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by rs999gti 2y ago
> People can break laws. By your logic I guess we shouldn't have laws then. Let me reverse this on you, how much and what type of punishment and penalty should be levied if laws are broken? Like this false online reviews ruling, how
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by rs999gti 2y ago
> Lead pipes have been outlawed in Bavaria in the 1800s Lead may not be used in EU pipes, but the fittings and solder still contain lead. https://www.zerowater.eu/zerowater-knowledge-center/lead-in-... .
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by rs999gti 2y ago
> Americans seem to get screwed over on anything health or medicine related. And they continue to argue that their health system is a good one, for some weird Stockholm Syndrome-esque reason I suppose. "U.S. allies ride free on Amer
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by rs999gti 2y ago
Remove the stigma of mental illness and new drugs are not really needs. The current class of drugs are excellent at controlling psychosis. Sure there are side effects, but in this case the side effects are better than the psychotic behavior
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by rs999gti 2y ago
> but I wonder if it's really a "disease" Not a disease but a real illness, with no cure but treatment like cancer. Even with effective treatment, sometimes the psychosis wins, and the patient can backslide into full blown
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No
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by rs999gti 2y ago
> longer lasting injectable is often recommended over daily oral meds Both are recommended. Why? Daily meds are not only effective, but remind the patient that they have an illness that needs daily maintenance, it makes them involved in
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by rs999gti 2y ago
Drugs become generic eventually and costs come down. Zyprexa, which was mentioned in the article, is almost always prescribed as generic Olanzapine. Cost as of 2024 for generic - 9 USD, brand name 476 USD.
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by rs999gti 2y ago
> $20k per year for a brand new drug The thing is you don't even need this new drug, from the article "Risperdal and Zyprexa" are very effective antipsychotics. Even more effective when combined with a long acting to preve
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by rs999gti 2y ago
> The only way to do this is to give the person a place to live. Ensure the person has healthy and decent food. This will require time and treatment so build up a new sense of safety. > Once achieved treatment for schizophrenia could
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by rs999gti 2y ago
> The meds helped him but he didn't like the side effects so he stopped taking them. They, their family, or guardian should have consulted their psychiatrist to tune the meds for less side effects or to switch them. That is what ps
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by rs999gti 2y ago
> arguably schizophrenia should also be considered neurodivergence Nope never! I have experience with schizophrenia and it can never be confused with anything else. The person with it is devoid of reality and does not know they are sick.
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by rs999gti 2y ago
Ozempic can cause stomach paralysis, so each individual has to weigh risk to reward when choosing an obesity drug.
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by rs999gti 2y ago
> If you win a lot, they'll effectively kick you off the platform Insurance companies work the same way.
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by rs999gti 2y ago
> Why must you always use the worst ways to monetize? Treat users with respect and you will have life long customers. Not everything needs to be a billion dollar unicorn pumped with VC funds. They aren't the worst ways to monetize,
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by rs999gti 2y ago
> No monetization is planned for now (only a "buy me a coffee" if you use and appreciate the app). A few ideas: Anonymize and aggregate the data, then sell it off to financial and marketing firms. Add ads to the site. Charge a
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by rs999gti 2y ago
If you're going around the email to get the content, how will these marketers be able to market to you or sell your email to a third party?
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by rs999gti 2y ago
> We need a Supreme Court reform if we want to keep the nation. More like you need the US house and senate to legislate and coming to stupid party deadlocks, gamesmanship, and worrying what an unpopular vote means to future electability.
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by rs999gti 2y ago
> Why is there a culture war over this? Not a culture war. WFH for some orgs was never official, it was always temporary until COVID was over. So unless there is a WFH policy in writing at your org, always assume RTO was inevitable.
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by rs999gti 2y ago
Hilton - https://www.investopedia.com/ask/answers/050415/what-are-som... Hilton was in trouble after 2008 crisis. Blackstone purchased them as a lifeline. Under Blackstone, Hilton reorganized itself and then
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by rs999gti 2y ago
How? Watermark everything with a hash?
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by rs999gti 2y ago
I lived in the suburbs of a very large European city. I still drove to work every day. Sure I could walk to the bus stop and wait or walk KMs to the train station and wait. But my car was the most direct and easy way to get to the office. I
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by rs999gti 2y ago
Can auto updates be turned off on the crowdstrike falcon client?
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by rs999gti 2y ago
So can crowdstrike be classified as malware now? Currently waiting in line for 2 hours + waiting for Delta to tell me when my connecting leg can be booked. My current flight is delayed 5 hours.
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by rs999gti 2y ago
> This is the kind of thing we should be putting a lot of resources in figuring out. Why? A lot of manufacturers have figured this out, the technology is called a dehumidifier.
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by rs999gti 2y ago
> The potential downside is that this system requires energy to release the water Damn you physics!
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by rs999gti 2y ago
> Does Congress still think it is a good idea to treat personal data as raw materials? I don't think Congress in the USA governs as much anymore, they are too busy trying to stay in office. That is why the Supreme Court and the Pres
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by rs999gti 2y ago
If there were no ads and tracking, then there would be paywalls and credit card entry forms everywhere. The web is free for the commercial stuff, because your data is the payment.
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by rs999gti 2y ago
> I never signed a contract with any of these advertisers? You should read all those GDPR web pop ups. Lots of legalese in there saying you are contractually letting the company do XYZ if you accept cookies or continue to use the site.
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by rs999gti 2y ago
We all know that outlawing something only gives that thing to outlaws: https://www.acamstoday.org/organ-trafficking-the-unseen-form...

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