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More appropriations aren't the goal. Look at the source of the quote; Sean Duffy. A completely unqualified idiot appointed by Trump to be a yes-man, he's assisted in firing NASA staff and cutting the NASA budget.

The only goal here is to stroke Trump's ego.

Yes.

If your last bowel movement didn't change the world, you must have done it wrong.

And that's why all of our devices use thunderbolt cables and connectors while USB went the way of the dinosaur.

The study was on preschool children. They're not sitting through a "boring lecture-style class" unless it's their parents choosing to do that to them at home.

There's also a racial bias in the data. White kids are more likely to be diagnosed with ADHD then minority kids. White kids are also more likely to be given a prescription soon after diagnosis.

This has nothing to do with "the system" beyond the fact that a lot of primary care physicians are very busy and will hand over a prescription without argument when their parents demand it.

User: "Gemini... stop sending data to Google"

Gemini: "I'm afraid I can't do that Dave:

There are innumerable stories about AIs doing things they were programmed not to do because of a loophole.

Why would you think an AI posing as a nurse would be any better at being constrained than the other half-assed AIs that we have now?

If running through the woods screaming for help is similar to when you have an orgasm, you should think about talking to a licensed psychologist. You've got some fucked up sexual trauma.

Surprisingly, it's not entirely fear-mongering

From the article:

Basically, the black hole data allows us to calibrate GPS and other systems we use locally to get a higher degree of precision. It also helps track the actual location of satellites in relation to Earth so that we can point transmitters and receivers more accurately at them which is becoming more important as more satellites are put into orbit.

GPS is used for navigation and for keeping track of products in the supply chain. Knowing where your products are when a delivery truck breaks down lets you reroute shipments to cover the stores that truck would deliver to, avoiding the empty shelves scenario.

The money transfer bit would only apply to populations that depend on satellite for internet, but there are a lot of small populated islands that have no other choice. Just because you have internet access that doesn't require satellite communication doesn't mean the entire world does.

I know it doesn't taste the same as the wall candy from your childhood, but maybe you should have gone with the lead-free stucco.

From the summary: "the experiment was carried out in a vacuum"

The effect isn't just attributable to it. They got excited about observing vacuum welding. There is no chance of it happening in ambient atmosphere.

Manufacturing facilities for these cables are booked out for years because of the demand caused by regulators not allowing companies to buy the cables. Too much regulation!

And then you bring up Texas and PG&E and blame the regulators for not regulating more!

Brilliant! You've solved it, Sherlock!

The US already has enough nuclear arsenal to end human civilization on the planet. Being able to end it three, four or even a hundred times over doesn't really make a difference.

The idea of nuclear powered spaceships has been around since the 1950s.

A non-nuclear test model was actually built to study propulsion via explosion, but it got abandoned when most of the world signed the Partial Test Ban Treaty which prohibited nuclear explosions in space.

A user with good op-sec wouldn't get their device hacked in order for the strong password to be stolen in the first place.