Oh yes, it's definitely carbon.
Phone went off several times with alerts last night.
#weather #lightning #UK #scaremongering
Trump strongly considering pulling US out of NATO, Britain's Telegraph reports
US President Donald Trump said he was strongly considering pulling the United States out of NATO in an interview published Wednesday by Britain's Daily Telegraph, describing the Western alliance as a "paper tiger". The threat comes after European allies declined to join his war against Iran.
Moeten we de noodklok luiden over vapen? Oncoloog over kanker, nicotine en waarom smaakjes zo gevaarlijk zijn
Volgens een Australische studie veroorzaakt vapen heel waarschijnlijk long- en mondkanker. Volgens Filip Lardon, diensthoofd van het Centrum voor Oncologisch Onderzoek aan de UAntwerpen, is het nog wat te vroeg voor die conclusie. ‘Maar we moeten wel goed sensibiliseren, zeker naar jongeren toe.’
The media is at it again. Headlines scream that landlords exiting the market will cause a rental crisis. But think for a second: if an investor sells a house, it doesn't vanish. It's sold to someone who will likely live in it. That means one less renter competing for a home.
This isn't a crisis; it's a market correction towards more owner-occupiers. But that doesn't get clicks.
#MediaBias #Scaremongering #HousingCrisis #Economics #Landlord #Rentalcrisis #AustralianHousing #LogicFail #Msm
https://au.finance.yahoo.com/news/landlords-exit-market-in-droves-sparking-severe-warning-for-aussie-renters-gone-too-far-200017514.html
Landlords exit market in droves sparking ‘severe’ warning for Aussie renters: 'Gone too far'
Some property investors have claimed the risk is not worth the reward as tax obligations and maintenance costs have "gone through the roof".
GitHub - tqec/tqec: Design automation software tools for Topological… | Austin Fowler | 59 comments
Why I got fired from Google on Tuesday May 27.
Dear all,
I've had a few days to process this, and to be clear moving forward I'll just be focusing on the business I started building over two decades ago (https://lnkd.in/gHn4sYhD), so I'm fine, but I'd like to explain how a 10+ year position at Google came to a sudden end.
The beginning of the story was my desire to work on an open source quantum compiler based on the surface code (https://lnkd.in/gdyiGsnW). The associated Google group discussing topological quantum error correction (TQEC) has attracted nearly a thousand participants (https://lnkd.in/gY62gBJr), and this is fed by a free Coursera course on quantum error correction that has attracted over 14,000 participants (https://lnkd.in/gyWRdeZZ).
So what's the problem?
The problem is that apparently it is not okay anymore to work at Google and be associated with a project that involves people from certain countries. The whole point of the project is of course to involve people from every country, and this was seen as an unacceptable security risk. My desire to try to find a way to keep doing this while at Google made them see my continued employment there an unacceptable security risk.
So what now?
Right now my involvement in all things quantum is on a pause since I do not know if, while residing in the US, it is legal for me to be associated with the TQEC project. I'm on a green card, and we are in the process of renewing those green cards, so the last thing I desire is to be in trouble with the federal government. The laws on export control seem to extend to quantum software these days.
If you work at an institution in the US that has an opinion on how to conduct an open source project involving people from all over the world working on a quantum compiler in a safe and legally compliant manner, please reach out to me. Without a US institution and lawyers to defend the activity, at the moment I cannot safely participate in quantum computing research.
Best,
Austin.
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Raising #MinimumWage Does Not Hurt #FastFood #Workers;
Fast-food #corporations opposed a #California minimum wage increase under the guise of concern for workers, claiming it would result in lost #jobs. The bill passed, and the numbers are in: that concern was just #scaremongering.
https://portside.org/2024-10-26/raising-minimum-wage-does-not-hurt-fast-food-workers
Raising Minimum Wage Does Not Hurt Fast-Food Workers
When California passed AB 1228 last September, raising the minimum wage for fast-food workers from $15.50 to $20 per hour — the highest in the nation — the industry responded with a familiar litany of threats. If fast-food corporations and their franchisees were forced to pay workers closer to a livable wage, they would have to raise prices, lay people off, and replace workers with robots en masse to make up the difference.
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