CURRENT EVENTS - May

[nycfan]

 

[mpaer]

Thanks Orangeturd
Its under your watch

 

[nycfan]

 

[nycfan]

 

[heelinhell]

She is a very good tap dancer

 

[nycfan]

 

[mpaer]

Oh well
go to hell META

 

[ZenMode]

 

[UNCatTech]

The war on drugs, a never ending clusterfuck.

 

[UNCatTech]

Of course, take credit for Biden's achievements while blaming him for your failures.

I wish he didn't put his damn name on everything. This would probably be worth putting in enough to get the $1k match.

 

[ZenMode]

 

[Mulberry Heel]

I saw another article recently where a data center in opening in Utah that will use more power than the entire state does right now. How in the hell is that not going to crash power grids and drastically drive up power bills for people? If this is the glorious future that AI is bringing to us then maybe we need to do some more serious evaluations of it. But of course we won't, because the high tech companies pushing it are the same ones that currently control much of our political process via campaign funding and lobbying, and they're determined to ram this down everyone's throats whether they (and we) want it or not.

 

[superrific]

I saw another article recently where a data center in opening in Utah that will use more power than the entire state does right now. How in the hell is that not going to crash power grids and drastically drive up power bills for people? If this is the glorious future that AI is bringing to us then maybe we need to do some more serious evaluations of it. But of course we won't, because the high tech companies pushing it are the same ones that currently control much of our political process via campaign funding and lobbying.

The solution isn't less AI.

It's a better power grid and more wind/solar power.

 

[nycfan]

I saw another article recently where a data center in opening in Utah that will use more power than the entire state does right now. How in the hell is that not going to crash power grids and drastically drive up power bills for people? If this is the glorious future that AI is bringing to us then maybe we need to do some more serious evaluations of it. But of course we won't, because the high tech companies pushing it are the same ones that currently control much of our political process via campaign funding and lobbying, and they're determined to ram this down everyone's throats whether they (and we) want it or not.

Many of these mega data centers are building their own power supply — mostly natural gas and battery backup systems that store energy from the grid during low use times, though there is also nuclear power development underway.

 

[nycfan]

 

[nycfan]

 

[dukeman92]

 

[ZenMode]

 

[farce©]

Raise taxes

 

[Calheel]

I’ll be sad to see if Spirit goes. It often had significantly cheaper flights - especially if you didn’t need luggage or care about seat selection. It was great for solo travelers. As the low cost carriers fold, the majors continue to jack rates. This is not good for consumers.