Reminder that such common intuitive observations used to meet with "cAn SoMeOnE tHiNk oF tHe ChIlDrEn?!" on sites like reddit/hacker news.

> increasing aggression from Russia

yes that's the biggest problem in EU right now lol

It's one of them. Turns out having an aggressive authoritarian dictatorship right next door can be a cause for concern.

First they say healthcare is expensive because of the research costs involved, why does healthcare research also require govt funding too?

Institutes like the NIH fund and do basic research and population health studies.

Drug companies do some basic research too, but their focus is on applications like drug development.

There's a large but not complete overlap.

Think of it like lasers. NIH is where you might see someone do research into the theory of light. The commercial medical industry is where you might see research into creating lasers of a particular colour, power, etc.

Heh?

real problems require people to change habits and thinking. Neither of these are tech solvable.

yes, people are stealing because of cut staff at checkout machines.

Iosevka is the one for me: https://www.programmingfonts.org/#iosevka

Paul Otellini and Brian Krzanich (both from sales background) have made such strategic mistakes its hard to overstate, combined with the govt office work culture makes it not a great place to work

For better.