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Re:Canada accidentally helped crack computer translation by boomboomsubban on Tuesday March 08, 2022 @10:33AM (#30600970)
It's strange that in the middle of the article, there's suddenly a paragraph about how government requirements on research and procurement usually are detrimental. It's like they're saying "this story is neat, but let's not forget government is awful." At least finish your story before criticizing unrelated things.
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Re:Canada accidentally helped crack computer translation by version_five on Tuesday March 08, 2022 @10:43AM (#30601101)
As someone who had worked with both research and procurement agencies in the Canadian government, I'm surprised the author was able to hold their tongue until the middle of the article.
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Re:Canada accidentally helped crack computer translation by mixedCase on Tuesday March 08, 2022 @10:42AM (#30601092)
How is it not topical to mention that a government-led research project failed to accomplish with their own data trove what a private organization did with it, when the whole article is about that very data and that private organization's achievement?
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Re:Canada accidentally helped crack computer translation by boomboomsubban on Tuesday March 08, 2022 @10:50AM (#30601206)
That is not the paragraph I'm discussing. I'm talking about the one that mentions the "years-long saga of obtaining new military jets."
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Re:Canada accidentally helped crack computer translation by glorygut123 on Tuesday March 08, 2022 @01:37PM (#30603928)
It's a reference to the Avro Arrow, which is a bitter pill in Canadian history for government mismanagement.
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Re:Canada accidentally helped crack computer translation by version_five on Tuesday March 08, 2022 @04:07PM (#30606976)
No, it's about the current CF-188 replacement procurement and waffling on buying the F-35s.
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Re:Canada accidentally helped crack computer translation by aaa_aaa on Tuesday March 08, 2022 @10:44AM (#30601126)
OP is right, nevertheless.
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