The Asian Financial Crisis in 1997: deregulated capital flows allowed speculators to rapidly pull money out of countries like Thailand, causing their currencies to collapse. The IMF stepped in, but their 'rescue' packages demanded strict conditions- forced privatization, and further deregulation, which often made things worse. And let's not forget Black Wednesday, when speculators broke the Bank of England. This was called "a textbook case of a speculative attack enabled by capital mobility" which is a core neoliberal policy.
Just like all politics: never trust the meaning or identity of something derived from it's headline, title, name, or label- those are always the first lies we are told.
I've only had great luck with the LLMs(chatgpt 3o) generated Perl code. It was able to synthesize code for a GTK2/3 application fairly consistently, without generating any syntax errors. Most of the code worked as described, and it seemed to make more mistakes misunderstand my descriptions of features rather than when implementing them. My colleagues suggested it was because Perl's popularity had fallen significantly before 2016, and the training data set might've had much less noise.
I noticed that as well. Is there actually any reason he might've pissed off bunch of rustbros or are these just more baseless accusations?
Also, everyone should know if you have some type of online exposure or receive threats you should be able to contact you local law enforcement, inform them of the situation, and warn them someone might try to have you SWAT'd. I couldn't guarantee all police would respect a heads-up call but I've heard it has worked for many in the past.
I wonder if they would worry about that being used as cover though. Make that call for a place you’re about to do something illegal in so the popo stays away.
Seeing that Microsoft hired Lennart Poettering a while ago, I don't think they ever intended to compete with the Linux market share by pushing Azure. It seems more like EEE from the Ballmer era. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embrace,_extend,_and_extingu...
Those of us who remember the SCO bullsh*t have not forgotten what they are capable of.
It seems to me that any technologically advanced civilization that is capable of completely annihilating another at such distances would likely be equally capable of avoiding detection, thereby reducing the potential threat level posed by the less advanced civilization. Avoidance would seem to be the best strategy unless the civilization posed a direct and imminent threat. Otherwise, the more advanced beings risk exposing themselves (by deploying a weapon) and declaring to the universe that they are both hostile and aggressive to others.
While I can appreciate some of the intent to make certain healthcare more accessible, it is never a good idea to have anyone inexperienced attempt to perform some of the reactions required to synthesize medicines. This should always be done by experienced individuals with quality reagents and the proper lab equipment. While it might be easy to substitute a mason jar for a proper glass reaction vessel it is not so simple to find a substitute for a gas chromatograph/mass spectrometer in the back of your pantry.
IMO, The test equipment required to analyze the results of the reactions is generally most cost prohibitive aspect of this type of 'research'. And this is where I have a problem with these guys: I don't see any plans available for building any of that. Building many of these devices is not out of reach for a skilled individual, and it makes more sense to me that this equipment should more readily accessible than a glorified Keurig machine for drugs. This kind of arrogance and lack of respect for the discipline required in organic chemistry is going to result is someone getting hurt.
My relative is a chemistry professor who used to manage a mass spectrometry lab. Pharmaceutical companies sent them samples when something went wrong. They have their own spectrometers but interpreting wrong results is not always easy.
Sometimes it included some cool detective work. In one case they were able to track the contamination down to post packaging. A component of the sticker glue diffused through the wall of the plastic bottle and contaminated the stuff contained therein.
So except for an excuse to tell this story my point is that maybe you can outsource the analysis. I admit I haven't checked if the labs accept samples from random people. In theory that should be possible.
>. This should always be done by experienced individuals with quality reagents and the proper lab equipment.
Naaa.
Same with prescription meds, open it up!
Isn't that how we found a drug for a Parkinson's mouse model? [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MPTP]
Big brother's job is not to control and ban certain behavior. California thinks this way and aggressively enumerates every possible bad thing they can conceive of and making it illegal. As if slipping on a banana peel were illegal. It's borderline insane, like why not make getting sick illegal or being poor illegal, why not make changing lanes without a turn signal illegal. Ethically as long as the instructions say, "do this wrong and you'll die, it's a garage door spring" people will know. Or "take this medicine, but if you don't check your liver/kidney/clotting you may well die". In big bright red letters.
Don't make it impossible to do freely. Just make it impossible to do without reading and agreeing to the fact that you understand the big red letters. Understand the risks. Medicine is all about patient autonomy and this is the opposite.
> why not make changing lanes without a turn signal illegal.
Funny you should say that, the California Vehicle Code (CVC) Section 22108 requires drivers to signal for at least 100 feet before making a lane change or turn. The fine is $240.
I don't understand why they even bother reinventing the wheel. Biotech and lab techs aren't being paid FAANG salaries. They are hardly more expensive than minimum wage employees. Just hire some and get them to do the actual experiments.
Many have their hands tied. In the biopharma industry, there are strict NDAs and well enforced noncompetes that make it hard to move throughout the industry and sometimes even talk about the work.
I work today with someone who interned with Gilead. According to him, his NDA lasts until 2099 and covers "Anything and everything said, heard, seen, imagined or done" while under their employ that hasn't been made 100% public. His resume has just one line entry: "Intern, lab tech. Details NDA."
I work for a competitor for Gilead and we certainly don't apply these sorts of constraints on our interns. I just worked on a recommendation letter that describes his work in detail (while not containing anything truly proprietary).
Get rid of patent law and government regulations and then no one will need to roll their own medicine, because everything will be very inexpensive and high quality.
