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New comment by wileydragonfly in "Scientists ejected from diabetes conference for distributing journal reprints"

wileydragonfly — Sun, 07 Jun 2026 15:09:13 +0000

You could have simply searched this versus posting, but he never completed a residency. To go into US medical school debt and not complete your training is strongly indicative of deep rooted problems.

New comment by wileydragonfly in "Scientists ejected from diabetes conference for distributing journal reprints"

wileydragonfly — Sun, 07 Jun 2026 12:20:33 +0000

Bhattacharya is an unlicensed MD and completely unfit to lead NIH

New comment by wileydragonfly in "WH proposes rules giving political appointees final approval on research grants"

wileydragonfly — Sat, 30 May 2026 21:42:12 +0000

There’s a BOY in the girls bathroom!!!

New comment by wileydragonfly in "WH proposes rules giving political appointees final approval on research grants"

wileydragonfly — Sat, 30 May 2026 21:40:42 +0000

I visited the UBC cyclotron. Instead of fixing or replacing the $250,009 chair, they were flying your citizens to UCSF for treatment. Pathetic.

New comment by wileydragonfly in "WH proposes rules giving political appointees final approval on research grants"

wileydragonfly — Sat, 30 May 2026 12:19:19 +0000

Remember when the director of NIH, an unlicensed MD, lied to congress two months ago and swore the award letters were coming? I do.

New comment by wileydragonfly in "Microsoft reports AI is more expensive than paying human employees"

wileydragonfly — Sat, 23 May 2026 05:25:21 +0000

For now.

New comment by wileydragonfly in "Why Japanese companies do so many different things"

wileydragonfly — Sat, 23 May 2026 01:46:27 +0000

“Weeabo crap” was also my take on the article.

New comment by wileydragonfly in "Space Cadet Pinball on Linux"

wileydragonfly — Sun, 10 May 2026 13:33:41 +0000

Just put one pop bumper there, you could make it work

New comment by wileydragonfly in "Space Cadet Pinball on Linux"

wileydragonfly — Sun, 10 May 2026 13:30:02 +0000

I suggested this to a Stern employee 21 years ago, which obviously went nowhere. Back then they were trying to do a Halo machine, which also went nowhere.

New comment by wileydragonfly in "PC Engine CPU"

wileydragonfly — Fri, 08 May 2026 19:58:19 +0000

If they had just let you remap the controls so you had fierce and round house, the two button controller would have been serviceable. All the ports of that game are good. I’ve compared them side by side (SNES, Genesis, PCE) and they’re frankly all fun.

I did have a PCB worked up that lets you convert anything to a PC Engine controller. Can’t give them away!

New comment by wileydragonfly in "I bought Friendster for $30k – Here's what I'm doing with it"

wileydragonfly — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 02:38:25 +0000

Nobody gets 10% a year

New comment by wileydragonfly in "Why do people keep stealing the small sauce bottle?"

wileydragonfly — Mon, 20 Apr 2026 17:50:23 +0000

Takes about how it’s cheap, plastic junk… yet also wanted to take it home. I get it.

New comment by wileydragonfly in "Aliens.gov will be running as a WordPress multisite"

wileydragonfly — Mon, 20 Apr 2026 02:10:41 +0000

Lazar said he walked by an open door and saw either an alien or what was possibly a stuffed animal on a chair. I commend him for making 40 years of hay out of this.

New comment by wileydragonfly in "Aliens.gov will be running as a WordPress multisite"

wileydragonfly — Mon, 20 Apr 2026 02:06:58 +0000

What odds? We have an n of 1.

New comment by wileydragonfly in "Aliens.gov will be running as a WordPress multisite"

wileydragonfly — Mon, 20 Apr 2026 00:52:52 +0000

The UFO people are telling me it’s Cuba next and then revelation of alien technology recovery from a crash site.

Vamos a ver…

New comment by wileydragonfly in "Rare concert recordings are landing on the Internet Archive"

wileydragonfly — Mon, 20 Apr 2026 00:41:46 +0000

I’m glad you’ve enjoyed it all and will take nothing away from that. I listen a lot of very challenging industrial and electronic music that drives most people away, so I’m not on a high horse here.

I listen to his albums and soundtracks and hear themes from Pretty Hate Machine over and over. His demo recordings before Pretty Hate Machine, which were more pop, really illuminate a lot. Maybe just once, he’ll revisit Maybe Just Once.

New comment by wileydragonfly in "MAGA Is Winning Its War Against U.S. Science"

wileydragonfly — Sun, 19 Apr 2026 20:04:44 +0000

NIH grant funding is still down about 35% and they’re lying about it. They’re not updating Reporter fully so the director has been able to obfuscate it. Graduate programs are reducing admissions and I imagine fewer potential scientists are interested in the PhD path given “current situation.” So I imagine it’s going to take several “good” years to undo what’s been done.

New comment by wileydragonfly in "Rare concert recordings are landing on the Internet Archive"

wileydragonfly — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 03:15:34 +0000

“I don’t have a phone”

New comment by wileydragonfly in "Rare concert recordings are landing on the Internet Archive"

wileydragonfly — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 03:13:51 +0000

He hasn’t done anything new since Pretty Hate Machine. Which was a hell of a debut but he’s been recycling the chord progressions for almost 40 years.

A fun game is “how many lines can he go without saying I or me?” I do not encourage making a drinking game out of it.

New comment by wileydragonfly in "US and Iran agree to provisional ceasefire"

wileydragonfly — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 03:58:43 +0000

Clown world.