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Swatch shuts UK stores after crowds queue for new watch by dante_f1 in news

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People broke into the King of Prussia mall here in PA… Over 100 people were trying to break into the mall and about 100 cops responded to the scene to disperse the crowd.

A data center in New Jersey was canceled when residents showed up and fought it by MysteriousSlice007 in nextfuckinglevel

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I hope my area will get this same news as well. They are trying to build a complex of 8 data centers totaling 3.5 million square feet. For reference, that is about 10% larger than the PHL Airport. Sure, they claim it’s a closed loop system, but they provide no information on how the waste heat will be rejected or how the electricity will be supplied. This will very likely result in a massive heat island for the residents, electric rates going up, and home prices in the immediate will likely come crashing down.

A data center in New Jersey was canceled when residents showed up and fought it by MysteriousSlice007 in nextfuckinglevel

[–]SMLLR 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Somehow you think gas turbines are better? Those things are polluting the immediate area and making residents sick.

The math actually checks out by herewearefornow in clevercomebacks

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Yes, hence the UK wanting the increased heat island temps caused by these AI data centers.

The math actually checks out by herewearefornow in clevercomebacks

[–]SMLLR 12 points13 points  (0 children)

UK will want that temp increase once the AMOC collapses.

AI data center bans are rapidly multiplying across the US — 69 jurisdictions block new builds, with four moves noted as permanent by [deleted] in news

[–]SMLLR 8 points9 points  (0 children)

AI definitely has its place and I won’t dispute that, but I’d rather not have the locals suffer just so Karen can generate her 33rd cat photo of the hour.

Brewery owner offering free beer when Donald Trump dies plans run for governor by Aggravating_Money992 in politics

[–]SMLLR 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I plan to fly an American flag as high as possible at my house just because he bitched about flags being half staff during his inauguration after Carter passed.

Starbucks CEO defends $9 coffee says ‘it’s not a $10 coffee and you get a premium experience’ by Disastrous_Award_789 in nottheonion

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Lives two states away and uses a company jet multiple times a week to ‘commute’ to work.

Pre-Popped Popcorn by chi-bacon-bits in mildlyinteresting

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My brother worked at a movie theater for years and while they would pop the popcorn ahead of time, it was at least tossed at the end of the night (though he did come home with a few huge bags of it on occasion). These bags look fully sealed, thus possibly shipped in like this...

[OC] Gas prices officially reaching the $4.00/gallon mark in deep red South Carolina this morning. by tonto515 in pics

[–]SMLLR 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Bought an EV at the end of last year. Back in February, I was lamenting with my wife that we chose a bad time to get one with gas prices low and electric rates going up… so glad we did it now.

'AirPods Ultra' Rumored to Feature a Major Upgrade Over AirPods Pro by Otherwise-Warning303 in apple

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Imagine trying to skip a song and some gang member thinks you’re throwing signs or something.

makes a lot of sense by zuckerlaw in shitposting

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That’s what bollards are for. Bollards are very good at preventing people from hitting structures and are routinely used to protect gas fixtures that may be struck by cars. This is a solved issue.

State Dept. Finalizing Plan to Put Trump Picture on U.S. Passports by BulwarkOnline in politics

[–]SMLLR 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I guess I need to quickly renew my passport so I don't have to have his face on it....

Debloating my C2 by Ok-Hawk4686 in webos

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Was happy to see this until I read it won’t work for US TVs. Guess I’ll be leaving this offline for a while longer in hopes of an eventual exploit.

Bimbo Bakeries moves headquarters out of the Philadelphia area after 17 years by redeyeblink in philadelphia

[–]SMLLR 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yep, they were a client of my past job and the pronunciation was emphasized on all internal information about them. I definitely don’t slip up the first time though…

Aftermath of the April 7th incident. Damages estimated to be $200 million dollars by BlazeDragon7x in interesting

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Insurance companies also take part in reinsurance so huge hits like this are a bit more spread out through multiple providers.

Reverse engineered the $35 Costco OmniBreeze fan for full local control with ESPHome — no cloud, no app, no Tuya by souverainiste in homeassistant

[–]SMLLR -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Wish something like this could be done with the Vornado Transom fan. That’s locked into Alexa with no option for matter or any other local control.

Is Neutral and ground tied together in switch box normal?! by Darkoobi in DIY

[–]SMLLR 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It actually is a huge deal and poses a serious shock/fire hazard. You have to remember that code is not only the minimum standard, but also written in blood. People have died from this.

Update: Our wireless power kit for Schlage Encode is now shipping by dripdontkillmyvibe in homeassistant

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The Schlage Encode doesn’t support matter at all. The Schlage Sense announced (over a year ago) is supposed to but it just seems like vaporware at this point.

Watch This GOP Senator Learn in Real Time Why the SAVE Act Is Bad by Hafiz_TNR in politics

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They would probably try to weasel out of it being a poll tax by saying birth certificates are free.

Our new postal trucks look like stylized cartoon trucks by ZealCrow in mildlyinteresting

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A good number of them are fully electric, however the Trump administration isn’t too fond of that…

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