On Mon, 17 Mar 2025 20:09:07 -0300, Shadow <
Sh@dow.br> wrote:
On Mon, 17 Mar 2025 15:21:34 -0700, Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@cruzio.com>
wrote:
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On Mon, 17 Mar 2025 17:18:31 -0300, Shadow <Sh@dow.br> wrote:
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On Mon, 17 Mar 2025 11:43:39 -0700, Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@cruzio.com>
wrote:
Hopefully, I won't live long enough to see the next war. It probably
won't be pretty. I don't know how to stop a trend that started with
tribalism and seems to be growing out of control. The next war will
not have any winners.
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The machines might win ....though we would have to re-define
"win".
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I think it more likely that various pathogens might take over after
the machines are done helping humanity exterminating itself. The
evolutionary cycle then repeats. After a few million years, some form
of allegedly intelligent life evolves into something resembling
humanity appears and immediately proceeds to repeat all the old
mistakes again, and again, and again, etc.
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If AI does take over it could probably kill every single human
on the planet. Even more deadly than an atomic war.
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An AI apocalypse might be more entertaining, but humanity already has
everything it needs to exterminate itself. Plugging up all the sewers
and toilets for a few weeks might do the job.
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PS Migraines are rare at you age. See a doctor.
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I'm 77 years old. It's too mild a headache to be a migraine and I
don't recall ever having a migraine. I don't have a primary care
physician. I've been looking for someone for several years but
haven't found anyone who can tolerate me, is accepting new patients,
and accepts Medicare patients. To be honest, I'm not anxious to find
a primary care physician. I believe that the major reason I'm still
alive today is that I DON'T have a primary care physician.
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That's a pity. The best medical systems use primary care as a
base. Everyone wants to go directly to a specialist. Pain in the chest
--> cardiologist. Dizzy --> neurologist. Cough --> pneumologist. It
makes medicine much more expensive and more often that not people
choose the wrong specialist.
True. The temptation is to use the ER for triage. That works but can
be very expensive with the added risk of Medicare refusing to pay. As
an added bonus, ER visits tend to have long waits due to high patient
loads and insufficient staffing.
As a compromise, we have Urgent Care:
<
https://www.sutterhealth.org/find-location/city/santa-cruz/urgent-care>
I used it effectively when I discovered I had a hiatal hernia. Xray
and CT scans showed my esophagus looking like a large auger bit. In
and out in about an hour. The doctor diagnosed it correctly almost
instantly. Referral to a gastroenterologist was a bit of a mess, and
arranging for surgery took too long.
Apr 05, 2023 Diagnosis at PAMF Urgent care.
Apr 21, 2023 Esophagus and stomach endoscopy.
May 15, 2023 Hiatal hernia surgery at El Camino Hospital.
39 days from diagnosis to surgery. Seems fast by today's standards,
but seemed like forever at the time.
An interesting coincidence is that I visited my cardiologist on
Friday. They were running about one hour behind (as usual) causing me
to spend too much time in the waiting room. I probably caught
something while waiting. If that wasn't the cause, I had a blood draw
4 days previously, which is another possible source of infection.
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I wasn't thinking infection, I was thinking vascular. An
infection would have fever/chills/stuffy nose/whatever which you would
have mentioned.
Good point. I do have clogged arteries and have had a triple bypass
and two stents installed. However, if internal plumbing was the cause
of the headache, I would have experienced headaches long ago. For me,
headaches are very rare. The only one I remember was when the
cardiologist prescribed amlodipine besylate 5mg, which gave me a 4 day
long super headache. Then, I read the label and find that it says to
initially start with a low dose and increase it slowly. Oops.
When in doubt, do nothing. So far the headache is stable. I'll wait
until tomorrow to see which way it goes. I expect to survive and
thanks again for the advice.
Thanks for the advice. If it gets worse, I might see a doctor. If
I'm stable or recovering, I'll do nothing more than take some feel
good pills.
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LOL. Send me some.... I have no idea what they are.
[]'s
Make a list of the sugar candys and salty snacks that you know you
shouldn't eat. None of these will improve my condition, but sometimes
helps control my bad attitude. No need for me to send them to you. I
assume that you have candy stores in Brazil.
-- Jeff Liebermann jeffl@cruzio.comPO Box 272 http://www.LearnByDestroying.comBen Lomond CA 95005-0272Skype: JeffLiebermann AE6KS 831-336-2558
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