I remember this came up during COVID. The government was worried that homeless people and illegals would be afraid to report symptoms. GPs are specifically free and don't have to ask for papers or insurance to combat these health crises.
Tammany Hall did not happen because they were immigrants it happened because someone thought it was a good idea to have people who could not even write their own name vote. Democracy hinges on a well educated populace who actually gives a shit- which as we all know has not and never will happen.
The worst form of government- except for all the others so far tried.
Yes I too was downloading anime in the early 2000s. As someone living in a small provincial town there was effectively no real way to watch Naruto or GitS.
Most people do not have money to invest. There should be a law that forces the rich to go on an annual safari to see how poor people live because we are literally entering "let them eat cake" levels and it will not end well.
The Netherlands prides itself on its coastline and dunes but by the time mass tourism arrived the country was already rich.
The secret ingredient is always money. Spain looks the way it does because that country was desperate for foreign currency and jobs in the 60s and 70s. Economic development is hard and Albania does not have much going for it unfortunately.
LLM is just math. Which is why I do not like AI- it is nothing like in Deus Ex or those Japanese anime were computers are cute little girls who want to blow up the planet. Reality is as always sorely disappointing.
Now of course as an atheist I do not believe in soul and humans are just following evolutionary programming but we will never see chatGPT do standup comedy.
Most soccer players tend to retire in their late 30s so they are better off pursuing an education after their pro athlete career. Of course the best are multi millionaires who never have to work and can live from passive income.
When we are talking about the really TOP elite of football those kids get into it at age 5. From that age on every day consists of hours of football. There are scouts looking at prepubescent kids all over the world ready to sign them.
The only good use case for a credit card is if you are buying something from someone you do not trust. I have a CC and it use it a few times a year. But using them to pay for groceries or ordering something from Amazon is just moronic.
The way I see it: you are either rich and don't care or you are poor and need to spend money that is not in your account (no judging I grew up poor and had to hide from debt collectors when I was a kid).