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This is part of a head count neutral reorganisation of CSIRO. The move is away from climate measurement towards "what can we do about climate change?". Here is

by lukevdp 11y ago

This is part of a head count neutral reorganisation of CSIRO. The move is away from climate measurement towards "what can we do about climate change?". Here is an interview with the ceo explaining the changes http://www.abc.net.au/7.30/content/2015/s4400695.htm http://www.abc.net.au/7.30/content/2015/s4400695.htm Funding wasn't cut to the organisation, in fact it was mostly restored by Malcolm Turnbull last year after it was gutted earlier by Tony Abbott. http://www.itnews.com.au/news/turnbull-to-restore-csiro-funding-shake-up-govt-it-procurement-412721 http://www.itnews.com.au/news/turnbull-to-restore-csiro-fund...

Gatsky 11y ago
Yes, this is an excellent point. This article seems to be scare mongering by scientists with some kind of vested interest in the status quo.
baylisscg 11y ago
The issue is that they've eviscerated the groups working understanding and measuring climate change and are shoving them into "make it go away" roles. The CEO of CSIRO basically declared the breadboard prototype production ready and reallocated all the engineers who'd been working on it to sales.
- lukevdp 11y ago
  He is saying "everyone else is already making breadboards, let's figure out how to cut bread"
  - dogma1138 11y ago
    >He is saying "everyone else is already making breadboards, let's figure out how to cut bread" Hmppf a breadboard is a prototyping board that is used to make basic electronic circuits it's also some times called a plug board basically a board with allot of holes that are interconnected usually on a single axis that you can plug your components to and with additional jumpers/cables complete the circuit. So unless you are trying to make a way to sophisticated pun and imply that they are tackling something way out of the current field of climatology I think that analogy might be wrong.

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This is part of a head count neutral reorganisation of CSIRO. The move is away from climate measurement towards "what can we do about climate change?". Here is

by lukevdp 11y ago

Gatsky 11y ago
Yes, this is an excellent point. This article seems to be scare mongering by scientists with some kind of vested interest in the status quo.
baylisscg 11y ago
The issue is that they've eviscerated the groups working understanding and measuring climate change and are shoving them into "make it go away" roles. The CEO of CSIRO basically declared the breadboard prototype production ready and reallocated all the engineers who'd been working on it to sales.
- lukevdp 11y ago
  He is saying "everyone else is already making breadboards, let's figure out how to cut bread"
  - dogma1138 11y ago
    >He is saying "everyone else is already making breadboards, let's figure out how to cut bread" Hmppf a breadboard is a prototyping board that is used to make basic electronic circuits it's also some times called a plug board basically a board with allot of holes that are interconnected usually on a single axis that you can plug your components to and with additional jumpers/cables complete the circuit. So unless you are trying to make a way to sophisticated pun and imply that they are tackling something way out of the current field of climatology I think that analogy might be wrong.