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theoreticalmal··on People are having fewer kids. Their choice is transforming the economy
This seems like a really really bad path to head down. I believe anyone can achieve their dreams through hard work and perseverance. However, reality shows us that kids with highly-educated / affluent parents are more likely to end up highly-educated and affluent. It seems in most “western” countries, the people that are having lots of kids are not the highly-educated and affluent. Seems like another form of brain drain happening on a generational time scale
theoreticalmal··on Posting your property on Airbnb is now punishable offense in Sausalito, Bay Area
Only if the the state worker has a subpoena signed by a judge. But it sounds like these are code enforcement people, which are generally just city employees rather than full law enforcement.
theoreticalmal··on 10M people watched a YouTuber shim a lock; the lock company sued him – bad idea
Powered by what?
theoreticalmal··on Meet the real screen addicts: the elderly
Not a super useful metric because third places probably wouldn’t be zoned residential. This is like saying 75% of fruits are apples, so there’s no room for asparagus
theoreticalmal··on Harnessing America's heat pump moment
What is an electrical delivery fee?
theoreticalmal··on Harnessing America's heat pump moment
I always wondered how difficult it was to do this. I’m really glad to know it’s possible
theoreticalmal··on Cheap DIY solar fence design
I will be DIY installing grid connected 8.1kW roof mounted system in Western USA FOR UNDER 10k USD. No battery though
theoreticalmal··on EVs are depreciating faster than gas-powered cars
My family bought a used EV this year, car #2 is a 15 year old F-150. It’s the best possible situation I could conceive of. My wife commutes 25+ miles in the EV, I work from home, and we take the truck when going camping or pulling a trailer or whatever.
theoreticalmal··on Electricity can heal wounds three times as fast (2023)
Is it any more or less unscientific than the parent comment?
theoreticalmal··on America’s semiconductor boom [video]
Isn’t TSMC one of like 3 semiconductor producers on the planet? And wouldn’t that satisfy your claim of “once a market is controlled by a few players, all true growth stops”? But we’ve seen phenomenal and continuous improvements over the last few years. So which part of our situation do we have to re-interpret for your claim to be correct? Is the growth not “true”? Is 3 not “a few players”? Or is, perhaps, your outlook somehow incorrect?
theoreticalmal··on Winter 2025/2026 weather outlook
Are you referencing Eldora?
theoreticalmal··on A Clausewitzian lens on modern urban warfare
Did you type AI when you meant to write the cotton gin? Or mechanized agriculture? Or the Industrial Revolution? The automobile? Every single technological advancement has promised “fewer hands, more leisure” and we’ve always found a way to make that claim false. I have no idea how one can continue to claim it
theoreticalmal··on California enacts law enabling people to universally opt out of data sharing
Nah, this is bananas
theoreticalmal··on Toyota runs a car-hacking event to boost security (2024)
Oil filters and brakes are on the easier spectrum of maintainenance, but I’d still rather not do them if I don’t have to (which with my EV, I won’t)
theoreticalmal··on Show HN: Autism Simulator
Where are they commuting to by train and how did her loud colleagues get into her home?
theoreticalmal··on Companies are lying about AI layoffs?
Where can I get involved in this?
theoreticalmal··on Privacy Badger is a free browser extension made by EFF to stop spying
I don’t know the service company in question, but if it’s a gig-style matchup, how would the company know what their contractors are doing? Also, wouldn’t this incentivize the contractors to develop as many personal relationships as possible, as a hedge against getting arbitrarily kicked by the contracting company?
theoreticalmal··on Some Republicans Warn of Government Overreach on Free Speech
I haven’t found a morally-intact politician in many years. If pragmatism gets us to the right place, I think it’s good
theoreticalmal··on You did this with an AI and you do not understand what you're doing here
I have never seen an AI meeting summary that was useful or sufficient in explaining what happened in the meeting. I have no idea what people use them for other than as a status signal
theoreticalmal··on Leatherman (vagabond)
The romanticized farmer aspect always gives me pause as well. Farming is a very difficult job that requires many hours of work every single day, every day per year. Even if you had enough money left over from some other job to get to go travel, you could never find the time to do so after becoming a farmer
theoreticalmal··on ABC yanks Jimmy Kimmel’s show ‘indefinitely’ after threat from FCC chair
Who paid Lee Harvey Oswald, Sirhan Sirhan, or Gavrillo Princip? Assassination is a subset of murder, with political motives. It seems very accurate in this situation
theoreticalmal··on Charlie Kirk killed at event in Utah
And the quotes showed up longer, like 5 seconds, so you could read them in full. Later games would display the quote for 1-2 seconds, which often wouldn’t be enough time to process the full text
theoreticalmal··on Charlie Kirk killed at event in Utah
The German people certainly elected the coalition government, which the NSDAP was the leader of.

You’re completely correct about the conservatives and others thinking they could control Hitler

theoreticalmal··on Unofficial Windows 11 requirements bypass tool allows disabling all AI features
I mean this in the nicest possible way: why do you care so much about not putting something illegal on your computer?
theoreticalmal··on I have two Amazon Echos that I never use, but they apparently burn GBs a day
Do you have smart home devices? And how many user/interactive devices (phones, tables, laptops) do you have? Manually disconnecting and reconnecting WiFi clients would take me hours
theoreticalmal··on I have two Amazon Echos that I never use, but they apparently burn GBs a day
I was able to effectively stop this behavior by shooting my Echo with a rifle. I hope to hang its rent carcass above my fireplace soon
theoreticalmal··on Kenvue stock drops on report RFK Jr will link autism to Tylenol during pregnancy
I had an ultrasound and I’m left handed. I finally know why!
theoreticalmal··on Europol said ChatControl doesn't go far enough; they want to retain data forever
How do you propose a law that’s illegal?
theoreticalmal··on Why haven't quantum computers factored 21 yet?
Their company loses funding if it’s not done by 2036
theoreticalmal··on FDA official demands removal of YouTube videos of himself criticizing vaccines
> My brother in Christ, he's bottoming for Trump.

These two clauses cannot possibly both be sincerely held.

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