I see people selling their FS all the time.. Even get offers to buy from total strangers...
Additionally, you can buy all the junk food, candy bars, and ice cream with food stamps... See that all the time too.
Why are you watching so closely? Your post leads one to believe that you spend an inordinate amount of time at the grocery store. Next time, get the big bag of Doritos.
Which is different from our current socialist system (with higher taxes for high earners) in what way?
Our current socialist system works OK, needs some tweaks (higher exposure to taxes in the upper brackets, fewer loopholes, a reasonable corporate tax strategy that avoids stupid things like the double dutch, a couple of trillion less on the DOD and ummm...).
Two parties? Apologies, maybe it's the distance, but from over here in Europe it looks like the US has only one party with two slightly differing wings.
Or we could just have random pockets of civilization here on earth looking to create a locally sustainable lifestyle with careful attention to long range power supply issues (without power, modern civilization is dead, with sufficient power, we can do most anything).
Pretty much exactly what you have to do to get to Mars without the getting to Mars part.
Not to be too picky, but stones can't get infected... they are just mineral deposits. (seemed like you exagerated for effect) But your point was made.
Actually, the stones DO get infected. They are lovely little hiding places for the bacteria because they don't have any blood flow (they are in the ureter) and if the stone blocks the flow of urine (as apparently happened to mpoulton) it sets up conditions where the occasional bacterium can hide and grow and cause a clinically apparent infection.
That said, although an infected stone can be life threatening, the afflicted individual can be temporized by giving them antibiotics and pain killers until he or she does get to adequate medical care. And infections usually don't happen right off the bat - the kidney stone itself tends to give you warning that something is wrong.
There are always exceptions - the first thing that clues you off to an infected kidney stone might be fever / chills / sepsis, but that isn't common. We certainly don't have enough information from TFA to say if this was a complicated kidney stone or not. But from the breathless article we are led to assume that, had it not been for the brave members of the Ecuadorian Navy (who were probably flying back home to Guayaquil anyway), Bezos would have expired in a septic heap.
The tone and substance of this story is more than a little suspect. The hospital at Peurto Aoyra (the biggest one) is used to transporting people off island for various problems although kidney stones are usually just treated with morphine and fluids initially. They certainly could handle that. The place is sparse, but clean. The docs there are mostly military (the military, such as it is has a large presence on the island) the commercial airline is owned by the military, and, at least at Baltra (the main airport) there is no evidence of anything else but military aircraft (a grey 737 and a helicopter when I was there).
So, the story line that the "Navy" "rescued" Bezos is a bit overdone. They shipped him to the mainland on a helicopter because that's pretty much the only way to get him to the mainland short of firing up a bigger aircraft. Like pretty much anybody else.
Must be International Drama Queen Day or something.
Talk to a librarian about the cost of replacing popular dead tree books. It's significant. Will it be more or less than e readers? Hard to know. But some libraries spend upwards of 10% of their budget replacing books (number obtained from a conversation with a local librarian, YMMV).
My local library (rural Alaska) has Science Citation Index, Lexus / Nexus and subscriptions to a number of 'high impact' science journals. Is it the University of Washington? Nope. But if offers some access to citizens who happen not to be adjunct professors or whatever.
Again, this has potential medical / military / industrial uses where price is less of an issue. They may be able to ramp up research and production using high value industries and then give it to the hoi polloi later.
I am unsure why Heroin is in the mix. He didnt seem to use Heroin. More weird stuff: The report says there were abrasion on the cheeks, and contusions in the fingers. There was an "electrocardiographic monitoring electrode on the left chest".
Conspiracy theorist have a lot of ammo here.
The EKG lead is easy. EMS is going to put one on you to see if you have any sort of heart rhythm.
I guess you conspiracy guys are going to have a field day with the contusions and abrasions. However, you might want to try being dragged about in a body bag before you publish everything.
You do realize that Limbaugh lied his ass off to get the drugs. He received them from multiple physicians in several states. It is unclear how carefully the various doctors screened Limbaugh for misuse and I will bet that a majority of them didn't do due diligence, but the 'patient' has more than a little complicity here.
Drug abusers (including alcoholics, who are famous for this) lie all of the time. When we do urine drug screens on patients we see all sorts of interesting results. "No, doc, never took any methadone. My cousin gave me a vitamin the other day, that must of been it....."
Abusable prescription drugs ARE a problem, but they have valid uses as well. We are a long way from figuring out how to solve the problem. Big Pharma has been complicit (some of those executives probably need some jail time), but tossing a whole bunch of doctors in jail isn't going to help much. Might make you feel better.
It is not out of the realm of possibility that a motivated party found his vuln (recreational drugs) and hacked them (increase purity) to obtain a fatal result. Don't expect to see a presentation on it, though.
It is also not out of the realm of possibility that an alien probe caused a fatal heart dysrythmia. It's just not remotely probable.
While all of this is true to an extent, the bigger problem is mix and match. There is very little real data on the effects of mixing multiple classes of drugs other than to tell the user 'it's dangerous, don't do it'. Most ODs are from either naive users, as you point out, or users who get drunk (typically), then add a slurry of other drugs, then go somewhere dark to pass out and then just quit breathing.
Most ODs would be thwarted by having the presumptive victim in the same room as other people who have managed to keep enough of their brainstem function so as to remain breathing spontaneously. Calling 911 or just kicking the victim in the groin is pretty easy, even for the lay person.
"Hello, uh, ummm, Alaska Way, um, wow, I mean Seattle Viaduct, no, woowowowowo, Alaska Way Viaduct project, can I help you?" "This is STP, the DOT says you bored a hole in the ground in 2002 We're just calling to make sure you removed the pipe." "Pipe? Wowoww. Yeah, I've got the pipe right here." "Did you remove it from the the path of the borer." "Umm, wowowow, sure! Right, we did" "OK, thanks." "No problemo, dude"
-- Click --
"Hey, didn't Mary give you that pipe last week."
Has anybody been in Seattle recently? You can get a contact high just walking around Pike's Place (not far from the Viaduct project).
Mouser, Digikey, Newark, Jameco basically sell 'generic' electronics. Suitable for every day use. If you want American sourced products, be prepared to pay and be prepared to source them differently. None of those parts distributors could make it on the prices one expects to pay for USA! stuff. Interestingly, though, a quick look through Thomas Register failed to find any distributor that sells predominantly US made components. It may be such a small market that only the people that need to know have that knowledge.
I just love this meme on Slashdot. Instant Worse Case Scenario. In fact, instant OMG! Meteor-Strike-Worst-Case-Ever scenario. First off, it's not a ventilator - nobody dies instantly if the app doesn't work. Second, I'm rather sure that security was built in to the system (how effective it is remains to be seen). Third, it's been reviewed at the FDA level - some considerable thought has gone into the product.
The numbers they are describing - a nearly 2 point drop in Hemoglobin A1c (which measures a running 90 day average of blood sugar levels and is sort of well correlated with long term risks of complications from diabetes) are impressive. That level is typically better than a lot of drugs (manufacturers would be tickled pink to get a whole 1 point drop on a consistent basis). Experience tells us that efficacy in the field is typically less than in controlled trials, but even a 1 point consistent decrease in HbA1c for something as benign as a iPhone app is significant.
The real test is going to be how well these folks do 3, 4, 5 and 10 years down the line. That's the problem with chronic diseases like diabetes - you have to study interventions for long periods of time to determine if they really are helpful and to gauge any harms. Who knows what an iPhone will be like in 10 years - it may well be directly wired into your brain (and VISA card).
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I see people selling their FS all the time.. Even get offers to buy from total strangers...
Additionally, you can buy all the junk food, candy bars, and ice cream with food stamps... See that all the time too.
Why are you watching so closely? Your post leads one to believe that you spend an inordinate amount of time at the grocery store. Next time, get the big bag of Doritos.
Which is different from our current socialist system (with higher taxes for high earners) in what way?
Our current socialist system works OK, needs some tweaks (higher exposure to taxes in the upper brackets, fewer loopholes, a reasonable corporate tax strategy that avoids stupid things like the double dutch, a couple of trillion less on the DOD and ummm...).
OK, now I'm all depressed again.
Two parties? Apologies, maybe it's the distance, but from over here in Europe it looks like the US has only one party with two slightly differing wings.
Wing nuts.
And the military spec duct tape. Don't forget the duct tape.
Or we could just have random pockets of civilization here on earth looking to create a locally sustainable lifestyle with careful attention to long range power supply issues (without power, modern civilization is dead, with sufficient power, we can do most anything).
Pretty much exactly what you have to do to get to Mars without the getting to Mars part.
Ah, another day at Slashdot.
Montgomery Wards? Walked?
You MUST be old.
Not to be too picky, but stones can't get infected... they are just mineral deposits. (seemed like you exagerated for effect) But your point was made.
Actually, the stones DO get infected. They are lovely little hiding places for the bacteria because they don't have any blood flow (they are in the ureter) and if the stone blocks the flow of urine (as apparently happened to mpoulton) it sets up conditions where the occasional bacterium can hide and grow and cause a clinically apparent infection.
That said, although an infected stone can be life threatening, the afflicted individual can be temporized by giving them antibiotics and pain killers until he or she does get to adequate medical care. And infections usually don't happen right off the bat - the kidney stone itself tends to give you warning that something is wrong.
There are always exceptions - the first thing that clues you off to an infected kidney stone might be fever / chills / sepsis, but that isn't common. We certainly don't have enough information from TFA to say if this was a complicated kidney stone or not. But from the breathless article we are led to assume that, had it not been for the brave members of the Ecuadorian Navy (who were probably flying back home to Guayaquil anyway), Bezos would have expired in a septic heap.
Those blank white screens are refreshingly calm.
The tone and substance of this story is more than a little suspect. The hospital at Peurto Aoyra (the biggest one) is used to transporting people off island for various problems although kidney stones are usually just treated with morphine and fluids initially. They certainly could handle that. The place is sparse, but clean. The docs there are mostly military (the military, such as it is has a large presence on the island) the commercial airline is owned by the military, and, at least at Baltra (the main airport) there is no evidence of anything else but military aircraft (a grey 737 and a helicopter when I was there).
So, the story line that the "Navy" "rescued" Bezos is a bit overdone. They shipped him to the mainland on a helicopter because that's pretty much the only way to get him to the mainland short of firing up a bigger aircraft. Like pretty much anybody else.
Must be International Drama Queen Day or something.
Talk to a librarian about the cost of replacing popular dead tree books. It's significant. Will it be more or less than e readers? Hard to know. But some libraries spend upwards of 10% of their budget replacing books (number obtained from a conversation with a local librarian, YMMV).
My local library (rural Alaska) has Science Citation Index, Lexus / Nexus and subscriptions to a number of 'high impact' science journals. Is it the University of Washington? Nope. But if offers some access to citizens who happen not to be adjunct professors or whatever.
Again, this has potential medical / military / industrial uses where price is less of an issue. They may be able to ramp up research and production using high value industries and then give it to the hoi polloi later.
I am unsure why Heroin is in the mix. He didnt seem to use Heroin. More weird stuff:
The report says there were abrasion on the cheeks, and contusions in the fingers. There was an "electrocardiographic monitoring electrode on the left chest".
Conspiracy theorist have a lot of ammo here.
The EKG lead is easy. EMS is going to put one on you to see if you have any sort of heart rhythm.
I guess you conspiracy guys are going to have a field day with the contusions and abrasions. However, you might want to try being dragged about in a body bag before you publish everything.
You do realize that Limbaugh lied his ass off to get the drugs. He received them from multiple physicians in several states. It is unclear how carefully the various doctors screened Limbaugh for misuse and I will bet that a majority of them didn't do due diligence, but the 'patient' has more than a little complicity here.
Drug abusers (including alcoholics, who are famous for this) lie all of the time. When we do urine drug screens on patients we see all sorts of interesting results. "No, doc, never took any methadone. My cousin gave me a vitamin the other day, that must of been it....."
Abusable prescription drugs ARE a problem, but they have valid uses as well. We are a long way from figuring out how to solve the problem. Big Pharma has been complicit (some of those executives probably need some jail time), but tossing a whole bunch of doctors in jail isn't going to help much. Might make you feel better.
The report said Mr Jack's girlfriend had found him lying in bed unresponsive, with "multiple bottles of beer and champagne in the garbage can".
There. That's it. The smoking gun. No self respecting whacked out druggy is going to put the bottles in the trash can. He'd recycle them.
It is not out of the realm of possibility that a motivated party found his vuln (recreational drugs) and hacked them (increase purity) to obtain a fatal result. Don't expect to see a presentation on it, though.
It is also not out of the realm of possibility that an alien probe caused a fatal heart dysrythmia. It's just not remotely probable.
While all of this is true to an extent, the bigger problem is mix and match. There is very little real data on the effects of mixing multiple classes of drugs other than to tell the user 'it's dangerous, don't do it'. Most ODs are from either naive users, as you point out, or users who get drunk (typically), then add a slurry of other drugs, then go somewhere dark to pass out and then just quit breathing.
Most ODs would be thwarted by having the presumptive victim in the same room as other people who have managed to keep enough of their brainstem function so as to remain breathing spontaneously. Calling 911 or just kicking the victim in the groin is pretty easy, even for the lay person.
(Channel to the OD scene in 'Pulp Fiction'... )
"Hello, uh, ummm, Alaska Way, um, wow, I mean Seattle Viaduct, no, woowowowowo, Alaska Way Viaduct project, can I help you?"
"This is STP, the DOT says you bored a hole in the ground in 2002 We're just calling to make sure you removed the pipe."
"Pipe? Wowoww. Yeah, I've got the pipe right here."
"Did you remove it from the the path of the borer."
"Umm, wowowow, sure! Right, we did"
"OK, thanks."
"No problemo, dude"
-- Click --
"Hey, didn't Mary give you that pipe last week."
Has anybody been in Seattle recently? You can get a contact high just walking around Pike's Place (not far from the Viaduct project).
Mouser, Digikey, Newark, Jameco basically sell 'generic' electronics. Suitable for every day use. If you want American sourced products, be prepared to pay and be prepared to source them differently. None of those parts distributors could make it on the prices one expects to pay for USA! stuff. Interestingly, though, a quick look through Thomas Register failed to find any distributor that sells predominantly US made components. It may be such a small market that only the people that need to know have that knowledge.
I just love this meme on Slashdot. Instant Worse Case Scenario. In fact, instant OMG! Meteor-Strike-Worst-Case-Ever scenario. First off, it's not a ventilator - nobody dies instantly if the app doesn't work. Second, I'm rather sure that security was built in to the system (how effective it is remains to be seen). Third, it's been reviewed at the FDA level - some considerable thought has gone into the product.
The numbers they are describing - a nearly 2 point drop in Hemoglobin A1c (which measures a running 90 day average of blood sugar levels and is sort of well correlated with long term risks of complications from diabetes) are impressive. That level is typically better than a lot of drugs (manufacturers would be tickled pink to get a whole 1 point drop on a consistent basis). Experience tells us that efficacy in the field is typically less than in controlled trials, but even a 1 point consistent decrease in HbA1c for something as benign as a iPhone app is significant.
The real test is going to be how well these folks do 3, 4, 5 and 10 years down the line. That's the problem with chronic diseases like diabetes - you have to study interventions for long periods of time to determine if they really are helpful and to gauge any harms. Who knows what an iPhone will be like in 10 years - it may well be directly wired into your brain (and VISA card).
So what the hell have they been doing for the past 3 years?
Testing in on a regional basis.
Oh, the wonders of RTFA.
A car analogy! Hooray! Slashdot lives!