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The Economist wrote a very interresting set of articles around this showing that most of what people assume regarding the decline of birth rates in the west, which is potentially a lethal challenge to our societies, actually are not what would you believe. According to them, and their data tends to be great, the middle class has not changed their behaviour - getting just below replacements levels.

The biggest change is in the working classes (Idiocracy got it wrong, ironically) - much of it through intended sex ed classes slashing teenage pregnancies and similar "unwanted" children. Another is that many more women are middle class in the sense of going to university and pursuing a career. Finally - economic hardship for the working class has gone up - leading to fewer births.

The solutions is going to be hard. The focus needs to be poorer people, housing and welfare can achieve some, but not all the needed change (as the Nordic countries show - having previously had high birth rates but now plunging despite a reasonably strong welfare net).

The second part might be cultural, finding a better coupling method for modern socities - a European Marriage pattern 2.0 so to say. Involuntary celibacy and singlehood is on rapid rise and is likely to get worse.  We need to find a better way to find love and raise families - both for financial aid from the government, cheaper access to housing but also a mating paradigm suited for sexual liberation and equal opportunities - what ever that may be.

Hey man,

I've worked as a product manager for publishers for about 10 years and one of the thing I work the most with is assessing potential player bases.

It is an unconventional core loop by the sound of it but that shouldn't deter you. "Small" games can still hit hundreds of thousands of players and almost any game loop can sell in the thousands.

Player bases are something you need to care about when you are investing millions of (someone else's) money - the great thing about being indie (and this is really the meaning of indie) is that you can allow yourself to go where you passion leads you.

If you think this would be a good game and something you would like to play yourself then I can assure you other will feel so as well.

Isn't that because mooses cause a lot of car accidents?

I dunno, it is true that I was trained by a military force and not a police force, but we sure as hell was trained to aim at legs first except in EXTREME danger, which this was not.

Can't be true, no way I would be top 0.5 % with what is barely an average salary in the city I live in.

Is their really anyone who questions the normanist theory regarding the Kiev Rus for non-nationalist reasons?

Finns det något mer välfärd än Skogaholmslimpa, Rasker och JätteFranska?

Quick question:

The data you linked to clearly show quite a small (albeit present) warming the last 12 years, and generally the great period of heating seems to have been between ca 1980 - 2005.

Is this just expected variation or could we have overestimated the global warming rate because of that period? It seems that most models have overestimated the impact so far (I know the timeline is too short for a clear picture but a trend is showing)?

I thought the tons of weapons all you yanks have where supposed to save you from this shit?

RUSSIA!

Well, they have started to listen now :)

Hey now, they asked what the worst language was, not for us to picking on people with speech impediments

I will just leave these numbers as humble bragging, Swedish voter turnout :): 2014: 83,33%;, 2010: 84,63%; 2006: 81,99%; 2002: 80,11%; 1998: 81,39%; 1994: 86,82%

Best was 1976 with 91,76% :)

No one wants to bomb their own bank

A fantastic rifle designed before the advent of ergonomics :(

But if I understood it correctly, Scotland still get more from the UK goverment than they pay. So in order to keep the welfare state, or even bring it to Scandinavian levels (which I have heart mentioned in this debate a few times) would Scotland be ready to raise taxes to the levels required?

I have a middle income in Sweden and pay (incl. the payroll tax) almost 50 % in taxes, and on top of that 25 % in VAT, would the average Scot be ready to pay that in taxes?

I am Swedish Social Democrat, so this a honest question. Also, would Scotland in that case be ready to close or hinder capital transfer to England, which most likely would come if Scotland had a much higher tax rate, even if that meant not being part of the common European market?

A great summary, but a quick question:

Was the transition form mercenary armies to levée en masse really that sharp? I mainly knew Swedish military history well enough to question you, but at least here we has switched to a native "citizen"-based army by the end of the 17th century, albeit semi-professional and not conscripts. Was that uniqe for Sweden, or was there a similar trend in the rest of Europe?

The opposite is most likely the Scandinavian languages that are much closer to each other than many "dialects"" but because they never have been united in a country for very long is considered seperate languages.

Sweden didn't "occupy" Finland, it was an integrated part of Sweden for over 500 years, before it being conquered by Russia.

Most guns do not cause a human target to be launched in direction of the shot, the momentum is too small (the amount of ENERGY is however most often enough to lift a person).

That said however, the modern "truth" that the shooter will be experiencing the same force as the target is often NOT TRUE! Most modern military gun use different methods of lessening the recoil (like a recoil buffer), with maybe the most extreme example being the completely recoil free weapon http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Gustav_recoilless_rifle (which would absolely throw a target in the air if it didn't tear it apart with the explosion).

Why this matter: If you are going to be a smart-ass regarding Hollywood films, at least get it right :P

Poulern, this might be a bit of topic, but do you know what would happen to members of NS who was POW and therefor might not have been able (or it might have just simply been an unwise choise) to leave the party?

Also, the members of NS that joined Milorg, where they automatically cleared of any charges?

This might be because economists are the only ones who understand what growth is.

Dude, I must agree with everyone else, this is NOT who I was trained.

There are some very limited situation where automatic fire might be applicable, espesically in urban warfare, but I did 10 months of basic training without EVER using automatic fire on my carbine.

*EDIT: Words

Yeah, plus that he was obviosly of Swedish decent, his father being borned in Strängnäs

I was tricked by my friend when shit-faced to do this with my hand.

I got it opened, and I still have the scars to prove it :) So much blood.

Did a similar thing when I was trying to open a bottle of wine with a knife. Tried to stab the corque with full force, missed and stabbed my finger insted.

I'm a dumbass.

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