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Embarrass Leslie Jones GIF by Saturday Night Live
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You know, it's bad that he thinks he can run again in 2028, but it's even worse what he's done to the white house. Who the fuck allowed him to set up a trump merchandise section? I'm surprised not to see any gold leaf in the picture.
 

Scientists find "strongest evidence yet" of life on distant planet K2-18b: "This could be the tipping point"​


Astronomers announced Thursday that they had detected the most promising "hints" of potential life on a planet beyond our solar system, though other scientists expressed skepticism.

There has been vigorous debate in scientific circles about whether the planet K2-18b, which is 124 light years away in the Leo constellation, could be an ocean world capable of hosting microbial life, at least.

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, a British-U.S. team of researchers detected signs of two chemicals in the planet's atmosphere long considered to be "biosignatures" indicating extraterrestrial life.

On Earth, the chemicals dimethyl sulfide (DMS) and dimethyl disulfide are produced only by life, mostly microscopic marine algae called phytoplankton.

The researchers emphasized caution, saying that more observations were needed to confirm these findings, and that they were not announcing a definitive discovery.

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Scientists find "strongest evidence yet" of life on distant planet K2-18b: "This could be the tipping point"

A British-U.S. team of researchers detected signs of two chemicals in the planet's atmosphere long considered to be "biosignatures" indicating extraterrestrial life.
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nycfan said:


“… While the Trump administration publicly said a month ago that it was giving the green light to Nvidia to sell an A.I. chip called H20 to China, it did not actually issue the licenses making those sales possible.

On Wednesday, Jensen Huang, Nvidia’s chief executive, met with President Trump at the White House and agreed to give the federal government its 15 percent cut, essentially making the federal government a partner in Nvidia’s business in China, said the people familiar with the deal. The Commerce Department began granting licenses for A.I. chip sales two days later, these people said.

… There are few precedents for the Commerce Department agreeing to grant licenses for exports in exchange for a share of revenue. But the unorthodox payments are consistent with Mr. Trump’s increasingly interventionist role in international business deals involving American companies.

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The deal to license A.I. chips caused immediate outcry among national security experts who have been opposed to A.I. chip sales to China. They worry that the Trump administration’s decision to leverage export licenses for money will encourage Beijing to pressure other companies to make similar arrangements to loosen restrictions on other technology like semiconductor manufacturing tools and memory chips.

“This is an own goal and will incentivize the Chinese to up their game and pressure the administration for more concessions,” said Liza Tobin, who previously served as China director at the National Security Council during the Trump and Biden administrations.

“This is the Trump playbook applied in exactly the wrong domain. You’re selling our national security for corporate profits.”…”

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So, Nvidia selling advanced chips to China was a national security threat until Nvidia agreed to split the profits with the U.S. Treasury? How does that fix the national security concern?
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So, why are these people so ready to give the US government a "Cut", but so against simply paying their taxes and keeping the government out of the operations?
 
ZenMode said:

Scientists find "strongest evidence yet" of life on distant planet K2-18b: "This could be the tipping point"​


Astronomers announced Thursday that they had detected the most promising "hints" of potential life on a planet beyond our solar system, though other scientists expressed skepticism.

There has been vigorous debate in scientific circles about whether the planet K2-18b, which is 124 light years away in the Leo constellation, could be an ocean world capable of hosting microbial life, at least.

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, a British-U.S. team of researchers detected signs of two chemicals in the planet's atmosphere long considered to be "biosignatures" indicating extraterrestrial life.

On Earth, the chemicals dimethyl sulfide (DMS) and dimethyl disulfide are produced only by life, mostly microscopic marine algae called phytoplankton.

The researchers emphasized caution, saying that more observations were needed to confirm these findings, and that they were not announcing a definitive discovery.

www.cbsnews.com

Scientists find "strongest evidence yet" of life on distant planet K2-18b: "This could be the tipping point"

A British-U.S. team of researchers detected signs of two chemicals in the planet's atmosphere long considered to be "biosignatures" indicating extraterrestrial life.
www.cbsnews.com www.cbsnews.com
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Cryofreeze my ass and send me there ASAP.
 
1. How is this not an export tax?
2. This is a material setback for American economic and national security interests. The only mitigating factor is that we might as well sell the Chinese the chips since they're so good at stealing them.
 
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