this post was submitted on 17 Oct 2026
891 points (98.0% liked)

Programmer Humor

33844 readers
1199 users here now

Welcome to Programmer Humor!

This is a place where you can post jokes, memes, humor, etc. related to programming!

For sharing awful code theres also Programming Horror.

Rules

founded 3 years ago
MODERATORS
 
(page 2) 44 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] MonkeMischief@lemmy.today 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

Jokes aside, as much as I hate AI slop this could actually be a freaking awesome use for pattern recognition that might actually improve healthcare.

But, I'm a US American so for us it costs a stupid amount of money to GET the X-Ray after waiting for an appointment, and then you play one-way phone tag waiting another month(s) for the analysis of the x-ray.

(Bonus points if you wait 6 months and pay $150-whatever for "I dunno looks fine to me.")

I dunno in a functioning society with a decent doctor:patient ratio (is there such a thing?) maybe this wouldn't be necessary, but over here for most things we're practically on our own anyway so the more DIY options the better.

Shout-out to urgent cares though. If you actually broke something they usually get you scanned and remedied pretty fast. I had a thoroughly good ouch-I-think-my-toe-broke (it did) experience with urgent care.

Edit: lol curious about the downvotes. Fans of US healthcare maybe idk? O.o

[–] unglueclass23@programming.dev 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Global problem probably.

Here in Eastern Europe if you have the money you go to private clinics and for the most part you will get the care you need but even in paid ones the good doctors have pretty long wait times. And you're paying ~100 eur for 1 consultation.

[–] cepelinas@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

What country? I got a lung xray the same week I was admitted into the hospital and it was all in a public and free hospital.

load more comments (1 replies)
[–] byte21516@leminal.space 3 points 1 week ago

we live in a society.

[–] HerbGrower@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

UK version: instead of waiting for hours in hospital with a hurty hand

load more comments (1 replies)
[–] selokichtli@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 week ago

Yeah, it will take away all of our jobs.

[–] twopi@lemmy.ca -2 points 1 week ago (9 children)

Are the triple quotation marks supposed to be antisemitic echoes ((( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triple_parentheses ))) ?

load more comments (9 replies)
[–] myyass@lemmy.world -3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

From my experience a doctor isn't any better.

[–] snooggums@piefed.world 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] myyass@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

The name was a reference to the lettuce thing. I've had doctors ignore crucial details. I do have some medical training, just enough to help until someone better arrives. Last time I was a hospital, me needing a cpap machine was ignored and I had to tell the, what assumed, nurse in training how to set up my IV... after they fucked it up 4 times.

load more comments
view more: ‹ prev next ›