I wouldn't call AM radio a waste of spectrum. There isn't much else you're going to do with approx 1mhz of bandwidth in that low of a frequency that is actually more useful than AM broadcasting. Yes the content on a lot of AM stations is absolute garbage, but the tech can still be useful. If we ever did get into a SHTF situation you can easily build a crystal radio out of about 5 parts and some wire if it REALLY came down to that.

100% this. In a real panic situation you're going to get farther faster on foot or bike than the freeway that is inevitably going to turn into a grid locked parking lot.

Birthrates also fall when you have a bunch of bitchy uppity women whom men don't want to deal with their BS, expense of the woman due to her "expectations" and the expense of a child.

Till it doesn't and that always happens when there's power involved.

They wont provide boolean search because they want to shove shit in front of your eyeballs that you might be interested in based on your current and previous searches.

They're likely looking into job prospects over the next 40 years and with AI just about every white collar office job is coming off the table in that time frame. You can't even get your foot in the door at these kinds of jobs now because all the entry level bullshit that interns and recent grads would do has already been replaced with AI.

No but they do investigate crimes, press charges, and let the courts decide if those that are charged are guilty and will pay for the damage that their vandalism caused.

It's probably more that the old pre integrated circuit and transistorized phone network would have probably better survived an EMP. Since you were basically talking about a bunch of mechanical switches and relays. Copper phone networks from the 70s to today would probably be just an vulnerable to EMP as fiber since they rely on integrated electronics.

Why would stock buy backs be illegal? When you go public you're basically getting a giant loan from the stock buying public. Buying back stocks is essentially paying off that loan. If you can manage to buy back all the stocks then you're a private company again.

$30? WTF is that going to get you? I can't even go out for a night and get drunk off that much.

With the amount of public backlash against these things any private property owner with one on their property is probably going to seriously consider if they want the negative attention and or vandalism that comes with having one of these on private property that the public can access.

Just hire a bunch of meth heads and let them keep a portion of their score. The copper will be taken off the poles or dug up faster than you can complete their orientation paperwork.

Depends on the area in the US. In general in wealthy and urban cores the utilities are burred. In general outer central city, suburban, and rural area's utilities generally are found on poles. In general utilities on poles are cheaper to install, easier to locate and repair faults, but tend to be vulnerable to weather

I think generally the last to move their utility off the pole is responsible for its removal and disposal. Around here when the power company puts up new poles, They'll drop the new pole right next to the old one. Move over their power lines then chaninsaw the old pole just above the telephone and cable lines. It's up to those utilities to move their services to the new pole and the last one to get around to doing it also gets the task of removing and disposing of the old pole.

And extended unemployment is not being paid to not work. It just extended the length of time you could be on the govt dole. Most places unemployment won't even cover monthly realistic living expenses. In my state of Florida unemployment is only $250 a week. I guarantee you there isn't a person living on their own that can afford rent/mortgage, utilities and food for $1200 a month. Not to mention other expenses that don't just go away cause you're not working like any loans, car payments, insurance. In many places just selling the car isn't an option, if the place doesn't have robust public transit, then finding work and getting to work without a car is basically impossible.