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IIRC, that's because Intel attempted it without EUV to save a handful of dollars.

Regulating with positive feedback is usually unstable and rife with unintended consequences. Can we start by striking down regulations that make having children more expensive? Zon…

That may be, but this is the internet. Everyone is an American, didn't you know?

You are unusually self-aware. You do you, but it's unfortunate for everyone else that you don't want kids.

By law, Social Security invests surpluses in US Treasury securities. So the US government "lends" money to itself, where it is spent that year on government programs for the taxpay…

That was my initial thought, but on further reflection it feels wrong. The electron is also a wave, and that wave can spread across the entire grid. Another interesting aspect is t…

Democracy is little more than simulated warfare. Rather than harsh campaigns and brutal battles over every issue, society has learned it's cheaper to predict the outcome and avoid …

Sometimes there is an income problem. Sometimes there is a spending problem. And sometimes there is a cost problem. But cost is unlike the others, because income and spending are i…

You mean those people with running water, indoor plumbing, central heating, electric lights, and a passenger vehicle capable of reaching speeds faster than the fastest land animal …

It's called hedonistic adaptation. Most people scale material consumption with income, and the new consumption level quickly feels normal. If this happens to you, then it's plausib…

That may be true, and you may have banned the account, but I don't think you banned the person. New account created immediately after, responding to the same thread with the same s…

It's only accidentally illegal. Nobody made it illegal on purpose. It just so happened that car seat regulations and car seat testing regulations were highly prescriptive, but also…

>Historically The car seat related drop predates high daycare costs. In some places, high daycare costs aren't the primary concern: it's infant daycare waiting lists longer than 9 …

I'm not sure what the double whammy is here. I proposed a deduction for raising children, and he countered with a payment premium for adult children, but it sounded exclusive. Only…

You're insulting people on the internet AND you're wrong, which puts you one Hitler comparison away from the trifecta.

Not necessarily. There are a lot of second and third order effects to consider.

The guy's name was kitler. Do you think that kitten hitler, or something else?

I don't think you understand how closely related Europeans and Indians are.

If the burden is too high, there's a risk that future generations will simply decline to care for the elderly who contributed to the problem (childlessness), but then expect the ch…

Perhaps they simply have unrealistic material expectations not in line with individual productivity. In fact, if your expectations are a function of your childless consumption leve…

First one, then the other.

I suppose the high child mortality rates of all the other economic systems tried thus far are preferable. The proximate cause is social collapse, not economic. Maybe the ultimate c…

1. Those are often semi-permanent installs 2. Those must be professionally installed 3. Those are pricey 4. Those are, quite by accident, illegal in North America

It's still impossible for many vehicles. Plus, slim fit car seats are expensive. Here's the cheapest: https://www.amazon.com/Graco-SlimFit3-Forward-Highback-Kunni...

>You can get car seats that do three across in a normal sedan though Only in the last few years, and they require a full size sedan.