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If your research requires access to heavy duty machinery then it makes sense to partner with an institution already in possession of the goods. Be that university, national lab, or as a sole practitioner. Of course there’s some premium overhead built in to the rate. Hardware and institutional backing ain’t cheap.

call me a cynic, but in the age of government underinvestment in science, isn’t this how google could actually change the world?

Equally fascinating observation:

“But many also say something small stays behind — a slight awareness of being a person in a body on a planet, a residue of the view from the cupola that never fully fades.”

Can’t wait for the companion piece.

I think they mean: I feel like using [Sonnet/Opus/Fable] in the name [URL] is a mistake, who knows how long that model will be around

> Computer chips that cram billions of electronic devices into a few square inches have powered the digital economy and transformed the world.

Much power so chip

From reading it appears all parties are invested in the outcome of children. So this becomes interesting for other reasons.

What is the current state of the art in this type of testing? Why is a definitive result too far off but also too expensive?

i may be a wallflower here, but please do more with your account than leave this one comment. think about posting! show us what interests you. spread some karma around.

I’d say that ‘commiserate’ is a euphemism for complain. How do you understand it?

Is SCMP a reputable, or otherwise trustworthy news source?

Elon Musk becomes the world’s first trillionaire.