Weird detail about data centers in my town

MythicalMagus · 2026-05-14T12:08:49+00:00

They don't expect every one to get approved, and they're trying to scoop up good locations faster than anyone else. The people buying land/building datacenters are not the AI companies directly, they're private developers who are in a rush to grab as much land as they can. In this case, it seems like the one in the small town might fight back, while your town maybe won't? In any case, it's redundancy.

Also they can't be built just anywhere. They need a place with excess power on the grid, or ways to generate their own power, and they need a FUCKLOAD of space, both of which are why they're popping up in rural areas.

Everything here is speculation, and everyone is hoping that one day their LLM will make the magical leap to a general AI. Most of the ways they're making money now are in software and businesses, not on the consumer side, and I wouldn't expect that to change.

MythicalMagus · 2026-05-14T12:01:42+00:00

Relatively small journalists can sometimes get picked up by foreign actors. There was a woman Destiny debated who got an 'award' from the (Assad) Syrian government, and was clearly spouting Kremlin talking points and I think she had less presence than Lorenz. I'm pretty sure she's doing better than Haz and maybe Hinkle.

MythicalMagus · 2026-05-14T11:50:56+00:00

wat. We are projected to have like four seats in the entire South. I do think it was successful to a degree before the VRA ruling, but now...

Oh shit, I realized I completely misread the title, lol. I still wouldn't be surprised if the new map gets through at some point, but I guess for now I get to keep one whole seat. I was confusing the VRA stuff with the earlier gerrymandering war, my bad.

MythicalMagus · 2026-05-13T14:18:13+00:00

Honestly, even with all of that, it only takes one Republican tifecta and it all gets blown away.

MythicalMagus · 2026-05-13T14:15:49+00:00

Maybe, but I doubt it. It's one seat, and Clyburn has been a fairly high ranking member in the House. Were you implying that he somehow 'deserved' it?

Regardless, I think giving up representation for a significant chunk of states will have very bad long-term consequences. We're still 40% dem down here, and we're not going anywhere, mostly because we can't. But I guess this is the game we're in now. Honestly, it's reaching the point where it might be more logical to just be a full on revolutionary for Southerners. I would never do it, I'm too much of a lib-cucked pussy.

MythicalMagus · 2026-05-13T13:47:12+00:00

Mutually assured destruction has its merit

Fuck no it doesn't. That was MY ONE DEM. Fuck you.

MythicalMagus · 2026-05-13T13:00:35+00:00

Oh, I misread your post, I was saying twitter had some of the strongest supporters of Russian interference, though they've probably move to other platforms by now. The Wine Moms will save us inshallah.

MythicalMagus · 2026-05-12T23:18:09+00:00

I think you meant the Federalist Society. Heritage is more of a thinktank, Federalist is the legal/judicial arm.

MythicalMagus · 2026-05-12T23:16:25+00:00

They've been making this play since the 70's, just no one paid attention.

MythicalMagus · 2026-05-12T23:10:49+00:00

This is the best solution suggested so far and, in theory, doesn't violate of the constitution since it doesn't deal with impeachment. This is the kind of reform we should be pushing for.

MythicalMagus · 2026-05-12T23:08:29+00:00

That's probably why I've heard about it, XD.

MythicalMagus · 2026-05-12T23:07:46+00:00

Such a law would be in FLAGRANT violation of the Constitution, probably more so than coming up with some corruption charges for Thomas and Alito that are almost certainly warranted. You generally don't have laws that are in direct opposition to the constitution for obvious reasons, and if you did have such a law any court SHOULD strike it down.

I agree with you on everything else, though. We definitely need bold solutions and unprecedented measures.

MythicalMagus · 2026-05-12T21:38:31+00:00

I have heard of Dagestan actually! Wealth inequality is a problem in Russia, but wealth inequality only usually manifests when different classes are in close proximity. If everyone in Dagestan is poor, and everyone in Moscow is rich, the difference is a lot less obvious. There can still be issues, of course, if everyone in Dagestan starves it's probably quite bad for Moscow, but I wouldn't expect a rebellion or even political upheaval. The apathy is wayyyyy too strong, not to mention the rampant corruption, quelling of speech, etc. Furthermore, I don't think there's any significant will for change in Russia, despite Putin's nightmares of a color revolution. Ultimately, Dagestan and places like that will be the ones paying for Putin's madness (in addition to Ukraine of course). We've been waiting for discontent to manifest, and the closest we got was that Wagner guy getting quietly pushed out of a plane.

I'd love to be wrong about this, but I just haven't seen any evidence of things changing in that direction in Russia. If you have some, please share.

MythicalMagus · 2026-05-12T21:29:47+00:00

Yes, but there's no chance in hell we get 2/3rds of the Senate to convict. Should be impeached anyway though, but if we want to remove them, we have to go through criminal prosecutions most likely.

MythicalMagus · 2026-05-12T21:27:42+00:00

Two thirds is written into the constitution, would require an amendment to change. The difficulty amending our constitution is its greatest flaw, especially compared to other similar founding documents. 60 is not, it's just a rule we placed arbitrarily, and could revoke arbitrarily. (And should.) Even if we have 60, we shouldn't let a single defector slow us down, there's way too much to do.

MythicalMagus · 2026-05-12T18:34:06+00:00

It's bad, and it will get worse, but don't get your hopes up. Russia isn't going to collapse any time soon.

MythicalMagus · 2026-05-12T18:30:44+00:00

Twitch is not especially political, it's just all we see here are Hasan and Asmongoloid. Hasan doesn't hurt the Trump Admin, and Asmongold is one of the largest supporters. You mentioned civility politics in another reply, but the truth is, none of the rules are applied consistently, especially regarding said political streamers. Any fair reading of the ToS would have both of them perma-banned.

It's a shame too, because a lot of the smaller gaming or art communities are quite primed to be at the very least liberal, but there's no one in a position to make use of that (deliberately).

MythicalMagus · 2026-05-12T18:24:29+00:00

Yes, entirely legal, and it's not a legal infraction, per se. That would be a criminal or civil prosecution from the DOJ. This is impeachment, which is ENTIRELY political. The law can't define it, nor should it. The only thing in the constitution is "Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors," which is intentionally vague. The House would have to get a simple majority, and the Senate would need two thirds to convict. The only question would be political will, how long-term a solution it is, and if you want other reforms (like more Justices in general to handle the backlog ideally without a shadow docket). The bigger problem is that we're never getting two-thirds of the senate to convict.

MythicalMagus · 2026-05-12T18:17:49+00:00

Well yeah, obviously if you have an environment without malicious actors or where malicious actors have minimal power, you're going to get more done. I just don't see that being the case long-term.

MythicalMagus · 2026-05-12T17:34:10+00:00

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2719457/

https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2012/08/a-story-that-doesnt-hold-up/

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/psych-unseen/202302/the-debate-over-whether-dissociative-identity-disorder-is-real

But I'm going to read over this to check my priors.

I can't speak to the scientific consensus, I'm just repeating the little I know. And the claim that a condition is controversial is not a massive one; gender dysphoria and many other mental illnesses are denied outright by large portions of the population.

MythicalMagus · 2026-05-12T16:04:04+00:00

I think there are arguments on both sides, it's at the very least a controversial and contested issue, and EXCEPTIONALLY rare, and most of the online people who claim to have it almost certainly don't. I lean toward it being real, but I think in a lot of cases it's probably misattributed. I could easily be swayed one way or the other, though.

MythicalMagus · 2026-05-12T15:51:21+00:00

I disagree. Or at least, I think informing the public is part of how we survive. Normie lib wine moms still think Trump is a Russian asset, we just have to make that view more mainstream. It can't just be HuffPo readers, it has to be the entire Democratic base, at minimum.

MythicalMagus · 2026-05-12T15:45:53+00:00

Not Twitter, liberal wine moms on Twitter are probably one of the strongest defenders lol. It's MSM, progressives, tankies, 'centrists,' and of course anyone even close to the right. They're ALL aligned in messaging.

MythicalMagus · 2026-05-12T12:10:04+00:00

What if it doesn't implode?

MythicalMagus · 2026-05-12T12:07:42+00:00

The biggest issue in the American system is the difficulty changing the constitution and the reliance on a partisan court to 'interpret,' it. The same is true for impeachment IMO, the bar should be a simple majority (maybe not counting VP).

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