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byDrMrLordX
2026 @03:46PM
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Attached to: Fourth US Wind Farm Project Blocked By Trump Allowed to Resume Construction
Nice downmods. You aren't entirely wrong, but the reality is that the leftists here are a vocal minority with a lot of mod points and sockpuppet accounts. Also this site is a bit moribund. It's not worth it to debate them here, most of the time.
Not sure if whales really are suffering from these things though? It's a question a lot of marine biologists don't seem keen to answer. If we only ever hear about this problem from non-scientists with ties to the gas/oil industry then maybe we should be a little skeptical about it? The killing of birds by wind turbines HAS been documented, and most of the greenies are on the record as not caring too much about it.
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byDrMrLordX
2026 @03:43PM
(#65962918)
Attached to: Fourth US Wind Farm Project Blocked By Trump Allowed to Resume Construction
Eh?
Looks like the pro-unlimited "open borders" immigration crew is getting wrecked. All the caravans are shut down, the borders are effectively closed, and people are being deported at a much higher rate than they can enter as "gottaways" or as asylum seekers. It'll be years before NGOs can fool people into coming back to the US to be cheap under-the-table undocumented labor.
As far as the wind/solar industries go, it's hard to see them lasting much longer assuming market players like Commonwealth and Helion get anywhere near their milestones.
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byDrMrLordX
2026 @03:35PM
(#65962910)
Attached to: Walmart Begins Building Out Nationwide EV Charging Network Across America
What's the actual play here for Walmart? There doesn't seem to be enough market penetration for EVs (especially not in "rural America") for the investment to be worth it, unless Walmart plans on using the charging stations for their own vehicles somehow.
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byDrMrLordX
2026 @01:10AM
(#65962044)
Attached to: Universal Basic Income Could Be Used To Soften Hit From AI Job Losses In UK, Minister Says
As others have noted, fraud is a problem no matter what. The more people that can draw off a program, the more potential there is for fraud. Means-testing/status-testing is not meant to be an enabler of fraud but rather a deterrent. If your administrative processes are already so broken that your solution is "fuck it, just give everyone money!" then there are much larger problems with your society than unemployment.
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byDrMrLordX
2026 @01:08AM
(#65962042)
Attached to: Universal Basic Income Could Be Used To Soften Hit From AI Job Losses In UK, Minister Says
That doesn't track. By that logic, a UBI would provide disincentive for ANYONE to work.
People getting unemployment or furlough pay will happily work under the table for cash if they find the opportunity. Maybe let them seek side jobs while still drawing unemployment? Especially if large percentages of your people are being laid off semi-permanently due to AI/automation?
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byDrMrLordX
2026 @01:05AM
(#65962038)
Attached to: Universal Basic Income Could Be Used To Soften Hit From AI Job Losses In UK, Minister Says
Considering this story relates to the UK specifically, it would only affect people living there. But. It does seem that any scheme that requires companies laying off employees to compensate them in the event that they are replaced by AI/automation would be a step away from letting "large capital to decide". Unless of course the entire program is created by lobbyists, in which case it could be used to stifle competition.
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byDrMrLordX
2026 @04:58AM
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Attached to: Universal Basic Income Could Be Used To Soften Hit From AI Job Losses In UK, Minister Says
Yeah, sure. As if it takes much in the way of administrative procedures to operate existing unemployment benefits programs at higher benefit levels and/or longer benefit durations (it doesn't).
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byDrMrLordX
9, 2026 @11:36PM
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Attached to: Universal Basic Income Could Be Used To Soften Hit From AI Job Losses In UK, Minister Says
You skipped step 3?
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byDrMrLordX
9, 2026 @11:34PM
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Attached to: Universal Basic Income Could Be Used To Soften Hit From AI Job Losses In UK, Minister Says
Yes but if you're dealing with mass unemployment due to AI, why set up a UBI when you could expand unemployment instead?
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byDrMrLordX
9, 2026 @10:34PM
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Attached to: Universal Basic Income Could Be Used To Soften Hit From AI Job Losses In UK, Minister Says
Isn't that supposed to be covered by unemployment benefits?
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byDrMrLordX
9, 2026 @06:03PM
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Attached to: US Life Expectancy Jumps To a Record 79 Years
Probably. Expect a retirement age of 70+.
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byDrMrLordX
28, 2026 @06:02PM
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Attached to: US Government Lost More Than 10,000 STEM PhDs Last Year
The two are related:
https://thehill.com/homenews/a...
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byDrMrLordX
28, 2026 @01:33AM
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Attached to: US Government Lost More Than 10,000 STEM PhDs Last Year
All it'll take is another government shutdown for more positions to be axed.
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byDrMrLordX
28, 2026 @01:30AM
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Attached to: US Government Lost More Than 10,000 STEM PhDs Last Year
May as well track the ones that don't leave the country. It'd be interesting to see how much more productive they could be when not in government jobs, if at all.
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byDrMrLordX
2026 @05:37AM
(#65951848)
Attached to: China Hacked Downing Street Phones For Years
One of these companies is friendly with the PLA and the other isn't. That's the difference.
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