I was drugged by a local hospital after taken to the ER and I'd refused treatment at that hospital. The drug is known to cause memory loss. I was, according to medical records, "uncooperative". So? I have a right to refuse treatment. Had there been video of the incident, it never would have happened in the first place because they would have been on camera committing malpractice. I also refused treatment because it was this hospital that caused the permanent problem I have in the first place. I wouldn't have refused treatment at a different hospital not associated with HCA. When stuff like this happens, video would have proven beyond a reasonable doubt that the law was not followed.

HCA is for-profit. They aren't in it for your healthcare. They did a bunch of tests and procedures on me after drugging me. None were medically essential nor necessary. Simply asking me questions instead of drugging me would have resulted in a 3-4 hour stay in the ER for observation. The law where I live makes malpractice suits too costly for attorneys to pursue. I did work out that what was done was battery, but not until the statute of limitations had expired. The nice thing I do know is that if they ever try to pull this on me again, their own records work against them. Again, what they did was battery. Even more fun: battery isn't covered by malpractice insurance and is a jailable offense. I ran this by police officers, attorneys and my PCP. The attorneys and the police officers confirmed it fell under battery. My PCP just looked at me frozen when she realized I was right. The part that makes it battery is simple: even if I couldn't talk at the time, by law they are required to exhaust all modes of communication. That includes sign language, a piece of paper and a pen (or a tablet), nodding with your head or your hand. Documents show that none of that was tried. In a past ER visit, they followed procedure and gave me a piece of paper and a pen. No issues. I explained the situation, the doctors understood what was going on and I received appropriate treatment as a result.

The simple lesson to start with is this: don't go to for-profit hospitals, especially HCA. They're in it for the money. My experiences with non-profit hospitals has always been fantastic. And cameras would have prevented what happened to me.

Let's not forget Lenin. Ideas are great, but Lenin actually told Armand Hammer at a certain point that the whole idea of the Soviet Union was never going to work.

Nah, lazy dumbasses connected critical infrastructure to the internet so they could control this stuff from home. The greedy were happy to go along because it meant they didn't have to pay a night crew.

I've never had that problem. I still have the original Z-Flip and use it as a secondary line. I was in the hospital for 5 weeks. It was dropped over and over by hospital staff when the moved my tray. Still works fine. The exterior of the phone protected the screen.

That was actually a call by Steve Jobs. Plastic didn't hold up as well as glass.

Foldables are fine. I've owned 4 Z-Flips. Their thickness isn't an issue. Your jeans might be the problem, but even then they fit fine and don't warp like an iPhone does. The fact is properly designed versions fit into my pockets a lot better than flat phones in part because they don't need a case. The Z-Flip 5+ are terrible phones because the outside display completely destroys the whole concept behind a flip phone: when you drop it, the screen doesn't break. But hey, lets let a reviewer who holds on to a phone for 2 weeks determine the design instead of somebody who's owned them for years.

A driver's license is not the same as a software license. A driver's license is covered by state law. A minor who clicks "I Agree" hasn't agreed to an enforceable contract and can back out at any time.

Minors can't agree to contracts.

It's not hard to create and remain anonymous by creating some sort of token client-side. Keeping it from getting stolen and used by technical kids is the challenge. Suddenly, techie friends become your best friend in high school because they know how to hack your phone.

I don't remember how much I paid for my two PS3s. Lots of games on ebay for next to nothing, HD resolution graphics and reasonable sound quality. I already own it, streaming with Amazon works and it hooks up to my television setup just fine. I use a projector and own several spare bulbs for it. When the previous one broke, I just bought a used projector of the same model for about $120. New tech sucks. The features just aren't worth it. Even Amazon is slowly getting replaced by DVDs and Blueray disks that I enjoy again. The streaming services forgot the whole logic behind why they started in the first place: people wanted easy access without paying a lot. Now you have to sign up for a bunch in order to get everything... or pay $3 per for a bunch of DVDs you can watch on demand regardless of what service has them. PCU is a great example of this, btw. Parliament Funkadelic never granted digital licenses for their performances in it, while every cast member did. That's ok. It's a great movie and I got the DVD for a few bucks. Funny thing, and the not so funny thing, is it predicted our current political problems decades ago.

No, everybody has kicked the can down the road because of the effect it would have on the price of oil. We're in it, we may as be in it to win it.

You truthfully think that Trump is the first President to do this? LOL. Look up any past President and you'll see all of them doing the same. The Vietnam War was started by Johnson, though later approved by Congress. The Iran Contra Affair, kidnapping Noriega. They all do it. The list of Presidents reallocating funds goes on and on. In the cases I present are wars simply because they stand out more historically.

For the most part, but things like StarLink are allowing some people to bypass everything. The Iranian government is trying to detect StarLink transmitters and arrest users of it. Controlling media is in part why many Iranians have no idea the extent that their government has been decimated by the US and Israel. I've got no idea why we're not dropping leaflets all over the place with headlines from the outside world. Maybe we are and I'm just not aware of it. Still, Iran does stand for now. I am starting to see headlines partially indicating the collapse of the government is becoming possible. The son of the Shah is trying to create a framework which Iran can use to move forwards, but with communications so poor, that message is difficult to push through. Also, Iran can be different than Iraq. Continue to take out the clerics and you're left with a fully functional republic. Hold fresh elections and you may see a new Middle East. On the other hand, Persia has been at war with it's neighbors going back thousands of years.

No, the meteor landed in the bed. It was tired.

Isn't something similar in design part of what killed Yahoo?