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Re:US voters roundly reject data centers in ballot measures on Wednesday November 04, 2026 @10:26AM (#50366947)
Not only steamrolled but, and at the fault of local BOS, hand-tied under NDAs. Nothing will give voters a worse distrust of leadership than being willingly gagged. Oh and in some cases, for personal gain: https://www.richmonder.org/a-chesterfield-employee-who-helpe...
Haha
That's right. Jevon's Paradox won't matter when token prices are falling by orders of magnitude
desperate and unoriginal
Re:Xi's 'death watch' will become a global spectacle on Wednesday October 14, 2026 @09:42AM (#50087692)
"It's fair to say that 80 percent of the world's problems involve old men hanging on who are afraid of death and insignificance, and they won't let go," - Barak Obama
Pacing the frontier is a front to get federal regulators/evaluators involved that they can then point to open source usage and cry "look they're not being safe!"
Re:US Suspends Visa Program for Tech Firms Including Microsoft on Thursday October 08, 2026 @02:46PM (#50010201)
Yes all they had to do was invest 600 billion in US investment
This right here
Re:Finland orders halt to work on two Google data centres on Tuesday October 06, 2026 @02:56PM (#49982527)
Seem to "falling short of high standards" in a lot of places: https://www.12onyourside.com/2026/10/05/state-regulators-all...
Re:No Signs of AI in the Productivity Data on Monday October 05, 2026 @01:09PM (#49967541)
It's because the outsized spend of AI build-out is in the denominator. Give it some time
As someone who's read all of his books and experienced the generations being studied I'd say he's been spot on and is extremely knowledgeable. One study that does not propose alternative views and cites "selling a lot of books" comes off to me as someone with an agenda. No thanks.
Re:LinkedIn Larpmaxxing on Wednesday September 30, 2026 @07:49PM (#49915967)
r/LinkedInLunatics
Re:Apple's New CEO Seeks to Make Company Run Faster and Leane on Wednesday September 30, 2026 @11:30AM (#49910277)
He's been an engineering leader for over 20 years at Apple.
They need to pay for the infrastructure upgrades to water and electric when it inevitably exceeds capacity
Re:The American Age Is Over on Wednesday September 16, 2026 @10:42AM (#49727807)
Agreed. We've been in much much worse positions in the past. We will fix ourselves and _hopefully_ learn from our mistakes.
Re:GM to Offer Apple CarPlay After Shift Away from the System on Tuesday September 15, 2026 @01:41PM (#49716002)
it would have been a dealbreaker for me. bought a 26 GMC and CarPlay integrates with the voice-assist button on the steering wheel as well as prevents you from doing unsafe stuff like browsing/sending texts. basically, pushes you to keep your eyes on the road
Re:Thanks to Siri Recaps, your Apple Watch is always listening on Thursday September 10, 2026 @09:58AM (#49643819)
which part amuses you? the one where the former uploads all your data to the cloud only to be mismanaged and surveilled or the where the latter doesn't?
Re:Being Ambitious and Being a Dad on Wednesday August 19, 2026 @01:11PM (#49364270)
I live in a neighborhood of older retired folks and I get this vibe from them as well when walking my younger kids. Their faces light up with joy. Just another season in life I suppose. Let's enjoy it while we can.
Re:Being Ambitious and Being a Dad on Wednesday August 19, 2026 @01:04PM (#49364177)
I can honestly say, I think there was a chemical change in my brain or a biological equivalent when my kids were born. That is to say, something more primal than the "love" you can get from a spouse/SO; you feel it in your bones, deep down, always on and changed forever.
Re:Remote work benefits are much bigger than a paycheck on Tuesday August 18, 2026 @01:08PM (#49348859)
This is really it. The biggest advantages of being remote are only unlocked with full remote.
Very similar experience. Bought a v8 GMC for RVing and while turbo v6s can handle similar payloads, the turbos themselves break very often. The v8 sound and feel is a nice extra benefit.
I don't have all the numbers but as someone who lives in VA and has had their power bill _double_ over the last year, I'd be hard-pressed to think DCs are commonly paying their fair share when tariffs like this need to be passed: https://virginiamercury.com/2026/08/05/scc-orders-dominion-t...
Re:Silicon Valley sees AI as the solution – for everyone else on Wednesday August 05, 2026 @11:16AM (#49184144)
Using AI as leverage for labor is myopic. The businesses that thrive will be the ones that use it to automate and allow its employees to go deeper and innovate. The fish can rot from the head or not.
Because they’re low quality trash
Re:Apple overtakes Nvidia as most valuable company on Monday July 27, 2026 @12:02PM (#49071519)
I think this ignores the potential impact of local AI across 2+B devices that no longer need SOTA models for the majority of use-cases. What does that do to datacenter demand?
Re:Be skeptical of OpenAI's rogue hacker agent story on Friday July 24, 2026 @03:28PM (#49040560)
My take is why not both? It’s good cover to use something that’s eventually going to happen and their name will be associated with the first.

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