Tapping into the collective wisdom of wheelchair enthusiasts of HN. What would you recommend for my parent, they are using a crappy Medicare approved Medline wheelchair that’s like $300 on Amazon.
They can’t use their right side of their body really due to a stroke paralysis. They can wheel around with one arm and leg.
The wheelchair is like starting to fall apart. What should I I get them that will last many years? Thanks!
What do you recommend for my parent, they are using a crappy Medicare approved Medline wheelchair that’s like $300 on Amazon. They can’t use their right side of their body really due to a stroke paralysis.
The wheelchair is like starting to fall apart. What should I I get them that will last many years? Thanks!
You should really have an ATP evaluate them to determine what they need. Hemiparesis and a bad fitting chair is no joke. Unfortunately this is likely to be expensive (as noted in this entire post). You can try getting a lightweight chair like a TiLite or Quickie online, but the fitting and sizing is the most important part and in my experience a trained professional is the best route your first time around. After that, as you become more familiar with the needs of your parent you can make adjustments in the future.
I thought it let you change the price of an item lower or get free dispenses? I remember reading that! It got me interested in the code for machines and how to exploit hardware. Really good for my budding mind and future career in tech.
Only if the door were open. The 4-2-3-1, when locked, only displayed sales data. You had to pop the T-handle open and push another button to go into Service Programming to actually set prices with the front-panel buttons.
At the same time, all my local vending machines were dispensing with the old tubular locks - they all went to funky keyless remotes to unlock machines.
So I write a completely defensible rant full of truly interesting and well-informed perspective, get downvoted, and then get accused of being an LLM.
A perspective I'm sure the down-voters have zero cred to doubt. Style issues aside, I don't think there's a serious molecular biologist on the planet who would take issue with the actual gist of what I said.
Pleiotropy: a thing happening can cause more than one other thing to happen. We really need jargon to keep that in mind?
An LLM? This is what I get for writing with passion? Creatively? Daring to play with words? I'm an LLM? For writing anything that doesn't fit your norms? Wow.
How do I get MORE downvotes? They seem like badges of honor in this case.
What are you up to these days? Were you able to predict or see the advent of modern AI and LLMs coming from earlier in your career? Thoughts on the future of computing?
All truth is one. In this light may science and religion labor here together for the steady evolution of mankind from darkness to light; from prejudice to tolerance; from narrowness to broadmindedness.
How long would it take someone to acquire these skills?
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