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Comment Hint- the 70s (Score 1) 176

It is quite easy to tell the cause. The birthrates dropped precipitously starting in the late 60â(TM)s and early 70â(TM)s. Itâ(TM)s not just a coincidence that this perfectly lines up with 2nd wave feminism. Women leaving the home, delaying marriage, prioritizing career over family.

Whether you think this is a great thing or a horrible thing it matters little. Reversion to the mean is a real phenomenon and thereâ(TM)s no social engineering that will stop it. Cultures which prioritize women having careers will die and cultures which prioritize women having children will grow and flourish. You cannot protest or outwit mathematics and Darwinism.

And for those that will shout that Iran shows this isnâ(TM)t true- Iran is actually quite a progressive country that happens to be run by an oppressive theocracy. Many (most) Iranians hate their government and are far more western in attitude than in other Islamic countries.

Comment Other comments say it all (Score 1, Interesting) 153

TFA talks about why companies cannot innovate in Europe because of over regulation and every top comment is âoehereâ(TM)s why thatâ(TM)s a good thingâ.

Your 6 months off a year and 3 year resignation periods may seem great but what youâ(TM)re really doing is mortgaging your childrenâ(TM)s future for your own convenience. They will grow up in a poorer, less dynamic Europe with fewer opportunities. Innovators leave Europe for bluer skies. Anyone can look at a the GDP charts of the last 15 years and see whatâ(TM)s happening.

Comment Re:The subContinent has time (Score 1) 76

Just to be clear, the "wet bulb death" claim is that a person stuck outdoors at 35C would die within hours even if they were in shade, resting, and had unlimited water. This claim about has zero empirical evidence, despite that temperature having been achieved numerous times within recorded history. There is not a single documented instance of a person actually dying under such conditions; it's based purely on lab predictions.

Dinosaurs lived for 300 million years in a world far hotter and wetter than what we have today. Humans have lived for millions of years on a changing planet. Until/unless there is actual evidence for this theory- I remain extremely skeptical, like with all the great theories that there used to be about how large land animals can become- which were proven to be total bunk when the Titanosaur was discovered.

Comment Re:Duh (Score 0) 181

1. A woman did eat a cat, however, she was not an immigrant.
Source: https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftimesofindia.indiatime...

2. Haitians eat cookies made from literal dirt.
Source: https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2F...

The leap between the two doesn't seem that massive. Maybe you aren't as smart as you think you are?

Comment Re:AI my ass (Score 4, Interesting) 220

Totally agree. In my college classes at a prestigious school, well over 15 years ago, only a tiny fraction of the students in class could actually code to any reasonable degree. Maybe 10% or less. The rest were there to do the bare minimum required, never developed a deeper understanding of any of it, and were just hoping to land a cushy job once outside of school.

Coding is more than just rote memorization of constructs. To do a good job with it you need to have a deep understanding of many related concepts at once (algorithmic complexity, memory usage, network latency, threading). Even the best AIs today cannot write novel code that does all these things well or even correctly.

Comment Re: We need more options (Score 1) 37

Rei, without evidence, claimed Muskâ(TM)s opinions were uniquely dangerous. Yet he had no qualms about pre-2021 Musk vocally supporting Democrats for his entire adult life. He similarly had no problem with billionaires spending money and controlling media when it was George Soros doing so over many decades- and recently being awarded a Presidential Medal of Freedom in a naked display of cronyism.

In short- opinions are bad and billionaires are bad- if theyâ(TM)re on the wrong side.

Iâ(TM)m old enough to remember the endless calls from the left to shut down Fox News in the 2000â(TM)s- at the time, the only conservative news station in a sea of left wing media. Itâ(TM)s truly frightening how many âoeliberalsâ are just fascists under another name.

Comment Re:Oy (Score 1) 150

I'm not a Trump fan, but it is frankly hilarious that the left continues to cite "Project 2025" as if it's Trump's roadmap. In addition to him repeatedly disavowing it- do you seriously believe Trump knows or cares what some think tank wants him to do? He does what he wants, regardless of what anyone else thinks. You'd think after being in politics for 10 years that would be clear by now.

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