ajsadauskas

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Sure, WSJ. Next do an article on Selection Bias in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 35 points 4 months ago

@jrs100000 You'll note I said "princes and princesses of the top 10%". As in top 10% of households by income.

Those Millennials are set.

The middle class Millennials are now starting to inherit property.

And the working class Millennials? Screwed.

Sure, WSJ. Next do an article on Selection Bias in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 79 points 4 months ago (6 children)

@scrubbles Let me correct this one for them:

Millennials — long mocked for being locked out of the housing market and postponing major life decisions due to their financial position — are finally starting to inherit wealth.

Well, as long as they're middle class.

Many princes and princesses of the top 10% already had parents willing to be guarantors on mortgages, or just outright give precious a trust fund.

And working class millennials are already screwed, and will be for the rest of their lives.

But for 40-something middle-class Millennials, their 70-something Boomer parents kicking the bucket is providing an unexpected financial windfall.

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The Victorian government is opening up car parks near train stations for apartments. (social.vivaldi.net)
 

The Victorian government is opening up car parks near train stations for apartments.

Despite not mandating enough affordable housing, this is a good policy that should be rolled out nationally.

https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/the-train-station-car-parks-being-sold-off-for-hundreds-of-new-homes-20241105-p5knze.html

#urbanism #UrbanPlanning #train #trains #transit @fuck_cars #auspol #vicpol #housing

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Many people claim AI can help us solve climate change, so I decided to ask Google Gemini. (social-cdn.vivaldi.net)
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Many people claim AI can help us solve climate change, so I decided to ask Google Gemini.

It regurgitated the same points climate advocates have made for for over 40 years:

  1. Transition to Renewable Energy
  2. Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions
  3. Sustainable Agriculture and Land Use
  4. Climate-Resilient Cities and Infrastructure: Design cities to be more walkable, bikeable, and transit-oriented
  5. International Cooperation and Policy

So there we have it folks.

If you've been waiting for an LLM to give you the list of things we need to do to solve climate change, then you now have the answer as regurgitated by an AI.

Now let's get on with it.

#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #ChatGPT #ClkmateChange #ClimateCrisis #ChatGPT @fuck_cars

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Ladies and gentlemen, I can now confirm the existence of machines that make severe hurricanes more frequent and likely in Florida! 🤯 (social.vivaldi.net)
 

Ladies and gentlemen, I can now confirm the existence of machines that make severe hurricanes more frequent and likely in Florida! 🤯

I know it's tough to believe, but bear with me!

Even more shocking, the US government has known about these machines and their impact on hurricanes for decades!

Yet both Republicans and Democrats have spent billions of taxpayer dollars to encourage their use, following intense lobbying from vested interests.

Turns out it's not as simple as directly changing the weather.

But by emitting an invisible toxic gas (called "carbon dioxide") into the atmosphere, the use of these machines has raised atmospheric temperatures globally.

This not only leads to more frequent and severe hurricanes, but also affects bushfires, floods, droughts, and cyclones.

I know it's tough to believe, but I've seen these machines with my own eyes.

They're called "cars".

And "coal power plants".

At this point, you're probably rolling your eyes 🙄

"But AJ, that's not a conspiracy, that's climate change."

Well, it turns out the truth is far more outrageous than any space laser conspiracy.

#ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange @fuck_cars #FuckCars #Urbanism