catloaf

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[–] catloaf@lemm.ee 46 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Unless it's inaccurate, in which case it's worse than nothing

[–] catloaf@lemm.ee 20 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Be aware that foreigners are always treated as second-class citizens in Japan.

[–] catloaf@lemm.ee 11 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

It's because it's not quite true. Reproductive rates are inversely correlated with wealth and education. If you're poor, you need more kids to help the family (and, morbidly, even more kids in case some die due to lack of healthcare), especially once you yourself become elderly. When you're secure, you end up not doing that.

But if you're secure, but the world sucks, you say "why would I want to bring a child into this?"

If you want to maintain a population, you need to create the conditions for people to want to have kids, and give them the opportunity. Separately, you should also want to give your citizens a high standard of living.

[–] catloaf@lemm.ee 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Have they ever not been?

[–] catloaf@lemm.ee 1 points 8 months ago

Yeah but they'd still have all the lawyers, money, and private security like the Pinkertons.

[–] catloaf@lemm.ee 4 points 8 months ago

Nah, I'm quite happy without that weight on my conscience.

[–] catloaf@lemm.ee 8 points 8 months ago

Hell you can download the entire goddamn car!

[–] catloaf@lemm.ee 2 points 8 months ago (3 children)

If it's absolutely critical, I would set something up to call you continuously until the alert is acknowledged.

[–] catloaf@lemm.ee 15 points 8 months ago (3 children)

The only device that's truly secure is one that's turned off, disconnected from the network, encased in concrete, at the bottom of the ocean. Everything else is a tradeoff between convenience and security.

[–] catloaf@lemm.ee 41 points 8 months ago (4 children)

No, it's because it's the last domestic steel producer in the UK. It says so in the preview.

[–] catloaf@lemm.ee 6 points 8 months ago (1 children)

There's a quote explaining why in the article

[–] catloaf@lemm.ee 3 points 8 months ago (2 children)

That's not really something that can be tested with a scientific experiment.

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