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Re:Microsoft Wins Pentagon’s $10B Contract by reaperducer on Friday October 25, 2019 @11:40PM (#21361556)
I lived in Texas during both the big northeast blackout and during the (previous) electricity crisis in California. Both times it was a big point of pride among Texans that their grid was independent of the coasts.
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Re:Microsoft Wins Pentagon’s $10B Contract by mattrp on Friday October 25, 2019 @11:44PM (#21361576)
Wouldn’t you be proud of the fact that your state government hadn’t mismanaged its infrastructure into the dark ages (pun intended)?
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Re:Microsoft Wins Pentagon’s $10B Contract by brobdingnagians on Saturday October 26, 2019 @08:48AM (#21363320)
Very proud :) I think more local government means people can have more control over the things that they value. People can actually influence the priorities of government nearby; far away governments don't tend to reflect my priorities.
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Re:Microsoft Wins Pentagon’s $10B Contract by reaperducer on Friday October 25, 2019 @11:48PM (#21361595)
During my years as a temporary Texan, I found many reasons to be proud of Texas, but the electrical grid thing seemed a little over-jingoistic.
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