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thowland··on Daily pill can double survival time for deadliest cancer, trial shows
While not fully approved, the company has early access available to people who meet the treatment criteria and would potentially benefit. Their HCP should evaluate this (it's not all types of pancreatic cancer, and it's not a silver bullet - but it looks like its double the survival time than current chemo). Hopefully this evolves into a new class of treatment.
thowland··on SEC charges crypto entrepreneur Justin Sun and his companies for fraud
It's not clear that the SEC has jurisdiction here; there doesn't seem to be a bright line test deciding if crypto is a security or a commodity. This behavior might be better regulated by the FTC than the SEC.
thowland··on The Match Girls
When they went on strike, the government didn't murder them. Try starting a trade union in Cuba.
thowland··on NetNeutralityTest.com – test if your ISP is throttling your speed
May well be related to the perennial verizon / cogent peering flap- we got bit by this over the summer:

http://gigaom.com/2013/06/20/verizon-that-peering-flap-about...