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by SpikeDad 8y ago
Blush. I hardly ever change my lancet. Maybe every other month (about 100 sticks per month). I'm using Freestyle 14 day and yea the waste for each sensor is pretty amazing. For a tiny sensor the size of a fat nickel I end up with a box
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by SpikeDad 8y ago
Although I'm type 2 I just starting use a CGM (Lifestyle 14 day) and it's a revolution in data collection for me. I had no issue with finger sticks but you miss a lot of data. Now I get a full and complete set of blood sugar readi
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by SpikeDad 8y ago
I hate so to resort to stereotypes but I live in a big college town with many asian drivers a number of which I assume are driving in the US for the first time. They are decidedly not of the stereotype that you are claiming for asian driver
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by SpikeDad 8y ago
I was recently driving on the highway in a bad snow storm and the wet snow occluded my radar sensor and I got a warning that the adaptive cruise control was unavailable. Then my lane keeping assist cameras were blocked by snow as were the l
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by SpikeDad 8y ago
Big benefit for payday lending companies who charge obscene fees mostly in poor and minority areas of the country. Which consumers is the CPB protecting?
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by SpikeDad 8y ago
Sorry but you can't be one of the smartest human beings alive if you question settled science like evolution and climate change. Being smart isn't just thinking of new stuff. It also includes understanding the world and it's
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by SpikeDad 8y ago
Exactly. And that's why drug companies spend 100% of their advertising and promotional budget on the new patented drugs. It's well worth it if they can get doctors to switch prescriptions to the new medications with huge profits a
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by SpikeDad 8y ago
Why must everything be a "company" killer? There's room in markets for choices. I think DDG is providing a good choice for folks. And having Apple data behind them isn't just potatoes.
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by SpikeDad 8y ago
It's interesting but without large, long term longitudinal studies making health claims is shaky at best. It might improve specific health parameters but whether those improvements translate into a longer and/or healthier life can
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by SpikeDad 8y ago
Monitors that don't need a finger stick can take blood from other body areas, usually the forearm. The theory is there are less nerves in places other than the finger. The result is not considered as accurate compared to finger sticks
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by SpikeDad 8y ago
Didn't realize that. I occasionally use a finger stick A1C to compare to my lab test and it's very accurate (within 0.2 units). It does seem like a helpful tool to screen.
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by SpikeDad 8y ago
From an FDA perspective invasive also. Otherwise you wouldn't need a prescription.
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by SpikeDad 8y ago
I'm curious about this. Theoretically healthy people shouldn't care about their blood sugar since your body normally regulates your blood glucose using insulin and other hormones. If you're wondering if you may be pre-diabeti
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by SpikeDad 8y ago
You need a prescription because it's a continuously attached invasive medical device. You don't need prescriptions for finger stick devices so that's the only difference between them.
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by SpikeDad 8y ago
Trello type project? Trello has been very handy in my workplace - an open source version would be nice.
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by SpikeDad 8y ago
Reminds me of the Twilight Zone episode in a gentlemen's club where a member bets one annoying member can't go a year without speaking. Guess I won't spoiler it but the guy has to make a pretty big decision in order to comple
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by SpikeDad 8y ago
The biggest issue for me frankly (in the old days) was a lack of ad blocker. Now there's plenty of choices for iOS that are highly effective and so browsing on the web isn't a horror show. Still no real mouse support is annoying..
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by SpikeDad 8y ago
Beat me to it. After many years of pizza dough failure a quick stop at my favorite pizzeria and presto - perfect dough with great flavor and soft as a baby's bottom. 8-) I also get my sauce from them also. Not that I wouldn't get
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by SpikeDad 8y ago
Jeepers what a cruel and ill-informed person you are. As someone who works in a public library in some places the public library is the only institution left to be available for the benefit of the underrepresented folks like homeless. Our p
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by SpikeDad 8y ago
The underlying flaw is that the public allows their politicians to spend their money on personal political victories. There's no payback for politicians that waste tax money either explicitly or via tax breaks. Nor for them misstating
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by SpikeDad 8y ago
I was shocked last year when I spent some time in Canada over how many restaurants had mobile pay devices that the server brought over so you could pay at the table. In my town (Central PA) only 1 restaurant had this technology and they sto
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by SpikeDad 8y ago
I think also apologies require explaining what changes they made and why they decided to do it that way. A look behind the curtain on why they chose way A when they could have chosen way B is illustrative to users.
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by SpikeDad 8y ago
Where's the historical evidence for your claim that the guy who got nailed to a cross was indeed the source of the "Jesus" mythology?
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by SpikeDad 8y ago
I'm always skeptical when ground breaking research is only discussed in one specific journal, commented on only people who participated in the study or work for the journal and all who are vested in a specific country where the study w
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by SpikeDad 8y ago
How could this possibly be Constitutional? I can understand how Conservatives in those state are co-opted by Right Wing Religious groups. Reading this article made me physically ill.
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by SpikeDad 8y ago
Seems difficult to imagine such positivity with replication considering how much psychological science depends on subjective information from subjects using "evaluation tools". Who knows what it means when I answer the question &q
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by SpikeDad 8y ago
Interesting article. I wonder if there's evidence that the mindset of a police officer reflects the general public. Sorry to have to generalize here but I've had a lot of exposure to police over my life as a volunteer EMT and an e
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by SpikeDad 8y ago
You have hopes that psychology is a robust enough science that it can improve it's replication rate? Not sure there's evidence of this at all.
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by SpikeDad 8y ago
Interesting but you can only know if you're asking the right question in hindsight when the right answer is generated.
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by SpikeDad 8y ago
Your position just confirms your position. It's circular and can not provide the slightest bit of evidence toward the efficacy of the procedure. Sorry.

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