Some scientists nailed predicting the frequency and amount of record breaking temperatures. Out of 17 climate model projections published from 1970 to 2007: 10 closely matched observations and 14 matched after accounting for differences in atmospheric conditions.
Patterns like high and low temperature cycles are something a statistical model is good at predicting.
P.S. I hope it doesn't come as a shock to you that there are multiple climate models.
Great. Nobody asked for this.
$25B-$100B total investment for a modern memory fab in the US, depending on the capacity you want to build out. At the larger size you'd be manufacturing at a reduced capacity and getting some revenue before the total investment was needed. Potentially allowing you to split a campus between multiple process nodes for a long-term upgrade path.
The US is about 20% of the consumer DRAM market, so about $20B. Dropping perhaps $40B to build those fabs means a significant fraction of the market would need to be captured to have a good annual return or even to get a positive total return.
Memory shortages are a tough problem to fix with supply side only. Putting a tax on RAM that ends up in a data center instead of a consumer product is the immediate short cut, but it would slow the momentum for the AI industry in any country that dared to do it. So I can't see it happening in the US unless we admit we don't need to "beat" China at popping the biggest AI bubble.
There are a bunch of photos of Trump meeting with AI executives earlier this week to sign the so-called voluntary safety pact. But really it was a meeting to work out data center expansion and keeping the investment money rolling in for AI businesses. Trump and AI billionaire class are running the US right now, so I doubt there will be any relief for consumers to get better prices and inventory for consumer products, or to realistically protect consumers from AI malfunction and abuse.
I'm blasted with 30+ text messages a day. Most of them AI generated or at least AI directed. They use varying fake phone numbers so my blocking doesn't work. And for whatever reason, Google's AI powered spam detection does not stop many of them, about 10-15 get through every day. It's almost like everyone who matters is happy with how the system is working.
I prefer the first option, it sounds the nicest and easiest. Assuming infinite growth is possible.
Or it is a play to place corporations under central government control, basically corporate statism. Such a system typically buys billionaires a seat at the table. Considering that table is of the most powerful and economically significant government in human history, that is likely a very interesting arrangement for the billionaire class.
I'll stick with my laptop from 2019. It shipped with 16GB and I upgraded it to 32GB. In today's prices that's a small house or 100 lbs of ground beef.
First one to pop the bubble is the "winner"
I'm not arguing that there is an immutable physical constant of the universe, but that culturally and philosophically our society normally expect the responsibility to be attached to the role of leadership. Even though as a cynic I admit that is not how things always work out in the Real World. But if the People that elected him don't care then I guess he doesn't have to be held responsible.
The person at the top ultimately has to take responsibility for process faults and staff incompetence of the agencies he oversees.
How can I track and capture your clicks if a third-party non-browser app is sucking up RSS feeds? The Internet does not exist to be a convenience for individuals, it is sole purpose is to serve the pipeline to consumerism. Data is collected, sold as market research, and people are bombarded with ads. Precisely what the Founding Fathers and Adam Smith intended!
P.S. disagree if you're a communist
Your question is a bit loaded, so I softened it a bit: In what circumstance does the President have the constitutional authority to levy tariffs?
The Constitution gives Congress, not the President, the power to levy tariffs. Article I, Section 8 authorizes Congress to “lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises” and to “regulate Commerce with foreign Nations.” Courts have said the President does not have inherent constitutional power to impose tariffs in peacetime.
The President may impose or adjust tariffs only if Congress has delegated that authority by statute, and only under the conditions those laws set. Examples of such laws include:
Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 (national-security findings by the Secretary of Commerce)
Sections 201 and 301 of the Trade Act of 1974
Other trade statutes Congress has enacted over time
This is a summary of official legal descriptions, not legal advice. For the congressional overview, see Congressional Research Service, Congressional and Presidential Authority to Impose Import Tariffs.
And I gave it a follow up question: does the President currently carry that authority?
No. The President does not have inherent constitutional authority to levy tariffs in peacetime. That power belongs to Congress under Article I, Section 8.
The President can act only under statutes Congress has passed, and only as those laws allow.
On February 20, 2026, the Supreme Court held in Learning Resources, Inc. v. Trump that the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) does not authorize the President to impose tariffs. The Court also stated that the President has no inherent peacetime tariff power.
Other statutes still on the books can, in defined circumstances, authorize presidential tariff action after required findings or procedures. CRS lists examples such as:
Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962
Sections 122, 201, and 301 of the Trade Act of 1974
Section 338 of the Tariff Act of 1930
The 2026 ruling did not decide those other statutes. For CRS’s overview, see Congressional and Presidential Authority to Impose Import Tariffs and LSB11398. This is not legal advice.
So the second prompt basically repeated what it stated previously.
Oh when I had an apartment there was no extra room to give someone. And 2 bed where I live now is $3700/month, which is more than my remaining mortgage.
Plus there are educational benefits. I was fortunate enough to learn things from parents, grandparents, and briefly great-grandparents. Its amazing what institutional knowledge can get preserved that way, and first hand accounts of history.
Count yourself blessed to have a family and a good relationship with them. That kind of experience is not universal.
Educating girls and allowing women to pursue careers is a huge hit on birth rates in most nations. Luckily a world of 8 billion human beings doesn't need a high birth rate. And a future with automation and AI won't have much use for cheap human labor, which is really where population growth is economically important.
That's ideal if grandma can get her wheelchair into your house. (I assume you own a house, but most younger people do not)
For people without children to take care of them, then caring for the elderly must fall on society rather than on family alone. My Mom depends on me because I'm her only living child, and if something were to happen to me she would really be at the mercy of the terrible system we have in the US.
"Just the facts, Ma'am" -- Joe Friday
