@seanmdav Might want to revisit that cooling claim. A vacuum does nothing to aid cooling. Heat has to be transferred to another medium, typically air or water.
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DB Joeseph
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Or put your precious data centers in space. Free solar, no need cooling. Win-win. Ask Elon for help on how to get your stuff up there, as he seems to be the only one interested in doing the work without handouts or special pleading.
Sean Davis@seanmdav
When Big Tech 1) demands and then funds all the nuclear reactors needed to power its digital global surveillance operation, 2) brings in its own water instead of depleting rural aquifers (its backers claim it’s a “closed loop” water system, so it’s just a one-time investment they’ll need to make, and I see no reason they can’t use seawater and make the choice to fund any desalination and delivery infrastructure), 3) agrees to hire only American workers for American data centers, 4) cuts the American public in for a share of its massive computing profits, and 5) pays reparations for all the business and lives they destroyed with their commie nonsense over the last decade, I’ll be open to the idea of letting them build out data centers in the U.S. Until then, they’re the exact same bunch of communists who funded BLM, censored Americans from telling the truth about basically anything, deplatformed their political enemies, and offshored American jobs until they were allowed to import millions of inept and anti-American foreign laborers to replace actual Americans. Their new “we gotta beat China!” rhetoric is just empty BS meant to con the rubes until the commie billionaire oligarchs can suck the American host dry and move on to the next thing they plan to destroy.
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@shipwreckedcrew Unless you subdivide the supreme Court into smaller lower courts and have an upper court to review and possibly overturn, I don't see how 15 is more workable than 9.
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I understand that.
But why is it not the case that the Court says "We have 9, but given the growth of the lower courts, we need 15, and we will add one new member every 4 years until we reach that number" -- leaving it to the political branches to fill the slots as they are created in the manner set forth in the Constitution.
Hall of Famer Tw!tter Person@SOLockwood
@shipwreckedcrew Only the President can appoint members of the Court, w/the A&C of the Senate (A.II/S.3). The Judiciary Act is a limit on how many appointments the President may make. The Court can't appoint its own members.
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@JackOtter @Uber @Uber_Support How about when you get a normal ride request, go to the pickup point only to find out only then that it's a reserved ride and they expect you to wait around for a half hour?
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Hey @uber: If you are going to give users the ability to reserve cars ahead of time, you have to solve for last-second driver cancellations. My airport ride cancelled at pickup time, and it took 33 minutes for me to get another ride. That is terrible service. @Uber_Support
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Chicago doesn't die, we multiply.
After declining by about 65,000 during the pandemic, Chicago’s population now has grown for a third straight year, according to new data released Thursday by the U.S. Census Bureau.
Via: @Suntimes 👈🏼
#ChicagoHistory ☑️
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Well, somebody has to make the sandwiches
Gita Gopinath@GitaGopinath
A painting of the end of meritocracy: A meeting of the two largest economies and not one woman at the table.
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@christopherrufo Probably also lets them make unsupervised calls...
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Gavin Newsom's "porn for prisoners" program is going viral.
"Prisoners are using the state-issued tablets for nefarious and lurid purposes. We have the receipts—and this is something the governor's office simply cannot defend."
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@BuzzPatterson Should have seen the boneyards after WW2, and the massive number of ships anchored prior to disposal.
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THE BONEYARD
Ever wonder what happens to our retired military aircraft?
Welcome to the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group (AMARG) at Davis-Monthan AFB in Tucson, Arizona — America’s massive “Boneyard.”
This is the world’s largest aircraft storage facility, spanning over 2,600 acres of desert with thousands of planes parked in perfect rows. From fighters and bombers to transports and tankers, these birds are preserved in the dry, low-humidity Arizona air that keeps them from corroding.
As a former Air Force pilot, I can tell you it’s not just a graveyard — it’s a strategic asset. We harvest parts for active fleets, scrap what’s done, and can even pull jets back into service when needed.
American ingenuity and power projection at its finest. God bless our military and the men and women who keep our skies dominant. 🇺🇸✈️
Aviation@xAviation
The largest airplane boneyard in the world. Some stored. Some scrapped. Some waiting to fly again. 📹: diecastryan
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@JustineBateman This happens every few years something new comes along and then everybody's got to have it. 90% of the investment goes down the crapper. But there's always something new coming along. Rinse and repeat.
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What's most interesting to me is the language used, here and by many Tech Bros, re: AI.
"We have to..." "Don't be left behind..." "You're not keeping up..." "Going to make your life easier and better..." "You have to understand..." "We have to use it."
Patently ridiculous language.
No one "has to" use anything. Everyone is on their own path and no one is "being left behind" at any point.
Use of this type of language is nothing but an attempt to introduce fear and a lack of choice to you.
You have nothing to fear, and you have free will, always.
That is never not true. Never.
Bridget Phetasy@BridgetPhetasy
was there a luncheon or something
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it's a 2000 acre datacenter on a 40,000 acre property, and the rest of the area will be left as vacant grazing land. these grifters are spinning this to get you to assume the actual data center covers 62 square miles. this is part of the datacenter psyop. it's just another insane stupid lie.
Eric Moutsos@realericmoutsos
🚨The World’s Largest Data Center in Box Elder County, Utah. A massive 40,000-acre (62 square mile) hyperscale data center — the largest in the world — is being proposed in Box Elder County, backed by Canadian billionaire Kevin O’Leary. The project is being fast-tracked by Utah’s Military Installation Development Authority with the support of Governor Spencer Cox, while completely bypassing public input and transparency. Utah, get ready for a projected 50% spike in CO2 emissions, strained and polluted water resources, and constant 24/7 noise.
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@Timcast I think a physical fitness for all should be required. If we're paying their salaries, we should make a few demands.
Also, an annual, full-intensive audit by the IRS, the results are a public record.
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@Austen I bet they didn't buy directly from Apple. They probably went through a third party NGO that took their cut.
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That’s $2,000 per iPad by the way
Christopher F. Rufo ⚔️@christopherrufo
EXCLUSIVE: California spent nearly $189 million to give every state prisoner a free iPad. We interviewed a dozen death row inmates, who told us that prisoners are using the tablets to watch porn, engage in x-rated chats, and groom minors on the outside. city-journal.org/article/death-…
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@RossDellenger Only conference champions should be in the playoff. Maybe this will lead to the dissolution of 18+ team conferences. Reduce them to 10 teams. Every team can play every other team in the conference each year, with 3 non-conference games.
Bring back rivalries!
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Jim Phillips says ESPN officials have been "pretty clear" that they want the playoff to remain at 12 and if it does expand, not to expand beyond 16 teams.
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@iowahawkblog Only conference champtions should be eligible for the playoffs. Maybe this will lead to the dissolution of 18+ team conferences and reduce them back to 10. That way every team can play every other team in the conference with 3 non-conference games. Bring back rivalries.
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Who died and put a cable TV channel in charge of college football?
Ross Dellenger@RossDellenger
Jim Phillips says ESPN officials have been "pretty clear" that they want the playoff to remain at 12 and if it does expand, not to expand beyond 16 teams.
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@BasedMikeLee These represent real work. Something many leftists, particularly the elite, don't want to do.
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How long before leftists try taking over trade schools?
Wall Street Mav@WallStreetMav
Blue-collar jobs jump 84,000 while white-collar jobs fell again. Turns out America still needs welders more than assistant diversity coordinators.
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@pelositracker @JamesOKeefeIII There are always people acting on his behalf. If he trusts them (like his cabinet secretaries) he lets them run with the ball until they fumble.
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Breaking: Two Trump White House officials were caught on a hidden camera, per @JamesOKeefeIII
The First is Maxim Lott, Special Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy
Second is Benjamin Ellisten, Senior Budget Analyst and Fund Manager for the White House
They admitted:
• Trump is using $1B of tax payer money to retrofit his new plane
• Domestic policy decisions are made based on what "feels like a good idea"
• No formal cost-benefit analysis exists for major policy calls
• Staff bypass the Oval Office and act on their own interpretation of Trump's preferences
• Ellisten called Trump "a madman" and said "We've got to get rid of him"
There appears to be people in the White House acting on Trumps behalf without his direct approval
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