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Comment Already happening. (Score 1) 98

Almost every time I ask google something on my car touchscreen connected to Android Auto, it puts up a popup asking me to rate my Google Assistant experience... that would be a popup OVER the map I'm trying to use to navigate! Also, please stop asking me to confirm the reports of police car sightings... again, it's obstructing my map and making me miss my exit.

Comment Which jobs? (Score 1) 40

To be honest, most of the work in the sorting centers could be better done by robots. I always assumed they used humans in the sorting centers just to make their minority employment numbers look good. I.e. women of color are rewarded in the sorting centers.

Comment Re:No doubt they want you to stay on them for life (Score 1) 175

I was taking Metformin, Glimipiride, and Insulin, and still experiencing diabetes neuropathy, which is annoying. So I found a good Endocrinologist to prescribe GLP-1. My target weight was 165, I kinda shot past that. Google says healthy weight for my height is 155 to 189 pounds; I've been within that range my entire adult life. So yeah, you can get diabetes despite never being overweight. In my case, I have a family history of diabetes. My grandmother died from it, my mother was diabetic, and one of my sisters is diabetic. The good news is that my mom lived to 85 despite being diabetic, and it wasn't the diabetes that killed her. Back before it was a manageable disease, my grandmother lost her legs and her vision before dying from it, although she still outlived my grandfather that died from lung cancer. That's the reason I've never smoked.

Comment Re:It's not really a surprise (Score 1) 175

The ORIGINAL goal of these drugs was to treat diabetes, which is does a great job of, with an unfortunate side effect of weight loss. But us diabetics intend to keep taking it for the rest of our lives, because it will make us live longer. And yes, weight loss makes you live longer.

Comment Re:No doubt they want you to stay on them for life (Score 3, Interesting) 175

I'm on GLP-1 for diabetes. I dropped from 175 to 150 pounds (I'm 6 foot tall), despite forcing myself to eat. The drug does make you not care about eating, and for some people has nausea side effect. It also slows digestion. But honestly, I wasn't eating less, but still lost 5 pounds a week. So it not just the fact that it stops hunger that makes it work

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