This attitude is the intended result of them spamming useless CYA garbage. Mission accomplished.
As far as Belviq goes, it's application for approval has been withdrawn in Europe:
"Although a modest benefit in terms of weight loss was seen in the main studies, the Committee was concerned about the
potential risk of tumours, particularly with long-term use, based on the results of laboratory tests. The CHMP also had other safety concerns, including the potential risk of psychiatric disorders (such as depression) and valvulopathy (problems with the heart valves), which were seen in some patients
during the studies. Therefore, at the time of the withdrawal, the CHMP was of the opinion that the benefits of Belviq did not outweigh its risks."
Statistically significant weight loss in a hyped clincal trial, but little clinical significance if you read between the lines - which becomes blatantly obvious after the drug has been on the market for a few years. If it's an anorexiant, it'll probably be taken off the market eventually because of a small but significant risk of stroke/heart attack.
Even if you keep taking them, you'll often regain the weight. Best case scenario for appetite suppressants is you lose 10 pounds and have a 10% higher risk of a heart attack.
Orlistat can be helpful - it blocks fat absorption, so you'll get nasty diarrhea if you don't change your eating habits.
superwiz was referring to the adjunct professors on food stamps mentioned in the summary, no need to get personal. (Clicking the link, the woman on food stamps is a medieval-history Ph.D, heh)
Yes, about 10% of Caucasians have 2D6 deficiency and don't convert codeine to it's active form - morphine. In most people, roughly 10% of the codeine is converted to morphine, though a sizable percentage of Ethiopians are ultrarapid metabolizers, and codeine can be dangerous for them - or their children. For example, a lactating woman with normal 2D6 can take codeine and only a small percentage will get into the breast milk, but there was a case where the child was an ultrarapid metabolizer and died of overdose. Codeine is a shitty drug.
It does refer to them as "Unsafe packages. Could potentially affect the stability of the system." and "Dangerous packages. Known to affect the stability of systems depending on certain specs or hardware.", which isn't all that bad. Certainly "unsafe" and "dangerous" could be changed and the possible security implications could be mentioned, though.
Levels 4 and 5 ("unsafe", in that they may cause things to stop working) are not automatically selected when updating - which is fine with me. Video drivers may need to be reinstalled when performing a kernel update, for example. My issue is that they are not visible by default. It's easy to change in the preferences (there are "safe" and "visible" checkmarks for each level, so I have it set up so I can see if there is a kernel update available and select it when I want to install it) but novice users may miss this.
You are both reading it incorrectly - or rather, the context needed to read it is missing. The number refers to the "safety level" of the update:
1 - from Linux Mint developers 2 - tested to be safe 3 - untested but probably safe 4 - untested and may cause problems 5 - known to cause problems with some hardware
The flash package is 2, that is, tested and shown to not cause any problems. Levels 1 to 3 are automatically selected to be installed when updating.
Hahaha, what? I guess you don't remember the 90s, when Mac marketshare was almost eliminated and DOS/Windows dominated.
1992: 386DX 33mhz
1997: Pentium 166mhz
2000: Pentium III 600mhz
I have a 2 year old LG Shine Plus that can still run nearly all of the applications I use, just slower. The improvement in speed seems comparable to when PCs were rapidly improving.
I've had good experiences with the Shuttle XS35GS series running XBMC on linux. Low wattage, fanless, fit easy on a shelf, and totally silent with an SSD.
Heh, Zicam. A homeopathic 1X dilution of zinc gluconate, which is 10% w/v, or 10 grams per 100mL. You might as well be snorting pure powder. Though there was nothing "semi" about the permanent loss of smell for some people.
Yeah, I'm sure a top marginal rate of 75% would apply to a lot of astronomers, just like it did in the US when there were even higher top marginal income tax rates in the 50s and 60s. You know, that bleak period in history when the economy was in tatters and no one could find a job...
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Aren't "cop killer" bullets armor piercing, not hollow point?
This attitude is the intended result of them spamming useless CYA garbage. Mission accomplished.
As far as Belviq goes, it's application for approval has been withdrawn in Europe:
"Although a modest benefit in terms of weight loss was seen in the main studies, the Committee was concerned about the potential risk of tumours, particularly with long-term use, based on the results of laboratory tests. The CHMP also had other safety concerns, including the potential risk of psychiatric disorders (such as depression) and valvulopathy (problems with the heart valves), which were seen in some patients during the studies. Therefore, at the time of the withdrawal, the CHMP was of the opinion that the benefits of Belviq did not outweigh its risks."
Why can't it be both?
Statistically significant weight loss in a hyped clincal trial, but little clinical significance if you read between the lines - which becomes blatantly obvious after the drug has been on the market for a few years. If it's an anorexiant, it'll probably be taken off the market eventually because of a small but significant risk of stroke/heart attack.
Orlistat can be helpful - it blocks fat absorption, so you'll get nasty diarrhea if you don't change your eating habits.
superwiz was referring to the adjunct professors on food stamps mentioned in the summary, no need to get personal. (Clicking the link, the woman on food stamps is a medieval-history Ph.D, heh)
you did something really good in the past
So, no, not like congress.
Not necessarily. Good for whom?
While they are very different situations, Instagramming your food is pretty obnoxious.
Yes, about 10% of Caucasians have 2D6 deficiency and don't convert codeine to it's active form - morphine. In most people, roughly 10% of the codeine is converted to morphine, though a sizable percentage of Ethiopians are ultrarapid metabolizers, and codeine can be dangerous for them - or their children. For example, a lactating woman with normal 2D6 can take codeine and only a small percentage will get into the breast milk, but there was a case where the child was an ultrarapid metabolizer and died of overdose. Codeine is a shitty drug.
Or "anybody with any sense" could decide to not get addicted to opioids and just smoke some pot instead...
It does refer to them as "Unsafe packages. Could potentially affect the stability of the system." and "Dangerous packages. Known to affect the stability of systems depending on certain specs or hardware.", which isn't all that bad. Certainly "unsafe" and "dangerous" could be changed and the possible security implications could be mentioned, though.
Levels 4 and 5 ("unsafe", in that they may cause things to stop working) are not automatically selected when updating - which is fine with me. Video drivers may need to be reinstalled when performing a kernel update, for example. My issue is that they are not visible by default. It's easy to change in the preferences (there are "safe" and "visible" checkmarks for each level, so I have it set up so I can see if there is a kernel update available and select it when I want to install it) but novice users may miss this.
You are both reading it incorrectly - or rather, the context needed to read it is missing. The number refers to the "safety level" of the update:
1 - from Linux Mint developers
2 - tested to be safe
3 - untested but probably safe
4 - untested and may cause problems
5 - known to cause problems with some hardware
The flash package is 2, that is, tested and shown to not cause any problems. Levels 1 to 3 are automatically selected to be installed when updating.
When a logging company clearcuts an area, they have to plant trees again afterwards. Which use carbon dioxide as they grow.
Often firewood is low quality wood that isn't useful as lumber, etc., so it would otherwise be left to rot and release greenhouse gases anyway.
Even at 10 times the rate, a $3111 fridge seems pretty expensive.
Not after we trading cigarettes to them for gold and platinum.
More like you're subsidizing the marketing departments of the drug companies.
I don't remember them even trying.
So, you're saying you have to be more specific than "dude, you're getting a Dell"?
Hahaha, what? I guess you don't remember the 90s, when Mac marketshare was almost eliminated and DOS/Windows dominated.
1992: 386DX 33mhz
1997: Pentium 166mhz
2000: Pentium III 600mhz
I have a 2 year old LG Shine Plus that can still run nearly all of the applications I use, just slower. The improvement in speed seems comparable to when PCs were rapidly improving.
I couldn't get my Brother MFC-4800 working with Windows 7, but the linux drivers work fine with Linux Mint and Debian Stable.
I've had good experiences with the Shuttle XS35GS series running XBMC on linux. Low wattage, fanless, fit easy on a shelf, and totally silent with an SSD.
Herzog Zwei had a split screen 2 player mode. (2 years before Dune 2)
Heh, Zicam. A homeopathic 1X dilution of zinc gluconate, which is 10% w/v, or 10 grams per 100mL. You might as well be snorting pure powder. Though there was nothing "semi" about the permanent loss of smell for some people.
Time to stock up on flintlock pistols!
Yeah, I'm sure a top marginal rate of 75% would apply to a lot of astronomers, just like it did in the US when there were even higher top marginal income tax rates in the 50s and 60s. You know, that bleak period in history when the economy was in tatters and no one could find a job...