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Comment Re:Compare (Score 2) 37

Maybe you've confused cellular data plans with internet speed? The basic fiber service is not 10Gbps. It's available, sure, and a few companies are advertising it, but the basic service plan for FLET's or Softbank Hikari or whatever is still 1Gbps. The only 20Gbps offering I can find is from Sony's NURO and it's limited to Minato-ku in Tokyo (where I happen to be writing this). https://www.nuro.jp/s_plan/20g...

Comment Disgusting (Score 5, Insightful) 101

Imagine being a young person interested in the law, hoping to make a decent living and maybe do some good, and then you end up here. Is the paycheck worth knowing that you're actively fighting to allow this company to poison the earth, cause birth defects, cancer, and other terrible harms, not just to your fellow citizens, but to your own friends and family?

Comment Re:XFCE4 on FreeBSD (Score 1) 155

why are people so averse to reboots these days? it used to be a daily thing that everyone just did, and now all we're asking is once per week (because guess what? 8/10 it fixes your problem), and people still lose their minds. it takes all of 30 seconds, and your browser restores your 10,000 tabs automatically, so what are you crying about?! is it really that disruptive to reboot first thing Monday morning while you fix a drink or take a shit? or (god forbid) shut your machine down when you leave work on friday, or on sunday if you take it home? OMG but then you would have to log in again and because you avoid ever having to face the absolute torture of typing your password at all costs you've probably forgotten what it is again boohoo :'(

but seriously, what's the deal? I've asked a number of people what the problem is, why they fight it so much, how we might make it less painful for them or how we might help them establish good rebooting habits, and the answer is always something like "I just don't want to". Well you know what? I don't feel like fixing your problem. How's that sound, ass? FFS It takes less time to reboot a computer than it used to take to establish a dialup connection. I don't want to brush my teeth or cut my toenails, but I do it because it's good hygiene.

Comment Re:price of power (Score 1) 188

I live in a smallish island nation with lots of nuclear power plants (one of which had a little meltdown issue a few years ago after a big earthquake and tsunami, you might remember) and also uses pumped hydro on top of being the largest importer of LNG in the world. We also consume quite a bit more energy per capita than you guys, and despite all that, I only pay ~$0.20/kWh. And how the hell are your gas bills so high? You guys are getting screwed.

https://www.worlddata.info/cou...

Comment Re:Tailored? (Score 2) 21

First, hematopoietic, or blood-producing, stem cells are collected from patients and sent to a lab, where the actual CRISPR editing is done. After quality testing, the Casgevy-treated stem cells are shipped for use. Before the edited cells can be administered, patients must undergo a preparatory treatment with busulfan, a chemotherapy drug, to obliterate any native stem cells that might remain in their bone marrow. This “conditioning” step is crucial because it provides space in the bone marrow for the functional, CRISPR-edited cells to engraft and grow.

But busulfan, like most chemotherapies, can cause severe side effects, including low levels of infection-fighting white blood cells. For this reason, patients must be hospitalized in sterile conditions. The actual injection of Casgevy-treated cells is quick, but patients must remain in the hospital until their immune system recovers and the risk of serious infection abates.

https://www.statnews.com/2023/...

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