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Comment · 4 months ago
The original thought on copyright was that facts should not be copyrightable. This should be extended to all science and all non-fiction. Also the original thought was that parody should not be copyrightable. Most fiction is formula-based, so not too original there, either.
Comment · 4 years ago
No, the author(s) of the journal article still retain their copyright in most cases. This is about access to the articles without having to pay a charge to read it.
Comment · 4 years ago
Now they are removing the 12-month post-publication embargo period for peer-reviewed manuscripts that result from federally funded scientific research. So, 12 months sooner.
Comment · 4 years ago
But autofill doesn't work on non-Safari browsers on your Mac. Yet I truly love Keychain so much in my Apple ecosystem I go to the trouble of exporting my passwords every few weeks to Chrome.
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There are many, many, many pharmacy drugs that can stop suicidal thoughts fast and don't have the track record of the "modern antidepressants". Long, long, long track records. Small dose lithium and lamotrigine come to mind right away. But how they work--nope, not clear. Okay, we'll agree it's not serotonin, how does that help us? Would it help if American doctors could prescribe 3 weeks for a spa holiday like European doctors? Maybe, for low-level depression, but not for suicidal thoughts, that just won't cut it. There is bipolar I and bipolar II and so big differences. Schizophrenia, big difference. But again, knowing that it isn't serotonin, that's nice, now what?
Comment · 4 years ago
Nonsense. As a non-profit founded in 1926 with 50 testing labs and partnerships with outside labs, the proof is in the test after test after test after test that is unbiased and, more importantly, the criteria and testing methods are always available and reproducible! So when you don't agree with their rankings you can at least agree that there methods are clear, not based on SEO, not based on spam, not based on money, and pro-consumer.
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So, now we can't use Teams to have the "water-cooler" moments that supervisors claim we need, but really we are having them on Signal or IOS and they just can't measure that. Organizations really, really, really hate transparency.
Comment · 4 years ago
The contracts with Microsoft need to be explained in more detail. Is there anyway we can edit the code to remove these exceptions?
Comment · 4 years ago
Reminds me of the Copernic Agent (not their current desktop search product). Are there any other metasearch engines that download the results these days rather than stuff everything in the browser?
Comment · 4 years ago
This. It is amazing how long blood pressure pills, cholesterol pills, and vitamins take to make a budge in your blood tests.

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