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I had a 6 month gap and I said I was taking a sabbatical (which was the truth). No one batted an eye.

Which they are: https://www.grants.gov/learn-grants/grant-reporting

Grants are an incredible way to advance technology, create educated citizens, and boost the economy. Private industry also benefits since they don't have to risk their own R&D budget. And in some areas, the private sector will not touch since there's not a obvious way to make profit. Although they will still use that public research when it suits them.

The GOP wants you to be ignorant of how everything works and get away with blackmailing institutions they don't like.

They're in the form of grants that give research to help society.

Imagine if the government wants to know the effects of microplastics on the brain. The grant is a way to hire researchers at universities to answer this question.

The alternative is just employ scientists full time, but that's expensive. And how do those scientists get trained in the first place? Using grants while in university.

No, NPR will survive. Losing the grants suck. But the vast majority of its revenue isn't from grants.

I'll be upping my donation.

Not only this but I pick my cat up so she can smell things she normally can't reach. Or get to a bug on the ceiling.

Just one more lane bro.

Toto washlet. Heated water/seat, adjustable pressure, oscillates, semi aimable, etc

Never had a call end with a chatbot/call tree solving anything. The only times I call is because I know a need a human override with something.

(I understand there's probably a large portion of their call volume that can be solved via bots.)

Pretty sure this is false in most countries. You are required to disclose purchases and declare values, even for personal use. If they hit a certain thresholds, you'll have to pay a tax.

Now I'm sure most people just ignore this, because practically they don't know which items you carried with you and which you purchased. But it isn't legal.

TIL about former presidents! Nah I just took [email protected] to heart.

This sounds like shaders used in graphics pipeline, which is something you code. So probably using a LLM.

No longer drive but yes.

The drivers around me, including those in front, might not realize it's a turn only lane. It also shows them that I know it's a turning lane and shows my intent.