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Thalidomide scandal- the "biggest anthropogenic medical disaster ever"
  • Thalidomide was originally created in Nazi Germany as a sedative for healthy, non-pregnant adults. After the war many of the drugs created during the war were boxed up by German pharmaceutical companies. The story of Thalidomide is simply mind-blowing from start to finish.

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    Thalidomide scandal- the "biggest anthropogenic medical disaster ever"
  • Frances Oldham Kelsey at the FDA in the United States almost single-handedly, and while under enormous pressure, kept Thalidomide out if the USA for insufficient safety testing.

    One reason that Americans are a bit less familiar with this horrific story.

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    What’s your “I can’t believe other people don’t do this” hack?
  • When I was younger and drank more I did this, and it sure helps with hard liquor.

    When you're drunk that big glass of water can be hard to get down, but do it anyway.

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    Are they.... you know...?
  • My wife and I tried to get into that show and couldn't. Watched the first seasin and just didn't start the next.

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    Looking for new search engine
  • Try it, they give you 100 free searches.

    I've been using it for months and really like it. It's so refreshing to get clean and useful search results.

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    Navy officer lost job for secretly installing internet on warship to check social media
  • Supposedly she was an information and IT specialist... Setting the thing up to not broadcast its SSID should have been one of the first things they thought of. But probably she didn't know it could be done, which again speaks to her overall incompetence.

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    MAGA is straight up losing it after Taylor Swift’s Harris endorsement
  • She may mean the process of abortion. Unfortunately, it can be gruesome if not performed early.

    Source: Wife worked in a family care clinic and assisted with many of these procedures.

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    Undecided voters give Harris a look — but not a commitment — after the debate
  • That's essentially what I told my wife last night. If you're undecided and watched the debate and still are undecided, just admit you're a Trump voter.

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    OpenAI Pleads That It Can’t Make Money Without Using Copyrighted Materials for Free
  • The process of training the model is arguably similar to a human learning, and if the model just sat on a server doing nothing but knowing, there'd be no problem. Taking that knowledge and selling it to the public en mass is the issue.

    This is precisely what copyrights and patents are here to safeguard. Is there already a book like A Song of Ice and Fire? Write something else, maybe better! There's already a patent for an idea you have? Change and improve upon it and get your own patent!

    You see, copyrights and patents are supposed to spur creativity, not hinder it. OpenAI should improve upon its system so that it actually thinks and is creative itself rather than regurgitating copyrighted materials, themes and ideas. Then they wouldn't have this problem.

    OpenAI wants literally all of human knowledge and creativity for free so that they can sell it back to you. And you're okay-ish with it?

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