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URI CERN accepts $1B in private cash towards Future Circular Collider
user3939382 wrote 2 min ago:
This should have a $1T budget not a B. We waste so much money on low
efficiency computing infrastructure and energy that should be going to
this.
dharma1 wrote 1 hour 19 min ago:
âEric Schmidt, who founded Googleâ no he didnât
Fh_ wrote 1 hour 59 min ago:
These projects are extremely expensive and the findings can alter
humanity itself. That's why private donors sounds a bit sketchy
waihtis wrote 47 min ago:
So complain to your government about their spending. Probably at
least 30% of government spend is used on completely worthless or
fraudulent things.
It's good that someone is funding this stuff.
murkt wrote 1 hour 37 min ago:
How can they alter humanity? What's the difference for humanity since
CERN found Higgs particle? In what ways could the potential dark
matter particle detection alter humanity?
hnthrow0287345 wrote 28 min ago:
Less that and more "we built a really complex machine and we can
apply those skills elsewhere".
mr_mitm wrote 45 min ago:
In what way would studying black body radiation alter humanity? Oh
just the basis for quantum mechanics and thus transistors, lasers,
MRIs, photovoltaics, and more.
The point is, you don't know in advance. I admit it's a bit more
far fetched with these experiments that are so far removed from
everyday life, but they're still worthwhile.
niemandhier wrote 1 hour 6 min ago:
Itâs a place where extremely skilled people work highly motivated
on humanities hardest problems at scale.
CERN pushed distributed computing and storage before anyone else
hat problems on that scale.
CERN pushed edge computing for massive data analysis before anyone
else even generated data at that rate.
CERN is currently pushing the physical boundaries of device
synchronisation ( Check â White Rabbitâ ), same for data
transmission.
CERNS accelerator cooling tech paves the way for industrial super
cooling, magnet coils push super conductionâ¦
Companies are always late in the game, they come once there is
money to be had:
No one founded a fusion startup until we were close enough to the
relevant tripple product.
sylware wrote 49 min ago:
You are perfectly right, this has been similar to the "space
industry" (which includes 'ballistic nukes' knowhow
maintainance). The thing with a bigger collider is it seems there
are, not that honnest, scientists retro-fitting models in order
to reach 'appropriate for this new collider' energy ranges where
'new physics' could be found.
XorNot wrote 14 min ago:
What does that even mean? The FCC is essentially the next
plausible energy range we can probe with a collider.
Going larger would cost more, and add risk.
So like, yes? The obvious thing to do is to analyze our models
and come up with experiments to do within energy ranges which
are plausibly accessible with near future technology.
vjvjvjvjghv wrote 54 min ago:
Seems these are all positive things and itâs good that private
donors are adding some money.
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