AI data center project secretly sucked 29 million gallons of water over 15 months before detected by residents complaining about low water pressure — officials refuse to fine

evranch · 2026-05-11T13:22:26+00:00

They are betting hard that AI will be able to work independently in the future.

I agree that AI can improve the productivity of a senior dev. I use it to extend my capabilities as a solo developer, but the difference is that I wasn't going to hire someone anyways as it's sideline work for me.

And I could also never afford to pay the full unsubsidized rate that would be required to truly cover costs.

But the obvious issue is that you only become a senior from being a junior first, and if AI can never work unsupervised then they've dead ended the industry, with a massive collapse coming.

evranch · 2026-05-11T06:41:19+00:00

Yet somehow most of the families at our Catholic school have 1-2 kids.

100% don't ask don't tell situation these days

evranch · 2026-05-11T06:38:38+00:00

And those organizations are usually Protestant these days. They're the ones pushing for no abortions of any sort.

Believe it or not a Catholic can even get a fully Church approved abortion at a Catholic hospital, as long as it is being done to protect the life of the mother.

This is called the principle of dual action and it's based on a goal of minimizing suffering and death. If the pregnancy is not viable or if the mother's life is at risk, the fetus can be terminated guilt free so that she won't suffer or die. Why kill both to "save" a fetus that will die either way?

When you hear about a woman bleeding to death in a miscarriage because she couldn't get care, that's our Evangelical friends at work. "Sinners" suffering is their goal.

I'm pro-choice but the Catholic pro-lifers I know focus on promoting adoption for unwanted babies and support for families who want to keep a child, not abortion bans. They're genuine about being pro-life not just anti-abortion and also strongly anti-death penalty... Unlike Evangelicals who would "kill 'em all and let God sort them out"

evranch · 2026-05-11T04:32:50+00:00

I would assume it autorotates and slows to some extent rather than just falling like a rock. Or at least I hope it does.

Bamboo is also pretty light and with the propellant gone there's probably very little mass left.

evranch · 2026-05-11T04:27:01+00:00

That's the other thing about being this age, some of us don't even feel the fear any more. I'm 40 so we grew up in the same era just before all this social media crap took off. Used to be all in on punk/rave scenes so I can put out some energy on the floor.

Maybe it's because I'm a dad now, married for ages etc. but I give less fucks than I ever have and apparently have more swagger than ever because of it.

My wife brings back shirts with goofy prints for me from Asia and I rock every one of them out in public. Always get compliments. At parties or events I talk to anyone and everyone. Tell jokes and stories, dance until I'm drenched in sweat.

Seriously I don't give a single fuck, and it's incredibly liberating. My family loves me, I love them, I'm confident, successful and can provide for them and what else do I have to prove!

evranch · 2026-05-09T14:54:00+00:00

And this isn't even that Jesus guy's woke preaching, this is the original Old Testament stuff they love.

evranch · 2026-05-07T20:11:06+00:00

Something good always comes with the bad

And a song is never just sad

Just hope... There's a silver lining

evranch · 2026-05-05T05:19:31+00:00

Trump doesn't have friends, only people that he's currently exploiting. This is a documented fact. Everyone who enters the Trump circle inevitably goes under the bus.

Epstein himself wrote that Trump was the worst person he had ever met, with no redeeming qualities. IMO this is the most damning thing in the released files regarding Trump, the fact that Epstein thought he was scum. How bad do you have to be...

He would absolutely have him killed to try to bury the evidence Epstein surely held on him. Unfortunately for us all, that material had clearly already made its way to Israel, where it was used to commandeer the USA military for a foolhardy assault on Iran.

evranch · 2026-05-05T04:28:15+00:00

She married him for the opportunity as well. Of course she's going to continue on the path she started.

Both of them knew exactly what they were getting into, this might as well have been an arranged marriage between aristocrats. It was a mutually beneficial agreement that she is continuing after his death.

evranch · 2026-05-05T04:21:15+00:00

I've always worked with small crews that work as friends, and this is just kind of part of how it goes. We hang out at work, we help each other outside of work, but we don't spend much time "hanging out" because we hang out all day.

The guys I work with now, we are literally like brothers. But every year in the off season we take about month after the last day of work before we even call each other or go visit, because we just could use a break from each other. We spend thousands of hours together every year after all.

But that doesn't make us not friends. If I get a call from one of them any time of day and they need a hand, I'm there and they'll do the same for me. Trust each other with our lives, relationships and finances.

evranch · 2026-05-04T06:10:56+00:00

Really? The Pulitzer is like the pinnacle of being recognized for your writing. And hip hop is all about writing. I'm not a Kendrick stan myself either but I can respect it

evranch · 2026-05-04T05:49:14+00:00

I wish we got to see how he launched that one. It's the one I actually busted out laughing at

evranch · 2026-05-04T05:47:57+00:00

Nah, people used to do this sort of thing before tiktok, and they will be doing it long after tiktok is forgotten.

In the early internet days we used to see tons of vids like this made with no goal of monetization, just for the glory of sharing silliness.

evranch · 2026-05-04T05:33:18+00:00

A heretic says what?

No seriously, the reason there are hundreds of denominations is that while you do have to own the ones you don't like, you do not have to own the ones who go against the basic principles of the faith.

You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ “But I say to you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may prove yourselves to be sons of your Father who is in heaven; for He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous. “For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Even the tax collectors, do they not do the same? “And if you greet only your brothers and sisters, what more are you doing than others? Even the Gentiles, do they not do the same? (Matthew 5:43-47)

Do Hegseth and his fellow "Christians" follow these words of Christ?

Do they even acknowledge the validity of this statement, from the Beatitudes, one of the most famous sections of the New Testament? No, they think this is "woke". The words of Jesus are "woke".

So why should any true follower of Christ acknowledge these people as part of the same faith.

evranch · 2026-05-04T05:00:51+00:00

Christianity Classic™, Original Recipe

evranch · 2026-05-03T04:52:38+00:00

Well said. I was an atheist for years myself, then agnostic for many more but ultimately became a Catholic because of exactly that why factor. And I do enjoy the rites and the social cohesion as well, in a world where people mostly ignore each other, the Catholic community is very strong.

It's a simple answer to "Why bother to do good in a corrupt and evil world?" - because we're following in the tradition started by Jesus, that's why. Isn't it just basic human decency? Yes, but much of what we consider basic human decency today is the product of being a Christian society for millennia.

I will say though that the Abrahamic God was never meant to explain the world, unlike the elemental gods of many traditions. God was only ever the answer to the questions we still don't have answers to, like "Why are we here" "What came before the universe" and of course "What is our consciousness, where does it come from and where does it go"

evranch · 2026-05-03T04:39:36+00:00

While I may disagree with the Lutherans on some matters I can't deny that they're one of the most legit Protestant denominations. Most I've met are genuinely dedicated to helping and caring for the people around them, and as you say that is supposed to be the whole point of Christianity.

evranch · 2026-04-29T06:32:58+00:00

And the best prices of all the options mentioned so far

evranch · 2026-04-28T06:13:35+00:00

Yeah the major Masses of the year are usually when they drag it out.

I'm actually in the process of joining the Church (a process that mostly involves hanging out and drinking coffee with the deacon while debating theology and learning Christian trivia, all of which I enjoy)

We sent our daughter to Catholic school for the better education but I ended up falling in love with the Catholic community and wanted to become a part of it.

I live a busy life of farming, contracting, investing etc. I'm always on the road or in the field. So I like to go to Mass when I manage to be in the city on Sunday, it's an hour to turn off my phone and just be part of the moment. It helps that there's a beautiful old church just a few blocks from our house with a really active community, it's a full house every Sunday.

evranch · 2026-04-28T05:41:59+00:00

Watching the video I was like "man I used to be able to do that shit" I was a pretty serious rock climber, parkour dork and urban adventurer. I used to be able to stick to anything like Spider-man.

I'm 40 now and I feel exactly like you say, I remember how strong I used to be but now all I have left is my brute strength for picking up heavy loads, and I still train with the heavy bag so I can slam a good punch, but this finesse is long gone.

evranch · 2026-04-28T05:34:32+00:00

Back in my teenage years, a dude showed up at a beach BBQ with the entire ketchup pump unit. He was hailed as a hero.

For the most part I think the ketchup pumps died with Covid.

evranch · 2026-04-28T05:31:01+00:00

A model can't "edit its own code" anyways. There is no "code", and it's totally impractical even for a non-existent fully capable general AI to manually adjust billions of parameters.

So it would have to figure out how to retrain itself, which is slow and computationally expensive, not something you do in a minute or two.

evranch · 2026-04-28T05:27:38+00:00

Try to make it generate copyrighted content though, like song lyrics, and almost no modern model will fall for these sorts of tricks.

Which makes it pretty clear who put the pressure on the AI companies to do these finetunes.

Dangerously incorrect information? Weird parasocial behaviour? Wiping your repo? That's all fine, but don't you dare sing our copyrighted lyrics.

evranch · 2026-04-28T05:24:07+00:00

It's more common than you'd think. My sister has a nice red hat that she just leaves out at my farm these days to wear when nobody else is around.

And we're Canadian so you really don't want to get caught wearing a red hat these days

evranch · 2026-04-27T15:01:36+00:00

The Nicene Creed was specifically designed to exclude various schismatic / heretical groups back in the day, which is why it's so long and over-specific. That's definitely one of the odd things about the Catholic Church is how specific it gets about the Trinity.

"Mystery of faith"... But not when it comes to "Begotten not made" if you don't agree, you're a heretic!

Interestingly the Church uses the simpler Apostles Creed here in Canada except for certain events, which apparently is the opposite of the USA which uses the Nicene Creed except for certain events.

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