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Comment Re:mklinux: name already taken (Score 1) 29

> But on the flip side, nobody would still remember how to compile code for it, so maybe not

Oh, I think I might remember or could figure it out rather quickly. I remember developing for KDE on a Performa 6100(?) back in the day and the compile of the entire KDE suite taking 3 days or so. I still have the machine with an out of spec 72MB of RAM sitting in my attic. I haven't touched it in 2 decades, so it's probably dead or needs batteries at least. mkLinux is still on the hard drive since I never wiped it.

Cheers to you, dgatwood, and to nester for your fine work.

Comment Re:Ontario is native american, not Canadian (Score 1) 231

yeah, the Iroquois held most of the land of present day New York State and inhabitable parts of Ontario and Quebec provinces.

It means "Great Lake" in their language - the one their nation surrounded.

However, let's not be trolled by Trump and Google who are both fighting a losing war for foreign interests and want us distracted from $7 diesel.

I just went shopping and the $30 can of shellac primer I usually get is $95 now. Imported ingredients.

Comment Re:Easy way to lower your cholesterol (Score 1) 33

Cholesterol is not one molecule.

A lot of your brain is made of types of it.

Complex systems involving certain light ldls and other factors can ultimately result in inflammatory blockages.

The two populations with the highest life expectancy are Hong Kong and Macau.

They also have the highest per capita consumption of meat.

Again, it's a complex system but "eat plants to live long" is disproved.

Comment Re:Still on the doors? (Score 1) 168

Tesla got rid of radar because it didn't work/wasn't good enough to do what it was supposed to do, and added nothing.

Getting rid of the buttons has been a part of the Tesla aesthetic: sleek, minimalist/futurist feel. Yes, that was likely done to cut costs, judging by how cheap the vehicles feel in general and how poorly they're put together.

Comment Copyright is a gift by government (Score 0) 51

Copyright is a gift by government which may become too troublesome to be worth the expense. Copyright expires
(despite Disney and their puppet Sonny Bono who lived far too long considering the damage he did) after all, and could expire much sooner than later. It's an annoyance.

If artists want money they can emulate the Grateful Dead who generated a fanatically loyal following (that long outlived the band) by encouraging taping, even off their sound boards at concerts.

Comment Re: The long-term impact of this on the US (Score 1) 191

Actually, Trump is not a singular cause. He was not the first. Back under reagan, he killed a great deal of our civilian oriented R&D saying that private business can do it , while moving some to DARPA. Thankfully, DARPA still funded basic science.
Then W did more cuts, but pushed a lot of DARPA spending in UNI over to companies and forced cuts in basic science.
Biden also did major changes and pushed funding to go from merit based to DEI.
Trump is just a continuation of this and not even the worst ( reagan or W were the worst ).

Comment Numbers without percentages (Score 2) 191

Obviously NYT is just about narrative construction but it would be nice to know some figures like:

* what is that in percentage of researchers?
* and grants
* how many are typical in a year?
* what is the net in each direction for this time period?
* and for a typical year

I happen to know rwo researchers who got a position in Canada and several Canadians who got positions at US schools. That just seems normal from my limited perspective but maybe it's just because I feed them Molson and poutine so they keep coming around.

Remember, numbers given without percentages and percentages given withouts without numbers are always propaganda.

This has been your Defense against the Dark Arts class for today. Do your homework.

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