My wife is T1 diabetic and has the Tslim pump. When there is an occlusion at the infusion site insulin stops being delivered and blood glucose goes high.
It never occurred to me that a pump might fail in a way to give her too much insulin...
My daughter is T1 as well. This bothers me every time I think about it. You are probably already aware but if your wife is using the dexcom there’s an app called follow that she can add you to to get alerts if things go awry (highs or lows).
She probably won’t want to use it but if she worries about that at all it might provide some peace of mind.
I wonder if perhaps that's the kernel of truth that started the legend. I can certainly imagine that kind of attitude during the Cold War, particularly since in many sectors attitudes were quite different from today.
Ah. The rumor is probably from this scene in Strategic Air Command, with Jimmie Stewart.[1] Stewart had been a USAF officer, and the movie was filmed with the full cooperation of the USAF. That's a classic SAC no-notice inspection.
(The movie is worth seeing just to see how much stuff the USAF had when the DoD got 40% of the US government budget. The whole takeoff sequence for the B-36 bomber is shown.
The last of the huge propeller planes, just at the transition from props to jets. Six propellers, four jets, and 10,000 mile range. It looks like a scaled-up B-29, tail guns and all. Although this was a transition aircraft just before the jet age, there were 336 built. None still fly. Also in the movie is the B-47 bomber. This was another intermediate step. It looks like a jet fighter scaled up to heavy bomber size. Six jets plus rocket-assisted takeoff. Worked, but not a great aircraft. Over 2000 were built. None still fly. Then the USAF finally tried an an adventurous new design, the B-52, which was the first really good large jet airplane. About seventy still flying, three quarters of a century after first flight.)
Fastmail requires payment meaning it is very closely tied to your identity. Proton is one of the very very few who do not tie a new email account to your identity via phone number, payment info or alternative email (which requires phone, payment info etc..).
Even proton only provides webmail free - pop3/imap/smtp require payment. But that's still better than 99.99% of other webmail - everyone verifies via some method that ties to your personal info.
I don't know if sketchy is the right word but every* time I encounter a proton mail user on a mailing list, they are tinfoil-hat paranoid. Like they are a random nobody, but they are convinced that "the Russians" or "the Chinese" are constantly hacking at their laptop and they are constantly trying to harden everything so much one wonders why they even bother using computers at all.
* OK "every" is an exaggeration but enough that the impression has been formed.
plate reading help police track down suspects without pursuit. video recording in general help police collect evidence necessary to convict reckless driving.
solving crime and convicting criminals has first and n-order effects. For one, a few criminals commit most crimes, so locking people up reduces many crimes. Secondly, convictions are a deterrent.
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