This result does not require a high school diploma. Basis secondary school econ is all that is required. If you give everyone (or at least a large percentage of the population) more money, the price of goods and services will rise correspondingly. And where does the money come from to dole out? Government spending through borrowing. UBI doesn't make money, it makes debt.

Oh, Biden's spending spree does and will have a lasting impact. The Federal behemoth has gotten even bigger, we are another 7 trillion dollars deeper in debt, and we are being pushed to use even more energy from a grid that is not able to handle the load AND it is still vulnerable to hacking, EMP, and dudes with IEDs and guns. I'm looking forward to see if DOGE (stupid name) can actually find a way to give us a smaller and more efficient government. More government is rarely the solution but it is always the problem. Plus injecting 7 trillion dollars into our economy has been at least one factor leading to inflation. Every trip to the grocery store is depressing. $7 for a small squeeze bottle of mayo! And meat is becoming a luxury. Cut spending, cut taxes, and cut the size of government at the Federal, State and Local levels. Give us a balanced budget. Can Trump, et al. do better? I don't know, but that's a promise he better keep. Yes, the Biden administration has left a lasting impression. But it's not one I'd like to be associated with.

So let me see if I get this straight. Decreasing pollution increase "global warning" and increasing pollution causes "global warming." Sounds like people just want to scream "global warning" or "global climate change" and they will pick ANY change to claim the sky is falling down. This is disgusting. But it at least it shows the fraud and intention of much of the business, political and science communities to make big bucks off of an unsolvable, and possibly nonexistent, crisis. Not a good look if you ask me.

What in the name of common sense engages SWAT to raid homes over stolen iPhones, EarPods or well anything stolen. And what kind of detective work relies on a finder app. I guess when you hop up police forces with military gear and training, but not military discipline and wartime tactics you get this garbage. I hope these people make millions. And then I hope the taxpayers come after the local government for why their taxes are being wasted on these bogus raids and the attendant court costs and judgments. Let them start paying some of this out of their own PERSONAL pockets. I'll bet it stops immediately.

The reason the Democrats are pushing to take over TikTok is so they can use the platform to spy on you and control the message. LibsOfTikTok alone gives the Biden Administration nightmares. I'm not worried about China interfering with US elections. Biden's DOJ is doing it out in the open. And lets not forget Homeland Security's Disinformation Board. Ministry of Truth if ever I saw it. Let TikTok alone. Yes, its probably spying on us and I'm sure it's full of "disinformation" and really stupid and dangerous challenges. But so is NBC, CBS, ABC, MSNBC, CNN, Faceplant, Instacram, X formerly known as Y, Outfoxed news, the CIA, FBI, FISA courts, Washington Compost, New York Slimes, etc. I am a grown up, I can figure out for myself who is selling me the most BS.

A database as an operating system isn't new. Dick Pick created the Pick operating system in 1965 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pick_operating_system). I was still writing Pick code in my last job (2016). I love how what was invented before is "re-invented" and is suddenly cool again.... like Corduroy pants. Pick did have some interesting characteristics but a DB does not an operating system make, at least not a good general purpose operating system. I want to see someone write an AGI based on SQLite.

If people can write unsafe code, they will. The philosophy of C was "you're a grown up, you make a mess, it's your problem to clean up." Well, most people want to write code quickly and somewhat performant (sometimes) but writing safe code takes time that most companies only pay lip service to. C++ is less of a nightmare than C is but you still have to write a ton of boiler plate to get anything done. It's better, but it's not great. Java is a bit more type safe but the amount of boiler plate just to wrangle types is crazy. I haven't tried writing any Rust but I hope it strikes a good balance. That being said, as long as companies don't really prioritize best practices in writing safe code, then programmers won't write it and hackers will continue to have a hay day.

The house (insurance company) always wins in the general case. Yes, life insurance provides piece of mind and most people have some at some point in their life. But insurance companies spend big bucks to hire bright actuaries to manage their risk. They are generally smarter than the average insurance buyer. Their tables, like those of casinos, are weighted to reward the house more often than the gambler/insured person. Term insurance is best for them, whole life is best for you. There are exceptions of course. Are you felling lucky? And what does that mean in terms of life insurance anyway??

I would love to have gotten into this work. AI NPCs will cut down the cost of game production, but at the expense of voice over artists, mocap, and other performance related fields in the video game industry. You can already creates mods for NPCs that fabricate other famous voices. This is just the next step in that evolution.

Remember those jobs you left because you wanted a better one? How's that working out for you?

Yes, most likely. I love it when the foxes guard the chicken houses to protect the chickens.

The problem is who is checking the fact checkers, etc. My facts may be your inconvenient truths that you want to remove from the public eye.

Stupid people do stupid things like live WAY above their means when they are laundering money. But governments never mind seizing someone else's assets (legitimate or not) and squandering it away on toys and/or additional bureaucratic clutter. I'm not sure who the bigger criminal is. Both are stupid, wasteful spenders of ill gotten gains.

My wife got a PhD in Biology that came with 80K in debt. 25 years later and it has finally been paid off. What the university didn't tell her was the small number of positions an increasing number of Bio grads would be chasing. It sounds like a repeat here but worse. Automation will reduce the number of open jobs in fields where the work can be automated. But it will also decrease the number of CS jobs. People are already talking about programmers being replaced by AI. AI produces crap software (mostly) but you see where this is going, yes? The real way to make money in CS is to be in a Non-CS discipline and know how to write your won automation to give you the competitive advantage. I don't know how much longer that lasts but CS is quickly eating its own. I'm glad I am near retirement as I can't imagine what it will be like in 5 years, much less 10 or more.

Was anyone surprised by this move? Of course Broadcom wants to milk the cash cow. And no cow gives better milk than a critical infrastructure cow. I hope Broadcom loses in court but they have already planned for this. So they have a case laid out and playtested in mock courtrooms. Add some bribes to the right regulators and well, we are all screwed. Still, you never know. It's important to try. Just don't be surprised.