Papaver somniferum is the species you want and it’s easily available online since the seed don’t contain morphine. In case anyone was curious!

In the US, the western deserts are the best places. No radical weather, very predictable climate, zero tectonic activity, no natural disasters.

Force them to do closed-loop cooling, force them to bring some solar to the party, zero additional costs to other businesses and homes.

This is down to state and local people and politicians to handle. And it sounds like people are finally clueing in. And if they don’t, there are other ways to deal with such structures.

What pisses me off the most, there is no excuse for local politicians to approve these monstrosities. Usually, they’re wanting to bring tax revenues and jobs. These DCs bring neither.

Problem being, they’re not doing that because of the extra expanse. What you’re saying should be state mandated, hell, federally mandated.

Keep on looking at eBay! If you don’t have to have an exact model, sometimes you can score deals. I outfitted my 486SX with cards from Romania for cheap!

But such activity does not come with an expectation of privacy. I suspect the legal issue was the uploader profiting off it, but even then, don’t think that would fly in America?

We gonna need a lawyer, stat!

You all know you want this.

Hate not so much for AI in and of itself, my ire is the resource use for one. We were already draining aquifers that took thousands of years to fill and now we’re burning even more for datacenters (DCs).

To top it off, America’s western deserts are the best place for DCs. No natural disasters, stable and predictable weather, tectonically inactive. Every time I’ve had to pick a primary or backup DC, I’d hit one in Las Vegas or somewhere out west. (This experience was pre-AI.)

These DCs are burning power and causing higher bills to consumers, which is just fucking obscene. States should legislate that DCs have to bring at least some of their own, dedicated renewables, and pay a premium to the power company for the extra stress and maintenance on the grid. These costs should not touch customers, residential or business.

Maybe even worse is the economic aspect. Have a look at the current Buffett Index, the ratio of the total United States stock market to GDP. We topped 200% for the first time, ever. For comparison, the Great Depression and Great Recession were around 120-130%. This “extra” stock market valuation is all due to AI speculation.

So for all the other whining lemmy does about AI, it’s the ecosystem and economic disasters it’s creating that we’ll all remember when the bubble pops.

Sandy out here like: “Who dis new bitch?!”

Been fixing forms since I was in customer service in the 90s. Makes me mad because there’s no excuse! Job before last I was in the sole IT guy, yet I’d take the time to redo entire forms, sometimes even for clients, just so they would work right.

OK, in my IT career I’ve sometimes had an ulterior motive, needed to more easily parse their data. :)

Can’t write worth a shit. My 1.0 is sitting right here.

Watched this a few times yesterday. So simple to nail these fascists to the fucking wall with a simple question, and not let them loose. Why is this man’s questioning so very rare?!

Maybe the finest improvement to our camp was adding an outdoor shower. Water’s pumped into a 68G barrel with a few tiny chlorine tabs. Gravity drains nicely.

Just being able to easily wash my face and hands is a boon.

Yeah, but I’m not going to snag my carotid on a bulkhead.

Dear Europe:

Hi! Hope this comment finds you well.

You are at war with Russia. Not much we Americans can do as our President, and much of Congress, is bought and paid for by Putin, but we thought we should let you know.

Some stuff is more, most is less, at least in my town.

I never caught that!

Journalists gonna give this bitch a nervous breakdown, and I’m here for it!

“OK you friggin’ vultures, what dumbass questions do you have for me today?”

Got an honest rebuttal? Anything said there was false? Love to hear it! (You got nothing and you know it. That’s why you changed the subject and picked a single word out to rebut.)

“Illegal” does not mean “criminal”. Running a stop sign is illegal. It does not make me a criminal.

Or do you have some fancy new word for people that cross borders in contradiction to law? Love to hear it!

Jesus. Depopulation bad, no matter the system. Fewer people producing and paying taxes, bad. Now who takes care of the non-working population, the elderly, the plain stupid, the handicapped?

We have never had to figure a way around this issue, but it’s coming, fast and hard. Japan looks first up to bat, let’s see how they navigate it.

You sound like you have it all figured out (based on what you read on social media)! Love to hear your strategy! Governments all over the planet need your input. Be the hero we all need.

I feel you’re responding to a child who has no notion of human behavior or evolution. Read their comment and decided they were too hopelessly ignorant and naive to respond to. You wrote a great response though!