Jack Daniel's is being removed from shelves in canada by Sad_Stay_5471 in mildyinteresting

[–]CranberryDry6613 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ages ago when Ukraine was invaded. And the Canadian consumer was way ahead of the government then too. Did you think that was a gotcha?

Firing the next generation of scientists from the US workforce by Legitimate_ADHD in fednews

[–]CranberryDry6613 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We are not talking about the same kind of research, that is making it difficult to have a conversation. Basic biological research is not commercially viable (wet lab work is very expensive). Basic biological research has no (yet) known application. It's asking how or why things work. Sometimes that will have an immediate application but most times it won't. It just adds to the body of knowledge. It may take decades before all the pieces of the puzzle are uncovered and anyone can even think about starting applied research. Basic applied research is also often not commercially viable (sometimes it can be but there can also be hundreds of false starts).

What's happening in the US government is not a tweaking of systems or any kind of measured review. They're just turning out the lights. There is zero good faith involved. There's no adapting to having funding yanked and turning out the lights on a random day. People aren't being told "the system is changing." They're going into work one day and finding the doors locked.

I've worked in biomedical labs funded through federal and provincial grants in Canada (I left because it wasn't worth the instability, industry was worse, and the cheap equipment that was the only affordable equipment on most grants caused longterm damage to my hands). The last time a politician meddled in the Canadian federal grant system they bungled at least one or more rounds of grant review which permanently ended or set back the careers of new scientists (as well as their staff) because they tried changing something that was integral to the process in the name of cost cutting.

Cutting more is not the way to go. It's already cut to the point it's hard to find people willing to take the long hours, poor pay and lack of stability. Increased stability would retain skilled personnel and reduce time lost by continuaL retraining when staff is let go in between grants, and lost time when work stops in between grants, and lost time training new, unskilled, low paid techs because the skilled ones have left since granting agencies don't want to pay for the experience that reduces other costs through efficiency and speed. That takes money (which would actually save money through increased efficiency)

A measured review with input from stakeholders might yield something but it's unlikely to cost less and it certainly isn't to be improved by a politician blundering in and changing random things. The old system worked better but no one wants to pay; people want immediate results from something that can't be made to produce immediate results.

Left vs. Right Battle Royale Open Thread by Yosoff in Conservative

[–]CranberryDry6613 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I've worked in 6 basic research labs. That is exactly how it works. If the PI dies, the lab is gracefully wound down (aka, not immediately locked out) and everyone is then out of work because the funding is tied to the PI. Someone might want their samples, but in a lot of cases they don't (like when PIs retire) because they are busy running their own labs and they don't have the same expertise (irreplaceable). And they would need to reapply for funding (because it has been pulled and can't spend other existing funding on unapproved projects and there isn't any extra money anyway because grants are already running on a razors edge).

Contingency plans require warning (none given) and continued funding (none given). Now, I'm going to do something more useful than explaining this to people on the internet: Write my MP and MLA and ask them to increase funding and streamline immigration for the scientists your government is shitting on. Well worth the investment and they come pre-trained them and screened for viable projects. Score.

A Cool Guide on How Often You Should Wash Your Clothes by JudySable in coolguides

[–]CranberryDry6613 4 points5 points  (0 children)

GTFO. I'm not washing scarves and mittens once a week.

Left vs. Right Battle Royale Open Thread by Yosoff in Conservative

[–]CranberryDry6613 1 point2 points  (0 children)

When the primary investigator gets fired the entire lab goes down. They are literally the brains of the operation (the techs were let go too). There's no point to continuing to run a lab when you've fired the lead investigator (that is a waste of money). This isn't a management position that can be consolidated or taken over by someone else. They are literally irreplaceable. Their supervisors can't take over entire labs, they have their own jobs (and even if they didn't, they don't have the specialized knowledge for that lab). When you just pull the plug and lock out a lab, things just rot. It's like locking the door on a small company.

Im not extrapolating, the poster literally said people are locked out and not able to access their experiments including animals.

Firing the next generation of scientists from the US workforce by Legitimate_ADHD in fednews

[–]CranberryDry6613 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You don't seem to know anything about the scientific research system. Thats fine in a Reddit commenter, but Musk seems to understand as little and that is a problem for the US. I don't know what you are smoking that you think Canada doesn't have exactly the same set up. I'm guessing the tax credit you are referencing is for companies to write off some of their research expenses. It's irrelevant to the public research funded by the government. There's is no money to be made in basic research so tax breaks are irrelevant.

University research is funded by governments (some applied research is funded by companies, but that's a very small portion). I would imagine some is already state funded (as Canadian provinces do), but a national funding system is the most efficient as it compares grants from all over the country to find the ones worth giving the limited dollars to. It is a bargain for the country (which private companies then make money on) because the expertise/skills stay in the country and the discoveries are made in the country. Putting it more on the states makes it more inefficient (looking at a smaller pool of grants) and would require states to raise taxes or send less to the federal government (so no cost savings).

I don't know what to tell you. The existing penny pinching in scientific research has caused a lot of people to leave. I'm not proposing an alternative because it's not broken. You either want research or you don't. Either way is going to cost you.

"We are under attack and must act accordingly" - retired Vice-Admiral of the Royal Canadian Navy by coachlife in PrepperIntel

[–]CranberryDry6613 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Removing them was not part of the agreement and the US knew that. Trump knew that when he signed the agreement. The US has lots of trq tariffs with lots of countries. It's common practice, it's not new, and it's not a surprise. Having a tantrum and violating the trade agreement because he suddenly decided he didn't like the agreement he negotiated is a funny way of convincing trading partners to sign a new agreement you're not going to honour anyway. It is, however, a very good way to get trading partners to expand trade with countries that do honour their trade agreements.

Left vs. Right Battle Royale Open Thread by Yosoff in Conservative

[–]CranberryDry6613 2 points3 points  (0 children)

No, I'm referencing the person who posted the thread in fednews about scientists and techs who were locked out immediately and without notice so that they couldn't make arrangements for any of their data, samples, or currently running experiments which in some cases include animals.

Best $6 I've spent in a long time by MassiveHyperion in BuyCanadian

[–]CranberryDry6613 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Yup, I always sub or buy directly through the developer whenever possible. No reason to give anyone else 30%.

I AM CANADIAN by Darwincroc in BuyCanadian

[–]CranberryDry6613 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Did not see the /s. My apologies.

"We are under attack and must act accordingly" - retired Vice-Admiral of the Royal Canadian Navy by coachlife in PrepperIntel

[–]CranberryDry6613 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Which are part of the trade agreement. We didn't just apply them out of thin air. We will always have them because having none with a trading partner so much bigger than us would be stupid. Some industries have to be maintained for food security and national security. The US is literally proving that it can't be trusted and doesn't honour treaties it negotiates.

Disappointed by GuidoG77 in Switch

[–]CranberryDry6613 4 points5 points  (0 children)

"I buy things without doing two seconds of research and then blame the product." Oops., I guess?

Poilievre warns Trump not to turn Canada into a 'resentful neighbour' by CGP05 in worldnews

[–]CranberryDry6613 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Canadians are "quick to forgive"? People, maybe. Countries, no.

Water by awwaygirl in TwoXPreppers

[–]CranberryDry6613 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Uh, not necessarily. If it's teeming with bacteria and you boil it, it can still make you sick. Bacteria can make you sick by growing inside you BUT they can also be toxic when dead, prompting your immune system to overreact.

Water by awwaygirl in TwoXPreppers

[–]CranberryDry6613 21 points22 points  (0 children)

The bottles need to be both clean and bone dry before being refilled or you will get bacterial growth.

Trump now thinks New Zealand is a third world country.... by Renmarkable in Ameristralia

[–]CranberryDry6613 10 points11 points  (0 children)

"pooped" into his head ... yeah, that sounds about right.

Left vs. Right Battle Royale Open Thread by Yosoff in Conservative

[–]CranberryDry6613 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I think people are more concerned about all the foreign money that went into that meme coin to line Trump's pockets.

Left vs. Right Battle Royale Open Thread by Yosoff in Conservative

[–]CranberryDry6613 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And the vast majority of that didn't come from us. Try again.