You do have to wonder what kind of ridiculously strong crack they are all smoking.
Renee Christine – Appalachia (Live From The Barn)
Gorgeous performance.
Bisc
Every political side has quite a few absolutely tardbiscuit beliefs that they just cannot give up.
The left:
1) Binary sex isn’t real.
2) No evolution occurred above the neck.
3) Humans are a blank slate (and all related to that).
The right:
1) Climate change isn’t real.
2) Vaccines don’t work.
3) Markets automatically solve everything.
No side has any monopoly on truth or thinking coherently. Which is why I have no side.
Grapefruit – Julia Engelmann
Es ist schon schwer, nur mit den Mitteln einen Song durchgehend interessant zu machen, aber sie zieht das durch.
Five Days at Memorial
I didn’t watch this show for years because I didn’t think I could handle it.
After more than two decades, I’m still angry about how we chose to treat our fellow Americans post-Katrina and about George W. Bush’s utter incompetence. However, even in the first episode it’s a good look at the lack of preparedness at all levels, and how none of the interlocked systems of our society really had any plan for a disaster of that nature.
And it’s very human. I recommend it, though it is fraught with recapitulation of the pain of a very bad time in American history.
Overstart
We’ve been told women never do anything like this. The reality is they do violent-ass destructive shit quite often, but are very rarely punished for it and don’t receive nearly the disapprobation that men do for the same things. Because they are “not a threat.” (Right.)
My own mother was the violent one when my parents got divorced, so I know this is true. She attacked my dad several times and destroyed a lot of his stuff. Some of which I used, so it pissed me off too.
Men only wish they could get away with the absolute bullshit many women do.
Mod DC
Ooh, ooh, I know this one!
First, there are various types of data centers. Not all are water-cooled. Some are only air-cooled. And there are various types of water cooling. The answer also is heavily dependent on climate and type of datacenter. There is no one pat response to a question like this. As is usual with life, the permutations are endlessly complex.
However, these days when people say “data center” they usually mean “AI data center” because that is all they are aware of. And in reality, the concern about water usage (as Noah Smith pointed out) is really displaced anxiety about AI-related job loss. So the water use question already starts out in epistemically-shaky territory.
First, let’s talk baselines. The average 18-hole golf course in Texas uses roughly 275,000 gallons a day of water. You rarely see many complaining about that, right? And that’s a lot. That’s enough water for around 1,000 households. And in another side note, there are about 430 18-hole golf courses in Texas, and about 13,000 in the US total.
The most common data center type now which is an ~100 MW AI aggregate data center uses about 387,000 gallons/day. That is about 1.4x the Southwest golf-course median. Also, a lot of water. I’d argue that this DC is doing something a lot more useful than letting some old dudes hit a little ball around, though. I’ve seen claims that a single AI data center uses as much water per day as large cities, which isn’t remotely true for even the densest, 250 megawatt evaporatively-cooled DCs. These, however, can use about 3.2 million gallons/day. There aren’t many of those facilities, though. Probably around 20-40 in the world only. Houston (as an example) uses around 475 million gallons per day of water.
So, data centers — at least AI data centers — do use quite a lot of water, but the usual reports I see misrepresent this number by 10x to 1,000x. Having the real facts is important. Else you’re just dealing with fantasy, which helps no one.
Microsoft Hasnโt Had a Coherent GUI Strategy Since Petzold.
Europeโs rearmament meets reality: the story of a failed frigate project.
From folding boxes to fixing vacuums, GEN-1 robotics model hits 99% reliability.
Scientists Watch Brainโs Self-Cleaning Process During Sleep in Real Time.
Hedge funds make record bets against European stocks.
A century ago, people used large ice blocks and wooden cabinets to keep food cold. Today, electric refrigeration is more affordable, easy, and reliable thanks to technological innovation. The shift from ice blocks to electrons shows how human ingenuity can transform necessities from costly burdens into everyday conveniences. And the left wants to take it all away.
NASA engineers call this a โfree return trajectory,โ ๏ฟผ ๏ฟผ but the name obscures the cognitive breakthrough required to make it work. You cannot think about space travel the way you think about any form of transportation that exists on Earth. Obviously AI-written, but still correct and interesting.
Why 'Cost Disease' Is the Secret Force Behind America's Toxic Solitude. Interesting thesis, but I don’t buy it. Makes no sense economically.
Dip Enough
The “migrant crisis” was and is mostly fake.
The “migrants” were mostly young Islamic men who wanted to go somewhere they could loot and rape freely. Anywhere dipshitty enough to accept them got them. And the consequences.
Leave NATO
Previously, I was mildly against the US withdrawing from NATO. Now, I think the US should exit the alliance posthaste.
Mainly this has to do with the Europeans not allowing us to use our own bases in their countries for actions that would benefit them more than they would us. But also, it developed further after seeing the disdain they expressed over our rescuing our aviator and preventing his capture by IRGC thugs.
Meanwhile, the Europoors have allowed feral third worlders to exert increasing control of their societies, assaulting and raping at will, while doing nothing to prevent this. Hell, they even welcome and promote this dystopia, and seem perfectly willing to sacrifice their women and girls to hordes of Islamic migrants for “equity.”
So, yes, the US should leave NATO. Let Europe sink or swim. They’ll sink, of course. It’s already set.
The only drawback is when Russia takes most of Europe, it’ll be worse for us. But maybe we should just let that happen regardless.
Powered
That’s because Gen Z and younger Millennials see every relationship as always and only about power. In the Millennial/Gen Z (clownish) mind, since the relationship is only about power anyway, and no one can actually like, love or appreciate anyone, then the woman might as well get some money out of it.
The idea of actual affection and appreciation is completely foreign to most of them.
In This Moment – The In-Between
I really like this song and video. The best of neo-thrash. Directed by the woman you see in the video, Maria Brink.
Pow Du
I think the most hilarious and pathetic part of the failure of feminism in the 2020s has been the ludicrous attempt to stigmatize and illegalize attraction. Not doing anything about it, or even stating it, but just the “violation” of being attracted to some woman or other.
That’s powerful dumb.
Bycatch
Start a war, lose, then cry about it while the idiot left backs your every move and crime against humanity. What a way to be.
How Bad Is Plagiarism, Really?
Used EV sales spike alongside gas prices.
A brief history of instant coffee.
Jury trials aren't only failing because of ethnic tribalism.
A Downed Airman, a Mountain Hideout and a High-Risk Rescue in Iran.
Thereโs a Good Reason You Canโt Concentrate. Hmm, wonder what that article is about. Couldn’t finish it.
The Trajectory of the Artemis II Moon Mission Is a Feat of Engineering.