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Subject: Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ?
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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 ...