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by jlg23 9y ago
> most of the cost comes from human trials (Phase I-III, and mostly Phase III), which can sometimes span dozens of countries and tens of thousands of participants Uhm. Yes. Again, I'd rather have an actual break down of the costs in
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by jlg23 9y ago
> I know that the R&D for this kind of therapy is exceedingly high Do you have a source for that? I happen to be involved (genetically only - my family) into medical research and everyone I know agrees that costs are vastly inflated:
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by jlg23 9y ago
> Ultimately, how practical is this idea? Well, if you were to build a secure multiplexer, this is probably the way you’d want to build it, so that it could be as simple (meaning reliable) and versatile as possible. If I were to build a
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by jlg23 9y ago
Thank you & I hope I'll be able to show such a positive attitude after 30 years on a FOSS-project. I'll print out and pin the resignation later above my desk as a brutal reminder what I failed to do so far: friendly exits from
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by jlg23 9y ago
> I very much doubt the relative costs of production and storage in game are at all close to what they are in real life. The benefit is not constant either; in areas with regular outages you have a very high incentive to build energy sto
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by jlg23 9y ago
> Was it worth Dresden to end Bergen-Belsen? Is that the moment we discuss how many dead are acceptable to end a war, finally agree on some number and toast to it? Sorry, not joining you here.
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by jlg23 9y ago
The "complete devaluation of innocent human lives" is at the very core of war, not just of terrorist actions. Harold Pinter nailed it down in a chilling play, "Precisely"[1], 35 years ago: The body count is the result of
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by jlg23 9y ago
I have no idea who you are responding too. Nobody in this thread claimed "all cultures are equal and should be respected equally". I was saying that cultures are vastly different and that showing complete disrespect for something
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by jlg23 9y ago
> is not an indictment of bad tech, but of a fucked up honor-based patriarchal culture. Bad tech played a crucial role in the escalation, though. What is justified in one society or even demanded is not necessarily justified in another.
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by jlg23 9y ago
> Why use a database as a queue? Quote from the article: "You don’t need to import a large and complex 3rd party app or library to implement a queue, and you don’t need to deal with the key mapping and namespace issues with advisory
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by jlg23 9y ago
> How come we're not innovating more on the structure of those companies? There have been tons of research and it is still ongoing. Just check the "management" department in your library. Companies around the world are per
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by jlg23 9y ago
You don't mention the name of the company, but may I ask whether they were selling goods in the same price range? I am asking because I can imagine that people who are looking for a $5 item are more inclined to abort the search if it f
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by jlg23 9y ago
> And what happens if a thousand people show up and there is not enough of that limited resource in the desert for all of them? By the time water and bread are this rare you have long stopped thinking in economic terms, armed yourself an
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by jlg23 9y ago
> A glass of water provided at the right time in a desert is invaluable and thus expensive. If you travel a real desert, you'll realize that water is always offered for free[1] to people in need. As is bread. And that is the very id
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by jlg23 9y ago
I assume the comment you are responding to was about the init-system and in extension to the much more straight forward design and implementation of the overall system. FreeBSD is, like all(?) other Unices written in C, as is most of the us
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by jlg23 9y ago
Last two years: AT: CMN <-> BER, CMN <-> FRA HV: AGA <-> AMS KL: AMS -> CUR AR: EZE -> MAD I prefer to fly Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday and unless it's some holiday coming up at the destination I usually have
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by jlg23 9y ago
Apparently you can write APL and have it transpiled to Futhark[1]. Now to the question whether APL is ready for production use... ;) [1] http://futhark-lang.org/blog/2016-06-20-futhark-as-an-apl-co...
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by jlg23 9y ago
Rough summary of German laws: You have a right to defend yourself with the minimal force necessary to counter a threat to your safety. What a threat is and what "minimal force" is depends on the knowledge of a defendant: If you kn
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by jlg23 9y ago
further reading: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_Oriented_Assembly_Lisp
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by jlg23 9y ago
Where were those pictures taken?
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by jlg23 9y ago
> Each one of those things is inherently a form of energy storage Uhm. Maybe from a purely financial point of view. Physically they are energy consumers. They do not store energy in any sense that would be relevant here.
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by jlg23 9y ago
I hereby would like to record my claim to the term "high frequency dish washing", or HFDW as it is to be known :D
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by jlg23 9y ago
Then UK thieves are clueless. The recommended padlocks (SS50C or SS65C) can be picked (search for model + "picked" on youtube) in less than 30 seconds. For bystanders picking the lock looks like you are just too stupid or drunk to
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by jlg23 9y ago
I spent less than 1k on a bicycle that I rode for about 15.000 km within the first 18 months within the city only. It was always serviced in a shop. That makes 6ct/km (1.6 if we don't consider the bike itself) at what is still the
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by jlg23 9y ago
> Is it typical for a 13mm+ Ulock in Amsterdam to get broken? Yes. One thing that still works is to get two different high-end locks and to always use both. Most thieves specialize in one lock only. But I'd still not leave a decent
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by jlg23 9y ago
Thanks for the pointer, found the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VlQyudLKJno
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by jlg23 9y ago
> I missing something but aside form the gradient capability I didn't see much advantage presented here. * You can re-use existing carriages without having to seal them hermetically. * You don't have to build a sealed tube for
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by jlg23 9y ago
Unfortunately they only hint at the envisioned application in the video and don't provide any further links, but the idea is amazing: Use sounds to monitor bio-diversity. Imagine we'd not need cameras and lots of luck to "cat
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by jlg23 9y ago
> Instead at age 10 they think it's as mundane as rain It is. When was the last time you admired a pencil as technological marvel or thought about all the science that went into making microwave food possible?
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by jlg23 9y ago
No confusion The first can mean all fruit is banned, because "fruit" is a mass noun and as such does not have a plural form. The second clearly refers to one song, just like the headline refers to one newspaper.

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