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Re: Our fridge just emailed us to say we opened its door too many times

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Post by lotsofpulp »

matheusmoreira wrote: post #378
lotsofpulp wrote: post #371

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I can see it being possible to have had some effect, but I do not see having been a major force. As far as I remember, Republicans did not want to expand access to healthcare at all if you did not already have it due to being very poor or old. Many Democrats wanted to expand taxpayer funded healthcare, but they did not have the numbers to get it passed. Hence a compromise had to be reached. Getting taxpayer funded he…

> Even in a taxpayer funded scenario, I would bet the doctor is going to have to get approval from the system to provide a treatment above a certain cost. That happens due to scarce resources. Most often in developing countries. Where I live, there are places doctors work at that barely have water for them to wash their hands. Ordering an MRI is a big deal. I refuse to believe this would ever be a problem for the US.

I do not know what to tell you other than "the US" expects many of its school teachers to procure classroom supplies themselves and it is a debate on whether or not to provide nutritious meals to kids in school without payment.

We have a special visa for doctors willing to live in undesirable areas of the US for many years. There is even a website for it:

https://data.hrsa.gov/tools/shortage-area

https://www.hhs.gov/guidance/document/hpsa-and-muap-shortage...

And now to meet demand for doctors without having to pay for more doctors, most states have allowed a Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant to basically practice as a doctor where a doctor just oversees their clerical work. So if you have lesser insurance coverage or live in an area with insufficient doctors, then you may see an NP or PA who is far less qualified than a doctor.

Re: Our fridge just emailed us to say we opened its door too many times

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Post by pareidolia »

caymanjim wrote: post #368
coryfklein wrote: post #364

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I was very fortunate to be warned about these CPAP woes and hassles by a friend who went through it before I did. His advice? If you think you might have sleep apnea, do NOT get diagnosed, just buy a CPAP machine second hand and see if it helps you feel better. I did, and the CPAP helped a lot. Eventually I figured out that simply sleeping reclined (on a triagle pillow) actually gave me 90% of the benefits with 0% of…

It's valuable to have a doctor who can help you diagnose the problem and get the machine set correctly; technicians who can help with mask fitting and explain proper usage and maintenance; and followups to monitor effects. Some people might be able to manage those things on their own, and I certainly feel that people who already saw a doctor and own a CPAP should be able to manage their care if nothing changes. I don…

> If none of that is convincing, in the US it's illegal to sell a CPAP to someone without a prescription.

Like that means anything. I've bought a DSX900 ASV machine from the US, no problem. I've been self-treating UARS for 4 years now. None of the "sleep doctors" I've talked to even understand the thing, I had to do everything myself.

Re: Our fridge just emailed us to say we opened its door too many times

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Post by salawat »

lotsofpulp wrote: post #252
salawat wrote: post #234

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Welcome to realizing Insurance companies are soft control mechanisms and one of the worst in terms of justifying rampant data aggregation to keep the actuaries busy. Also welcome to privacy violation via undisclosed industry collaboration. You'll find the same pattern pops up just about everywhere.

Do people have the right to lower their own insurance premiums in exchange for voluntarily giving up their data?

Do people have the right through collective indirection to implement blatantly discriminatory control mechanisms that obfuscate the actual costs of things? (I'd argue not.)

Do people have the right to sell themselves into slavery? (Not in the United States)

There's just some transactions that aren't bueno, because of the higher order effects they cause.

I see normalizing surveillance as a case of that. I'm not even sure that most on aggregate even end up realizing premium savings since the data collected just filters into the new base truth for everyone. The more info an insurer has, the more lopsided the state of affairs for everyone else.

I'm all for freedom when you aren't just effectively creating soft, coercive, control mechanisms.

Re: Our fridge just emailed us to say we opened its door too many times

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Post by Hfdlmsh »

genewitch wrote: post #332
moftz wrote: post #199

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Waze has been pretty good at finding gas stations along my route and organizing them by distance from me and distance from my route. Like it would show a gas station 2 miles off the highway from the next exit but it will also list out a gas station that is 15 miles away right off the highway. Either option is up to you based on how much time you want to waste versus how soon you need gas.

Waze is also great at flickering in your periphery when you come to a stop. Waze used to be good, like 11 years ago.

The advertising is larger and there's more per stop, but I mostly never notice since I turn the screen off. Some day I suppose they'll begin speaking.

Re: Our fridge just emailed us to say we opened its door too many times

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Post by win1022 »

Hfdlmsh wrote: post #384
genewitch wrote: post #332

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Waze is also great at flickering in your periphery when you come to a stop. Waze used to be good, like 11 years ago.

The advertising is larger and there's more per stop, but I mostly never notice since I turn the screen off. Some day I suppose they'll begin speaking.

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Re: Our fridge just emailed us to say we opened its door too many times

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Post by obloid »

caymanjim wrote: post #140

I have a semi-related anecdote about surprises from devices. I use a CPAP. After a year, I went back to the doctor for a followup, and was asked to bring the SD card so they could review the data it collects. The device records the times and duration of use, various settings, and some metrics on breathing (apnea events, etc). I knew it recorded this stuff on an SD card. I brought the card to the appointment, but the…

I discovered the cellular modem in my cpap shortly after I got it and promptly took it out. If you're interested in monitoring your own sleep data check out sleepyhead https://sleepyhead.jedimark.net/. It's a great app, but unfortunately it looks like the developer is no longer working on the project.

Re: Our fridge just emailed us to say we opened its door too many times

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Post by mensetmanusman »

bavell wrote: post #272
b112 wrote: post #123

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Most [literally any group of humans] are good folk, but unfortunately there is a small radical subset which are not. FTFY.

Only if there is an abundance of resources…

Re: Our fridge just emailed us to say we opened its door too many times

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Post by Too »

capableweb wrote: post #8
teekert wrote: post #2

It should also have an arm on the door to slap your hand when you open it for the 41st time in a day. I mean, that's insane, you deserve a slap. Btw, this reminds me a bit of my parent's Renault that would tell me every damn time I started it to follow traffic regulations. I wish I could slap that car and it would feel it. And then there's my father-in-law's Mazda, which has a GPS system that sometimes finds him 200…

Hear hear! Cars and technology has a lot of catching up to do when it comes to safety. For example, I recently changed from Android to iOS for a better driving experience (I thought) since Android Auto was a bit laggy. While CarPlay is more fluid seemingly (which could also be from the hardware upgrade), what's worse is the UX downgrade that happen when I went from Android Auto to CarPlay. I have a million of example…

Carplay tries to be too safe by not allowing anything while driving. Instead this leads you into spending more attention on the screen - searching for buttons you thought should exist but simply don't.

Re: Our fridge just emailed us to say we opened its door too many times

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Post by madaxe_again »

mkr-hn wrote: post #99
madaxe_again wrote: post #7

41 times in a day is a lot of door opens, and suggests they need a separate beverage fridge. That should’ve been the message - give the customer a solution, make a sale - but instead, they just went for shame. Folks really underestimate how much opening them door (and then usually leaving it open while you deliberate) wastes energy, and food. If I’m cooking three meals in the day, the fridge gets opened maybe five ti…

That little fridge might be a lot less efficient than the big fridge. Some of them use as much or more energy than a big one. You might waste more energy running it and re-cooling it every time you open it for a drink than you would opening the big fridge for drinks even if it's more efficient under the test conditions they use to rate its efficiency.

I live entirely off-grid - I know where my energy goes, and what impacts it - but you’re all absolutely correct, we should all leave our freezers stood open 24/7, as it makes no difference.
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