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Re:Midjourney Medical on Thursday June 18, 2026 @04:26AM (#48582446)
What are you reasonably expecting to find in a full body MRI? Besides the notion that a "full body MRI" is not a procedure that is routinely done anyway and lasts upwards of an hour. It's not the scanner that is the limiting economic factor.
Re:Britain's railway privatization was an abject failure on Thursday November 13, 2025 @10:32AM (#45916068)
DB Schenker was sold recently. So your point is not entirely correct anymore. Also yes, it did invest tax payer money but was profitable doing so.
Re:Rost – Rust Programming in German on Thursday March 27, 2025 @03:33AM (#43491221)
I guess "änderbar".
Re:A Case Against the Placebo Effect on Saturday November 16, 2024 @12:26PM (#42157578)
The "reverse" effect would be a Nocebo. Which also exists. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nocebo
Re:Safe Enough? on Sunday July 02, 2023 @05:40AM (#36559890)
Nice point except coal was not ramped up.

You can argue that it was not ramped down and could have been phased out more quickly but you also have to look at the political discussion at the time of deciding to put a stop on nuclear.

Re:Universities Targeted by NetWalker Ransomware on Saturday June 13, 2020 @12:58PM (#23510788)
The incentive of the GDPR is for the companies to place inherent value in their data safety. So either the companies can pay and not invest in future safety to come out cheaper in the short run with the added risk of future attacks. Or they could cooperate, proactively reach out to regulators with a plan to improve and pay the fine.
Re:Universities Targeted by NetWalker Ransomware on Saturday June 13, 2020 @12:07PM (#23510401)
Different sector, different country, different regulatory body, different regulator. Maybe the fines are comparable but I have my doubts that this could ever be a viable strategy.

But in any case that is not the problem of the regulations.

Re:Universities Targeted by NetWalker Ransomware on Saturday June 13, 2020 @12:02PM (#23510367)
Because a lot of people just get this whole thing wrong. This whole discussion got poisoned by fear mongering and not understanding of the actual rules. Yes you can be liable to a huge amount but you will be only be hit by that if you are either working with malicious intend or objectively don't give a shit about data security and privacy of your users.

There is no such thing as "estimated fine amount" to base you ransom on. It depends on how important the company treated its security and how obvious the data leak is.