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by abirch 3y ago
You're correct it's not an antifungal drug, it's a substance used for its antifungal properties. Furniture companies today still use it for that: https://www.leatherusa.org/dimethyl-fumarate-dmf you can Googl
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by abirch 3y ago
"It’s not yet known whether obelisks affect human health, says Matthew Sullivan, an integrative biologist at Ohio State University" We have no idea what these do. What if they could cause MS? Then drugs could kill these things and
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by abirch 3y ago
We definitely don't know enough to make informed opinions. The manager may be new and had not anticipated how many bugs there would be on a version 1.0, the system may not have worked, or many other possibilities.
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by abirch 3y ago
It'll be great to learn more about these and see what diseases are associated with them. I still think it's crazy that an anti-fungal drug is very good therapeutic for Multiple Sclerosis: https://en.m.wikipedia.org&#x2F
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by abirch 3y ago
The Streisand Effect is real. https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Streisand_effect Thank God Tech dirt stood up
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by abirch 3y ago
I second a vote for Linux or Neverware. OMG I used Windows 11 yesterday to debug something. Efficiency mode sucks so bad. Chrome was unusable with it and there's no apparent way to disable it. I'm environmentally conscious but I&#
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by abirch 3y ago
Yes, usually if you need a blood transfusion there are bigger issues. Please remember to ask your doctor about autologous transfusion, where you bank your own blood before a planned procedure.
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by abirch 3y ago
Orphaned as in the vendor is out of business. Like there's no mechanic, no parts, no nothing. Only the last version of the software and the working scientific equipment.
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by abirch 3y ago
You seem to have fortunately survived orphaned software. I've seen scientific software running on a 15 year old OS. The lab equipment functioned so we took out the Ethernet port to prevent viruses.
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by abirch 3y ago
This is nice. Free should mean free no matter how much large print text to clarify is needed.
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by abirch 3y ago
Isn't this analogous to Harvard Extension? People are particular about Harvard vs Harvard Extension.
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by abirch 3y ago
We have experimental fusion, but I'm not aware of anything that is in production.
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by abirch 3y ago
I wish we would do more nuclear fusion until we get fission
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by abirch 3y ago
My original comment is that the 2017 tax bill hurt the coastal masses. That's it. You then stated that there are software programmers everywhere and startups everywhere. I followed up with most programmers and startups are along the co
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by abirch 3y ago
Apple's PE is 30. Seems like modest growth, is implied.
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by abirch 3y ago
Stock buy backs are a tax efficient dividend. https://www.cnbc.com/2018/08/31/warren-buffett-explains-the-... Google's PE is 25 today compared to the S&P of the 1990s 15 https://www.multp
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by abirch 3y ago
Tech (Meta, Apple, Amazon, Microsoft, and Alphabet) is pretty profitable with reasonable P/Es.
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by abirch 3y ago
The majority of software engineers live in California, Washington, Massachusetts, New York, and Texas. https://www.benfrederickson.com/github-developer-locations/ Just curious, what's the latest software startup t
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by abirch 3y ago
OMG the 2017 tax bill continues to hurt the coastal masses.
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by abirch 3y ago
It also let's someone create a new business that's cheaper than before. The size of the pie isn't fixed.
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by abirch 3y ago
I would love a constitutional amendment for the USA that all laws expire 80 years after they are passed. It'd be hard to pass legislation today to prohibit marijuana, same sex marriage, etc.
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by abirch 3y ago
Peter Drucker called random firing amputation without diagnosis.
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by abirch 3y ago
I read this and it resonated with me: https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2024-01-03/us-can...
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by abirch 3y ago
Paul Graham agrees with you https://www.paulgraham.com/badeconomy.html
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by abirch 3y ago
Depends if you're a line cook or not at the Michelin starred restaurant.
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by abirch 3y ago
What are the powerful domestic companies/interests who are against the copyright terms? I always viewed copyright extensions as being good for the masses but bad for corporations (the copyright holders)
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by abirch 3y ago
You know someone said that there will never be more than 100 requests per second in a meeting
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by abirch 3y ago
A navigation that I'd love to see on Android is swiping right to go forward
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by abirch 3y ago
I think these metrics are going to be jacked in a few years. 1) Firefox will be the only browser to support ad blocking 2) Internet Sites that are funded by ads will block Firefox 3) Firefox or a Firefox Extension will change the User Agent
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by abirch 3y ago
Most people don't want to pay for anything. Look at all of the workarounds for news sites. I try to pay or donate for most of what I use but there seem to be a lot of people who want to get everything for free.

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