Yes, but this is AI we are talking about, which is just as likely to hallucinate a suggestion that sounds good but doesn't work...

Well, water in particular is generally *very* local, whereas the economic impact of the data center is very distributed; thus a locality pays a disproportionate cost, even if the data center is, on the larger scale, a win.

Secondarily, they are largely being used to run AI systems, which are being proposed as replacements for peoples jobs. Peoples whose jobs are thus at risk might not like them.

Because they are large consumers of, in particular, electricity and water, thus significantly increasing the demand for those items, and thus the cost, in a given region.

Well, they've been getting away with random Nazi / racist comments for quite a while now, so why not just roll with the pedophilia as well?

SNAP damage isn't just hungry people. It's also economic downturn -- all that SNAP money goes to grocery stores, etc. and leaves people with other cash to spend on other things. Most of the folks who can't afford it just won't get the insurance, they won't miss meals to get healthcare.

Yes, and I don't think it accidental that the Senators who are not running again were the ones to "knuckle under" to repopen things. They took the hit for the team, and allowed things to reopen while the shutdown was still doing more damage to Republicans than Democrats.

When people are playing "chicken" on the highway, *somebody* has to swerve, or there will be disaster. You can't really fault the one who swerved, if the other person is crazy enough to go ahead and ram you. Besides, this way, the House has to come back in session...

Every accusation is an admission...

Umm.. aren't all sets in a venn diagram circles, no matter their size, except the universe of things which is a rounded rectangle?

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John, I'm disappointed -- you missed the obligatory Princess Bride reference here in response to "inconceivable" -- "You keep using that word. I don't think it means what you think it means" 😉

Anti-vax silliness. The idea that some people's ignorance outweighs actual facts and evidence.

An old friend of mine had a poster up in her office:
"I used to say 'somebody should do something', then I realized, I AM somebody" [this is intended as inspiration, not a dig]

They're doing it in L.A... www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnkE...

Oohh.. so combining the various memes, that makes it the Jefferey Epstein Memorial Hooters?

Wait, so would that mean that there can be un-navigable navigables ?!?