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Comment Re:How it will go. (Score 1) 149

It may sound funny but the case of EPIC is pretty solid. But filing a complaint is just the very first step.

Any competitor could file a complaint at the antitrust authority based on Article 101 or 102. It does not cost you anything.

Even anonymous facts could be submitted:
https://ec.europa.eu/competiti...

Comment Re:Das Boot (Score 1) 215

Bilingual movie productions are common since the 1930s, in fact they were the norm for early talkies. The very same scenes with different or same actors.

Sometimes context is lost in translation.

Billy Wilders screwball comedy 1,2,3 - in the German version the reporter is addressed as "Herr Obersturmbannführer" which implies that he had been an SS officer, in the English version it is Oberleutnant which does not make any sense.

In an U-Boat movie sound is everything.

Comment Re:A UI Error (Score 2) 192

> No it is not. It is very obviously reasonable to a normal person to expect immediate customer care service when other people's finances and debt are involved.
Your bank has 24 hour hotlines for everything you want?
My bank has a central 24 hour hotline to lock cards in case of theft. Everything else is relegated to business hours. Anything more complicated than "send me the form by mail" is relegated to the specialists, which may or may not be reachable at the time of calling.

Comment Re:Credit where credit is due (Score 3, Insightful) 245

There are people willing to experiment with these drugs because they are running out of options. But the FDA will not allow it because the drugs have not yet been proven effective.

You're either horribly misinformed or trying to push an agenda. Compassionate exceptions and entries into experimental trials are routine. "I'm dying and the guy in the labcoat has a possible cure but isn't allowed to give it to me" is not a realistic scenario.

What does it take to prove a drug is effective? People have to take the drug and the results need to be documented.

This is a catch-22 that the FDA created for themselves and there is no way to break it but to remove this nonsensical policy enacted because an unsafe drug came to market.

There's no catch-22; that's what drug trials are for. You don't just throw drugs around like candy and see what happens.

You're actually arguing that effectiveness shouldn't be a criteria for drug approval?! So as long as I can prove that my sugar cube isn't directly harmful, I can sell it as a cancer cure, thereby preventing people from seeking out actual working medicine?

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