There’s nothing wrong with the drugs these companies are developing.
But stopping production or halting research in curing diseases, just because it isn’t as “profitable” as selling drugs to treat the symptoms rather than the disease. That’s insane.
Selling drugs at insane markups, when it’s very clear they cost far less in the EU, and they still earn ton of money. That’s insane.
Patent medicin to keep it out of the hands of sick people, because your other not-as-good drug sells better. That’s insane.
I was having a conversation with my friend about this. We were discussing AI and she believes AI will destroy all of humanity just like so many others. I personally don’t believe that. I’m aware of all the theories and the multitude of ways that it could happen and I understand that with AI, in theory we wouldn’t...
When I think about these things, I like to think about COVID as a reminder what the world could accomplish when banding together - and that we will do it again, if shit hits the fan.
We would do the same to other threats if they get serious enough.
If your IPS and the local authorities will not do anything if you download, upload and publish anything, what is the bare minimum of security measures you can do? Context: I live in Southamericas, here we have worse thing to deal with.
Pfizer says it will price Covid treatment Paxlovid at nearly $1,400 for a five-day course, which researchers estimate only costs Pfizer $13 to produce. That's a 10,000%+ markup. Shameful. (mastodon.world)
Why are we as humans obsessed with mass-extinction of our species?
I was having a conversation with my friend about this. We were discussing AI and she believes AI will destroy all of humanity just like so many others. I personally don’t believe that. I’m aware of all the theories and the multitude of ways that it could happen and I understand that with AI, in theory we wouldn’t...
‘Reddit can survive without search’: company reportedly threatens to block Google (www.theverge.com)
When your country don't give a sH1t about piracy
If your IPS and the local authorities will not do anything if you download, upload and publish anything, what is the bare minimum of security measures you can do? Context: I live in Southamericas, here we have worse thing to deal with.
Fears of employee displacement as Amazon brings robots into warehouses (www.theguardian.com)
Revolutionary Bionic Hand Fuses With Woman's Bones, Muscles, And Nerves (www.sciencealert.com)
A 50-year-old Swedish woman who lost her hand in a farming accident has been fitted with a cutting-edge prosthesis that has proved transformational.
Israel Deploys Semi-Autonomous Machine Gun Robot to Gaza Border (www.thedefensepost.com)
How a Maneuver in Puerto Rico Led to a $29 Billion Tax Bill for Microsoft (www.propublica.org)
POV) You use Windows 11 and set up Pihole for the first time. (sh.itjust.works)
This is AFTER debloating all the MS bs as much as I can....
Trump accused of sharing US nuclear submarine information with Australian businessman, sources say (www.wftv.com)
Lenovo PC boss: 4 in 5 of our devices will be repairable by 2025 (www.theregister.com)