People seriously underestimate how many problems with the American economy are just caused by stupid shit like nimbyism that we could just stop doing. It’s more interesting to think that there are these structural problems that require radical action
— Aleph (@woke8yearold) April 10, 2025
NIMBYism is one of the worst of these. It’s reduced potential GDP likely by 30%. I’d guess more like 50%.
This is what I do routinely as well. I am the final tier. Often when I get a problem, it’s been through three layers of helpdesk at two different vendors, two or three levels of sysadmin types, several tiers of developers, and frequently even more resources than that.
Many times, a team of 2-10+ people has been working the issue for weeks.
Most of those problems I solve in 20 minutes or less. When you’ve been doing the same sort of thing since 1980 and professionally for 25 years, you’ve seen a whole lot. And I just have a brain that is optimized for troubleshooting for some reason — probably because I have a great memory, accept nothing at face value from anyone, try things everyone “knows” cannot be the cause, and am relentless. These qualities take you very far in figuring shit out.
I expect the US to be firmly in depression by early- to mid-2026. After that, it’s a bit more nebulous but if Trump is still healthy I’d expect a coup attempt in 2028. It’ll probably succeed. That means no getting out of the depression for a long while.
This is now all just rampant speculation, but my guess is that since Trump really has no successor to speak of and likely never will, that we emerge from depression conditions around 2032 when semi-normal elections resume. This will occur of course because Trump is not in office for whatever reason.
I hope this catastrophe was all worth defeating woke? Sure doesn’t seem like it to me. But I hope it does as you and your family are starving with no job and no future.
Yesterday, I hit a really important and extremely difficult-to-reach milestone for the major project I’ve been working on since July 2024. It’s taken me around 1,000 hours of actual labor time to hit this waypoint. This is the project I am doing completely by myself that normally a team of 8-10 people would be undertaking.
And no one said congratulations or thank you or anything. No one acknowledged it all. And that kind of sucks, since what I am doing will directly lead to $2 million+ in revenue.
At least they compensate me insanely well as management realizes they’d have to hire 4-6 people to replace me. I will have to let that fat paycheck be my consolation.
these aren't even horribly bloated rocket dev cuts, just research missions that for pennies advance knowledge by miles. profoundly decel. https://t.co/fMGEyl44oz
— psychosomatica (@Xenoimpulse) April 12, 2025
We have become the stupidest nation on earth. America has been trending that way for a while, but we finally made it.
Enoy your refrigerator boxes by the side of the road, MAGA idiots. You’ll be living there soon enough.
Researchers discover why plastic sheds dangerous fragments.
Fifty and out: How Gen X became the biggest work losers.
America Is Now One Giant Milgram Experiment.
Sex Workers Already Predicted There’s A Recession Coming — Here’s How They Know.
Jamie Dimon says Gen Z has no reason to be depressed—as long as there’s no nuclear war they’ll have an ‘unbelievable life.’ Except for the Trump Depression rolling in.
The McMansion is a manifestation of power and wealth meant to communicate that power and wealth to others as explicitly as possible, and that it does so in a country besieged by brutal and inescapable income inequality. That’s an actual mansion (not a McMansion), just a crappy one.