Comment Re:Crrot and Stick (Score 1) 107
Seriously, the idea that we know all the practically important physics there is is the kind of thing only somebody who's never done science or engineering would believe.
Comment Re: Ihre Papiere (Score 1) 258
You seem to be confusing "wanting to get rid of communists" with "wanting their countries to be poor and dangerous".
Wow, I had no idea you were dumb enough to fall for the Red Scare.
Comment Re:Dumbing down (Score 4, Insightful) 78
Certainly in the era before ubiquitous highspeed internet access and pick your self-publishing video platform, those things were great.
Who needs school when we have TikTok?
Comment PragerU Funding Incoming (Score 5, Insightful) 78
Now that they've gotten rid of this woke DEI nonsense, they can spend 10x as much on some more wholesome and less-indoctrinating educational materials!
Comment Re:Crrot and Stick (Score 2) 107
Industrial R&D is important, but it is in a distrant third place with respect to importance to US scientific leadership after (1) Universities operating with federal grants and (2) Federal research institutions.
It's hard to convince politicians with a zero sum mentality that the kind of public research that benefits humanity also benefits US competitiveness. The mindset shows in launching a new citizenship program for anyone who pays a million bucks while at the same time discouraging foreign graduate students from attending universtiy in the US or even continuing their university careers here. On average each talented graduate student admitted to the US to attend and elite university does way more than someone who could just buy their way in.
Comment Well... (Score 2) 49
This will be great for Haiku, FreeBSD, and OpenBSD installs, there's not the remotest possibility there'll be binaries for these. Not because the software couldn't be ported, but because the sorts of people politicians hire to write software would never be able to figure out the installer.
Submission + - Arkansas becoming 1st state to sever ties with PBS, effective July 1 (apnews.com)
joshuark writes: Arkansas is becoming the first state to officially end its public television affiliation with PBS. The Arkansas Educational Television Commission, whose members are all appointed by the governor, voted to disaffiliate from PBS effective July 1, 2026, citing the $2.5 million annual membership dues as “not feasible.” The decision was also driven by the loss of a similar amount in federal funding after the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) was defunded by Congress.
PBS Arkansas is rebranding itself as Arkansas TV and will provide more local content, the agency’s Executive Director and CEO Carlton Wing said in a statement. Wing, a former Republican state representative, took the helm of the agency in September.
“Public television in Arkansas is not going away,” Wing said. “In fact, we invite you to join our vision for an increased focus on local programming, continuing to safeguard Arkansans in times of emergency and supporting our K-12 educators and students.”
“The commission’s decision to drop PBS membership is a blow to Arkansans who will lose free, over the air access to quality PBS programming they know and love,” a PBS spokesperson wrote in an email to The Associated Press.
The demise of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, is a direct result of President Donald Trump’s targeting of public media, which he has repeatedly said is spreading political and cultural views antithetical to those the United States should be espousing. Trump denied taking a big should on television viewers.
PBS Arkansas is rebranding itself as Arkansas TV and will provide more local content, the agency’s Executive Director and CEO Carlton Wing said in a statement. Wing, a former Republican state representative, took the helm of the agency in September.
“Public television in Arkansas is not going away,” Wing said. “In fact, we invite you to join our vision for an increased focus on local programming, continuing to safeguard Arkansans in times of emergency and supporting our K-12 educators and students.”
“The commission’s decision to drop PBS membership is a blow to Arkansans who will lose free, over the air access to quality PBS programming they know and love,” a PBS spokesperson wrote in an email to The Associated Press.
The demise of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, is a direct result of President Donald Trump’s targeting of public media, which he has repeatedly said is spreading political and cultural views antithetical to those the United States should be espousing. Trump denied taking a big should on television viewers.
Comment pretty hilarious (Score 0) 60
It's quite amusing that some troll follows me around modding down any comments where I suggest humans should cooperate with one another. They are literally proving my point by moving things backwards with their solitary cowardice.
Comment Re:we have to many Ph.D's and when you need to do (Score -1, Offtopic) 60
It's a competitive system, and you have to maintain certain level of merit and academic progress.
That it's a competitive system is the problem. The world advances through cooperation.
Comment Re:perm (Score 1) 72
Good job doubling down when called out on your horrific and stupid "joke"
You seem to have forgotten we have read your comments.
Done here.
Good. Fuck off and don't come back, hypocrite.
Comment Re: Ihre Papiere (Score 1) 258
What on Earth are you talking about? Nobody is trying to make other countries poor and dangerous.
I see that you are ignorant of the USA's entire history in Central and South America. This is my surprised face.
Comment Re: Economy is collapsing (Score 0) 33
Hahahahaha you think nationalists care about people other than themselves hahahhahahahahhahaha
Comment Re: Economy is collapsing (Score 0) 33
You mean unlike a congressional parasite, or a PPP parasite, or a CEO parasite?
Comment Re: Economy is collapsing (Score 2) 33
Use preview.
Comment Re: Economy is collapsing (Score 1) 33
No, every day now.
More people fail every day.
Unsustainable means it fails eventually, not on a specific day.
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