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0 pointsJumpCrisscross1mo ago0 comments

> As a browser, Ladybird usefulness is currently quite limited for obvious reasons

By this definition all basic research is hype.

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No, not necessarily. It's the ratio and for most basic research the numerator of the fraction is also approaching zero.

Yes, necessarily. Basic research is currently useless in the same way building something that hasn’t been built is currently useless.

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0 pointsJumpCrisscross1mo ago0 comments

> As a browser, Ladybird usefulness is currently quite limited for obvious reasons

By this definition all basic research is hype.

No, not necessarily. It's the ratio and for most basic research the numerator of the fraction is also approaching zero.

Yes, necessarily. Basic research is currently useless in the same way building something that hasn’t been built is currently useless.

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