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by dionidium 3365 days ago
This is the state of just about every trendy consumer health product. My watch tells me my heartbeat? Great. What the hell am I supposed to do with that information?

Exactly nothing.

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It can be pretty helpful for exercise.
https://www.yahoo.com/tech/apple-watch-helps-man-survive-pot...

It's also good for lessons on why not to drink too much coffee on Adderall.

Actually, this is a lot more useful than checking your own genes once they've already produced you. Generally you've already found all of that out.