Oil plunges below zero for first time with May contract ending

Re:Oil plunges below zero for first time with May contract e... by yingw787 on Monday April 20, 2020 @12:29PM (#22925460)

If last-mile network is too much, you could have a colocated office park / operations center next to a hospital with a dedicated high-speed network. Then each surgeon can schedule / manage a patient without having to walk to a different OR, change scrubs, or be exposed to contagious viruses.

Mecheng tasks could be async / queue-based and latency wouldn't matter too much.

Regardless, I think it's really important to keep your bias for action high during this period of time.

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Re:Oil plunges below zero for first time with May contract e... by pythonaut_16 on Monday April 20, 2020 @01:54PM (#22926451)

How common are robotic surgeries today? Are there benefits to having a machine do the cutting?

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Re:Oil plunges below zero for first time with May contract e... by Retric on Monday April 20, 2020 @02:02PM (#22926536)

It’s common enough not to be a gimmick, but the real advantage is allowing surgery to be done by a limited pool of specialists that can cover wide areas.

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Re:Oil plunges below zero for first time with May contract e... by pythonaut_16 on Wednesday April 22, 2020 @10:08AM (#22945693)

So potentially the next step is specialists covering whole regions where the latency of fiber is still acceptable. Then as the equipment and training for telesurgery becomes more available/costs come down, you might see it used for smaller benefits of sterilization and travel/cleaning time within a hospital, even for more common/less specialized surgeries, and even if it's just a surgeon located at the same building or facility.

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