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Failed to connect to MySQL: (1203) User howardkn already has more than 'max_user_connections' active connectionsPath: news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!border-3.nntp.ord.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!local-4.nntp.ord.giganews.com!Xl.tags.giganews.com!local-2.nntp.ord.giganews.com!nntp.earthlink.com!news.earthlink.com.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 01 Jan 2025 08:23:49 +0000 Subject: Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ? Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc References: <9768b36e-becf-45b5-9730-77fc3396ba60@example.net> <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> From: "186282@ud0s4.net" <186283@ud0s4.net> Organization: wokiesux Date: Wed, 1 Jan 2025 03:23:31 -0500 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:78.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/78.13.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <8a6a2d8b-914b-9b2e-a67f-3087d10d6d98@example.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: Lines: 33 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com NNTP-Posting-Host: 99.101.150.97 X-Trace: sv3-bAaC5CA6xOKcAcztarjK1iRhgHcxPshDO2ixQ6ikGrUWwe7dWgqjPO7VFGOw15bZFzA1UuHAmm/SHmc!aGDm3vlRQeOYqnbL89YB3MWAGd4/34+XSsWdq6tf5eiUFzoYSnKLYu7C8jKrIMI5iLGzGBq+1D0E!VO0UWgFXqNFDpzAESRNu X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.40 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 ...