I can't speak for the official numbers, but in 2016 I had a job in IT after one interview at the third place I applied, I was still in college.

Now it's 2026, after thousands of job applications and three interviews, I'm working landscaping.

Not complaining though, working outdoors is pretty nice.

I wish American leadership would discriminate a little more based on age.

OP is referring to them as brown shirts because they're being used for intimidation, amassing in blue cities like Minneapolis instead of red states that actually need and want immigration enforcement. They also break laws, violate the constitution and kill people, then lie afterward to cover it up.

The issue for most people isn't immigration enforcement, but how it's being done.

I'd love a shorter workweek, but that doesn't address how top-heavy America is right now.

It's getting exponentially worse.

Woke is kind of a weird word, right?

Where I'm from it means someone who's aware of the racism or sexism inherent in the system. They don't like the N word or the R word, but those words aren't banned, people will just think you're a bigot if you use them.

I'm honestly a lot happier since I quit watching the news. That's why I suggested it.

Hey, I get that the country is really polarized right now but your vitriol againsy fellow Americans isn't helping things.

Might be a good idea to disconnect for a while, really take a look at how media influences your biases. We're all nerds here, and this brand of hate is doing a lot of harm.

If you believe this article, you should go spend time in the poorest parts of Iceland, then the poorest parts of South Africa.

If only this administration hired on merit.

Yeah, there's no way humanity could have released enough carbon dioxide to acidify the oceans and warm the environment. There's only 8 billion of us, and massive buildups of industry on every continent.
I thought this was news for nerds, but some of these comments have me wondering.

Using a language model to make important military decisions?
That'll work out well.

Far right is KKK, white supremacists, and literal Nazis. Far left is dope smoking hippies.
There's no comparison.

I see a common theme in these AI history slop videos, they love to talk about bad things, horrible conditions, diseases, and all the ways you could die. They don't spend much time talking about great achievements, and hardly talk about positive things at all, not really something I'd like to fall asleep to.

Wild posts, AC. There's this solid critique of American culture at the start, but by the end you're blaming feminists or saying we need to beat our kids more.
Kinda darkly hilarious, but concerning that people actually think like this.

Reading a public website isn't stealing, why is it suddenly stealing when it's done for AI?