Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!i2pn.org!i2pn2.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: D Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ? Date: Wed, 1 Jan 2025 12:58:28 +0100 Organization: i2pn2 (i2pn.org) Message-ID: <677900fb-433d-39cf-4887-b04fe4aad245@example.net> References: <35fa6d66-0cd3-db6e-a34c-6625712373f2@example.net> <2e1d4083-8bb5-d852-87e2-466b8971f071@example.net> <573768ec-4a10-ddde-774e-9d378baac394@example.net> <237cf371-700e-be30-7ec8-df825e179db2@example.net> <8ea4721d-c8e7-600d-4eab-8a5f473a8a79@example.net> <131fa0ed-dc3c-5873-81a5-61213a109b57@example.net> <5b065b27-7b96-fa22-2f35-a1fda1bf0edb@example.net> <8e145c9c-37d7-062f-d073-2f47530b9e4c@example.net> <8a6a2d8b-914b-9b2e-a67f-3087d10d6d98@example.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Injection-Info: i2pn2.org; logging-data="1486432"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@i2pn2.org"; posting-account="w/4CleFT0XZ6XfSuRJzIySLIA6ECskkHxKUAYDZM66M"; In-Reply-To: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:63469 On Wed, 1 Jan 2025, 186282@ud0s4.net wrote: > On 12/31/24 6:48 AM, D wrote: >> >> >> On Mon, 30 Dec 2024, rbowman wrote: >> >>> On Mon, 30 Dec 2024 12:51:07 +0100, D wrote: >>> >>>> A doctor criticized it for being unreliable, and saying that you'll >>>> always get some kind of alarm or trigger, and that having loads of these >>>> cabinets will overflow the healthcare system by anxious millionaires and >>>> billionaires for what in the end turned out to be nothing. >>> >>> Many dentists have started taking the patient's blood pressure as part of >>> the exam. For convenience they use the cuffs that go around your wrist >>> that are very prone to reading high. My doctor says she gets referrals >>> from dentists that have perfectly normal BP. >>> >>> I got a Fitbit last year and it's fairly useful for keeping track of my >>> walks but I don't pay much attention to the rest of the features. On the >>> fitbit subreddit there are a surprising number of people that head to the >>> emergency room every time a $100 device has a glitch. For example it has >>> an ECG function. I get random results, normal sinus rhythm, inconclusive, >>> or atrial fibrillation. Somehow I trust the type with all the patches >>> stuck to your chest hair to holding both sides of a glorified wristwatch >>> between your thumb and forefinger. >> >> This is very wise! If the health care system becomes more socialized, it is >> important to reduce unnecessary visits or eventually the system will grind >> to a halt completely. > > > The UK figured it out ... just leave patients on a gurney > for about 24 hours and hopefully half of them will just die ... > I think this has been tried in sweden as well. Sweden also started to charge a minimum fee of around 20 EUR or so to get rid of old people who just went to the doctor to socialize when it was free. In eastern europe where I live now, they have solved it by making it impossible to get a time within the public system. On the very rare occasions that I go to the doctor, I always go to a private one, so I can book a time within a day or two.