Try to start contributing to some open-source projects, if you don't mind working for free. It will help you to start working with others, more. Not necessarily next to others, but checking into the same codebase as others, and getting your code reviewed. Even reviewing others code.
But it does reduce the cost of research and development coming out of the company's pocket. That said, in a capitalist society, the production price helps to set where companies will stop making it.
The price is actually set to where profit is highest, meaning it's a function of: how many people will buy at various prices and how much does it cost to produce at various quantities.
One of the strong arguments for single payer healthcare, IMHO.
Single payer healthcare is a separate issue from pharmaceutical companies. In a single payer system, there will just be a single buyer- and a single buyer, AKA a monopsony, is illegal under monopoly laws in the US.
We have a 2 story house where the bottom story is a daylight basement. When it gets hot, it usually stays pretty cool downstairs, so we hang down there during the day. In the evening, as soon as it's cooler outside than upstairs inside, we open the back door, both downstairs and upstairs, and turn on a high powered fan blowing air up the stairs... It is really effective at cooling the house.
Always assume any communication on your work network can and will be monitored... If you want a private discussion, best to do it in person or on your own devices, not using any company resources.
I don't know... There's a lot that's not being said in that article... As is the case in all articles about court cases... Or court cases, in general. I feel a very real, "burn the witch" attitude when it comes to hackers and coders mixing with the justice system...
It seems more like hackers tend to be a less aware of the seriousness of certain actions. There is much praise and awe for someone capable of getting past the security systems of big corporations, and some programmers want to prove themselves by doing that. What seems to be lost in the conversation is that it’s not just a technical feat, it might be a crime.
The law may be a little outdated, and yes more awareness is necessary. Until it’s changed though it is prudent to be careful about such things.
Yeah it's always irked me when I press the play button that iTunes decides to pop up. There is a patch [0] you can install, but it's annoying reapplying it after each update and now you also have to disable System Integrity Protection for it.
I like toml because it's easy to read and write as a human, even without text editor help...