I am not aware of any instance where it has been tried. What has been tried in some cases is throwing a bone to the would-be parents. I am not aware of any society which has paid parents enough to afford good daycare, full health insurance for kids, and long term support like paying for kids' college. And for example daycare needs to be 7 am to 7 pm the full 7 days a week so parents could have a life while raising a kid. If all that is fully subsidized by the state then birth rates will go up. But the difference is steep. In the US the difference is between like a $500/years subsidy vs about $50K/year (and much more in practice, if you pay for health insurance and also once the associated inflation kicks in). I have never heard of any state dumping a decent yearly salary tax free at parents per child. But that's what it would take. Raising a child is a full time job and if the state is willing to pay for that then the parents would surely not mind producing the kid and being its guardians (making key decisions but crucially not putting in the key effort). The state also needs to pay for risks such a developmental disorders. Right now if a kid is not able to reach a high functioning state then the parents are on the hook. The state needs to remove that risk by assuring full payment for necessary care for the life of such a child. I could go on but I bet you could not name one state out there which offered even the above items (and that was just a short list for starters).

Change the combined company name MAGA Media Inc.

My watch, a Fitbit 3, has a battery life of over a year. Using a regular watch battery. Granted it doesn't do Siri or tell me when I'm about to die. Life is full of tradeoffs.

Hmm, my main reason to replace a phone is usually a worn out usb-c port. I am not sure how one goes about replacing that on a regular phone without some serious soldering kung-fu.
Not saying Fairphone is the solution (6+ apparently does not support USB-C video output or DisplayPort Alt Mode so it is useless junk to me, personally) but being able to easily replace a usb port would be a nice feature.

I thought BMW didn't even install turn signals, or at least they were an expensive option. They're not need really. BMW drivers own the effing road and the rest of us are just intruding on their property. Audi drivers are now trying to pretend they're driving a BMW.

The AI companies don't want their models reading the cr@p they produce. The want their *customers* to read it.

I big enough lawsuit against Flock, LAPD and PPD might lead to better data checking.

I can't trust Murdoch any further than I can throw my diarrhea. Is it possible to hack the Roku boxes? Is there any opensource replacement f/w? Or just forget it and go with a (cr)Apple or (god forgive me) amazon adapter?

When the Prevaricator in Chief buys your stock then promotes your company then pushes through a $9B govt contract you're having a good year. https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.yahoo.com%2Fnews%2Fpol...

The AI at work, an isolated instance of Claude Sonnet 4.5, makes it too easy for me to get distracted. I end up investigating something related to something related to something related to what I should be working on. In no time at all I'm out past left field, over the fence, across the parking lot and into the taco stand on the other side of the highway.

Memory chip stocks have soared in recent months...

By that he means the NYSE or NASDAQ stock exchange price of memory chip companies, not the quantity of memory chips in the warehouse.

I'm ready to drive a wooden stake into the heart of these AI companies. They're consuming everything and delivering great promises. What good is the ultimate AI if the AI companies swallow all the resources on their way to the top. Or bottom. The only thing the human have left are stone knives & bears kins.

When did Slashdot turn into Reddit?

I think I agree. IMH & highly uneducated opinion the energy input required to initiate & sustain a stable fusion reaction far out-weighs the energy that could be extracted. Nature has this "gravity" thing that allows it to whip up little fusion pussycats. We don't have that.

Threaten flaming nuclear death and settle for a 15% reduction in contract price which he can loudly brag about. Not mentioned is the reduction in service depth or the verbal agreement to expand and relocate Anthropic's offices in NYC & San Fran into properties owned or managed by Trump or Kushner. Everybody wins! Making Amerika great.