Thriptic

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by Thriptic 10y ago
The risk is that a well funded company gives away their product, drives all their competitors out of business and creates a monopoly, then jacks their prices up. It could be viewed as anti-competitive. That being said, I also think this is
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by Thriptic 10y ago
Having done some affiliate work with the VA, I can confirm that this is indeed the case.
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gg no re?
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I agree that if we can fix the underlying problems causing crime using rehabilitation then we should. There is no question that we have a problem with repeat offender criminals in places like the United States where prison is solely punishm
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What was your problem with it? I've had the pro 4 for about a month and have honestly loved it
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> Everything you talk about is about centralising knowledge and control. In practice, this never helps in the business of getting experiments done We have researchers that literally cannot get work done efficiently because they don'
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> Full disclosure: I'm coming up for tenure myself, and one lesson it has taken me 5 years to understand is that people who disagree with me on campus aren't doing so out of spite, stupidity, or carelessness, they often just ha
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by Thriptic 10y ago
> Contrary to most belief, most men are not terribly impressed with a woman's ability to have a career. They're more interested in having a life partner that you can share burdens with. I can't speak for "most men&quo
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by Thriptic 10y ago
Have we actually established that this is a problem? Is viewing porn or violent imagery or whatever on the Internet actually harmful to children or does it just make parents uncomfortable?
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Now your boss can buy back your unused vacation days(bloomberg.com)
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Windows patches start getting cumulative for 7, 8, 2008, and 2012(arstechnica.com)
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by Thriptic 10y ago
Not as insulting as being confused for being in New York when I'm in Boston ;p Jumped on wifi and was fine.
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> We cannot dismiss these problems in science if we want research to continue. The sad reality is that right now, those concerns can be dismissed. There is a huge supply of good researchers (especially foreign researchers) who are willi
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Amazon reveals Twitch’s first currency, gambling systems(arstechnica.com)
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Senate Votes to Override Obama Veto on 9/11 Victims Bill(nytimes.com)
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by Thriptic 10y ago
The government doesn't run the clinical trials. The FDA only makes a few million per approval request which is supposedly used to expedite the approval process: http://blogs.plos.org/workinprogress/2012/01&#x2
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Part of the issue is the incentive system at work. The FDA isn't really rewarded for getting a drug to market quickly, but they are punished politically when they approve a drug that is later found to have problems. This means that the
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Strength training athletes
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> Let's be serious here. I'm French, all for high taxes and all but please let's not delude ourselves thinking that American people pay "around 50%" taxes. As soon as you have enough money to afford it, you'
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by Thriptic 10y ago
I think it's a stretch to say that tax payer funded services and social welfare programs are the same thing. The taxes I pay to fund my local police force and fire department directly benefit me. Their services keep me safe. Taxes I pa
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by Thriptic 10y ago
- If it fits your macros / basic calorie consciousness that let's you hold a healthy weight. - Some form of exercise that you do regularly - Don't drink much - Don't smoke - sleep - Have meaningful relationships This wil
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Your pay level relative to everyone else is the principle way the company acknowledges the value of your work. If I am making the same amount as a total underachiever, it signals that the company either doesn't care about my work or th
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by Thriptic 10y ago
I find it very bizarre that there is no mention of Boston / Cambridge when talking about major biotech hubs.
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by Thriptic 10y ago
While in principle I agree with you, I think at a certain level people need to just learn how to deal with stuff that offends them. I hear things that offend me on a regular basis, including inflammatory (and absurd) remarks about people
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by Thriptic 10y ago
The way I got people in my lab to start complying with some best practices is by linking everything back to bench top work. It would be unacceptable to run in vitro experiments the way people write software in science. You need to run contr
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I don't really see how this is related to my comment?
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Do you want your drug company to move fast and break things? I agree that there probably are ways to shorten various aspects of drug development, but fundamentally you are talking about a highly regulated, potentially dangerous product. At
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It's not important that the medication works on an ideal population, it's important that it works on the actual target population. If you can't show efficacy and safety in your target population who may have several comorbidi
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I think the game absolutely needs PVP / better gym mechanics and trading to survive. Right now the emphasis is 95% on collecting, which is why people are losing interest.
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The difference is one is true and backed by logic and statistics while the other is false and rooted in emotion? It's an important distinction because it's impossible to have a discussion about how to manage risk without first hav

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