@johnkonrad @michaelgwaltz When the US wants to move fast it can: The Todd-California Shipbuilding Corp. yard. Contracts for both yards and the ships were signed on December 20, 1940. The first of these vessels, the SS Ocean Vanguard was launched at the Todd-California yard on October 15, 1941.

@ArcherTinto @cbass_429 @jeffnolan @JamesSurowiecki Not name calling, he was giving a precise description of you based on your comment. I concur.

@mbeisen @doctorBobG @kishoreneuro The fee should be set at what the service costs. No one should work for free. An editor should be paid, page proofing and editing paid for. Ideally, referees should be paid. Just get rid of the commercial journals and do it at cost in a not-for-profit.

@doctorBobG @mbeisen @kishoreneuro Universities can do this without legislation. Set a policy and refuse to make any publication payments >$2000

@NC_Renic Tell me you’re living in 2022 and have never heard of chatgpt

@Jackson_Lab @SGRodriques You still need to report data. Arxivs are the boss!

@JasonSynaptic A few billion dollars is still a fair chunk of change. It’s an obvious and egregious misuse of funds.

@_j_thompson @florian_krammer It’s just an accounting approach. They money would be the same. Easier to negotiate costs once with an institution rather than for each individual grant. A block grant to the institution helps them plan for $$$ infrastructure that benefits many researchers.

@_ChemKid @NC_Renic @evahayball Sadly, one of them is the supervisor

@BryonTRussell @mattyglesias I think Lilly Pharma would disagree

@MrRexPatrick @john_hillam What about federal government employees on million dollar plus salaries? Quite a few!

@MrRexPatrick @Thomas3Simon VCs are not public servants. Why do you say that they are?

@JoeMcAuliffe17 @WKCosmo Pretty sure gravity ain’t political either. Although Putin relies on it for his “falling from the window” strategy of early political retirement.

@emollick Are you saying that the older version cost $4 for a single high reasoning task? WOW! Is that solely the cost of energy?

Some people serve their countries though missing a few great parties. To be clear, not every great party, just a a few on one weekend.

@Mar50cC5O @elonmusk Australia sends billions of aid to the US. See AUKUS.

Australia sends billions - pillar 1 AUKUS

@DuttonChemistry And depends on what you mean 'worse'

@IHPower Fucking brilliant!