does your 12 yo dslr fit in your pocket ? do you always have it with you ? how long does it take to get the settings right and focus ? how long to switch from one setting to another ? and the only way your dslr is better resolution is if it's film, how long does it take to get you photos back ? how much does the film and the development cost ? i have 1200 photos on my camera, how many can you take on your dslr without carrying a suitcase full of film ? why do you still think it takes better photos ?

and bill gates once thought 640K of ram would be enough for anyone. times change, needs change. unless you're 16 and living in moms basement, you should already know this.

Having replaced my $2000 macbook with a $200 chromebook, I disagree.

Here's a free link to the paper: https://www.researchgate.net/p...

I remember the exact same comments when apple did away with floppy drives and dvd drives. "Oh, dear me, how will I live without XXXX ? No one will ever buy another apple product, this is the obvious death knell of apple "

Read your damn history. Unions are the only reason we have the 8 hour workday, and child labor laws. This is barely history and you've already rewritten it in your mind.

"Speech" has been copyrighted for centuries. Any book, play, movie, or song published in the last couple centuries. How is software code any different ? If the FBI was to say that J.K Rowling must write a volume of the Harry Potter series in which IS/ISIS/ISIL/Daesh is thrashed by a bunch of teenage wizards because it would improve national security, how would that go over ? What if the NSA was to say all movies from Hollywood must reflect a theme of the superiority of the USA ? Forcing speech, of any type is so over the top unconstitutional that even the fifth circuit federal appellate court would laugh it out of chambers.

The point is that a care giver certified to give meds need only come in once a day rather than three or more with the old formulation. In a memory care unit, that means less cost to the family.

Having worked in pharmaceutical development for over 20 years, I can tell you this is VERY scary for your healthcare. The reason these "minor tweak" drugs are developed, is because they are, in some way, better than the original. In this case, the new formulation is a longer acting pill. This is a big deal for Alzheimer patients. One of the major hurdles for neurodegenerative diseases is dosing compliance. If you forget to take the pill, it doesn't work. If there are fewer pills to take, the chances of forgetting diminish, or a once-a-day aide can assist in medication. This ruling tells drug companies that investing in innovation to improve a drug is not worth the money. As to the continued production of the old drug, you can be assured that the originating company would not pass up the money from licensing the production and sale to another company. The plan probably involved dropping the older version of the drug for a time to build a market for the new drug, then introduce the old drug under a new manufacturer.

I worked as a programmer for a medium sized help desk and saw dozens of tech support drones trying to make the leap from desktop support or system admin to programmer. The most successful did it piecemeal. A few would come to me and ask for minor admin privileges in the help desk software, and I would allow them to make changes to the development environment. The good ones would get recognized and rewarded with training and admin privileges. A couple ended up replacing me as I retired. It's a path I would recommend, as it has the advantage of keeping you employed while trying to make the jump. Pay attention to the previous comments about keeping the girlfriend happy. If you become a burden or even less contributing, it will hurt your relationship.

THIS is absolutely why I went into medicinal chemistry and worked on pancreatic cancer !!!!

The book that this app is based on (Modernist Cuisine at Home, the ~15lb book, not the 50lb reference) is actually a great book for the home cook. It has a great deal of information on technique that defies the traditionalist view of how to cook just about anything. While $80 is still a ridiculous price for an app, the book is a reference for any one who is a serious home cook.

I graduated in '91 studying molecular beams. There was so little work in the field then, that I went into peptide chemistry. Nothing has changed, and I doubt anything will in the future. More people want to study high energy physics than can be supported in the field. Nothing new. Nothing to see here, move along......

I've had bladder cancer (Stage 1 Grade 2 transitional cell carcinoma), and I make jokes about it all the time.

As a former cancer researcher at a big biotech pharma company, I also call bullshit. First of all, claiming that "antibodies are cheap and not complicated" just shows your ignorance of the science. The concept may be simple, but the actual production of pharmaceutical quality antibodies is VERY complicated and requires a massive infrastructure. And the average cost to bring a biologic drug to market is about 750 million dollars. As far as paranoid delusions of some company hiding the cure for cancer, I'm also a cancer survivor. Do you think if I was working on something that was "a cure for cancer" I would allow it be buried ? Do you think the entire company could be convinced to hide such a discovery ? Every nearly practical development in biotech seems to end up generating two or three spin-off companies. How are they going to be silenced ?