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Comment · 1 year ago
this is impacting scientific research to the point that people are scrubbing the word "gender" from their papers to avoid their research programs getting flagged by the doge gestapo
Comment · 6 years ago
yes, exactly! you get it.
Comment · 6 years ago
i'm not saying they do it intentionally. i am saying that they should deal with the consequences and not let taxpayers take the downside while they take the upside
Comment · 6 years ago
they should focus on making rules around product obsolescence. phones and computers should work with latest OS for 10 years or more
Comment · 6 years ago
they produce software that is vulnerable to exploitation by criminals
Comment · 6 years ago
why is this surprising? because they are cleaning up a mess of their own making instead of making taxpayers foot the bill?
Comment · 6 years ago
not so sure. the way of thinking i got from university professors has been invaluable. it is the meta-skills that count
Comment · 6 years ago
a lot of government money goes into vaccine creation.

EDIT: socialism and capitalism are not mutually exclusive

Comment · 6 years ago
credit is so cheap nowadays. i'm sure their creditors were happy for the business
Comment · 6 years ago
Comment · 6 years ago
you see about as many teslas as porsches in my experience
Comment · 6 years ago
there is no material difference: if your water is cutoff, the reason does not matter. it just seems incredibly shortsighted to put the entire population in danger because of a few dollars
Comment · 6 years ago
please explain how someone that has their water cut off still has access to water
Comment · 6 years ago
that's barbaric
Comment · 6 years ago
> His team also started out by giving them to potential clients, only to routinely hear it didn’t work. “Rarely is our ingredient properly used,”

it sounds like it needs some other ingredients. possibly it makes starch break down to sugar quicker? like what saliva does to starch?

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