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Comment Consider that the drug companies are ramping up (Score 1) 236

Mylan and Novartis are greatly ramping their production of hydrochloroquine (trade name Plaquenil) without considering the small scale hoarding. Big pharma thinks there's something to this, why wouldn't physicians?

That also means that this is a short term supply chain issue and not a longer term shortage for people having trouble finding their meds. Those kinds of shortages have been more common in recent years as numerous drugs have had short term recalls.

https://www.novartis.com/news/...
https://www.prnewswire.com/new...

Comment The Star Wars universe has always been impractical (Score 1) 390

but it clearly just gets worse in the future. There's no doubt there will be plenty of catwalks with no guard rails and plenty of other Imperial style over substance. It's remarkable though that light sabers just get more treacherous to use. The flaming laser guard on the evil light saber in the teaser looks like a great way to lose and arm and frankly just didn't look all that cool. After not really understanding Star Trek and what made it amazing, JJ Abrams will bring his special brand of ruination to the Star Wars franchise. Thanks, Disney. Thanks.

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Brand Names Take On Generics In PSU Showdown 223

The Raindog writes "The power supply is perhaps the most overlooked element of a modern PC, and yet it's the one component that can irreparably damage the rest of a system. The market is littered with generic PSUs that are often much cheaper than name-brand alternatives, but can you trust them? The Tech Report aims to find out in its latest power supply round-up, which compares the performance, efficiency, and noise levels of a collection of reputable PSUs with some budget, no-name competition. As it turns out, any money you save on a generic PSU purchase will likely cost you more in the long run."

Comment In a world... (Score 1) 292

Where Beta means: can change suddenly without warning,

Doesn't Google Whatever mean that already. What's the point of the beta moniker. Google will just change what they want whenever. Use Google Frob and you're at risk of seeing the features and UI change without warning.

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