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I can't wait to be told this is entirely political and a halt on $3 trillion of grants, many of which go to university research programs and (open source) nonpr
by Tadpole9181 2y ago
I can't wait to be told this is entirely political and a halt on $3 trillion of grants, many of which go to university research programs and (open source) nonprofits isn't "technical news" and won't prompt "valuable discussion". I'm sure a sudden double digit plummet in the entire spending of the US government won't have any affect on our lives or careers.
And that's not even getting into that this is, by an ocean, the largest case of illegal executive impounding this nation has ever seen, with downright insane, Orwellian language used as justification and very little actual clarification as to what it actually means. For instance, are Pell grants included? They're for individuals but dispersed by universities. Medicare is safeguarded, but Medicaid?
Just fantastic. Slide and slide.
- blurbleblurble 2y ago[flagged]
- hipadev23 2y agoI really think discussion platforms like HN need: 1) Remove upvotes/downvotes entirely. It does nothing for discussion except create groupthink and open itself to manipulation by unscrupulous actors. 2) Retain flagging access by long-time contributing accounts, but if you're found to flag something in bad faith, those privileges are revoked. 3) Flagging itself needs to be a public record so we can see exactly which accounts are doing so.
- basementcat 2y agoOver twenty million people are expected to have their HIV viral loads return to pretreatment levels again in a few weeks now that the PEPFAR program is suspended.
- Tadpole9181 2y agoDon't worry, the main discussion thread on this has been flagged and Dang will let it rot because it doesn't serve Paul Graham's agenda. Now we don't have to deal with such uncomfortable topics!