Not really true. People tend to look at GDP as the measure of an economy but war time economies distort the picture of economic productivity that GDP provides. If I go out and buy a car, I have first of all put money into the economy but then I drive the car and do things like go to work or shop and further contribute to the economy. If the government buys a tank and at worst it is destroyed or at best it goes off to fight a war to expand territory that is of little value in the long run, it has made no further contribution. That value is completely lost once the tank is paid for. Now if the government builds a bridge. Then, like the car, that will increase economic activity like allowing people to travel and go to work. However, bridge, the tank, and the car are all counted toward GDP just the same.

Patrick Boyle has a pretty good run down on youtube of why GDP is a misleading measure when applied to war time economies.

Drink 2 Mountain Dews to unlock more searches.

Kagi isn’t bad at not serving up crap, but it requires a subscription eventually.

Also it’s completely not repairable. Don’t get something bespoke unless you can afford it.

It’s better than google for a lot of searches. That is until whatever AI platform you are using enshitifies.

Also, the way SEO is gamed, it’s really hard to unenshittify the internet. It’s not just their ads, it’s everyone making fake bullshit that pulls the right levers to get to the top of a search.

Why would I google something when the first answer is an inferior AI to chatgpt. I’ll just use a better AI.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Is-GI8PfHkE

Oh, you’re not a real one?

Also the bond route. Argentina style economic policies.

Let’s get back to our controlled opposition roots.

Reinventing the wheel.

Get a load of the back her knees. Wowy.

The way it writes marketing copy is absolutely perfect. It was so formulaic to begin with.

Modern day trolley problem. Do you ram the Dodge Ram?

Trump University.

People are leaking to get Musk kicked out. Imagine how ill-behaved one must be to get kicked out of that room.

We can only hope they all end the same way twice.

I thought Jane’s Addiction’s whole vibe was that he didn’t give a fuck about the vocals.

It’s great for explaining snippets of code.

I’m an engineer and can vibe code some features, but you still have to know wtf the program is doing over all. AI makes good programmers faster, it doesn’t make ignorant people know how to code.