I can relate, but my coworkers are so chatty that they can hold the conversation for the both of us and I’m usually just along for the ride. It’s very uncomfortable for me but I value a healthy work environment so I hear them out all the time. I wouldn’t be in the know otherwise so it’s quite valuable.
The water thing is not overblown if you consider that data centers will only use potable water and will not be able to use treated water. Per just one of many studies:
Large data centers can consume up to 5 million gallons per day, equivalent to the water use of a town populated by 10,000 to 50,000 people.
With climate change and the exacerbation of droughts around the world, this puts any source of fresh surface or groundwater at risk of drying up.
Only 3% of Earth’s water is freshwater, and only 0.5% of all water is accessible and safe for human consumption.
This is a growing environmental justice issue (and data centers encourage further energy poverty that I haven’t even addressed, much less the increasing ratio of usage for industry vs residential), and to ignore that we as humans cannot replenish or increase freshwater supplies with any meaningful scale to support life, this becomes a dire issue.
I for one would much rather have water and affordable energy for communities.
Definitely good thinking with incorporating this heat source for a thermal energy network (TEN). It can’t be too close to residentially zoned areas due to noise, but in theory, it’s a massive source of waste heat that can be connected to neighborhoods and business instead.
In my humble opinion, I will add that had these “edgy” bs comments that “kids” say, as Vance defended, been uttered by a person of color or another marginalized group, there would be the absolute hardest-line response. They would bring the hammer down on these ‘r@dical d0mestic terr0rists’, and they wouldn’t stop until their whole network of family and friends felt pain for this misstep, leaving them as an infamous example. Do we see that happening in this case? Will we see similar consequences? This double standard tires me to no end, and it’s seemingly always okay when the “good ol’ boys (and girls’) club” conveniently step out of the spotlight and into comfortable silence. I find this injustice unacceptable.
Boy can I get behind this rant!
Commenting to keep track of this.
I appreciate both of your perspectives. I’m going to hold out hope still that what is being done mobilizes people that wouldn’t normally, and allow for the development of solid goals that protect the most amount of vulnerable communities to carry this movement with longevity. The most I will expect is that we attempt to show each other and ourselves more kindness and grace through this process. Tearing down the walls we’ve built between us is a goal I’ll vote for. We’re more similar than we are different.
It took some time to wrap my brain around this concept but I’m excited to use this to branch out and learn more about how we measure inequality, and to that end, be able to speak to pollution and other environmental burdens on communities that make them more vulnerable than others. If anyone has literature they want to suggest to me on this, I’m all ears!
Impeccable timing encountering this post right before I fall asleep…
Was going to say something similar about the clusterfuck part. That sounds like an absolute logistical nightmare for any small dev team that’s already stretched thin.
I’m actually quite surprised that San Antonio has been resilient against the state’s LGBTQ+ attacks and went full into designating a portion of the city as a Pride Cultural Heritage District. It’s pretty awesome.
Watched the stream linked in the article all the way to the end. Never heard of this before but have been playing Minecraft since the beginning. There were tears shed watching this! Huge thanks to Kurt and all those that donated!
Chef: “It’s baaaad, children, it’s real bad.”
Thank you for this, and keep hanging in there! I get by, and try to manage with hydration always as the first line of defense. Sending you another fist bump of solidarity! 👊🏽
Agreed, but with a caveat - there are a lot of wealthy NYers that would vote for the status quo, but there are far more willing to put a progressive candidate forward in the city. It feels like Adams flew under the radar as being a sellout and didn’t show his true colors until after he was elected (afaik). For NYC to be anything but blue at this point in time would go against an overwhelming majority that actually have the will to prevent a major flip like that, so that seems insanely unlikely.
Second Al Jazeera for sure. I appreciate seeing their reporting. Just a note that the network is owned by the government of Qatar so their news will always have that lens. Can’t remember if I’ve had any concerns so far as I’ve been watching/reading them for years now.
Can’t say enough good things about Democracy Now! with Amy Goodman and their incredible team. Wish I would have known about them sooner since they’ve been around a few decades. I get my news every day from them via listening to their radio broadcast/subscribing to their email list cause I can’t stomach watching the news if it’s not The Daily Show or Last Week Tonight (not news ofc). Their site has a ton of amazing content and it’s free. Highly suggest donating to them if you can: https://www.democracynow.org/
For me, the intro to Fallout 4 always gets that frisson going.
Technology-enhanced trolling ✅ Welcome to the future.