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billwashere

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  • Addiction....

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  • One think I miss from reddit… /r/datahoarder

    These were my people. I probably have 100TB but it certainly isn't in my home directory. I'm not sure if I should be immpressed or freightened.

  • Anybody Who Thinks Orbital Data Centers are a Good Idea Is Suffering from AI Psychosis, Experts Argue

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  • And Bezos apparently…

    https://www.marketwatch.com/story/bezos-says-the-only-thing-holding-back-orbital-data-centers-is-cost-not-science-as-he-says-ai-will-create-jobs-fc49d5d5

    These chucklefucks are just trying to get some sucker… er I mean investor to fund the whole thing so their respective space companies can do the job.

    And after doing to some very cursorary research other issues like…

    • Radiation and reliability - apparently cosmic radiation is a bitch
    • Lifecycle costs - I should have thought about this one. It's not like when a drive dies in space you just drive down to the DC to replace it. And not mention we recycle out compute about every 5-6 years or so.
    • Connection - somebody mention this already in the thread but yeah you ain't hanging a fiber cable to a satellite

  • Anybody Who Thinks Orbital Data Centers are a Good Idea Is Suffering from AI Psychosis, Experts Argue

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  • Two main problems with data centers. Power and cooling. In space the power is doable. The cooling is a major pain in the ass and always has been. There are only three ways to get rid of heat. Conduction, convection, and radiation. The first two don’t work because of the vacuum thing. The third is horribly inefficient. Just look at the ISS and the giant fins that only dumps about 70 kW of waste heat through radiator “wings” that weigh several tons. A single rack in a high density compute rack can generate 100kW by itself.

    So yeah given the expensive and how inefficient it is, it’s a terrible idea.

    Edit: I’m a system architect so dealing with data center heat is something I’m familiar with.

  • Scientists find no link between Tylenol and autism, again, after Trump warning

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  • Newsom Claims to Support National Tax on Billionaires While Opposing It in CA

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  • They are not the same thing. One is a wealth tax. One is an income tax. Rich people don’t pay income taxes.

  • The California billionaire tax is headed to the ballot.The ultrawealthy are bracing for what comes next.

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  • Make it 1% and make it yearly.

  • ‘Thinking He Can Fool Everyone,’ Newsom Backs One Billionaires Tax But Not Another | “The misdirect here is that Newsom is opposing a WEALTH tax on billionaires in his own state and insisting he supp…

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  • Supporting an income tax on wealth proves two things.

    1. He is working with the wealthy which isn’t surprising.
    2. And the common people have no idea how wealth is obtained and maintained.

    The only way to hurt the wealthy is a tax on hoarded money. It needs to be a percentage of money they currently have from whatever means. Which is what they were proposing in CA. Another thing that needs to change is the tax on long term capital gains. It should be commensurate with income tax rates regardless of how long term they are.

  • Feds Killed Polestar and Spared Volvo. That Should Terrify You

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  • And the lack of privacy protocols around everything. It’s a data broker’s wet dream.

    And yes being able to change the TOS after you have purchased something should be criminal to the point of theft since they are essentially stealing functionality and value from a product.

  • As Trump’s Reflecting Pool Disaster Turns ‘Dystopian,’ Fully-Dressed Mamdani Jumps Into NYC Public Pool With a Joyful Smile - “He’s in the running as best mayor NYC has ever had. Look out LaGuardia.”

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  • Ok this sounds like something from a Styx song. Or a 1950s sci-fi movie. Same thing.

  • As Trump’s Reflecting Pool Disaster Turns ‘Dystopian,’ Fully-Dressed Mamdani Jumps Into NYC Public Pool With a Joyful Smile - “He’s in the running as best mayor NYC has ever had. Look out LaGuardia.”

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  • But is it “American flag” blue? … checkmate /s

  • Gavin Newsom calls for national billionaires tax: 'It's time for an economic reset'

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  • Because he knew it would pass in California but likely fail nationwide.

  • More people have been arrested over the Reflecting Pool than the Epstein files

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  • Please don’t follow our lead. The stupid… it hurts.

  • Ferrari marketing boss quits just weeks after EV launch backlash

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  • That’s kinda neat looking honestly.

  • Ferrari marketing boss quits just weeks after EV launch backlash

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  • I totally agree. It looks like a startup made a concept of a vehicle in a movie. It’s not ugly by any means ugly but when I see a Ferrari I KNOW it’s a Ferrari. Same way with a McLaren or a Lamborghini.

  • New York’s Warning for Hakeem Jeffries and Chuck Schumer: They Aren’t the Dominant Force in Their Hometown.

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  • These two are the problem with the Democratic Party in a nutshell.

  • Here’s What It Means to Be a Democratic Socialist - Universal health care, taxing the wealthy and opposition to military aid to Israel are among the movement’s key tenets

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  • Yes sir may I have some more.

    It’s kinda sad that common sense is a platform.

  • Google preps Pixel ‘Audio Memory’ that ambiently tracks your ‘important conversations,’ like AI notetaker pins

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  • TIL what a banchode is….

    “Banchode” (often spelled “banchod” or “benchode”) is a vulgar Hindi/Gujarati slang insult roughly meaning “sister-fucker,” similar in strength to “motherfucker” in English.

  • A Microsoft researcher built a goat-powered LLM in Age of Empires II to prove it's not sentient

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  • Yeah that’s a real prolapse of judgment …

  • Google preps Pixel ‘Audio Memory’ that ambiently tracks your ‘important conversations,’ like AI notetaker pins

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  • How much long before Apple does this if they aren’t already?