Or they do in fact want that clause just as it is. By design. They simply don't want to change it.
This likely isn’t about having different contracts for different hires. Its about their intrinsic need, or more precisely, their deep requirement, to have that clause in.
Not sure why you're being downvoted, as by definition, if this constant is valid for how this universe is as it is configured now then significantly changing the universe will likely result in a different constant. How you might change the universe enough to cause a variation is a bigger question. Concentrating all the stars (mass) to one place might do it. Maybe not.
The flip side of that question is the larger and generally accepted as obvious statement: a constant with value "x" determines or reflects how the universe is as of now. The duration of that "now" is likely much longer than the earths entire existence.
"I expect scientists will be working hard to propose non-biological processes that could explain these results."
If scientists don't attempt to explain a dramatic claim using other mundane explanations I'd be very suspicious of calling them scientists. Occam's razor is a useful tool. Be very suspicious if dramatic claims aren't tested. Otherwise I have a bridge for sale...
"I also expect some new Venus probes real soon now."
Maybe. You should also expect a lot more telescopes of all descriptions and varieties to be pointing at Venus. Multiple compute clusters are likely digging through old and new imaging data even as I write this.
Love their trackpads. But their mice... not so much. I have a tiny travel mouse that has 4 buttons, scroll mouse and much better acceleration and surface detection and was bought for likely half the price. That travel mouse is deadly in games. The apple mice? Not as accurate.
But they look good and that is what Apple were aiming at.
I think we learn more about the assumptions of the complainer rather than who wrote the "witty reply". That and the spoiler can be applied to any number of people in government agencies who are meant to be taking precautions and setting up contingencies.
Well, I could go on a rant around their purpose and some of us would ultimately decide these files like so many others are actually just debris.
Instead I will say we can have a set of critters that cull them in various interesting ways. Critters that watch filesystems for these files and remove them if they still exist an hour after creation. Or remove them all on a schedule. Or block list them via .gitignore and similar. Sync scripts that have block lists for files and folders that match names. The solutions are endless.
This isn’t only a mac thing either. Other OS create their own variations of debris.
Draconian/authoritarian responses are becoming more common online. Offline in meatspace people are also becoming more guarded and wanting bans for all sorts of slights. These are not good signs for society in general.
These tools are worthwhile additions. Vscode is a important toolkit item for many. Just having it on multiple platforms is a useful common denominator that reduces friction.
This likely isn’t about having different contracts for different hires. Its about their intrinsic need, or more precisely, their deep requirement, to have that clause in.