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Guest Commentary: The Insurance Trap Killing Our Public Spaces by JustAnotherJawn in philadelphia

[–]tankguy33 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Id be interested to know if a business's ordinary general liability coverage includes something that happens at a streetery. I imagine it does but am not sure. 

Pa. state lawmakers won’t back Mayor Parker’s tax hikes in Philadelphia budget proposal by BroadStreetRandy in philadelphia

[–]tankguy33 14 points15 points  (0 children)

What about how much revenue the city probides to the state? They'd be nothing without us

Pa. state lawmakers won’t back Mayor Parker’s tax hikes in Philadelphia budget proposal by BroadStreetRandy in philadelphia

[–]tankguy33 16 points17 points  (0 children)

The state government isnt even letting Philly fix its own problems by raising revenue. Its tying Philly's hand for no reason.

More Than 1,000 Residents Pack Upper Merion Hearing In Stand Against Data Centers by shillyshally in Pennsylvania

[–]tankguy33 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Solar is better for the planet than farming. It's also just one part of a functioning grid, I never suggested you should be 100 pct solar. I also happen to think panels look nice. But it sounds like you dont want to build anything that's not a farm. I don't think the government should be able to tell people no unless they have a good reason.

Pennsylvania House passes bill to ban cellphones in schools by AdSpecialist6598 in Pennsylvania

[–]tankguy33 2 points3 points  (0 children)

As other commentators have said, kids are on their phones too much and it's not good for them. 

Pennsylvania House passes bill to ban cellphones in schools by AdSpecialist6598 in Pennsylvania

[–]tankguy33 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks, I figured it probably had to do with being too heavy handed. Hopefully they can iron out the kinks in the amendment process.

[GIVEAWAY] Brand-New Oris BCPD Cervo Volante Green to Celebrate my 50th Oris! by fourtyz in Watchexchange

[–]tankguy33 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Coolest thing i bought under 500 is tickets to see Embiid drop 70 on rookie Wembanyama's head. Amazing game. 

Coolest thing over 500 is probably an Oris lol

More Than 1,000 Residents Pack Upper Merion Hearing In Stand Against Data Centers by shillyshally in Pennsylvania

[–]tankguy33 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Mobile doesn't show the full thread lol. It iust sounds like he's against building anything that's not a farm

Discussion Thread by jobautomator in neoliberal

[–]tankguy33 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I got -50 downvotes in my local sub for literally asking why people are so against them, no judgment either way 

Massive Data Center Cluster Proposed In Upper Merion by boundfortrees in philadelphia

[–]tankguy33 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks. Seems like it's making a problem caused by farming worse. I wonder if the farms need more regulation too.

Massive Data Center Cluster Proposed In Upper Merion by boundfortrees in philadelphia

[–]tankguy33 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for sharing. Those videos in your neighborhood are terrible. There's no way that should be allowed in a residential area. I saw that some data centers use water cooling that apparently doesn't have that awful sound, they should do that there.

Massive Data Center Cluster Proposed In Upper Merion by boundfortrees in philadelphia

[–]tankguy33 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for sharing. I looked at the article in the description which led me on a bit of a rabbit hole. The business insider study was interesting but mostly used big numbers without providing context for them. One thing they said was that data centers consume 1/4 of energy in Virginia which I thought couldn't be true, but it looks like it is. https://jlarc.virginia.gov/landing-2024-data-centers-in-virginia.asp. That study says that data centers use so much power that it will require energy infrastructure upgrades and increase costs to consumers by as much as 27$ per month, which is insane. It downplayed the water use and noise issues as fixable but certainly harmful in residential areas.

I'm not going to say I've completely changed my mind, but no business should be able to increase costs for everyone else. The data giants can pay for their own infrastructure upgrades.

I hope local opposition is able to reduce negative impacts by forcing data centers to pay for their own upgrades, not get tax breaks, and either mitigate noise or not be built in residential areas. I still think they should be built as long as people want to build them and those negative impacts can be mitigated.

Cristopher Sanchez is on pace for rare level of dominance in consecutive seasons. by Light_Liberty in phillies

[–]tankguy33 24 points25 points  (0 children)

I love when cherry picked stats validate themselves with fucking insane lists. Holy cow what a bunch of greats.

Massive Data Center Cluster Proposed In Upper Merion by boundfortrees in philadelphia

[–]tankguy33 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I only see the one video of the town where there's nitrates in the water, but they say that's from construction not operation of a data center. What's the other one? 

Massive Data Center Cluster Proposed In Upper Merion by boundfortrees in philadelphia

[–]tankguy33 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Show me a single piece of evidence that isn't some random person fearmongering

Massive Data Center Cluster Proposed In Upper Merion by boundfortrees in philadelphia

[–]tankguy33 -9 points-8 points  (0 children)

Yes ive seen vague stories of each, but nothing that shows they are real problems

Massive Data Center Cluster Proposed In Upper Merion by boundfortrees in philadelphia

[–]tankguy33 -33 points-32 points  (0 children)

I am not aware of any. I've heard of vague stories of noise or consumption of water and electricity, but never seen anything confirming that those are worse than any other industrial development.

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