Because we're at least a hundred years from Human-level AI with modern tech, and that's assuming it's even possible using transistors (the brain is way more complex than that, changing size, shape, connection count over time, and having aggregate effects like neurotransmitters floating semi-freely in the fluid around it - meanwhile we have no computer chips, traditional or quantum, that even have that sort of reconfiguration on their far future horizon [and no, FPGAs aren't even close.]) What we have are simple heuristics, a section of the country that is populated exclusively by marketing people pretending to design tech, and buzzwords - the only recipes that can stem from that are scams (hell, they could shave the fat off it and just leave the marketing people in Silicon Valley, the result would be identical.)

I work in aerospace on rockets. We take FOD (foreign object damage) very seriously even for unmaned uses as it can easily lead to the loss of a rocket and payload worth hundreds of millions not to mention destroying a launch pad. When a foreign object is detected perhaps once or twice a year a full investigation is done and a set of formal recommendations are issued to prevent further occurrences. Now rockets are not manufactured in the large numbers nevertheless avoiding FOD is not "Rocket Science".

There was Veronica. You had to use a separate client to use it. But basically gopher was nothing more than FTP with indexes that could link to other servers.

Boron-proton fusion is a well-known fusion path. It just hasn't really been tackled previously because of the high energies needed. But in your assessment I think you're neglecting one of the really huge advantages of this fusion path -- it creates -no neutrons-. AFAIK all of the other lighter-element fusion paths do.

There're a few reasons why this is important.

One is that the shielding required is almost nil. You can have a spectacularly radioactive alpha source behind a few sheets of paper and practically nothing will get through.

Another is that there aren't any side-reactions. The vessel that you fuse in doesn't get radioactive, itself. In theory you could a PBe fusor open right after it's done, let it air out a bit, and then walk through it unprotected. A tokomak that's been running, on the other hand, will build up a supply of radioisotopes within the substance of its construction the more it's used.

This also has positive implications for the durability of the vessel. You don't have to worry about it breaking because some of it's been transformed into something else.

In the mid nineties Delrina, Microsoft and others published "Internet Suitesâ ---- software bundles designed to make `net resources appealing and accessible to ordinary mnrtals. Left to his own devices, the geek writes software that only a geek could love.

You should tell him how small, or he takes to much and kills hundrets with his breath ....

Use best practices, require certs/two factor authentication for all calls, don't allow expired certs, don't allow universal passwords, etc.

If you use bad security practices because you're too busy to implement good ones, or you'll fix it in release, or because your customer complains that it's too hard to use good practices, or because you have too high privileges than the API call actually needs, etc., then sooner or later that will come back to bite you on the ass.

Nine times out of ten, it's not the fault of the APIs, it's the way you've implemented them.

Financial institutions should have NO API's. I personally don't give any account/login information for my financial stuff to ANYBODY because it's a really, really stupid idea. Banks and credit unions should just disallow any and all interaction with their systems except through their own approved portals.

Lot of these drugs as off patent. A patent has a duration of 17 years, hence, such "simple drugs from 1933" are off patent. Same with Epipen, Acthar, etc.

So what is the issue then? I'm tired of explaining it to people, so go to Walmart and see what the drugs off the shelf cost. Go to your pharmacy and see what prescription drugs cost. Keep in mind there are many new drugs at Walmart that are patented, and many prescription drugs at the pharmacy that are off patent (Epipen, Acthar, etc).

How do you come to the stupid idea that you can drop out of high school at age of 17 in a civilized country?

The EU is not the USA...

In theory, an API could be more secure, because the well defined (potentially) inputs and outputs make it relatively easy to build up a well-thought-out system of security over a well-defined interface.

In practice, few companies do that, they just start writing APIs as new features are needed. It works in the happy case, and security is someone else's problem.

Thank you for sharing that incredible story!

Bittersweet. I'm paraphrasing: Is it possible to love someone as much as you can miss them?

The insurance pays the full cost who then passes that on to everyone else. So we all pay more just for greed.

What part?

The theory is sound, and has been known since, I think, the 60s or 70s. We've just lacked a way to hammer protons into Boron hard enough to make it work.

The direct generation of electricity through the capture of naked nucleons is also sound.

I'll be skeptical that they can reach the break-even point until they manage to do so, but there's no real doubt that you can a: cause fusion this way, b: generate alpha particles through the decay of the fusion product, and c: generate electricity directly through the capture of the resultant alpha particles.

The UK has free speech rights, but posting comments on a companies web site is covered by thr companies terms, asshole.

I read the replies of both of you. Interesting reading, better in letters than in real life I guess. Thanks.

You'd be surprised. The price differential is never in US's favor, but some drugs for rare diseases also cost NHS 10K UK pounds per month or more. "Only" 2-3 times cheaper than in the US. For some of the drugs it all comes down to fundamentally answering the question: would you like the drug for this rare disease that actually works, or would you like no drug to be available for it at all.

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And I just stumbled on this, which adds more (albeit circumstantial) evidence.

The small end for Airbus is now the A220 aka Bombardier C series. For Boeing it is Embraer, I don't think they've put a Boeing brand on it yet, and probably are better off not to now that the Boeing brand has been decimated. So basically, no they don't have any other competitors.

Ironically, she considers herself a feminist, while taking a decidedly old school path. But yeah, different strokes for different folks.

Probably because it will be covered by our pharmaceutical benefits scheme, and have a standard cost, but generally I doubt anybody could get away with charging 40k per bottle for a drug, unless they needed a fission reactor to make it or something.

Acthar is off-patent and has been since the 60s.

"Developing" is not the same thing as "bringing to market". Clinical studies and FDA approvals take years and cost a fortune.

But, there you go: their luck is running out, so they're milking it for all they can. I wonder if it's even worth suing them at all then. The lawsuit will almost certainly take longer.

I wonder if the government could allow these companies a respectable inflation adjusted price each year and for any product that a company decides to try and price gouge the public on have it's patent invalidated and open sourced?

even if the occupant does not. We're gonna fire him in a few months anyway when his contract's up, and honestly would have done it already if not nepotism.

Actually, it IS like there aren't any generics. It's EXACTLY like that.

that's the mantra of the modern day left. Prohibition not only doesn't work it tends to be used as a tool to attack workers, e.g. google why Nixon started the drug war.

Yeah, I've considered just finding a few clinics abroad and withdrawing from the US health insurance scam entirely. If I get cancer (god forbid), there's no way I'm getting it treated here, in the land of $13 paper cups for pills and $10K/night hospital stays.

45% of Georgians voted for Hillary.

Perhaps more Southerners would consider voting for Democrats if liberals would learn to treat them with less disdain.

Do you want to win elections, or are you satisfied with feeling smug and superior while losing?

sure, but we're not going to be getting to them by burning fuel as we do now. That is the realm of fission heated propellant or fusion

It’s an old off-patent drug that they didn’t develop at all, and it’s just extracted from pigs. There is another company getting ready to sell a generic but it probably won’t be available until next year.

Yeah, your sister is rich and never had to work a day in her life. ;-) What were you saying about who is smarter? (just kidding)