2026-10-20T20:34:39Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz Else, Someone https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/npub1d8z5qlqk0a379zc9xywkzcz7hfcsrs034af4nwwjuh6sqlzd73fsqf2dwa https://mastodon-acm-org.s3.bhs.io.cloud.ovh.net/accounts/avatars/109/540/820/900/541/900/original/7e20ca103b113b00.jpg https://mastodon-acm-org.s3.bhs.io.cloud.ovh.net/accounts/avatars/109/540/820/900/541/900/original/7e20ca103b113b00.jpg https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqswuayhp2umcnetjf904px9glutargetg0cmhvap7qvkcvzcllhg7qzyp5u2sruzelk8c5tq5c36ctqt6a8zqwp7xh4xkde6tjl2qrufh69xhuef2z In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgrwmxecytjl92ujwzfeam6mlzsjgcrtccjez3fc9v5fl0cep7l0q3lwfc9'>nevent1q…wfc9</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>&#34;92. Thus science marches on blindly, without regard<br/>to the real welfare of the human race or to any other<br/>standard, obedient only to the psychological needs of the<br/>scientists and [..]&#34;<br/> <img src="https://mastodon-acm-org.s3.bhs.io.cloud.ovh.net/media_attachments/files/117/412/381/339/252/579/original/465cf30d10b45f50.png"> <br/> 2026-10-09T18:33:50Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqsgrwmxecytjl92ujwzfeam6mlzsjgcrtccjez3fc9v5fl0cep7l0qzyp5u2sruzelk8c5tq5c36ctqt6a8zqwp7xh4xkde6tjl2qrufh69x8f93tn In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszfk2zz68rnavm55x9dnfy8rjshj9xkt8jw7yczuw5rsncyqcxp5scdjvx4'>nevent1q…jvx4</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>&gt; The notion of &#34;government agency&#34; became instead &#34;public/private partnership&#34; because of advice from men like Kaczynsky.<br/><br/>Also, Friedman came quite a bit before.. I mean, the whole bomb shtick was probably just a way of self-expression, chosen due to inability to communicate with humans, or have people heed &#34;advice&#34; for that matter<br/><br/>I kind of agree with the general sentiment, but not with the specifics 2026-10-08T20:01:03Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqszfk2zz68rnavm55x9dnfy8rjshj9xkt8jw7yczuw5rsncyqcxp5szyp5u2sruzelk8c5tq5c36ctqt6a8zqwp7xh4xkde6tjl2qrufh69x4529j7 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxavzu9rsxpnszdva7wgzhs5legqmtmgg7dalwv3jdwvp6dmwy3fg0u4dty'>nevent1q…4dty</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>&gt; Private companies who then do their own research,<br/><br/>They don&#39;t create their worker pool by educating people though, they do it by throwing money at universities and through lobbying. The new scientists ready and willing to do their primarily _applied_ research do not come out of nowhere.<br/><br/>But I agree that it would certainly not be enough to stop the direct government spending 2026-10-08T19:53:27Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqsge7x6f0nu3rpe6mvt7u2umjy4g9wen8an0mnc6h6dep7q55nr3gczyp5u2sruzelk8c5tq5c36ctqt6a8zqwp7xh4xkde6tjl2qrufh69x5lszpw In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsg7wun58cwrjk3epssypv6jjvelaq3682kllfsgtfk6cyak8wfwjgsp0n0v'>nevent1q…0n0v</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>&gt; See, corporate, commercial, and fascist aid to scientific research is perfectly fine.<br/><br/>He doesn&#39;t suggest that at all! The way I read this is he, quite correctly IMO, identifies that the general schooling system, _and_ the NASA research in particular, is what makes Musk and Bezos possible, and what fostered the kind of values that make people more keen to work for Musk 2026-10-08T19:38:59Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqswjdz665w5lsgwlnfj46ugg4r2kyjrrx2hkyvet4a3qm2r33xps5gzyp5u2sruzelk8c5tq5c36ctqt6a8zqwp7xh4xkde6tjl2qrufh69x6usc3e In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs02c4kpxl352w0gwye0784vrpmhyt9vq2njwj654lscvjjszuqd3s7pe9ve'>nevent1q…e9ve</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>&gt; free up scientists to pursue more meaningful research than what is funded<br/><br/>Funny, I&#39;ve spent the last couple days (or the past year) repeating &#34;selective funding&#34; is worse than &#34;no funding&#34;. As for Academia so for FLOSS 2026-10-08T15:32:24Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqs02c4kpxl352w0gwye0784vrpmhyt9vq2njwj654lscvjjszuqd3szyp5u2sruzelk8c5tq5c36ctqt6a8zqwp7xh4xkde6tjl2qrufh69xls3djz In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvjg3ck5apjg5vmg3dwug6cn9x0n4a5wfq5t0hr6z4txw2re9r6qqrxykf5'>nevent1q…ykf5</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Basically is that despite all our &#34;progress&#34; we keep choosing to deploy technologies in ways that only ever create more dependencies, not less. Only ever more obligatory. 2026-10-08T15:30:01Z https://njump.cloud.vinney.xyz/nevent1qqsyyqqjspr7yj5hw6mh3gtuvz6ksg9zxd3mgy0fjh9au7nxeyg32uqzyp5u2sruzelk8c5tq5c36ctqt6a8zqwp7xh4xkde6tjl2qrufh69xpt9uzu In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsv8a6tm2t8x2euwf62ue7wq0ycxtk2hlr2r59w5p76pvhy0d0fwgsf9d2tz'>nevent1q…d2tz</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/><a href="https://ia800503.us.archive.org/13/items/tedkaczynskicollectedworks/ted-kaczynski-progress-versus-liberty.pdf">https://ia800503.us.archive.org/13/items/tedkaczynskicollectedworks/ted-kaczynski-progress-versus-liberty.pdf</a> (esp. last page) 2026-10-08T15:17:59Z