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Re:CERN bids farewell to the LHC and enters Long Shutdown 3 by otabdeveloper4 on Wednesday July 01, 2026 @08:24AM (#48745583)
> nonsense

I'm intimately familiar with how high-energy physicists get hired and funded. The funding comes from the political and budget bucket labeled "nuke stuff".

E.g., Fermilab is under the U.S. Department of Energy. CERN is funded by the European Organization for Nuclear Research. Etc., etc.

Politicians fund this stuff only because it triggers their wunderwaffen FOMO.

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Re:CERN bids farewell to the LHC and enters Long Shutdown 3 by SiempreViernes on Wednesday July 01, 2026 @09:47AM (#48746728)
> CERN is funded by the European Organization for Nuclear Research.

So you don't know that CERN is the European Organisation for Nuclear Research, that's even worse than what I expected.

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Re:CERN bids farewell to the LHC and enters Long Shutdown 3 by otabdeveloper4 on Thursday July 02, 2026 @05:08AM (#48758576)
> CERN is the European Organisation for Nuclear Research

CERN as in the facility in Meyrin.

I've been there, walked the halls, etc. Don't lecture me.

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