We can check efficacy claim of HCQ by doing Randomised trail in US under FDA supervision instead of just relying on Chinese studies, But main benefit of HCQ if it found to be effective would be that it is already a widely used approved drug. We know it's side effects, Getting a new drug approved and check for its side effects itself is very time consuming and expensive exercise. Here only randomised large scale trail is needed.
What is preventive USA Pharma companies and FDA to do randomised trails here ?
But Netflix systems are totally capable of handling this surge, It is ISP who are getting their Internet Pipes getting overfilled, They have requested Netflix to reduce there bandwidth for temporary respite. If anything you should be taking that refund or discount from your ISP.
You are free to cancel your Netflix subscription or take less quality plan, Netflix is not doing this because of their backend, They are doing it because ISP requested them. Alternative would be something like ISPs throttling Netflix themselves.
This will free up critical bandwidth that will enable more work from home and remote teleconferencing. We can’t increase available bandwidth overnight. It is better to suffer slightly decreased internet speed compared to lots of dropped packets if Internet pipes are clogged.
As someone who has very crude high level understanding of encryption, I think this post has opened my eyes, I always used to think that End-to-end Secure email is possible, just not widely available right now due to lack of support, and they will get picked up as with wide company support like when Gmail will adopt them. Now I know that it is futile to build them, May be some email alternative from Signal or Matrix will be better.
All points made by OP makes total sense.
Taking this to extreme :)
100 True Fans ? try 1
Internet has enabled visibility so you need to only find one true fan who is willing to sponsor you 100,000 per year.
Why can't you test this machine out in Store, You do know that once a Machine is returned they cannot sell the machine again as brand new but only as refurbished. I think for a low volume/low margin product 15% restocking fees is justified.
Free Return if their is no defect in product is not a norm in countries apart from Europe and USA.
People here are justifying Microsoft stance of modifying default browser in third party browser, What if they get away with this and what we could see is that, after every windows update Microsoft would change default search engine in Windows to bing.
But ubereats and other Uber subsidiaries that they sold were themselves over valued, You can see these acquiring a stake as diversification in highly competitive marketplace.
Why so much concern of British officers in India,
Better question would be how did common Indian population survived British Raj, when American Native populations did not.
I hate food science, Just few weeks back had switched from 1% milk to full fat milk by reading one another article which states opposite. That sugar lobby has demonised fat and actually consuming non skimmed milk reduces craving. So you do less beinge eating. Now this is opposite!!
not a doctor, I for one will prefer a single pill instead of two pills , Swallowing pill is unpleasy for me, if there are too many pills , There is higher chance of mistakes (like forgetting, mixing doses etc) .I will pay a reasonable premium for one combination pill instead of two pills.
That is why need arxiv like pre-print system for every scientific field, So even if a paper is rejected it is still widely available, readable and reference able.
But good for users. We will not generate too much electronic waste. Will save money and when finally when their is actually a time to upgrade due to actual hardware degradation, You can get nice bump in hardware spec.
After reading Apple press release again, It seems it was actually directed against China but in very subtle way. Even Google Project zero skipped mention of Uighur community targeting to not get involved in Geo politics of this attack. But Apple is now in a big dilemma as it is in very vulnerable to retaliation by Chinese government hence it also had to draft press release in such a way that it would seem that they are angry at Google.
Apple do not want to go Google way and lose access to Chinese market.
https://www.technologyreview.com/s/612601/how-google-took-on...
That personal document could be life and death for some people. How do you determine what is the value of data being hacked. E.g. For a hospital if patient data is hacked it could mean life and death situation.
In this case you can still lose hour worth of data. Multiply this with whole city/company scale. Paying a ransom for preventing this much effort going waste would still worth something.
I think this is good model, Good performing business always have option of taking loan from alternative places instead of Stripe at better rate. Fixed fees no compounding helps businesses avoid debt trap. Which is a reason of so many business failures.
I think this is best workaround/outcome for both parties. With protesters not backing down, Beijing can now declare Lam has gone rogue and save its face. Cracking down on protesters definitely was not working. With international media presence they cannot crack down on protesters Tiananmen square style.
Earlier after certain amount of backlash Google employee reading HN used to help. Now I think this is also banned/discouraged by Google. Google New policy: Let's just ignore these type of posts and let it disappear from front page in few hours. What option developers or user's have ?
Shun Android or Google services. I think for vast majority of developers and Users this not an option.
I think Uber/Lyft provides much broader service compared to Apple/Google's 30% percent cut for App store purchase and subscriptions , What they charge for just hosting your app and providing payment gateway is outrageous.