No. Next fucking question. I'd rather data centers have brown-outs than schools.
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We all see this coming, but the billionaires and our state/county/city leaders assure us everything will be fair and fine.
Same deal with water. It will be 100 degrees and data centers will be draining local water supplies, while residents will be told not to water their flowers or take too many showers.
Fuck all this.
It will be 100 degrees and data centers will be draining local water supplies, while residents will be told not to water their flowers or take too many showers.
Wasn't this already the case like 2 years ago in Texas? Except I remember the governor telling people to drink less water and shower together when possible to save water for the data centers.
I love that their solution is to not use the thing that the data centers are supposed to be for.
Oh don't worry, people in Silicon Valley won't feel the restrictions and will be running their OpenClaw-type chained agents all night long doing absolutely nothing of worth.
I'll be so sad when the CEOs get Luigi'd.
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In Virginia during the fifa World Cup there are a lot of pro data center ads funded by a group that was created for this purpose called Virginia Connects.
It’s the usual shitbags lying to the public to make it sound like data centers are good
Are they in cahoots with the PACs that support pro AI candidates? (Are they the same groups? I really don't know.)
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California: 80% of water use is agricultural and industrial but who do they lean on in drought years? Jimmy fucking John and minute showers. Corporations will not budge without force so state goes after the soft target.
Same play here.
California also has the stupidest water rights with “use it or lose” it clauses that counters any incentives to become more efficient. A couple families control a ridiculous amount of water rights.
The problem is that data centers don't need water, they need cooling, and water is suitable for that because it's the cheapest. They could do the cooling in many other ways, but it costs money
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So it's official now. AI comes before schools, and before children. Welp. So much for thinking about the children.
The children only matter in election cycles
The children only matter when they can't speak for themselves.
That way they can't disagree. It's why they put so much emphasis on the unborn. Once they can speak their own opinion, they're worthless.
and before they're born.
The perception that children matter only exists in election cycles.
They never really matter.
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We need Anonymous to do something about data centers.
Well, we are working on it, cuz.
Remember, data centers need internet to function. Usually.
I prefer calling them clanker lairs
Wretched hives of scum and villAIny
We need ~~Anonymous~~ to do something about data centers.
Don't wait for others to save us.
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Please sir...can I have some more....electricity
said the poor school to the billionaires
I guess they could light a data center on fire to keep warm and not run their heaters? Win/win?
(Also I hope it’s very obvious to everyone this is a joke, I’m not trying no to incite or encourage violence in any way at all).
I'm just amazed at the grotesquely huge amounts of copper they have in those datacenters.
I also hope that data centers "don't" get burnt down. How "un"satisfying would that be. While I'm at it, I hope no one kills the trillionaire.
County with 37 datacenters can go fuck itself with a cactus.
here come the brownouts motherfuckers...
Are they keeping profits from data centres away from schools?
Educating the kids would be a waste of taxpayer dollars. The only training they need is how to mow the grass around the data centres.
I actually saw a robotic mower doing that job just a few months ago. I think it was around a school.
Well then we just let them starve and blame them for being homeless.
But also, don't forget to teach AI and use AI in your school!
https://www.vaco.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/HenricoGenerativeAIPreparingForDigitalAge.pdf
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I guess they’re in the FO part of FAFO. I really hope this kind of stuff wakes people up enough to do something about it.
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Don’t need school if you have chat gpt /s
I just yelled "what!" outload.
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