Data centers are uber resource hogs: land, water, power. They compete for the same resources as other industries but also against the local citizenry. Who benefits from mass consumption of the resources and at what cost. Age old debate.
Indeed, their argument makes no sense. They would probably complain about any industry building large factories. It seems they don't like progress, and not even the status quo, they would prefer regression.
Paper provides an actual utility that people want and serves a real human need. Hyper scale data centers only exist to make Garfield porn and help scammers.
You are using HN which may or may not be hosted in datacenter.
To reach HN you are probably hopping via some communication hubs that may be located in datacenter.
You are going to store to buy some stuff which probably hosts their infra in a datacenter or use datacenter services.
You do use mobile phone? Well they also need to host services somewhere and make connectivity.
The school where your kids go either uses school management software and/or websites which provide educational material or doing exams.
Then you have online video conferencing...
I mean this list could get pretty long - I think listing them here on HN is kind of useless. It is just the datacenter infra is at the very bottom, providing foundational but invisible service to end users. Just like we don't see how things are manufactured or how raw materials are sourced for making real stuff, same goes with datacenter.
Great resource for categories and research on supplements. Because supplements in U.S. are in the "wild west" of regulatory oversite, its important to know ingredient efficacy and ingredient purity. Consumer Labs (pay for subscription) offers some testing on selected products. Need to tweek "purchase from other market" -not all markets are "Out" as indicated.
Was in Barcelona and my co traveler said we will visit and tour Sagrada Familia..had no idea what it was. You cannot tell by looking at it from the outside what magnificent coordination of color and architecture awaits. Was fortunate to visit on sunny day. The stained glass windows created an ethereal kaleidoscope of colors in the cavernous interior.
The "giveaway" is the fact that "Microsoft is happy" with the return of Mr. Altman. Can't wait for the former boards tell-all story. Bets on: how a founder of cutting edge tech company wanted world peace and no harm but outside capital forces steered him to other "unfathomable riches" option. It happens.
Local zoning in US dictates many sidewalk placements. For example, Stafford, VA literally has sidewalks to nowhere. There are strips of sidewalk in front of a business or development un-connected to anything-there is no walking on those sidewalks. They are more like lawn ornaments: fun to look at but serve no purpose.
Depends on what your goals and motivations are: fitness, self defense, discipline, fight boredom, learn a new language, time commitments..etc. And why just learn 1?
If there are multiple sections in one sport center you like - definitely should give a try to all of that. Visiting more than one sport center regularly for me is a little exhausting in a long run.
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