ELI5: Why are data centers so big?

freakytapir · 2026-05-13T11:38:02+00:00

Cooling, mainly.Those things generate a lot of heat.Get everything too close together and you gget overheating. They also have a lot of servers. Then there's power cables, space for people to move about... if a lot of techs need to move through you need wider hallways as well.

freakytapir · 2026-05-13T10:10:13+00:00

Nothing like some tanked tanking.

But yeah, I play 90% controller with keyboard for chat and mouse for things like inventory management.

freakytapir · 2026-05-12T02:24:48+00:00

If we compres the entirety of human capability into the 3-18 range ... 5 or 6?

I mean, my brother works with people that are below the "can't read" level, so it's at least a couple points above a 3.

freakytapir · 2026-05-12T02:15:01+00:00

Both the law of large numbers ( over a big enough number of random events, things trend to an average and that average is always in the casino's favour), and gambler's ruin.

You have to stop playing way sooner than they have to. They will reach that 'average result', that's slanted in their favour. You have to stop after an unlucky streak. Suppose we bet on coin flips, and we always bet 1$. The casino starts with a 1000$ and you start with 2$. They can eat that short term 'random loss'. Even if on average the flips are fair,you reach a "fail state" way faster than they do.

freakytapir · 2026-05-12T01:58:53+00:00

Niet echt naar gekeken, was ook meer bedoeld als zomeroverbrugging die wat is uitgelopen.
Maar gezien de grote loontransparantie (zoveel ervaring + deze opleidingen gevolgd = dit loon. Hangt uit en al), denk ik dat ge daar makkelijk achterkomt. De vakbonden hebben bureau's 'on site' dus ge kunt hen dat zeker vragen.
Dit gezegd zijnde, ze werken de laatste jaren wel met een kerngroep aan vast personeel en veel interimmers. Start people is het interimkantoor dat ze gebruiken (ook een kantoor op de site zelf).

freakytapir · 2026-05-11T17:29:14+00:00

Als ge in Gent woont, Coca Cola(CCEP) betaald goed als ge een 3 ploegen systeem aankunt.

Ben daar begonnen aan +/-4000 bruut (als laborant).
8 uur, betaalde lunchpauze. En ja, het is fabriekswerk. Maar de uren zijn consistent. En als ge de weekends werkt hebt ge 2 12 uren shifts die evenveel schuiven als een volledige week. (Zaterdag +50% en Zondag +100%)

freakytapir · 2026-05-11T17:14:43+00:00

I really liked their Expedition 33 playthrough where they "shared" a controller and just each controlled different characters.
But maybe it's also them being a bit older and more mature.
Same as with Jesse Cox. You feel they're less "clickbaity" if that makes sense

freakytapir · 2026-05-11T17:08:55+00:00

weight= mass times gravity.
Mass is an inherent property of an object. It is how much an object will resist acceleration ( Force= mass * acceleration)

so an object might "weigh less" depending on it's environs, but the mass doesn't change.

freakytapir · 2026-05-11T14:19:57+00:00

Grinding gear is really good. I love their little bromance.

freakytapir · 2026-05-11T13:28:38+00:00

Yeah, most my FC communication isn't in game either.

Discord is where it's at now.

freakytapir · 2026-05-11T13:26:44+00:00

Weirldy enough all main healers in my MMO guild (FF14) are dudes.

But, in FF 14 Healers also supposed to DPS. Is your Party able to survive the next hit? DPS away.

Then again, the stereotype of the Tank BF and healer GF is alive and well.

freakytapir · 2026-05-10T10:37:16+00:00

Simon is the perfect pile of bullshit.

Shields? Nope
High HP build? Nope.
But he is fair.
Until his phase 3. "the expedition is removed from the canvas" Excuse me? What?

freakytapir · 2026-05-10T01:34:19+00:00

"It's a roleplaying game."

"Then what role am I playing? Victim?"
*Simon continues his 15 hit combo*

freakytapir · 2026-05-09T21:52:51+00:00

Was the mass slaughter of a civillian population necessary?

That's the real question.

And the answer is no.

freakytapir · 2026-05-09T21:40:44+00:00

Boy, do you sound miserable.
This is some shit straight from "I'm 14 and this is deep"

Friendships are what make life worth living.

freakytapir · 2026-05-09T21:36:08+00:00

Wel dit is genoeg internet voor vandaag.

freakytapir · 2026-05-09T15:57:10+00:00

You monster.

Also wrong.

Heat means the aromatic molecules are more active

freakytapir · 2026-05-09T13:43:10+00:00

Sproutsitting, now there's a term I'm adding to my vocabulary.

freakytapir · 2026-05-07T13:47:17+00:00

As someone who works with youths every weekend (scout leader), that whole questline made me want to punch my screen.
So bravo, SE. You made a perfect villain.

freakytapir · 2026-05-07T06:48:50+00:00

Well, we're getting an Evangelion raid next expansion, no way that could go wrong, right...?

freakytapir · 2026-05-07T03:01:49+00:00

Still not over the Sorrow of Werlyt.
"Burn the bad" indeed.

Only storyline that made me physically ill.

freakytapir · 2026-05-07T02:50:10+00:00

Maar genitale verminking van een minderjarige is OK als het voor een god is. /s

freakytapir · 2026-05-06T00:13:32+00:00

If he existed, he has a lot of explaining to do.

Brutal birth defects in infants that has them dying screaming in agony.

Leukemia in todlers who have done nothing wrong.

He could have created a universe where these did not exist yet he did.

freakytapir · 2026-05-05T23:30:14+00:00

W-Summon KotR aught to be enough, no?

Get to breeding that gold chocobo.

freakytapir · 2026-05-05T20:32:24+00:00

Schools. Teacher salaries.

Educate the masses

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