• OpenStars@piefed.social
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    19 hours ago

    Most of us left Reddit several years ago now, but isn’t this still one of the top refrains across the Threadiverse? Besides fuck tankies, cars, and conservatives I mean, there is fuck spez? Very “impactful” then, plus were not his actions the epitome of what you described - to get his while the getting was good, no matter what he might destroy in the process? So, locally great, not so much to ring through the ages, unless someone asks how the threaded forum-style Fediverse got its start.

    Isn’t English an awesomely terrible language?

    Abso-fucking-lutely so indeed!

    Tbf, I don’t mean to suggest that data centers are going to bring about the end of all life on earth as we know it… at least not alone, though they may hasten that end goal rather than stave it off, especially locally for people who increasingly have less agency over their lives, particularly in the sense of securing sufficient water.

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      18 hours ago

      sufficient water.

      And/or having the ability to relocate to higher ground due to rising sea level…

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        17 hours ago

        Yes, and data centers are specifically depleting the available water (and RAM) supply, thereby generating anxiety about that fact.

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              4 hours ago

              But the manufacturers are supposed to be coerced into competition by the magic market, delivering products for the lowest possible prices…

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                4 hours ago

                Turns out that was a lie - instead they only did it for maximum profits… for themselves, obviously.

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