Very fitting and fun read, thanks for sharing it!

Alphafold was definitely a better era for intentional AI use, assuming that’s the kind of thing you mean.

I think there is some difference. In the UK, children’s home providers are contracted out and effectively paid rent, creating the incentive structure you’re highlighting.

But in Denmark most of these homes are owned by the municipal governments themselves, not rented. It’s broadly just a government service, not a rent contract market.

This BBC article has a great infographic that breaks down the difference, and does a better job highlighting the ideas in general: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwy2vxp48y8o

One of the many reasons that using centralized exchanges and custodians defeats the purpose of using cryptocurrencies at all.

Provincially the Conservatives are campaigning on privatizing healthcare. They also do not whip votes on abortion rights, and routinely put forward bills to ban it. Some Conservative party members literally met with the U.S admin to ask for support in seceding from Canada.

It may have once been true that a Canadian Conservative would be closer to the Democratic party, but the landscape is changing.

The Liberals are hardly a labour party, I’d say by this metric both of them are backwards.

I had the exact same realization recently when our internet went down for a few days. I have a local LLM on my PC, and used it as a fake Google search, and to help me troubleshoot a couple programs. Not always accurate, but it did feel cool to have basically an internet search on my disconnected computer.