It's easy to hate on LLM slop code but it seems that using it for analysis only could give a C codebase a much stronger security posture. Running fable and friends could give rust-like security with C portability and familiarity.
And Air Protein claims they leveraged NASA's research into the problem so that's a nice payoff.
Algae cultivation would be valuable too:
Complete Protein: Packed with all nine essential amino acids (Spirulina and Chlorella are up to 70% protein by weight).Vegan
Omega-3s: The original marine source of essential EPA and DHA fatty acids, offering a pure alternative to fish oil.
Gut Health & Fiber: Rich in unique prebiotic fibers (like alginate and fucoidan) that feed healthy gut bacteria.
Vitamins & Minerals: High in essential nutrients, including iron, calcium, magnesium, and hard-to-find vitamin B12.
Powerful Antioxidants: Contains protective plant pigments like astaxanthin and beta-carotene for immune and skin health.
Natural Food Additives: Provides functional ingredients like agar and carrageenan used to thicken and stabilize foods naturally.
I'm sure there's other "food from a vat" options that could be baselines, and then augmented by real plant food.
In the interest of efficiency they'd be best served by having a predominantly vegan diet but I imaging that they could have more efficient producers added in, like chicken and fish.
The news recently said that numerous Democratic Socialist candidates have been successful -- I think that's the necessary future of the party as a whole. The DNC is corrupt as fuck and gives substance to the "both sides are the same" complaint (in regards to craven subjugation to their corporate overlords).
The real enemy of change is campaign financing, which the current SCOTUS has continued to erode any possible protections. FFS, "money is speech and therefore protected" -- that it was accepted without being subjected to pitchforks and torches is mind-blowing.
I'm not going to discount that finding, but I'd posit that some of the hubris of elected officials comes from the assumption that people are voting their party line -- they are effectively a shoo-in for a majority of voters.
Partisan politics is bad for America and we were warned by Washington. These days, many people are more loyal to their party than they are to the country.
I give Dems a partial pass -- in that their leadership engages in what I consider to be genteel corruption like being soft on monopolies and other less palatable but "business as usual" type of bullshit.
This is versus and administration that is aggressively doing no-bid contract to family and friends, complete disregard for the emoluments clause of the constitution, etc.
Note: the nature of a 2-party system, along with laissez-faire campaign finance laws, is practically designed for legislative corruption. Unfortunately the only people who can change it are the ones who profit from it.
My hope was that we could get SMRs in play to replace every coal power plant's furnace with a couple SMRs to leverage the existing infra (turbine/generator/grid hookup) and stop burning coal. Now.
I know the numbers aren't the best for SMRs as far as efficiency or LCOE, but it would give us baseline power and an ability to cut away from fossil fuels for the grid much faster than building bespoke plants (which have a horrible record in the US).
Again, I'm not dismissing that there's any value, but that the teaching is more on abstractions as foundations for the next level vs what that lesson could be applied to today.
In your case, could you describe what it was and how it helped?
I'm not suggesting closing the doors on those deemed unworthy -- they should remain wide open in perpetuity. It's more about asking what we want our students to take with them into life.
Do your own survey of peoples takes on math and the value it added to their life. Some of course will have been well-served, but many will share how they hate math and it makes them feel stupid and they don't get the point of it.
And that last bit is fair: what did they get out of it.
How much math does a lawyer, therapist, graphic designer, HR rep, dental hygienist, plumber, etc need?
The current mode of teaching it is building foundational layers so one can do advanced math that requires those layers, but if that isn't a destination, is that particular avenue the best way to do it? Teach them to hate math?
I don't have the easy answer except that if we were to teach kids "real-world" math that illustrates how things work, and more importantly, how math can be used to understand things without going to calculus and beyond they might absorb more and have a positive relationship with it.
My point is that the foundations of religion are completely detached from reality, and to be a "good" religious person one is validating the crazy foundations.
There's a joke I love about this, where the "good Christians/Muslims/Jews" are like working on the picnic committee for the KKK. Sure, they're not the ones burning crosses or terrorizing and killing innocent people, they just support the ones who do.
Sad statistics:
* 70% of Americans believe angels are real
* Roughly half of the US population believes that devils and demons exist
* Roughly a third of Americans believe the earth is 6000 years old
Why does this matter? Voltaire's quote sums it up perfectly:
"Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities."
> I want every student to have a good education in math, even though it is hard to do that.
That's a laudable goal but I think it backfires in practice: a lot of students struggle with math and consider it to be torture, and will rarely require the skills and insights that learning algebra, trigonometry, geometry, and calculus will offer. Having done that work I find that I use very little of it in my day to day life (personally and professionally (as a programmer)).
I'm not suggesting that path be eliminated, only that it be an expected track for those interested in a STEM career.
For those who are not, just teaching them math literacy that can be used in contemporary daily life (some statistics, math reasoning (investments and debts), etc.
I love math -- it's the language of the universe! But it shouldn't be used to torture kids who will only learn to say "I hate math".
It's vital to note the driving force behind this: religious extremism. These people think they are chosen by God to rule over everyone else based on their personal interpretations of scripture.
These people are dangerous and their thirst for power has them willing to "win at any cost".
For all of those here who are of faith but "the good kind", not that even that level of participation helps justify their actions as "holy", and therefore legitimate.
I think the War on Drugs was the gateway drug to this insanity. It helped to create a more militarized police, and to condition us to surrender our rights because "think of the children!".
It would help if Congress wasn't sabotaged to enable this; and to have a major political party that effectively wants a king.
We were rightfully warned on the dangers of political parties and it's well demonstrated that that warning was correct in its assessment.
The fact that millions of Americans declare themselves to be loyal to their party first and foremost is terrifying. Evil people have weaponized the tribal stupidity of humans to trick them to vote against their own best interests.
I take no satisfaction in saying this, and would love to be proven wrong.
Preach, brother. I'm saying that the GOP frames the cuts as "saving taxpayer money" vs the obvious "we hate science because it consistently proves that we're lying to you".