Average boomer contemplating their kids.

So in other words, the things they are wishing for are what kill you early.

That’s been true in Japan for a long time, for many things that saw boom-and-bust expansions. Theme parks are a really cool example of this, where Japan built a TON of regional theme parks in the 90s, only for them to become defunct and abandoned as tourist revenue dried up (or failed to materialize in the first place). Difference here is that while a defunct theme park is also less viable than a solar array, a golf course doesn’t require significant demo first.

As well as the dwindling subsidies, mega solar projects have faced increasing opposition from communities concerned about deforestation, landslides and changes to landscapes. Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has also been vocal in her opposition to such developments.

…using all the land technically suitable for solar and wind could produce 14 times Japan’s annual electricity generation. The country has the space, but that isn’t translating into actual construction, he said.

Okay, both the headline and the article contents are wrong. There is, in fact, tons of space. The issue is not space, it’s cost and permits. “Japan Has No Appetite for Solar Farms Apart from Old Golf Courses” would be more accurate.

I don’t know, Unlicense is still an OSS license, and imo that’s what vibe code should mostly be.

No state does. States are just political constructs.

As an American, I hope they do. Right now foreign arms sales subsidizes and keeps viable a lot of our defense industry. Here’s hoping a lot of them will collapse, and we can stop being the world’s arms dealer.

They’re villains created by transphobes?

Had to use 'runk", because 'runc" is already taken. :P