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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago

It goes to whoever can provide Bitcoin. So, likely an exchange. Which ultimately gives the money to people selling Bitcoin. Many of whom are in North Korea and Russia.

Crypto investment is very risky. Too volatile. Too virtual. No protection against theft/fraud. Also a govt should really invest in companies in its own jurisdiction.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I think this question could be interpreted in many ways, but typically education is correlated with more religious participation.

For Mennonites specifically, education is one of their core values. They also did a study on what matters most to their members that you can check if you're interested: https://www.mennoniteusa.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/MC-USA-Report-FN-compressed-1.pdf

Personally, I think a lot of their belief system and activism efforts just make sense and appeal based on their own merits.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

There are many kinds of Mennonites. Most that I know are pretty scientific and well-educated.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago

Behind a shattered door, the adventurers find a tent, bags of gear, smouldering fireplace, and smell roasting mutton. It seems abandoned only seconds ago, but on closer inspection the tent is mouldering, the gear mostly rusted through, and the fireplace only ancient charcoal.

(A party of adventurers passed through 20 years before, and were ambushed and dragged off to be eaten in the dead of night. Their ghosts remain, giving a semblance of life to the camp as they relive their final moments)

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

At least in the US, tipping is the accepted way that we compensate certain people for their time.

If you habitually never tip, you are not paying for the service that you receive in good faith. This is theft of service.

If you don't like tipping, patronize places that include the tip in the bill. Tell restaurant owners to change their pay structure to avoid it. It won't be changed by you individually shirking your obligation to pay.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

That seems fair

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Omg FINALLY fixed this game-breaking mechanic

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Thanks for the quote, but it's still not a cut to the grant itself.

Believe it or not, I also think university research depts should continue to exist and that major budget shortfalls due to this are not in our best interest.

Hope your abrasive remarks are making you feel better.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

If my statement was wrong, feel free to correct it. But based on reading the article, this change is not a "cut" to grants as you indicated in your title.

Will this change cause significant disruption? Almost certainly. But there's an argument to be made for the change, namely that NIH grants should support the science rather than the university and that university overhead costs should be subsidized in some other way.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 month ago (5 children)

This isn't a cut (yet), it's a budgetary allocation requirement. It matches what is already required by most private non-profits.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

Translation: following time travel, everything resets to exactly as it was before time travel.

Not exactly groundbreaking, considering this is assumed by the premise of a closed timeline curve.

 
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