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Comment Re:This is hardly a new issue (Score 2) 30

"minimum publishable unit"

You're right, it's a long-recognized problem, but a viable alternative has yet to surface.

Well, computer science has sort of deserted universities into corporations, where most impactful R&D is now conducted, and work is judged by people's willingness to use it (open source), or to pay for it (commercial). Does it really matter whether Hunggingface publishes a "scientific paper" or a good postings on a blog? Doesn't seem to...

Comment Re:if u want 2 kill dolphins (Score 1) 73

That's what said, Nimbyism applies to any kind of development, energy generation or other.

Whereas with, say, nuclear, there are a significant number of people who just don't think it should be done anywhere, whether or not it's within 100 miles of them. Same with oil. Same with coal.

Comment Re:Seem fair (Score 1) 57

People talk about making a 401k for everybody instead of SS, which amounts to what you are saying. I am pretty sure the market has some limit to how much capital it can absorb and still give a good return. A company's stock doesn't go up unless they find a useful way to make even more money out of it. I think there must be a saturation point where companies cannot find additional useful ways to expand their business with more money, especially if everybody else is too. There is only so much passive investment gains (free lunch) to go around - not that the size of the pie has a hard limit, but diminishing returns.

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