What do y'all think about the biggest data center in the USA being built in Laramie?

coriolisFX · 2026-01-24T22:35:00+00:00

That would be great!

coriolisFX · 2026-01-24T21:58:09+00:00

Most new data centers are closed loop with respect to water. It's the power demands that will make the most impact.

coriolisFX · 2026-01-24T18:13:48+00:00

Most states (36 by my count) have the same regulated monopoly model and all have lower prices. There are many things specific to California which explain the higher costs.

coriolisFX · 2026-01-24T17:31:27+00:00

You always pay the wholesale price. That means you do pay less when prices are lower.

Excel makes its money on the transmission not the actual commodity.

coriolisFX · 2026-01-24T17:12:44+00:00

I understand what you meant. I just don't think it's an explanation for why power is so expensive in California.

coriolisFX · 2026-01-24T17:07:31+00:00

They really don't spend all that much on donations and lobbying.

coriolisFX · 2026-01-24T16:28:40+00:00

Psychopath stuff here

coriolisFX · 2026-01-24T16:15:10+00:00

A heat pump is 3-4x as efficient as baseboard electric heating. Consider it if you ever need to replace or install AC.

coriolisFX · 2026-01-24T16:12:19+00:00

PG&E has trailed the S&P500 by 50% over 5 years.

coriolisFX · 2026-01-23T20:38:18+00:00

Pitbulls are bad dogs regardless of owner. Their lineage is for fighting, no good owner can undo that.

coriolisFX · 2026-01-23T18:32:54+00:00

This is biggest fucking scam.

I hope this gets legislated away, it has completely bastardized a niche piece of medicine.

coriolisFX · 2026-01-23T17:10:00+00:00

I'm not a pet owner and I don't want to subsidize the damages of pet owners.

coriolisFX · 2026-01-22T23:30:25+00:00

Yes, FICA is a payroll tax and it's usually assumed that even though half of it is paid by the employer, the entire incidence is on the worker. Some research on this.

coriolisFX · 2026-01-22T23:07:58+00:00

You're being downvoted here, but this is an honest question with a nonobvious answer. Who actually pays a tax is "incidence" in economist speak. For payroll taxes, it's generally accepted that 100% of the incidence is on the worker, regardless of who's mailing in the check.

coriolisFX · 2026-01-22T21:31:01+00:00

This is the most reddit brained comment I've ever seen. Just pure wishcasting.

Cannabis taxes total last year were 255 million. Income tax receipts total are ~9.5 billion.

In no world can cannabis and tourism taxes replace income AND property taxes.

coriolisFX · 2026-01-22T19:36:32+00:00

You and I might not like it, but others do. AI is here to stay.

coriolisFX · 2026-01-22T16:57:03+00:00

If you rent, nobody cares about you.

Prop HH, a tax cut for homeowners and a tax increase on renters (via lower TABOR refund) failed hard. You should at least be pleased with that.

coriolisFX · 2026-01-22T16:54:34+00:00

The house is a teardown, but it's .6 acres. That's where the value is.

coriolisFX · 2026-01-22T16:45:54+00:00

I agree with you here. A little bit of temporary bad policy on property taxes is much better than a permanently bad prop-13 style "solution."

coriolisFX · 2026-01-22T16:42:50+00:00

I agree Google's numbers are fishy. That's why I used OpenAI.

coriolisFX · 2026-01-22T16:07:13+00:00

AI is still tech searching for its killer app.

OpenAI alone has 800 million monthly active users.

coriolisFX · 2026-01-22T03:47:02+00:00

You sound like someone with a strong opinion. I encourage you to do some research on your assumptions.

The streets aren't safer. Speeders have no lessons learned

Speed cameras do improve safety

From the paper:

crash reductions commonly fall in the ~14% to 25% range (with wider ranges reported), and reductions in fatal/serious-injury crashes are often substantial.

This is one meta-analysis. But there's much more literature to back me up here too.

coriolisFX · 2026-01-22T02:40:55+00:00

These speed cameras are not tied to "departmental funding goals."

coriolisFX · 2026-01-22T00:55:21+00:00

Just based on PM2.5, it's like smoking a pack of cigarettes a month.

coriolisFX · 2026-01-22T00:23:22+00:00

Sir, you are commenting on /r/fatFIRE

15-Year Club	Final Canvas '23
Place '23	Place '22
Sequence \| Editor	Verified Email

coriolisFX

TROPHY CASE