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The Academic Pipeline Stall: Why Industry Must Stand for Academia

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146 points MaysonL | 2 comments | 12 May 25 02:34 UTC | HN request time: 0.496s | source
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OhMeadhbh ◴[12 May 25 05:28 UTC] No.43959903[source]▶
"Support for education and research should be as fundamental as clean air or safe roads."

I think the current powers that be hold clean air and safe roads in the same esteem as they hold education and research.

Maybe "Support for education and research should be as fundamental as golf tournaments or Diet Coke" would be a better anology.

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philjohn ◴[12 May 25 07:16 UTC] No.43960391[source]▶
Didn't Florida suggest using mining waste for road construction ... the kicker being that it's mildly radioactive?
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matkoniecz ◴[12 May 25 07:48 UTC] No.43960562[source]▶
How mildly?

Background radiation is a thing.

Granite and bananas are a tiny bit more radioactive than typical things, without making them dangerous.

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HPsquared ◴[12 May 25 10:33 UTC] No.43961513[source]▶
Background radiation isn't the same as breathing in dust.
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1. matkoniecz ◴[12 May 25 21:50 UTC] No.43967810[source]▶
If this dust is as radioactive as granite dust then its radioactivity is likely not a problem. (breathing in that dust may be a problem despite radioactivity itself not being an issue) Or maybe I am wrong and breathing in granite dust is more dangerous as it is more radioactive than some other stones?

It is 10 000 times more radioactive - then it likely is a problem.

The question is which one applies. Typical bananas are not dangerously radioactive despite being unusually radioactive for a food product.

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2. ◴[13 May 25 07:42 UTC] No.43970501[source]▶