You're not meant to agree with Thanos.

Declining birth rates are part of the problem. But that isn't the only problem. What does it take to inspire a new generation of neckbeards to want to get involved in IT, software development, etc.?

In China? Nobody wants that kind of a job. Especially when they're competing with so many other men that never made it out of the cheap labor sector.

Sometimes I wonder whether medical care is the same way. All medical care is insanely expensive in the US, but we constantly hear how it's dirt cheap across much of Europe. Medical suppliers and prescription drug companies have openly admitted to using the United States as a profit center to offset low margins elsewhere (e.g. Europe and Canada).

China can still do that.

The classics never die. They just get kinda moldy.

App appers app with apps! You LUDDITES with your low level programming wouldn't understand.

Apps!

Nah people are still mining away. It's not very sexy though, not compared to maybe 13-14 years ago.

That's the condition today. If Cali keeps scaling out with more solar panels, there will be even more excess power output.

Desalination is a good idea. So is wastewater treatment.

Mine crypto.

Purify wastewater.

Generate hydrogen or synthetic fuels.

Etc.

2016 bleh

Trump is mad. He's been anti-FISA since it came out that the Steele dossier was used to secure FISA warrants against his campaign staffers in 2026.

You'd have to kick him pretty hard, since he's in the House, not the Senate.

Seems like the people contributing to the organization should have asked for an audit at least a year ago if those expense numbers are accurate.