can “nudge” people to make a certain decision, here is a stellar example form Delta.

Let’s look at everything going on here/

First, the obvious “RECOMMENDED” in green.

Next, the of the four reasons I ought to protect my trip three cover fear of loss, only the last posits something I’ll gain (help).

Third, I am required to make a choice. I assume they can’t opt me in by default, so the next best thing is to force me to make a decision, especially after the two previous nudges.

Fourth, we have another set of green text to encourage me to hit that YES button.

Finally, we’re given a VERY specific number of people that have chosen this recently. 34,291, that seems like a lot! Except that 170 million people fly Delta a year, they forgot to tell us that 105,4351 people did not choose to protect their trips.

Delta must make a decent margin on these sales given how interested they are in getting people to buy.

Section titled Trip Protection, offering insurance for a $1,685.90 trip to Los Angeles. Benefits include up to 100% reimbursement for cancellation or interruption, protection for baggage, reimbursement for pre-paid expenses due to covered delay, and 24/7 assistance services. A required choice is presented to either protect the trip for $56.90 per passenger ($113.80 total) or not, with the protect option being recommended. Below, a statistic states that 34,291 Delta customers protected their trip in the last 3 days. Insurance is provided by Allianz Global Assistance. Terms and conditions apply.
  1. Calculated with some high level averaging. ↩︎
Creating Parallels VMs for Old macOS Releases

Creating Parallels VMs for Old macOS Releases

Parallels for macOS lets you create macOS virtual machines out of the box with the most current version of macOS, but not previous ones. Fortunately, you can install a previous version of macOS if you are willing to use Parallels from the CLI.

First, you will need to download an IPSW file with the macOS version that you want. You can find them at https://mrmacintosh.com/apple-silicon-m1-full-macos-restore-ipsw-firmware-files-database/ https://ipsw.me/product/Mac

Check the URLs: they should be direct from Apple.

Starting with Parllels 20 the command line commands changed. Here are the two commands you need to create a macOS VM with a custom hard drive size:

prlctl create sequoia --ostype macos --no-hdd --restore-image ~/Downloads/UniversalMac_14.6_23G80_Restore.ipsw
prlctl set sequoia --device-add hdd --type plain --size 512000

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