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Re:Did the W-boson just “break the standard model”? by TomSwirly on Saturday April 30, 2022 @06:02PM (#31219813)
> Have you heard how the military makes a lot of technology that benefits society?

No, not since World War 2. Examples?

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Re:Did the W-boson just “break the standard model”? by davrosthedalek on Saturday April 30, 2022 @06:17PM (#31219955)
ARPANET and GPS come to mind. Both were developed with large military impetus.
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Re:Did the W-boson just “break the standard model”? by hollerith on Saturday April 30, 2022 @10:06PM (#31221452)
The jet engine would be another example.
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Re:Did the W-boson just “break the standard model”? by davrosthedalek on Saturday April 30, 2022 @10:18PM (#31221515)
Technically that was something invented before/in WW-II.
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Re:Did the W-boson just “break the standard model”? by hollerith on Saturday April 30, 2022 @11:54PM (#31222048)
True, both most of the development effort required to turn the tech into a practical transportation system happened after the war (and more than half of the funding came from militaries).
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Re:Did the W-boson just “break the standard model”? by hollerith on Friday May 06, 2022 @07:04AM (#31283730)
both -> but
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