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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Trump

« Last post by Lord Dave on Today at 04:14:50 AM »

I'm not sure why you think that everyone should unquestioningly agree with all medical research. Big Pharma is not interested in treating or even investigating the root of the issue, only treating the symptoms, meaning that you pay tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars for an extra few years of suffering instead of doing something that actually fixes the root issue.

But aside from that major concern, I don't see a problem with cancer organizations being shuttered if they are defrauding the public. See this one, for instance.

https://nypost.com/2020/11/14/biden-cancer-initiative-spent-millions-on-payroll-zero-on-research-report/

https://cancerletter.com/news-analysis/20201116_1/

“The initiative will focus on improving data standards, and giving patients some mechanism to share their data so they can help many other patients going through the same fight, so researchers can use data to find new patterns and new answers, working with community care organizations help improve access to quality care so outcomes aren’t wholly dictated by the patient’s ZIP code, convening a national conversation with the pharmaceutical companies, insurers, biotech companies and others to ensure patients can actually access the treatments that become available and as are needed,” Biden said at the time (The Cancer Letter, April 7, 2017).

So the reason it didn't give out grants is because it's not suppose to.  It wasn't made to give out grants.

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Trump

« Last post by garygreen on Today at 03:49:47 AM »

I'm not sure why you think that everyone should unquestioningly agree with all medical research. Big Pharma is not interested in treating or even investigating the root of the issue, only treating the symptoms, meaning that you pay tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars for an extra few years of suffering instead of doing something that actually fixes the root issue.

even if that were true, that doesn't have anything to do with NIH research grants.

But aside from that major concern, I don't see a problem with cancer organizations being shuttered if they are defrauding the public. See this one, for instance.

i am begging you to please stop just immediately believing the first thing you read on nypost. please.

also president elon isn't auditing the books and shuttering specific organizations that are wasting money. he's simply illegally shuttering a bunch of cancer research across the board because he doesn't understand how NIH funding works.

but for the sake of argument, let's pretend for the moment that this headline is 100% true and there is some org out there just stealing cancer research money or whatever. and let's also suppose that for some weird reason, we can't just shut down the offending org. we can either have cancer research + waste, or we can have no waste but also no cancer research.

why is the latter better? like, wouldn't it be better for a child with cancer to have access to cancer treatments, even if the cost is that there is some wasted money? does every system have to be completely efficient or it just shouldn't exist at all?

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Trump

« Last post by honk on Today at 03:01:59 AM »

That headline is extremely misleading, in case anyone is wondering. Certainly no fraud was involved.

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Trump

« Last post by Tom Bishop on Today at 12:58:52 AM »

I'm not sure why you think that everyone should unquestioningly agree with all medical research. Big Pharma is not interested in treating or even investigating the root of the issue, only treating the symptoms, meaning that you pay tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars for an extra few years of suffering instead of doing something that actually fixes the root issue.

But aside from that major concern, I don't see a problem with cancer organizations being shuttered if they are defrauding the public. See this one, for instance.

https://nypost.com/2020/11/14/biden-cancer-initiative-spent-millions-on-payroll-zero-on-research-report/

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Trump

« Last post by garygreen on February 11, 2025, 11:11:46 PM »

A weekend interaction between Vanity Fair’s Molly Jong-Fast and Elon Musk unexpectedly showcased just how little the world’s richest man understands about the effects of his slashing spree at the top of the federal government.

    “I don’t think the richest guy in the world should be cutting funding for cancer research,” Jong-Fast posted to X on Sunday.

    “I’m not,” Musk responded. “Wtf are you talking about?”

    But despite Musk’s empty protestation, that is what’s happening. On Friday, the Trump administration—under the Department of Government Efficiency’s direction—announced it would cut billions of dollars in biomedical research funding, scheduled to take effect by Monday. The slashed spending was intended to affect $4 billion in “indirect funding” for research, a category that encompasses administrative overhead, facilities, and operations. But researchers that spoke with The Washington Post decried the move as a “surefire” way to “cripple lifesaving research and innovation,” and one that will contribute to “higher degrees of disease and death in the country.”

lol so we're basically going to slash funding for cancer research because some idiot nazi cosplayer saw the word "indirect" and unilaterally decided that was synonymous with "unimportant."

thankfully timmy and action69 will be along shortly to explain that this is actually good because one time a trans person got cancer meds or something.

hey btw when do my grocery prices come down, i was promised that one day 1, thanks

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Technology & Information / Re: Ask Rushy about Bitcoins.

« Last post by Tom Bishop on February 10, 2025, 06:09:27 PM »

They wouldn't be spending significant time going through "years of rubbish" though. They are sampling different areas to determine which small portion needs to be analyzed further. What I described could probably be done by two or three people in a couple of weeks to find the area. First they map out the entire landfill, and have two guys in protective gear who do nothing except look at the dates and addresses in the garbage, radioing in the results to a third guy with the maps and data who compiles the information and directs them on which coordinates to go to next, which is basically the children's prediction game of "Hotter, Hotter, Colder Colder". All the data to refine and direct the search is in the garbage.

The worst that happens is that you lose out on a few weeks and a few thousand to your helper friends in doing this. The best that happens is that you find the hard drive and the magnetics are still recoverable enough for a treasure of £620 Million.

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Technology & Information / Re: Ask Rushy about Bitcoins.

« Last post by AATW on February 10, 2025, 05:52:33 PM »

Why is there "zero chance" to find the hard drive?

Dear Lord, Is there anything you won't pick a fight about? Do you really not understand rhetorical devices or are you just pretending not to?

Tips are big. Hard drives are small. You're talking about years of rubbish.
Obviously it's not completely impossible - if it's there at all - but I don't like his odds.
So yes, his chances are above zero. Well done, you "won" this argument.

But they're low enough that it seems to me like he's wasting his time. Which is clearly what I meant.
And I'd be surprised if it still works even if it is found.

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Technology & Information / Re: Ask Rushy about Bitcoins.

« Last post by Tom Bishop on February 10, 2025, 05:00:56 PM »

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cj3eg3n11gvo

This clown has been getting a lot of coverage in the press over here.
There's zero chance that he will ever find the hard drive. If he ever did it would pretty likely be broken anyway.

Why is there "zero chance" to find the hard drive? It sounds pretty straight forward to me. Since much of the garbage is in plastic bags and protected by the garbage above and around it, printed text is often preserved for some time. Map out and visually split the landfill into various sections and layers. Take 5 random samples of expired food labels at different points to identify which sections/layers belong to which years, and then use the samples to estimate and further narrow down the area for further sample collecting. Once the year is found, divide it into smaller areas and take further samples and find the correct quarter or month.

Next, divide that area further and find the correct neighborhood based on the postal addresses on the mail, refining again based on nearby neighborhoods. With systematic randomized sampling and directed refining of the sample collection process, it should be possible to narrow it down. The general process can be adjusted depending on whether the garbage is primarily allocated by time or origin location. Whether the hard drive is still recoverable is questionable, but the chance of finding it is definitely above zero.

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Technology & Information / Re: Ask Rushy about Bitcoins.

« Last post by AATW on February 10, 2025, 03:41:25 PM »

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cj3eg3n11gvo

This clown has been getting a lot of coverage in the press over here.
There's zero chance that he will ever find the hard drive. If he ever did it would pretty likely be broken anyway.

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Trump

« Last post by Lord Dave on February 09, 2025, 06:47:03 PM »

The Hur report is available and people can read it, you know.

As usual, your characterization of the events is bullshit.

Why in the fuck the OMB outrage of speculation regarding, "OMG, what upgrades could be taking place!?!?!?"

Jesus F christ, if you are really concerned (you're not) write and ask if they'll let you know.

LMMFAO!!!

Haven't seen age related disease in the Executive summary detailing why they aren't charging him.  Maybe you should read it?

The summary was that the evidence didn't show beyond a reasonable doubt and that his memory wasnm severely limited in 2017 and 2023.

In addition. Mr. Biden's memory was significantly limited, both during his recorded interviews with the ghostwriter in 2017, and in his interview with our office in 2023. And his cooperation with our investigation, including by reporting to the government that the Afghanistan documents were in his Delaware garage, will likely convince some jurors that he made an innocent mistake, rather than acting willfully-that is, with intent to break the law-as the statute requires.

That's about the closest passage to age related disease.  So... Yeah.


And you know, I think I will!