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  • 'iPhone 14' may have eSIM-only option, but it won't be universal

    GeorgeBMacGeorgeBMac
    AF_Hitt said:
    darkvader said:
    I have no desire to go back to the bad old days of having to call support just to change phones.  eSIM is stupid.

    (I remember when US Cellular used to charge $25 every time you got a new phone, for the 'service' of typing in a new MEID.)
    Fully agree. I just had to go through the nightmare or switching my eSIM around from my 13 Pro Max to a backup phone during repair, and then back to the new Pro Max. What used to be a 5 second process of swapping over a SIM card turned into 2 hours of chat and phone support with T-Mobile EACH TIME that I eventually just spent the $10 for a physical SIM card and transferred my number to that. They claim it’s easy, and have a tab on my account page to change the sim, but the link only ever goes to a support page with a number, never actually letting me do anything. What a nightmare.

    The last time I did that all I did was take the T-Mobile SIM out of my iPhone 6 and stick into my iPhone Xr.
    I wonder if Sprint corrupted them?
    darkvader

  • If Apple replaced your iPhone or Mac, expect an email about a class action settlement

    GeorgeBMacGeorgeBMac
    I've only had one phone replaced by Apple:   My beat up 4 year old iPhone 6+ was replaced with one that was either brand new or ran and looked like it was (no way for me to tell).

    Then, last summer they replaced my scratched up AppleWatch Series 4 with, again, one that looks and runs like a brand new one.

    But:  I protest!  I think Apple should pay be me money!   /s

    (Actually, my real complaint is:  I want a Series 7 Watch -- but can't get myself to replace watch that runs (almost) perfectly.  The idea just offends me on many different levels)
    muthuk_vanalingam

  • 'iPhone 14' may have eSIM-only option, but it won't be universal

    GeorgeBMacGeorgeBMac
    Since a SIM phone has e-SIM why would I buy an e-SIM only phone?  
    What's in it for me?   Is it more durable?   Is it cheaper?
    darkvader

  • A Virginia woman has been stalking Tim Cook for more than a year

    GeorgeBMacGeorgeBMac
    This is a direct consequence of society’s cowardice in not making sure people get the medication that they need. It’s not compassionate to let someone refuse treatment (when their disorder prevents them from having the insight to accept treatment), then go on to ruin their lives, and possibly others. Same
    thing is happening to thousands of homeless people. Society is failing our severely mentally ill population. 
    First hand experience with a sibling. Because they're an adult we have no power to ensure they take the medications needed. Once stoped they go into a rabid state of accusing everyone of conspiring against them. The smallest thing (offering to go out to lunch) would cause a trigger. Once triggered it's nothing but constant threats and harassment. We're paying for their home/bills to ensure they don't end up in the streets, but constant fights with neighbors means they'll get evicted and in the streets anyway. We're devastated and powerless.

    Mental health is completely and utterly ignored in this country.

    As a retired psych nurse I find your story not only credible but common and typical of a family living with a person who has a mental illness.

    But, from your description, her mental illness is not being ignored*.  She is being offered treatment for it.   So, what would you have 'the country' do?   For many decades we locked people with mental illness away in mental health 'hospitals'.  I did my internship in one that, at one time, had 4,000 residents along with its own farm, bakery, butcher shop, police and fire department.  It was completely self sufficient and operated by the residents (which was later described as 'slave labor').

    That approach has been widely condemned and most of those places shut down.  (The one I described is now a recreation area).

    But, for some who are unable to live in society, it may have been the best of a lot of bad options. 
    Would it be the right one for your sibling?   That could be debated either way.

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    * all mental health medications, particularly those dealing with things like schizophrenia and bipolar disorder had nasty side effects while they only mitigate but do not eliminate the condition they are prescribed for.  So many/most who are receiving such medications slide in and out of compliance -- and also, the medications tend to get adjusted on a frequent basis.
    patchythepiratebyronl

  • A Virginia woman has been stalking Tim Cook for more than a year

    GeorgeBMacGeorgeBMac
    This is a direct consequence of society’s cowardice in not making sure people get the medication that they need. It’s not compassionate to let someone refuse treatment (when their disorder prevents them from having the insight to accept treatment), then go on to ruin their lives, and possibly others. Same
    thing is happening to thousands of homeless people. Society is failing our severely mentally ill population. 

    As a psych nurse who worked with severely mentally ill people who were living in the community I found that medication can often/usually help -- but its not a miracle cure.  None of them are cures.  Instead, they just tip the scales enabling the person to live a better, more normal life.   They reduce the effects of a mental illness rather than eliminating it or curing it.

    Plus, while this woman is clearly delusional, it's not clear exactly what her diagnosis would be -- and therefor which medication (if any) would be prescribed.

    So yes, this woman does need help.  But exactly what kind of help is unclear.  But it is likely that she would require multiple therapies (both medical and psychologic) to reduce or resolve the issues that are driving her to these actions.

    In this case, it sounds like the woman should be involuntarily committed to a psych facility for evaluation and treatment under the guideline of being a risk of harming herself or others (in this case, Tim because "I have a gun and I'm running out of patience sounds very much like threatening harm to another).

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    As an aside, these cases are examples of why we need police reform.   Police, and the laws are not well equipped to deal with these cases -- they just don't have the necessary tools.  They usually do the best they can, but...   They need to be supplemented by healthcare professionals who are better equipped to deal with situations like this.
    byronl