Make it per month and until the kid is 18 years old, not 3 years, and many will jump at the opportunity. And that would be a lot closer to the real cost of raising a child. The red pill crowd even seems to assume women would see that as a whole career. Oh, the government can’t afford that? Then I guess having many children is not economically viable and population shrinking is the only way to go.

The word used for that strategy is usually “enshittification”. It happens a lot after digital tech is introduced in a new sector.

Or have rich parents that can cover the unpaid part, and so the whole job market turns more of an elitist afair.

And if you open an new chat and ask from the perspective of the wife, chatGPT will totally agree with her. People can be shocked by that suddenly “betrayal and switching sides”, but these days this peace of technology has become a billion dollar cheerleader.

I can understand. Once I encountered a jogger wearing a completely black outfit in a dark unlit road. The only reason I saw the guy was because there were a few reflective bits on his shoes. That was a nice scare.

Reminds me of the time that Twitter, when it was still Twitter and freshly taken over by Musk, replied to all slightly critical questions with a poop emoji.

My cat looks affronted when a stranger is not petting her. Then she’s laying there with this “am I not good enough for you?” look.

Burning the planet is profitable so there’s the need to keep everybody distracted and not look to closely at the arsonists.

And the same thing happened in Minot, North Dakota not even a week ago.

The debt is more than $100k per person. The median net worth is $192k. People would have to sell large parts of what they own to make any significant dent in that number during his administration.

Of course never say invading. The UN would just be sending a small army to defend themselves against dangerous Hamas members at the aid points. And if some Hamas members, perhaps using stolen IDF uniforms, attack an aid point, they will be dealt with together with their entire base of operation. Everybody has the right to defend themselves, right? Then add more aid points spread out over Gaza.

Tech workers can’t be written down as R&D anymore, and get a big tax cut on the wages. Immediately layoffs started. That’s what I recall.

Just a few days ago there was the post about a vibe coder where the AI deleted the production database. Let’s hope this will be just as entertaining.

On it’s way to Null Island

re-starting sub-prime mortgages

If there ever was a sign for all other countries to sell dollars fast it’s that one.

Tech bubble pops, housing bubble pops, tariffs and trade wat causing inflation, leading to devastating depression. Things can go fast.

You’re living in a world where people want the quarter pounder over the third-pound-burger because 4 is bigger than 3. Math isn’t people’s strong point.

Infections were a big killer before antibiotics. We have vaccination these days because of the horrible things that used to happen without them. Just having clean warm water and soap readily available was a luxury back then.