Yes, the poor are so much better off simply because they don't pay taxes. Tell you what, I'll make you 2 offers, but you can only take one of them. You can have $1million a year taxed at 70%, or you can have $20,000 a year taxed at 0%.
You know that both of those numbers; how much is spent, and how much is collected in tax revenues, are determined by Congress, not the President, right?
But no one is trying to get it "certified and approved". If you have the potential to have an allergic reaction and will need a shot of epinephrine at a moments notice, but can't afford an EpiPen, here's how you make your own for less than $30. That's all it is.
There's nothing illegal about buying the parts and making one yourself, or using it on yourself. In the video the guy actually uses it to inject himself with sterile saline to prove that it works, and the FDA didn't break down the door and arrest him for using an uncertified medical device.
Good point, but I wonder how difficult it would be to apply those regulations to something like Bitcoin. Since IANAL and I don't even know what those regulations are, I honestly have no idea, lol.
Absolutely agreed. Developers will be taking a risk investing time into developing for PS4Pro. In fact, CD Projekt RED have already come out and said they won't be making any enhancements to The Witcher 3. Overall, developers will base their decision heavily on the rate of adoption of the Pro.
The thing is, Sony may be in a tight spot if developers don't get behind this in a big way. If you shell out for a PS4Pro, you aren't going to be too happy if there isn't a big enough difference in graphical performance between the two. On the other hand, I think now it's only a matter of time until we see that first game that run fine on PS4Pro and have huge issues on PS4.
The best situation to be in right now, as a consumer, is to not have bought a PS4 yet at all. I've been wanting to get one due to some great exclusives, both released and upcoming (Bloodborne, Uncharted 4, The Last Guardian, Final Fantasy XV), but now I'm glad I waited. The price difference isn't so huge that I'll feel cheated if there isn't a major difference, and I don't have the feeling of having already sunk a few hundred bucks into a vanilla PS4.
Negative feelings towards Sony are mostly going to come from people who already bought PS4's, and either feel compelled to upgrade to avoid missing out, or feel left behind. It will be interesting to see how things turn out.
First of all, the EpiPen is certainly covered by some sort of patent, so Mylan is going to sue them into the middle ages for infringing on their patents.
Mylan does have a patent, which covers their design until 2025. However, after watching the video, I really don't see how they could sue for patent infringement.
Basically, the video shows you how to take an auto-injector for diabetics and replace the needle of the syringe with the larger one required to deliver the epinephrine. I was actually surprised how simple it really is to make, I think most people could actually do this fairly easily. In fact, the solution is so cheap, and the only part that needs to be replaced is the needle itself, that you could afford to try dozens of times to get it right before you would come close to the cost of even one EpiPen.
In fact, if Mylan actually tried to sue for infringement, they might open themselves up to invalidating their own patent, because it wouldn't pass the test of non-obviousness. Specifically, in the US, the criteria for determining obviousness is (source):
1. Combining prior art elements according to known methods to yield predictable results; 2. Simple substitution of one known element for another to obtain predictable results; 3. Use of known technique to improve similar devices (methods, or products) in the same way; 4. Applying a known technique to a known device (method, or product) ready for improvement to yield predictable results; 5. "Obvious to try" – choosing from a finite number of identified, predictable solutions, with a reasonable expectation of success; 6. Known work in one field of endeavor may prompt variations of it for use in either the same field or a different one based on design incentives or other market forces if the variations are predictable to one of ordinary skill in the art; 7. Some teaching, suggestion, or motivation in the prior art that would have led one of ordinary skill to modify the prior art reference or to combine prior art reference teachings to arrive at the claimed invention.
I think the EpiPencil hits every one of these points. So if Mylan wants to say that the EpiPencil violates their patent on the EpiPen, then they are basically saying that the design of the EpiPen is obvious, and thus their patent is invalid. In a weird way it almost makes me hope they do sue for infringement.
You can't kidnap your own child. If there was sarcasm, it was in the use of "kidnapping" to refer to a rescue, but you obviously can't even consider it.
If we're talking legally, then you can kidnap your own child if you've had custody taken away from you. If we're talking ethically it's a bit more debatable in this case.
I don't see how the case where the judge ruled Bitcoin wasn't money was in the interest of the Federal Government. If you read the original article about the MIami-Dade circuit case, it was about whether or not someone had promoted illegal activity and violated Florida's law against money laundering.
As TFS says, other cases around the US have also ruled that it counts as currency. It's not unusual for courts to disagree, eventually a case will reach the Supreme Court and their decision will set the precedent for everything going forward.
Also, apparently Bitcoin advocates "hailed" the Miami-Dade decision, which makes no sense to me... If you're a supporter of Bitcoin, don't you want it to be recognized as equal to government-backed currency? Doesn't that mean that Bitcoin has achieved its goal?
Hmm, I haven't noticed any issues with DS1 on Steam, although it is the Prepare to Die edition, which came out later and probably included the patch you're talking about. I honestly don't know if it's running at 30 or 60 FPS (I actually think it looks really good given it's now 5 years old), but I definitely haven't experienced any bugs worth mentioning.
no PS4 will output a 4K game although the PS4pro will upscale
The PS4 Pro isn't just going to upscale. If the games are developed for native 4K then the Pro is "supposed" to have the capability to display them. That being said, Sony is not making it a requirement on developers. Some older games are only getting an upgrade to 1440p, some are just getting higher framerates at 1080p, some are getting other non-resolution enhancements, and some are not getting any upgrades at all.
But the way that you find out if someone has the aptitude for or an interest in something is to expose them to it. Sure, some kids will be exposed to it outside of school, and pursue it as a hobby (which is what I did), but not everyone has the same environment that I did which facilitated that.
It's like saying we shouldn't have kids play basketball in gym class because only some of them will be good at it and even less will play in the NBA.
why would you think this was a stupid thing to lie about
It's a stupid thing to lie about because it's black and white. To prove he doesn't have the entire backing of the committee, all they have to do is come out and say it, since they are the majority of the committee.
Yeah, but he claims to have the backing of the entire committee, which has a Republican majority. It would be a pretty stupid thing to lie about since his fellow committee members can just deny it... Of course, being a member of Congress, stupid lies aren't out of the question...
All the signs of a geologically active body - and no known mechanism for what could possibly let this relatively tiny little thing far from the sun's energy be geologically active.
I assume you're talking about Pluto, not Jupiter. I'm not sure I agree that there is "no known mechanism". Charon and is a huge moon, relatively speaking. The two are tidally locked to each other and the barycenter exists outside of Pluto. The tidal forces between them probably don't tell the whole story, but I'd imagine they're at least partially responsible for any geological activity.
Do I think the actions of the Israeli government equate to genocide? No. But it's clear from many of their actions that the lives of Palestinian civilians are of little-to-no value. Netanyahu's quote barely hides the fact that he never lets civilians get in the way of bombing the ever-loving crap out of anywhere that he even remotely suspects a member of Hamas might be.
In the 2014 Israeli-Gaza conflict, which lasted only 7 weeks, they killed 2,251 Palestinians, around 1,400 (65%) of whom were civilians according to the UN Human Rights Committee. Over the last 2 years, coalition air-strikes have killed 1,436 civilians in Iraq and Syria. Had the Gaza conflict lasted this long, at the same rate, Israel would have killed over 20,000 civilians by now. That's more than ISIS, who have killed around 15,000 civilians in that time. So in spite of what the second article you quoted implies, the Israeli military is actually pretty good at indiscriminately killing civilians, at least as good as ISIS is.
I must say I'm particularly disturbed by the argument that article makes. What an incredibly glib way to dismiss the violence on both sides. Almost as if to say "We can kill as many of the other side as we want, as long as their population is growing! The faster it's growing, the more we can kill!" I don't care who you are, that should make you sick to your stomach. "Was 9/11 really that bad? I mean after all, the US population grew in 2001. If Al-Qaeda really wanted to kill Americans, wouldn't the population of the US be going down?" Holy shit what a fucked up way to think.
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The poor are not poor.
Yes, the poor are so much better off simply because they don't pay taxes. Tell you what, I'll make you 2 offers, but you can only take one of them. You can have $1million a year taxed at 70%, or you can have $20,000 a year taxed at 0%.
We both know which one you'll take.
You know that both of those numbers; how much is spent, and how much is collected in tax revenues, are determined by Congress, not the President, right?
What's especially troubling is that this attack can happen to many other websites, not just KrebsOnSecurity.
So wait, a DDOS attack can happen to anybody? This kind of hard hitting revelation is why I keep coming back to this site.
But no one is trying to get it "certified and approved". If you have the potential to have an allergic reaction and will need a shot of epinephrine at a moments notice, but can't afford an EpiPen, here's how you make your own for less than $30. That's all it is.
There's nothing illegal about buying the parts and making one yourself, or using it on yourself. In the video the guy actually uses it to inject himself with sterile saline to prove that it works, and the FDA didn't break down the door and arrest him for using an uncertified medical device.
Good point, but I wonder how difficult it would be to apply those regulations to something like Bitcoin. Since IANAL and I don't even know what those regulations are, I honestly have no idea, lol.
Absolutely agreed. Developers will be taking a risk investing time into developing for PS4Pro. In fact, CD Projekt RED have already come out and said they won't be making any enhancements to The Witcher 3. Overall, developers will base their decision heavily on the rate of adoption of the Pro.
The thing is, Sony may be in a tight spot if developers don't get behind this in a big way. If you shell out for a PS4Pro, you aren't going to be too happy if there isn't a big enough difference in graphical performance between the two. On the other hand, I think now it's only a matter of time until we see that first game that run fine on PS4Pro and have huge issues on PS4.
The best situation to be in right now, as a consumer, is to not have bought a PS4 yet at all. I've been wanting to get one due to some great exclusives, both released and upcoming (Bloodborne, Uncharted 4, The Last Guardian, Final Fantasy XV), but now I'm glad I waited. The price difference isn't so huge that I'll feel cheated if there isn't a major difference, and I don't have the feeling of having already sunk a few hundred bucks into a vanilla PS4.
Negative feelings towards Sony are mostly going to come from people who already bought PS4's, and either feel compelled to upgrade to avoid missing out, or feel left behind. It will be interesting to see how things turn out.
First of all, the EpiPen is certainly covered by some sort of patent, so Mylan is going to sue them into the middle ages for infringing on their patents.
Mylan does have a patent, which covers their design until 2025. However, after watching the video, I really don't see how they could sue for patent infringement.
Basically, the video shows you how to take an auto-injector for diabetics and replace the needle of the syringe with the larger one required to deliver the epinephrine. I was actually surprised how simple it really is to make, I think most people could actually do this fairly easily. In fact, the solution is so cheap, and the only part that needs to be replaced is the needle itself, that you could afford to try dozens of times to get it right before you would come close to the cost of even one EpiPen.
In fact, if Mylan actually tried to sue for infringement, they might open themselves up to invalidating their own patent, because it wouldn't pass the test of non-obviousness. Specifically, in the US, the criteria for determining obviousness is (source):
1. Combining prior art elements according to known methods to yield predictable results;
2. Simple substitution of one known element for another to obtain predictable results;
3. Use of known technique to improve similar devices (methods, or products) in the same way;
4. Applying a known technique to a known device (method, or product) ready for improvement to yield predictable results;
5. "Obvious to try" – choosing from a finite number of identified, predictable solutions, with a reasonable expectation of success;
6. Known work in one field of endeavor may prompt variations of it for use in either the same field or a different one based on design incentives or other market forces if the variations are predictable to one of ordinary skill in the art;
7. Some teaching, suggestion, or motivation in the prior art that would have led one of ordinary skill to modify the prior art reference or to combine prior art reference teachings to arrive at the claimed invention.
I think the EpiPencil hits every one of these points. So if Mylan wants to say that the EpiPencil violates their patent on the EpiPen, then they are basically saying that the design of the EpiPen is obvious, and thus their patent is invalid. In a weird way it almost makes me hope they do sue for infringement.
You can't kidnap your own child. If there was sarcasm, it was in the use of "kidnapping" to refer to a rescue, but you obviously can't even consider it.
If we're talking legally, then you can kidnap your own child if you've had custody taken away from you. If we're talking ethically it's a bit more debatable in this case.
I don't see how the case where the judge ruled Bitcoin wasn't money was in the interest of the Federal Government. If you read the original article about the MIami-Dade circuit case, it was about whether or not someone had promoted illegal activity and violated Florida's law against money laundering.
As TFS says, other cases around the US have also ruled that it counts as currency. It's not unusual for courts to disagree, eventually a case will reach the Supreme Court and their decision will set the precedent for everything going forward.
Also, apparently Bitcoin advocates "hailed" the Miami-Dade decision, which makes no sense to me... If you're a supporter of Bitcoin, don't you want it to be recognized as equal to government-backed currency? Doesn't that mean that Bitcoin has achieved its goal?
Hmm, I haven't noticed any issues with DS1 on Steam, although it is the Prepare to Die edition, which came out later and probably included the patch you're talking about. I honestly don't know if it's running at 30 or 60 FPS (I actually think it looks really good given it's now 5 years old), but I definitely haven't experienced any bugs worth mentioning.
no PS4 will output a 4K game although the PS4pro will upscale
The PS4 Pro isn't just going to upscale. If the games are developed for native 4K then the Pro is "supposed" to have the capability to display them. That being said, Sony is not making it a requirement on developers. Some older games are only getting an upgrade to 1440p, some are just getting higher framerates at 1080p, some are getting other non-resolution enhancements, and some are not getting any upgrades at all.
Gamespot has a list tracking the titles that are getting an upgrade (or not).
I actually think within a year we'll see another version of the Pro with the 4kUHD player in it.
What's wrong with Dark Souls on PC?
The content is coming. The Playstation 4 Pro, which comes out on November 10, has 4k and HDR capability.
Eventually, either the content or the medium has to move, otherwise both sides will sit around forever waiting for the other.
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Damn. As usual the robots are one step ahead of us.
But the way that you find out if someone has the aptitude for or an interest in something is to expose them to it. Sure, some kids will be exposed to it outside of school, and pursue it as a hobby (which is what I did), but not everyone has the same environment that I did which facilitated that.
It's like saying we shouldn't have kids play basketball in gym class because only some of them will be good at it and even less will play in the NBA.
You can play Minecraft in Creative mode, where you have unlimited access to all the resources and blocks, and can place/destroy them instantly.
They put the 12 at the top, same as us.
why would you think this was a stupid thing to lie about
It's a stupid thing to lie about because it's black and white. To prove he doesn't have the entire backing of the committee, all they have to do is come out and say it, since they are the majority of the committee.
Yeah, but he claims to have the backing of the entire committee, which has a Republican majority. It would be a pretty stupid thing to lie about since his fellow committee members can just deny it... Of course, being a member of Congress, stupid lies aren't out of the question...
All the signs of a geologically active body - and no known mechanism for what could possibly let this relatively tiny little thing far from the sun's energy be geologically active.
I assume you're talking about Pluto, not Jupiter. I'm not sure I agree that there is "no known mechanism". Charon and is a huge moon, relatively speaking. The two are tidally locked to each other and the barycenter exists outside of Pluto. The tidal forces between them probably don't tell the whole story, but I'd imagine they're at least partially responsible for any geological activity.
TIL there are moonquakes.
*hypothesis
The actions of neither side forgive the other.
Do I think the actions of the Israeli government equate to genocide? No. But it's clear from many of their actions that the lives of Palestinian civilians are of little-to-no value. Netanyahu's quote barely hides the fact that he never lets civilians get in the way of bombing the ever-loving crap out of anywhere that he even remotely suspects a member of Hamas might be.
In the 2014 Israeli-Gaza conflict, which lasted only 7 weeks, they killed 2,251 Palestinians, around 1,400 (65%) of whom were civilians according to the UN Human Rights Committee. Over the last 2 years, coalition air-strikes have killed 1,436 civilians in Iraq and Syria. Had the Gaza conflict lasted this long, at the same rate, Israel would have killed over 20,000 civilians by now. That's more than ISIS, who have killed around 15,000 civilians in that time. So in spite of what the second article you quoted implies, the Israeli military is actually pretty good at indiscriminately killing civilians, at least as good as ISIS is.
I must say I'm particularly disturbed by the argument that article makes. What an incredibly glib way to dismiss the violence on both sides. Almost as if to say "We can kill as many of the other side as we want, as long as their population is growing! The faster it's growing, the more we can kill!" I don't care who you are, that should make you sick to your stomach. "Was 9/11 really that bad? I mean after all, the US population grew in 2001. If Al-Qaeda really wanted to kill Americans, wouldn't the population of the US be going down?" Holy shit what a fucked up way to think.