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Comment Re: Publicity (Score 1) 115

Lol.
This is the heatwave that climatologists EXPLICITLY said has nothing to do with climate change?

You know, Oregon Public Broadcasting, that BASTION of right wing agitprop?
https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.opb.org%2Farticle%2F20...

"Supreme Court is hopelessly corrupt" yes, when your sole yardstick is "doesn't do what I want it to".

Comment Insurers just want more $$ for insurance (Score 2) 65

It's curious that they are talking about all the risks of extreme heat when the general consensus is that cold kills vastly more people.

Nearly all scientific surveys show that anywhere from 7x-20x people die from COLD than from HEAT.

Lancet:
https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thelancet.com%2Fjour...
Cold : Heat 15:1 in US; 20:1 averaged across 13 countries.
SBN
https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sustainabilitybynu...
Cold:Heat 9:1

To be fair, NOAA's report had it at 1:4...but was based on MEDIA & WEB reports /nicescienceharharhar
https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fjournals.ametsoc.org%2Fv...

Aren't we #followthescience on this one?

Why do you suppose the article and the insurers claims are about HEAT? It wouldn't be ideological ambulance chasing, would it?

Comment I'd be more impressed with 'copilot' (Score 2) 48

If it simply let me do a decent fucking search in outlook.

How can they 'roll out' AI to 'assist' us with 'everyday' tasks but you still can't do a goddamn boolean search? And don't even get me STARTED on the asswipe shitshow of Outlook for Android. I'd support Israel OR Iran if they would just include whoever designed that abortion in one of their strike packages.

Comment Re: Gee, who didn't see this coming (Score 1) 136

You go into the middle of a highly active war zone and getting shot is an occupational hazard for a journalist. They know exactly what the risks are. Meanwhile in Russia journalists just have "accidents" and Putin is also wanted for war crimes. Where are all the protestors against him? Oh thats right, he's not jewish.

Comment Re:You can thank Trump (Score 5, Insightful) 167

You can thank Trump

From the article:

"U.S. public companies have cut their white-collar workforces by 3.5% over the past three years"

I'm sorry, who was President during that time?

These are permanent structural changes, a long time in coming. Predicted by many and blown off by many more.

Comment Re:Structural Unemployment Death Spiral (Score 1) 167

I started predicting a near future of software-induced permanent structural unemployment ~15 years ago on this and other discussion platforms, only to be deluged with "but, but... buggy whip manufacturers!!!!!!"

It's inevitable. It's not that there won't be any work. It's that there won't be enough work 8 billion humans are capable of doing or reskilling to within their lifespan, and the wages for the remaining unskilled labor will collapse below survivability.

The problem with a "knowledge economy" is that automation can basically take over 95 percent of it. You need a balance of services and manufacturing and agriculture, and the first world knowledge economies have been outsourcing the later two to cheaper third world countries and teaching their youth that getting their hands dirty is beneath them. Anytime someone brings up plumbing or welding or some construction work, there's a group here that always responds with "Back-breaking! No! Undignified!".

Fine. So starve then. You're not getting your UBI or a lifetime welfare state. So I suggest you learn a skill that can't be replaced with a glorified Google script, or hope your parents have saved enough money to support you on their couch while you protest the indignities of spreading drywall or operating a backhoe.

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