Path: csiph.com!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!reader5.news.weretis.net!news.solani.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Aidan Kehoe Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,alt.usage.english Subject: Re: GNU Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2026 16:40:38 +0100 Message-ID: <87ikadtjex.fsf@parhasard.net> References: <1rsostx.1fumdje1pdrftiN%nospam@de-ster.demon.nl> <1rsoqz0.19zzbh71ebfb7bN%snipeco.2@gmail.com> <18a11176d0ed8bfb$1717$2710841$802601b3@news.usenetexpress.com> <10q9dle$u3sq$1@dont-email.me> <18a11e5c3372a392$492$2653793$802601b3@news.usenetexpress.com> <10qatq5$1arse$6@dont-email.me> <10qauv2$1gh74$1@dont-email.me> <10qb90h$1inu5$13@dont-email.me> <3upn9mxm29.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> <10qc4t3$1silm$13@dont-email.me> <87mrzptyon.fsf@parhasard.net> <10qdl7f$2cn6c$1@dont-email.me> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Info: solani.org; logging-data="976815"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@news.solani.org" User-Agent: Gnus/5.101 (Gnus v5.10.10) XEmacs/21.5-b36 (Linux-aarch64) Cancel-Lock: sha1:+BpxawqF3+j5bSeUsXvaR+v3aAg= sha1:0zi84XTwHgL06HoVnP84IRAEb7I= X-User-ID: eJwNwokRwDAIA7CV+AxeJxCy/wjtSfDUnIpEBt6PjYaDQTVz1ToL98sWk5DZzcNLm65dk/cB/fcQlA== Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:84671 alt.usage.english:1141638 Ar an triochadú lá de mí Márta, scríobh Peter Moylan: > On 30/03/26 21:10, Aidan Kehoe wrote: > > Ar an naoú lá is fiche de mí Márta, scríobh Tony Cooper: > > >> When I had cataract surgery, the ophthalmologist provided eye > >> drops...at a significiently higher price than prescription eye > >> drops would have cost. Probably, the same drops. > > > > Yes. I understand this is a weakness in the health system in Japan, > > that doctors routinely sell the medication they prescribe and so > > incentives are not ideal. > > Quite a few years ago, I was diagnosed with sleep apnoea. It turned out that > the doctor who diagnosed the condition was the same person who was selling > the CPAP machines. That sounded unethical to me, so I refused the machine. I’ve seen something suspicious for that here, on the private system. The sleep study is fairly objective so there is an audit trail. > That was in Australia, where one rarely hears of medical conflicts of > interest. Are you troubled by the relevant symptoms? -- ‘As I sat looking up at the Guinness ad, I could never figure out / How your man stayed up on the surfboard after fourteen pints of stout’ (C. Moore)