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Re:Vagus Nerve Stimulation Erases PTSD on Wednesday May 07, 2025 @05:18PM (#43920652)
From wikipedia:

EMDR has been characterized as pseudoscience, because the underlying theory and primary therapeutic mechanism are unfalsifiable and non-scientific. EMDR's founder and other practitioners have used untestable hypotheses to explain studies which show no effect.[55] The results of the therapy are non-specific, especially if directed eye movements are irrelevant to the results. When these movements are removed, what remains is a broadly therapeutic interaction and deceptive marketing.[52][56] According to neurologist Steven Novella:

    [T]he false specificity of these treatments is a massive clinical distraction. Time and effort are wasted clinically in studying, perfecting, and using these methods, rather than focusing on the components of the interaction that actually work.[57]
Re:X0.at: upload files from cURL on Monday March 15, 2021 @11:55PM (#26472852)
i'd be afraid of "how/why did you find in the first place" type of questions.
Re:Why Privacy Matters on Tuesday September 01, 2020 @10:24AM (#24342030)
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Re:How the US Pushed Sweden to Take Down the Pirate Bay on Thursday December 14, 2017 @07:35AM (#15921771)
Think about 3rd world countries. I'm relatively better off than my peers (2 cars, own a house etc.) but I can no way afford Hex Rays IDA Pro, Burp Site Professional, Navicat Premium or JetBrains and this list goes on... They cost more than my two or three months of rent.

My parents are both medical doctors and their medical books are not affordable if they were sold in US prices but they have 3rd world print editions and they can legally buy these copies. Software vendors have to adapt to tthis too. Gaming companies already adapted this and I've never pirated any games since Steam. I'm a paying netflix, spotify customer because they are priced for the country they operate and as you can guess I'm not torrenting music or movies either.

Internet is global but purchasing power is not. Ethically, I see no problem in torrenting. Human knowledge is "on the shoulders of giants" and in philosophical perspective -I'm not advocating this- even copyright is on shaky grounds (Property is theft! - Pierre-Joseph Proudhon)

there are multiple reports of cable internet subscribers' speed is downgraded to 1,44 mbps.

http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/5771998066