RaySmuckles posted:

pretty sure the only reasonable response is installing DOOM on his cyberspine

RaySmuckles posted:

pretty sure the only reasonable response is "I was told to inform you that if you keep telling people ^THEY will have to take action."

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An anti-psychotic pill which contains a tracker so doctors can check if it's been taken isn't being used because it could add to patients' paranoia, an expert has warned.

The Abilify MyCite has a metallic chip the size of a grain of sand. It was approved to treat schizophrenia by the US's Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 2017.

But few patients are taking the pioneering new treatment, which costs $1,650 (£1,275) for a month's supply, because of concerns and the fact it costs so much more than usual medication.

The idea of swallowing a tracking chip which transmits signals may be too much for patients battling the disorder to handle, according to a psychiatrist.

Schizophrenic patients are already at risk of paranoia, delusions and hallucinations.

And Dr James Levenson, from Virginia Commonwealth University, said the pill, which still isn't on the market in the US, could contribute to those.

Abilify is already used to treat schizophrenia but a pharmaceutical can add the tracking sensor – made of copper, magnesium and silicon – and put it into the pills.

When the patient swallows the pills it transmits a signal over the internet to let the doctor know it has been taken.

This process makes the medicine up to 30 times as expensive, however.

As well as this, the extra component may be worsening the same symptoms it's trying to control, according to Dr Levenson, who spoke to The Washington Post.

He said: 'Patients who have a lot of paranoia might be uncomfortable with the idea of a medicine that is transmitting signals. The patient may be afraid to take it.

'The science of this one is kind of ahead of the data.'

Dr Levenson's comments mirror concerns which were raised when the drug was approved in 2017.

One expert said introducing the medicine in a schizophrenia medication wasn't very considerate.

Dr Paul Appelbaum, a psychiatrist from Colombia University said at the time: 'Psychotic disorders are often characterized by some degree of paranoia, often reaching delusional proportions, in which patients may believe that outside forces are trying to monitor and control them.

'The idea that we’re giving this group of patients a pill that, in fact, transmits info about them from inside their body to the people that are involved in their treatment almost seems like a confirmation of the worst paranoias of the worst patients.'

Enfys posted:

BioMe posted:

Remember when you were crazy if you believed a number of shady organizations are following your every move?

Entorwellian posted:

Every delusion that is common of paranoid schizophrenia is now reality.

silentsnack posted:

lmao, regular abilify without the spy-chip is only like $900/mo and has a limited time before generics become available. I wonder what reason they could possibly have for making a new version that costs twice as much for literally the exact same medication.

Vox Nihili posted:

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-04/niom-ro042919.php

The Netflix show "13 Reasons Why" was associated with a 28.9% increase in suicide rates among U.S. youth ages 10-17 in the month (April 2017) following the shows release, after accounting for ongoing trends in suicide rates, according to a study published today in Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. The findings highlight the necessity of using best practices when portraying suicide in popular entertainment and in the media. The study was conducted by researchers at several universities, hospitals, and the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), part of the National Institutes of Health. NIMH also funded the study.

Lazyhound posted:

https://twitter.com/greenhousenyt/status/1123196299120189440

Enfys posted:

tino posted:

Self checkout is really about convenience more than cost. Same reason people prefer ATM machine than window clerk.

Also, self checkout is quite common in China. There is absolutely no shortage of labor and there is no minimum wage, but store still install self checkout machines. Cost saving is not a primary driver.

People who argue I m doing cashier's job, who cares? I am already doing most of the work by carrying the food from the shelf to the register, and carry it again to my car. Do you guys remember before supermarket, you don't pick packages from the shelf yourself? You go to a local store and tell the store clerk what do you want and he pack it from the shelf for you. I didn't grow up in the US and I remember what food shopping was like before "supermarket".

CoolCab posted:

if it pushed subscriber numbers Netflix would put up a show that was just the words KILL YOURSELF flashing with gloomy sunday on loop as bgm

Gum posted:

cant cancel your subscription if you're dead

tino posted:

Self checkout is really about convenience more than cost. Same reason people prefer ATM machine than window clerk.

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Also, self checkout is quite common in China. There is absolutely no shortage of labor and there is no minimum wage, but store still install self checkout machines. Cost saving is not a primary driver.

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People who argue I m doing cashier's job, who cares?

Paramemetic posted:

This is how it has been sold to you.


In a harmonious society it is about convenience. In late capitalist hellworld it is about profit because literally everything is about profit.


The cashier, who doesn't have a job anymore and so will die from a preventable illness in late capitalist hellworld, because having a job determines your right to achieve medical debt

Trumps Baby Hands posted:

all of retail is going to be automated, along with taxis, trucking, factory work, ect. the answer is to desperately start fighting for UBI before the implosion, not telling people that their preference for self-checkout is the result of brainwashing

Paramemetic posted:

"imagine taxis, but you have to drive the car yrself"

MRC48B posted:

so, zipcar?

Taintrunner posted:

https://twitter.com/gizmodo/status/1122867383104831488?s=21

Paramemetic posted:

imagine a restaurant, but instead of a chef, you just cook the food you want to eat, and instead of a waiter, you serve yourself

automation is truly incredible, I can't believe restaurants have been obsoleted by *checks notes* a kitchen

tino posted:

Self checkout is good. But I don't want to spend more time arguing over this. Just don't try to tell me the browsing the Target aisles is also "doing retailers work for them", because I enjoy the physical browsing much more than browsing Amazon.com.

tino posted:

BTW when I was in China the banks have way more extensive use of machines. You can use it to open an account. One of the machines my wife used had option to let you pick up a headset to talk to a live rep on a webcam window.

tino posted:

Self checkout is good but only for the reason that it makes it easier to steal from the megacorps that own the stores. gently caress everything else about it.

General Dog posted:

Well, sort of. There is all host of stuff passively monitoring you, but the odds that anyone is specifically monitoring you specifically are still extremely low.