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  1. Where's the raw data for the PACE trial? on Are Online Activists Silencing Researchers of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome? (reuters.com) · · Score: 2

    Where is the data for the PACE trial? https://me-pedia.org/wiki/PACE.... Can unrelated researchers rake over same data to verify the conclusions within it? No.

    That said, harassment is bad. In order to play fair, activists should restrict their activities to release the "release the data behind the findings for the PACE trial that's now found its way into policy, or withdraw/retract the published papers and the policy". I don't myself have CFS/ME but I have been following it. Over 25 years now, I've known three people personally with CFS/ME and totally see how debilitating it is to have, and frustrating to have to explain/justify in front of friends/relatives as well as some/many health care professionals. Just as MS has now advanced to treatable with a stem-cell reboot, and Parkinson's & Altzhiemer's are showing signs of pathogens being the cause, that's the direction of research that's being delayed by PACE directed findings (allegedly).

    A twitter account to follow - https://twitter.com/keithgerag... - a medical professional with CFS/ME who's doing his best to sift through everything for the rest of us.

  2. ad-infinitum on US iOS Users Targeted by Massive Malvertising Campaign (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    https://github.com/paul-hamman... - a visualization of ad partners adding ad partners to a page (ad infinitum)

  3. And there's me currently having a VAWT made 4 me on Wide-Scale US Wind Power Could Cause Significant Warming, Study Says (technologyreview.com) · · Score: 1

    Similar enough to https://patents.google.com/pat... and only because I'd previous built one (and dismantled it) from Meccano in 1991 and tried to patent it (rejected) after thinking the world needs more wind power :-(

  4. Re:They tried to steal the design of the Alpha? on How Qualcomm Tried and Failed To Steal Intel's Crown Jewel · · Score: 1

    Prior to 2005, Intel bought a chunk of DEC to get VLIW technology (for their Itanic CPUs) as well as StrongArm. The latter turned out to be wasteful to manufacture, which is one reason it could not remain.

    Atom came from a semi-competing group was working on an X86 SoC thing. Apparently they were overly optimistic about making low power SoC processors because they sold the StrongArm/XScale stuff _early_ to create room in a number of ways for what they thought to be this super compelling X86-compatible line.

    This was convincing enough for Steve Jobs to commit to X86 and drop PowerPC as then Intel CEO, Paul Otellini, had shown the roadmap of the forthcoming CPUs to Steve Jobs. Not just Core-Solo and Core-Duo ("Intel Core" micro-architecture stop-gaps), but Atom which would deliver power savings to rival ARM.

    The intention was to flip to Atom when it was ready. I'm speculating that would have meant Atom for phones too. As the power profile of the Atom chips being released was years behind the predicted timelines, Apple pivoted to ARM for the iPhone's launch as their fat-binary tech made that easier than it would for others (still speculation).

  5. Bayes' Theorum on Can Two Injections of Tuberculosis Vaccine Cure Diabetes? (fortune.com) · · Score: 1

    Does Bayes play here? https://www.google.com/search?... I don't have access to PubMed but others here might. Would those May 2017 research articles suggest the area of research around treatment that is now publishing?

  6. Requirements on Apple To Release a Cheaper MacBook Air Later This Year (9to5mac.com) · · Score: 1

    Needs 16GB of RAM for some of the road warriors (me) to feel happy. 4GB of RAM across the Mac range is only viable for modest web surfing now. Meaning, don't have too many tabs open concurrently or the thing will creak even if it has a 1.6Ghz processor. I'm not sure how Apple manage to sell the MacBook range with 4GB and 1.2/1.3GHz CPUs. My wife has a 4GB 11" MacBookAir which she loves, and would replace as she can't - the smaller Macbooks on sale today have less power than what she has, and the reason she'd upgrade is to get a performance boost (not a drop). MacOS on its own has bloated to the extent where the lower end Macs approaching non-viable for the 10.13. I've no faith that 10.14 will be any better at all. It is only something like Quantum Firefox that has rejuvenated the one she has for the next year or so.

  7. 30-60% death rate?? on Deadly Drug-Resistant Fungus Sparks Outbreaks In UK (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    The top google ranked page - https://www.cdc.gov/fungal/dis... - says: ".... Based on information from a limited number of patients, 30–60% of people with C. auris infections have died. However, many of these people had other serious illnesses that also increased their risk of death..."

  8. An AA battery; An AAA battery (An not A) on TSA May Recommend Stowing Laptops In Cargo For US Domestic Flights (cbslocal.com) · · Score: 1

    Slashdot story summaries: it mush be a badge of honor to let typos slip though.

  9. Re: Version Control For Non-Developers? on Ask Slashdot: Version Control For Non-Developers? · · Score: 1

    Sparkeshare (http://sparkleshare.org/). Or SnirtLab's (http://versionrocket.com/) plugin for Word/Excel/PPT. Or Rev-Vision (http://www.rev-vision.com/) Box has a versioning system, but I don't think it is very good - http://paulhammant.com/2014/10... There's more coming in this space too, shortly.

  10. BigLauncher for Android on Ask Slashdot: Video Streaming For the Elderly? · · Score: 1

    I'm not sure the devices are there yet, but http://biglauncher.com/ would allow you to make a custom experience. Why this in particular? The elderly relative could be infirm to the level where they can't adequately type into application in order to look for something. They may instead prefer to click on things they are familiar with. Namely channels. Radio stations are nearly all fully represented online so the "live" experience is unchanged from the FM/AM broadcast one. TV - not so much yet. The added benefit, is that BigLauncher buttons could be to initiate calls with other family members too, if they are getting to the point where they're unable to remember dialing instructions even for quick-dial options on handsets.

  11. Re:four letters... on Ask Slashdot: Undoing an Internet Smear Campaign? · · Score: 1

    http://martinanavratilova.com/ was taken from a squatter via a trademark claim. That was a decade or more ago, and I can't find a link.