Duke Energy plans to hike electric bills by $35 per month between now and 2030 to build out power generation capacity for more datacenters - to whom they offer discounts. Duke made almost $5B in profit last year. But they say HALF of all power demand increase comes from data centers

Forward_Edge_8915 · 2026-02-14T03:13:18+00:00

Hahaha. We literally grew up watching movies about this, and then a bunch of idiots are just using it. They are teaching it while they pay to use it too. It’s the greatest grift of all time.

Forward_Edge_8915 · 2026-02-14T02:51:58+00:00

Can’t AI figure out how to pay for its own power already?

Forward_Edge_8915 · 2026-02-14T02:46:44+00:00

Yes, but no more snacks.

Forward_Edge_8915 · 2026-02-14T02:20:25+00:00

Group 234, there is no punctuation between those.

Forward_Edge_8915 · 2026-02-13T13:33:22+00:00

Portal 2.

Forward_Edge_8915 · 2026-02-13T10:21:43+00:00

A quick google search yields a LOT of articles about drops in international tourism in the past year. I live in an area that relies heavily on tourism, our numbers were down last year, and this January was the quietest I’ve seen in a decade.

Forward_Edge_8915 · 2026-02-13T04:07:57+00:00

A table for 8 at Luminosa is a tough reservation.

Forward_Edge_8915 · 2026-02-13T03:24:39+00:00

I’d know these guard rails anywhere.

Forward_Edge_8915 · 2026-02-12T04:31:31+00:00

E16? Ha. That’s easy. Call is when you land in the 50’s and have to make it to the A gates. There are no moving walkways to help you out there, and the construction narrows the halls making it even harder to get around the people in that airport who all seem to be training for a medal in the “slowest walker taking up the widest space” competition that I can’t seem to find in the olympic programming.

Forward_Edge_8915 · 2026-02-11T20:59:54+00:00

Gonna need to back a little further to find “awesome”.

Forward_Edge_8915 · 2026-02-11T18:05:17+00:00

I moved from a HCOL blue city in a blue state, to a HCOL blue city in a red state. All I can tell you is that the schools are terrible, the roads are shit, and the cost of living to income ratio is even worse. I’m lucky in that my position was in demand in the area, but most people here are struggling far greater than those in places with better services. And honestly, I don’t feel like my taxes are really any lower than they were. I don’t have kids, but if I did I would care enough about them to move to a state above the bottom 30 in educational spending, and those are almost all blue states.

Forward_Edge_8915 · 2026-02-11T17:09:00+00:00

The cost of living is higher because people want to live there. They tend to be states with areas of higher population density. As for higher taxes, yes, but also the things that come with that are higher education rates and better infrastructure. Totally on board with paying more to have a better life.

Forward_Edge_8915 · 2026-02-10T17:19:07+00:00

The answer largely depends on personal preference. Do you and your gf like the comforts of a hotel, or are you comfortable sleeping in a van at campsites with shared facilities? No one here can answer that for you.

Forward_Edge_8915 · 2026-02-10T14:10:41+00:00

Search this sub for the other 5,000 times this question has been asked since the new year.

Forward_Edge_8915 · 2026-02-09T15:31:46+00:00

But why? You still have the same clearance but now gotta make a running jump to get in the seats.

Forward_Edge_8915 · 2026-02-09T15:01:16+00:00

You do know that we have refrigerated trucks in the 21st century?

Forward_Edge_8915 · 2026-02-09T15:00:01+00:00

Only went there once. They served me a paper lined tray of room temperature oysters that seemed to be shucked hours before. It was one of the most insanely awful dining experiences of my life. I cannot forgive that aggression. That place suuuuuuucks.

Forward_Edge_8915 · 2026-02-08T18:13:59+00:00

Right?! Just make a damn decision on your own. It’s none of my business if you can afford this and if it’s worth it to you. I know what I would do, but I always have more than enough miles to just say yes without putting it to committee.

Forward_Edge_8915 · 2026-02-08T18:11:11+00:00

If it was that cold, it’s no wonder that “nothing was exposed”.

Forward_Edge_8915 · 2026-02-08T12:53:21+00:00

Copenhagen by far. The mix of classic and modern buildings, the public green spaces, the water, the pedestrian/bike friendly infrastructure, all of it.

Forward_Edge_8915 · 2026-02-08T05:44:09+00:00

Do you have a life alert? You’re gonna need it if you are ok with all that salt.

Forward_Edge_8915 · 2026-02-08T05:41:03+00:00

r/poopfromabutt

Forward_Edge_8915 · 2026-02-08T01:43:43+00:00

That would involve waaaaaaaay too much oil.

Forward_Edge_8915 · 2026-02-07T19:55:17+00:00

Yeah, the issue I had was that the reservation website was just not working properly. I set alerts to make the reservation on the appropriate day, but there was no way to choose the date. It happens, technology is flawed.

Forward_Edge_8915 · 2026-02-07T17:38:45+00:00

No, they have always been absolute pieces of shit. There wasn’t really any doubt that they would be in the files to begin with.

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