"Give away" from these self-serving douches is intriguing to me. If we give the benefit of the doubt and suppose Gates and Buffet are $250 billion in providing give-aways. And there are 7 billion of us on Earth.
Then I want my freaking $35 today. In CASH, not flippin' BitCoin or whatever you folks deal in!
Who's national security? Funny how over the years, that we go from "secret surveillance good" to "secret surveillance bad". Lather, rinse, repeat.
I don't think that it is a stretch for Congress to enact a law that says that we get a truthful general idea of what these things are for.
Such as:
1) This one spies on Russia, China, and other nations for the purpose of "blah, blah, blah." 2) This one looks at the US, but only for the purpose generally of "blah, blah, blah."
The over-doing of secrecy in our government has caused me (and hopefully most of you) to distrust our government more and more.
I like some of ULA, but certainly am more opposed to it.
I see SpaceX as something like Baidu/Alibaba suddenly dropping shop in the US and disrupting Google. "Oh, crap! Our precious home-grown baby has hyenas at the crib!"
Let's wait 10 years and see what happens. 10 years is not too long. I remember 2008 like it was yesterday, full of "Public Shovel-Ready Project - President Barack Obama" signs on every street that was never fixed.
Yes, the stupid investors and idiots like Kissinger, Schultz, Boies, and Foege were complicit by lack of due diligence. For god's sake... Foege???? CDC director could not do basic science in his head to see this was a fraud???? Un-freak-ing believable. Boies??? Really? So, I don't see why these dudes are not indicted as well. They are not THAT stupid, but that seems to be exactly their stance. "I was too dumb to know it was a scam." Really....
On the investor's part. Yeah. Due diligence is part of the process. For them to get even a dollar from me as an investor, they would have to take a drop of blood from me and run 25 tests right in front of me on their Mystery Machine(tm). Any investor who didn't do so deserves to provide me with every dime they own. Suckers.
Both the summary and the indictment are interesting reads. Mostly because it is ironclad. IANAL (at least not anymore), but I see no other option than for these two to plead guilty and make a deal. They will have to pay, not engage in the industry or raising capital, and avoid prison time.
The best outcome, from my point of view, would be if they came clean and admitted the full scope of the scam. It took me 5 minutes of Google research to figure out their scheme when I first heard of Theranos way back when. I think that I read that Sergey Brin and others did the same smell test as me and avoided them like hell.
There is basic statistics and science that simply cannot be overcome. You need a certain amount of blood to perform each type of test. There are SOME tests that can be done with very little blood (blood sugar is a good example). But most certainly not all of those claimed.
We evolved this way naturally. We didn't force ourselves to evolve to become the dominant creature, by far. But, it was BOUND to happen at some point over billions of years.
I feel zero guilt about this. I'm not SUPPOSED to!
That guy with the Mentos had paid for them. This was not good behavior for the off-duty cop who pulled the gun. Very bad optics, and scared the crap out of that guy.
So the question really is... Who in the heck buys Mentos anymore?
Having authored a number of books (technical/educational) and been deeply involved in page layout and pedagogy, I can tell you that these things are taken VERY seriously. And, yes, our editorial and authoring teams have had holy wars over much less than this.
These issues come to the forefront when books will be re-used by the same person. Something that is educational or used as a reference requires great thought with regards to layout.
Typography and related layout issues are quite an art. I wish there was some simple reference guide. Chicago Manual of Style only goes so far.
So, if Google/YouTube had some point of view, or points of view, that they wished to either promote or demote... how do we know if they are protecting us or harming us? I do data science sorts of things as part of my job. I know that very, very minor tweaks to algorithms provide quite different results.
Well, as long as they haven't nuked my '80s retro videos, then I'm good. Ah, Leah!
Oh, lord. These tech execs falling all over themselves to tell us how much they hate their own products.
Puke.
Please just sell us more and let us decide for ourselves, instead of telling us "Your'e doing it wrong!" Shut up and give me more shiny things to play with.
The pathway that opioids take in the pleasure centers is the same as alcohol. This was discovered in the 1960s. Different drugs (and experiences, etc.) take different pleasure pathways. Alcohol and opioids take the same path, and has to do with at least 4 important chemicals in the brain (serotonin, GABA, etc.). There are lots of different paths, but booze and opioids take the same one.
Why would this thingy be classified that way just because it affects the brain the same as opioids? Alcohol does. So alcohol is now an opioid?
I see your point with regards to airline ticket. And even my college tuition issue. Not poor analogies, just shithole analogies.:)
But, you still are basically getting random pricing. I can sometimes have a doctor give me a "treament plan" that describes the expected pricing. This is rare, and maybe once was within 10% of the final amount.
I'm totally shocked that you can get a bill within weeks. My last two major things (I get testing done a lot because I have a BRCA edit in my DNA) took 11 and 12 months to finally get me a bill. Sheesh. Try budgeting around those types of time frames and slot machine odds.
I'm 100% on board with you regarding the dysfunction of the healthcare market. The palms have been greased oh so well.
If being honest about this situation is shilling, then I suppose I shill quite a bit.
Go visit the researchers as I have. Go have 9 or 10 family members have a particular type of cancer as I have. Go tell your kids that they shouldn't have kids because of a genetic defect.
Do those things, and then come back and preach to me. I will listen intensively and with great fervor.
In my view, the real problem with healthcare in the US is the lack of pricing transparency. You and I can have the same condition and receive the same treatment. But, zero doctors can sit and tell you upfront how much it will cost. And I don't mean that from an "its complicated" point of view. I mean that from the point of view that nobody on your airplane ride pays the same price for the same service. No college students sitting in the same classroom paid the same amount of tuition. The market is waaaaaaaaay out of whack in all of these situations because pricing has been buried behind loads of bureaucracy, paperwork, and political favors.
I'm male, but have this genetic condition. I do have female family members who have suffered greatly. Many in my close and extended family have died because of this defect. Men are affected as well, but not as badly as women. I'm at much higher risk for prostate, colon, and pancreatic cancers.
I have known about my situation for about 20 years. I have even donated to UPenn's cancer center (where this drug was developed) in the past many years. It is inspiring to see real progress and real medicine happening.
I'm not outraged at the price at all. I've visited the labs and researchers who do this work. It is so freaking complicated, messy, and heartbreaking. PARP inhibitors have been our real hope for the women in the family. One family member who died a couple of years ago was part of a trial for this class of medication.
The road to curing these diseases is very long, and this is a great step in the right direction. I'm glad to see such an uplifting story on Slashdot (for me personally).
That is the price without insurance. Everyone has insurance in the US, so I'm told by Ms. Pelosi. It is required by law to have insurance. Don't you know that?
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"Give away" from these self-serving douches is intriguing to me. If we give the benefit of the doubt and suppose Gates and Buffet are $250 billion in providing give-aways. And there are 7 billion of us on Earth.
Then I want my freaking $35 today. In CASH, not flippin' BitCoin or whatever you folks deal in!
Girl: "Hey Elon! Are you going to give all your money away like those press-release-loving-aw-shucks other billionaires?"
Elon: "No way! I need every penny to build my DeathSt.... Er. Yeah. Giving away every dime!!!"
Who's national security? Funny how over the years, that we go from "secret surveillance good" to "secret surveillance bad". Lather, rinse, repeat.
I don't think that it is a stretch for Congress to enact a law that says that we get a truthful general idea of what these things are for.
Such as:
1) This one spies on Russia, China, and other nations for the purpose of "blah, blah, blah."
2) This one looks at the US, but only for the purpose generally of "blah, blah, blah."
The over-doing of secrecy in our government has caused me (and hopefully most of you) to distrust our government more and more.
I like some of ULA, but certainly am more opposed to it.
I see SpaceX as something like Baidu/Alibaba suddenly dropping shop in the US and disrupting Google. "Oh, crap! Our precious home-grown baby has hyenas at the crib!"
Let's wait 10 years and see what happens. 10 years is not too long. I remember 2008 like it was yesterday, full of "Public Shovel-Ready Project - President Barack Obama" signs on every street that was never fixed.
Disgusting political pandering. Slashdot, you are better than this.
I do tend to agree.... to an extent.
Yes, the stupid investors and idiots like Kissinger, Schultz, Boies, and Foege were complicit by lack of due diligence. For god's sake... Foege???? CDC director could not do basic science in his head to see this was a fraud???? Un-freak-ing believable. Boies??? Really? So, I don't see why these dudes are not indicted as well. They are not THAT stupid, but that seems to be exactly their stance. "I was too dumb to know it was a scam." Really....
On the investor's part. Yeah. Due diligence is part of the process. For them to get even a dollar from me as an investor, they would have to take a drop of blood from me and run 25 tests right in front of me on their Mystery Machine(tm). Any investor who didn't do so deserves to provide me with every dime they own. Suckers.
Both the summary and the indictment are interesting reads. Mostly because it is ironclad. IANAL (at least not anymore), but I see no other option than for these two to plead guilty and make a deal. They will have to pay, not engage in the industry or raising capital, and avoid prison time.
The best outcome, from my point of view, would be if they came clean and admitted the full scope of the scam. It took me 5 minutes of Google research to figure out their scheme when I first heard of Theranos way back when. I think that I read that Sergey Brin and others did the same smell test as me and avoided them like hell.
There is basic statistics and science that simply cannot be overcome. You need a certain amount of blood to perform each type of test. There are SOME tests that can be done with very little blood (blood sugar is a good example). But most certainly not all of those claimed.
Oh, lord. You seriously think that we will finally put the lunatics to bed with a DNA test. And you seriously believe that they even believe in DNA.
For god's(tm) sake, there is still a Flat Earth Society.
Though I do sort of love it when smart people get trolled like this.
We evolved this way naturally. We didn't force ourselves to evolve to become the dominant creature, by far. But, it was BOUND to happen at some point over billions of years.
I feel zero guilt about this. I'm not SUPPOSED to!
That guy with the Mentos had paid for them. This was not good behavior for the off-duty cop who pulled the gun. Very bad optics, and scared the crap out of that guy.
So the question really is... Who in the heck buys Mentos anymore?
It's the end of the world!
Whiny much?
Having authored a number of books (technical/educational) and been deeply involved in page layout and pedagogy, I can tell you that these things are taken VERY seriously. And, yes, our editorial and authoring teams have had holy wars over much less than this.
These issues come to the forefront when books will be re-used by the same person. Something that is educational or used as a reference requires great thought with regards to layout.
Typography and related layout issues are quite an art. I wish there was some simple reference guide. Chicago Manual of Style only goes so far.
So, if Google/YouTube had some point of view, or points of view, that they wished to either promote or demote... how do we know if they are protecting us or harming us? I do data science sorts of things as part of my job. I know that very, very minor tweaks to algorithms provide quite different results.
Well, as long as they haven't nuked my '80s retro videos, then I'm good. Ah, Leah!
Oh, lord. These tech execs falling all over themselves to tell us how much they hate their own products.
Puke.
Please just sell us more and let us decide for ourselves, instead of telling us "Your'e doing it wrong!" Shut up and give me more shiny things to play with.
Oh wow. It has been a long time since I have seen something so thoughtful on Slashdot.
Well put.
The pathway that opioids take in the pleasure centers is the same as alcohol. This was discovered in the 1960s. Different drugs (and experiences, etc.) take different pleasure pathways. Alcohol and opioids take the same path, and has to do with at least 4 important chemicals in the brain (serotonin, GABA, etc.). There are lots of different paths, but booze and opioids take the same one.
Why would this thingy be classified that way just because it affects the brain the same as opioids? Alcohol does. So alcohol is now an opioid?
I see your point with regards to airline ticket. And even my college tuition issue. Not poor analogies, just shithole analogies. :)
But, you still are basically getting random pricing. I can sometimes have a doctor give me a "treament plan" that describes the expected pricing. This is rare, and maybe once was within 10% of the final amount.
I'm totally shocked that you can get a bill within weeks. My last two major things (I get testing done a lot because I have a BRCA edit in my DNA) took 11 and 12 months to finally get me a bill. Sheesh. Try budgeting around those types of time frames and slot machine odds.
I'm 100% on board with you regarding the dysfunction of the healthcare market. The palms have been greased oh so well.
If being honest about this situation is shilling, then I suppose I shill quite a bit.
Go visit the researchers as I have. Go have 9 or 10 family members have a particular type of cancer as I have. Go tell your kids that they shouldn't have kids because of a genetic defect.
Do those things, and then come back and preach to me. I will listen intensively and with great fervor.
I apologize that my sarcasm was not more obvious.
In my view, the real problem with healthcare in the US is the lack of pricing transparency. You and I can have the same condition and receive the same treatment. But, zero doctors can sit and tell you upfront how much it will cost. And I don't mean that from an "its complicated" point of view. I mean that from the point of view that nobody on your airplane ride pays the same price for the same service. No college students sitting in the same classroom paid the same amount of tuition. The market is waaaaaaaaay out of whack in all of these situations because pricing has been buried behind loads of bureaucracy, paperwork, and political favors.
I'm male, but have this genetic condition. I do have female family members who have suffered greatly. Many in my close and extended family have died because of this defect. Men are affected as well, but not as badly as women. I'm at much higher risk for prostate, colon, and pancreatic cancers.
I have known about my situation for about 20 years. I have even donated to UPenn's cancer center (where this drug was developed) in the past many years. It is inspiring to see real progress and real medicine happening.
I'm not outraged at the price at all. I've visited the labs and researchers who do this work. It is so freaking complicated, messy, and heartbreaking. PARP inhibitors have been our real hope for the women in the family. One family member who died a couple of years ago was part of a trial for this class of medication.
The road to curing these diseases is very long, and this is a great step in the right direction. I'm glad to see such an uplifting story on Slashdot (for me personally).
That is the price without insurance. Everyone has insurance in the US, so I'm told by Ms. Pelosi. It is required by law to have insurance. Don't you know that?
Don't worry.... You won't see it coming.
Hyperloop....
Yeah! Airplans sucks!
Regards,
Elon
Well, yeah. Duh....
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/20...
I am not as skeptical as most that this won't actually happen.
It will happen. And it changes things, yet again.
I do love progress. I promise you... this will happen.