wait how does that add up? why and how would smokers contribute more?

your second argument about healthy people living longer and therefore costing more (BC of receiving more pension is the argument I guess?) would apply to any treatment, including obesity, right?

Do you want to talk about it?

Don’t waste your energy, Lemmy is far beyond saving to reach a nuanced view on generative AI.

keep proving my point my man

funny how AI brings out the worst in people. and I don’t mean the users

immeasurably shitty? go touch some grass.

you mean this statement? https://www.theregister.com/2026/01/08/linus_versus_llms_ai_slop_docs/?td=rt-3a

If yes, your statement does not really match what Linus said.

As someone who had very different experiences with women and prefers opening up to them over men, I can assure you that there is a healthier way of living out there and I hope you can let go of your bitterness some day.

Third time’s the farm

Tankie or not, i giggled

When will people finally stop parroting this sentence? It completely misses the point and answers nothing.

I was sure that alkaline has a higher energy density than NiMH but you are right, they don’t. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_commercial_battery_types Thanks for the correction.

Man chill, he’s right, single use batteries have a higher energy density than rechargable ones. And somehow everybody is misreading that OP was talking about built-in chargers.

Not an argument not to use rechargable ones though