The only reason the dads have Apple is so they can chat with their kids (who all want Apple).

It is definitely an area where the duopoly power is out of control. What are you going to do, switch your iPhone for an Android (which has even more ads)? It's like the airlines now, too. They all screw over the passengers. But what are you going to do, not fly? Because the airlines all do the same things, even Southwest now.

Where's the warning label for Facebook, Instagram, TikTok?

How about this:
-We use a team of psychologists and engineers to make this product as addictive as possible. We know this may cause developmental harm, anxiety, depression, or even thoughts of suicide. We know it may affect their schoolwork, their friendships, their healthy development. We don't care.
-If your child dies from using our product, we will keep their page available so those mourning their loss can reminisce about their time together. And also so we can sell more ads.
-We sell your child's data to the highest bidder, and that includes pedophiles.
-Your child may be harassed, bullied, insulted, or even told to kill themselves. We won't notify you or do anything substantive about it.
-Our product is accessible through every phone, tablet, computer, laptop, or other internet-connected devices, and there's no way you can logically block your child's access.
-Evil laugh here.

This is because women are paid significantly less for the same jobs and single mothers, therefore, are much more likely to be in deep poverty than single fathers. And I have the receipts to prove it: https://link.springer.com/arti...

So the statistic you cite (with no reference, by the way) indicates a failure of feminism to not have gone far enough, because single mothers are more likely to be in poverty than single fathers.

And, if you think a woman 'needs a man' to be successful, that's not it either. There are plenty of studies that show that two parent gay or lesbian families have similar outcomes to heterosexual families (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0738399104003362), so there isn't anything particularly special about having a man in the home (or having a woman in the home, for that matter). What matters is having sufficient resources to not be in poverty, and to be able to provide a loving and nurturing home for the child.

I think you've lost your connection to reality.

Entry-level accounts payable clerk isn't even a thing any more, let alone a thing that requires a 4-year degree.

Students who want to actually learn something are increasingly opting for in-person experiences. Online degrees are increasingly suspicious as you can have an AI do the whole course for you.

Yes, there's been amazing consolidation in ed tech but schools are stepping back their spending on ed tech because they can do it themselves for cheaper and faculty and students are tired of it anyway.

Fall 2026 higher education enrollments are projected to be a record high. Most institutions are doing just fine; the high-priced privates and for-profits are struggling, but the regional and large research are doing well.

Is it the same article, just with a different headline (A/B testing clicks and headlines)?

Regardless, we are likely in a recession and companies are not hiring because they can't afford it, and are claiming they can replace that work with AI.

Probably 99.5% :), especially given what I'm hearing about how cheap and powerful the models are coming out of China.

The market for used minis, especially the 2024 version, is likely going to love this new price increase...mine is probably worth more now than when I bought it two years ago...I would think of selling it, but what would I replace it with?

This is probably where the fraud investigation is focusing its attention. E.g., lied about assets, hid other leveraged loans, misrepresented to get more margin loans, etc.

Crypto is just a pyramid scheme; but there is real money to be made in AI. Right now, that money is mostly made selling semiconductors to wannabe AI companies.

I am more pessimistic that AI companies will ever turn a profit - most of them will go under as the weight of their semiconductor debt overwhelms them, but a few will survive and may even make a profit or, more likely, get bought up by an existing player (Google, Microsoft, Apple) who will then eat the losses and dismantle it for scrap (as they do with most of their acquisitions). If you can pick an AI winner, you could become really rich. But most AI investments will end up being nothing more than a crap burger.

NOPE. Based on Scotland police's definition, they consider a case closed or solved when they identify someone they think was responsible, and that person's name is forwarded on for prosecution. The conviction rate is not 100%, more like 70-80% (https://www.theferret.scot/murders-2013-solved-police-scotland/). AND, their murder numbers may not include deaths that the police cannot determine were murders. For example, a drug overdose could be accidental or could be murder, and pressure to classify it as accidental and close it as accidental could be a missed murder case.

Also, Scotland has less than 100 murders annually (Houston had 49 in the first quarter of 2026), and their CCTV is a very different context than Flock.

Ummm....don't we call this college? You know, getting good skills and training so you don't have to start at the lowest possible level and have the capacity to move up quickly...?

Cities are not uniformly healthier than rural communities. It depends on a whole range factors, including the overall wealth and infrastructure provided by the country or state in which you are located. For instance, in cities you might face more smog and pollution and crime, but in rural areas you might drive more miles on dangerous roads or work with hazardous farm equipment, or be exposed to more chemicals in the ground water or sprayed on the crops. Cities often have much more rapid spread of communicable diseases, while clean water might be harder or more expensive in rural communities.

Globally, the top factors for length of life include clean water, food security, adequate housing, vaccines, health care access (especially maternal, prenatal, and infant), safe roads and neighborhoods, low crime, violence, and armed conflict, low access to firearms and weapons, good schools, and strong social support system (so if any of the above fails, there is a system to prevent a hard landing). It is possible to achieve all of these things in both cities and in rural areas; cities and rural areas have different challenges in achieving them, though.

Slashdot needs an AI mod option. I'm not sure if it would increase or decrease the score, but it would be nice to have the option to filter out AI if I don't want to see it.

If they do / did use race as an explicit admissions factor...then they are doing a really bad job of it. In California, the public school enrollment is 56% Hispanic / Latino, while Berkeley is 21% for undergraduates. Asian or Filipino is 12% of K-12 public education students (https://www.cde.ca.gov/ds/ad/ceffingertipfacts.asp), but they are 41% of Berkeley's undergraduates (https://opa.berkeley.edu/campus-data/uc-berkeley-quick-facts).

Race isn't a biological reality, but socially we make it a big thing and it does affect people's lives in big ways, such as educational opportunities.

It's high school GPA in a set of courses and class rank (top 9%). Class rank is always an odd factor to use because it helps those who are in a school with an overall lower academic performance level (because it is 'easier' to get into top 9%); but being in a lower academic performing high school is generally bad for your *personal* performance because there are fewer students to push you and usually those schools don't offer the most rigorous or AP courses. There's also an "exceptions" pathway for students who were homeschooled or those outside the top 9% who can make a big donation or pretend to be on the rowing team :).