This problem is not isolated to Japan. Countries all across the world are facing the same issue and have been for a number of years.

Create a shitty, miserable, society with no rights or support, and people do not want to bring children into it.... who'd guess?

The flannel has been wrung dry to the detriment of the working class; there is no where to go, no more water to squeeze from them. This is global society / capitalism falling apart.

If this were the 90s, this would be a print advert for the SEGA genesis console / games

I remember when Clinton only had to get a BJ from a sexy little intern and he's up for impeachment. Do you remember?

This is what happens when Trump doesn't get his way and he throws his toys out of the pram.

Yeah, most are registered with RICS. This one also owns a company that is an estate agency as well. As soon as I saw that, it clicked why he sounded really excited at it and then poof gone.

the deputies were called by a store employee who allegedly assumed she was a transgender woman.

It's Walmart to blame here, not so much the police. You guys need to boycott Walmart or whatever. Are things so bad that it's literally illegal to be trans now that Walmart calls the police on you?

Continuous Professional Development (CPD) is a trait of professional careers. Do you think doctors, nurses, etc only study on work time?

If you're not in such a professional field, discuss remuneration for doing it in your free time as the company will benefit. You need to figure out how much you want for a raise, and if things fall through remind them you'll be more employable and you can go elsewhere after passing. Maybe even push for an early raise now to keep you as it seems they like you.

programmer here too: use them daily!

Uhm, REST/GraphQL APIs exist for this very purpose and are considerably faster.

Note, the AI still gets stuck in a loop near the end asking for more info, needing an email, then needing a phone number, and the gibber isn't that much faster than spoken word with the huge negative that no nearby human can understand it to check that what it's automating is correct!

Good stuff. I always thought the image was being used in a nefarious way but haven't had time to investigate

They survey the building to make sure it's fit for habitation, what problems may arise and then write a detailed report and charge you loads of money for it.

Even if they toss it you’ll feel better for having written it.

Unfortunately, the property market is heating up now for spring, so I need to spend my time wisely. I think I'm just going to can all the listed properties of this estate agency. It's their fault that I couldn't have made an offer earlier because they refused to show me the basement because "they never had the key for it" - a common excuse from dodgy agencies - and with there being no photos of the basement it sounds fishy. I know it leaks, it's a 100yo property and neighbours have told me theirs does, but I think the agency wanted me to put an offer down without seeing it. When I specifically asked questions about it, they went unanswered, so I'm thinking maybe cracks.

Strange, huh!

"AI" has existed since the 70s in terms of computing. In terms of the theory, much further back.

Isn't it interesting that the more "developed" countries have the lowest birth rates.

I never believe "well, there's someone worse off than you" is ever the answer.

Otherwise, you being held in a basement, chained up, raped daily, mothering kids by your abuser is not a bad situation because, "hey, there's someone worse off than you."

Esterline make specialised keyboards that are specifically for sterile environments which have this feature. You press a button, the keys are ignored and you can wipe the keyboard down.

https://www.advancedinput.com/medigenic

Found the AI slop to 'persuade' people. The entire account looks sus.

during the long learning curve, one is usually grossly underpaid and sometimes scammed and or cheated.

See, that's the issue on such sites. Posters want a whole (e.g. e-commerce) project done for $100 because, "it won't take long" and then challenge your quotes with "well, I can get someone in bum|f*ck|land to do it for $100...". A game I don't want to play.

And sticking around and building a rep for a year is difficult when such sites have lots of scammers and sock accounts actively challenging you to make you look bad and their other alt accounts look good.

And this is how I see Linux quickly unravelling and planned insecurities creeping in over the next decade or so.