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Parents refused to get insurance for years – now one needs heart surgery.

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Parents refused to get insurance for years – now one needs heart surgery. Hey everyone, thanks in advance for reading. My parents are (supposedly, I don’t know their finances) upper middle class and do not have health insurance. My dad is a business owner and my mom has never worked. My mom has health issues which made pre-ACA insurance miserable for them and (I’m guessing) turned them off health insurance for good. F…

Reddit Personal Finance 646 2024-05-27

Share a story from your travels that still warms your heart to this day

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Share a story from your travels that still warms your heart to this day I’m always fascinated by the curiosity of children. While atop Torre Latinoamérica in Mexico City, this young boy, possibly no older than two, just kept staring at me and reaching his hand out while held by his mother. Mom noticed, and we exchanged smiles. Then I saw how he was reaching for the bill of my cap, so I took it off and placed it on h…

Reddit Travel 543 2024-05-07

Google researchers use off-the-shelf headphones to measure heart rate

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Google researchers use off-the-shelf headphones to measure heart rate Illustration: The VergeTypical heart rate monitoring in wearable tech, like smart watches or wireless earbuds, relies at least partially on photoplethysmography (PPG), which uses light pulses to measure blood activity. It works generally well, but it has its limitations. Google scientists wrote in a new research blog spotted by 9to5Google yester…

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