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You’re not wrong on the facts, but if you’re implying that we should not feel good about this story, I disagree.

One crab has managed to climb out of the bucket. The rest of us should celebrate for a minute and then redouble our efforts to get everyone to the same place, leveraging the lessons he’s passed on. Upwards!




Yep.

I happened to help another crab and I think it may be the single best thing I’ve ever done.

My wife’s family was constantly making fun of my father-in-law for falling asleep during the day, falling out of chairs etc. One day I noticed he was fluttering in and out of sleep while driving me so I asked him if he wanted to try my travel CPAP that night - I have very mild apnea and can get by without it.

He tried it and after the first night he was a completely different person, it was almost like someone drugged him up with PEDs. The home remodelers that were working there were jokingly peeved because he started helping them and they said he was going to put them out of work.

Just transformative, I feel so good about it.


Agree. We very much should be happy for him. And thankful that open source granted him access to understanding these machines.

And in addition to that, it would be great if we could improve access for people who are less fortunate.


There's more to that. Building open medical devices and knowledge in general helps humanity as a whole.




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