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  1. So I tried the heat transfer calc. Assuming 1 GW of server capacity, 40% inefficiency (so 1.4 GW of total energy to cool, I think it’s 723 acres of heat sinks. That’s assuming a perfect emissitivity of the heat sync material. I’m rusty on these calcs, but it’s a simple equation. I think I’m in the right ballpark. Just simple physics demonstrate this is nonsense. So why are they mentioning it? Maybe grasping at straws? I think it’s more likely trying to get more funding for space launch development, and throwing an AI sticker on it.
  2. So, I was searching for some lewd joke out of this possibility, but it lead me to this question: I wonder how many Oscars have been inserted into a human orifice. I'm going to guess a good 20%. It's something to consider for next time I watch the Academy Awards.
  3. It's the Trump administration; Lisa Ann is retired from making movies and twice as qualified as Palin.
  4. I am curious how much, if any, of the resistance is because Trump's minions wanted to hang Pence.
  5. Maybe she meant "the President's constantly shaking hands."
  6. That is fucking hysterical. Let me do a quick list of issues with that approach (without having access to the article): - Cooling. Yeah, space is cold, but it is also vacuum insulated. The only way you lose heat is through radiation, so you would need massive heat sink panels and a cooling system that routed the heat from the servers to those heat syncs. I'd love to see the calculation on a 1 GW data center, but I am guessing acres and acres of heat sinks. - Maintenance. You'd need to have permanent staff to maintain the data center. Ok, maybe that could reduced through robots, but sooner or later you are going to need a human to do something. -Energy. Similar to the cooling issue, you need bring in energy. Solar panels are the obvious solution, but a shit ton of solar panels. (I think the solar panels would be smaller than the heat sinks, as you are exchanging heat with the sun. (5000K to ~300K for energy incoming vs. ~300K to ~0K for energy discharge.) - Material transfers. Computer parts wear out. Constantly and with significant mass for a large data center. You'd need to be launching computer parts regularly just to replace drives.
  7. Anyone taking bets on who is going to kill whom?
  8. Looking at the 12/4 report from the Department of Labor, it looks like initial claims are recently down, but continued claims are up. Not seasonal adjusted initial claims were down about 20% from Nov 22 to Nov 29 and they had anticipated a seasonal adjustment of 8.6%. So, yeah, it is good news. I am curious how the government shutdown might have affected the numbers. I could see vendors who support the government furloughing employees during the shutdown. But for continued claims, it was up 70k people from Nov 8 to Nov 15, up about 4.1% in a week. Comparing to the same time last year, continued claims are up 3.3%.
  9. Motherfuck him and John Wayne.
  10. And, at this point, non-violent resistance is more effective. Killing cops, federal agents, and national guard members changes the national discussion away from the state-sponsored cruelty.
  11. Maybe, but it wouldn't be nearly as good as I had hoped and I would feel like complete shit after. (You're talking about eating at Cinnabon, right?)
  12. The silver lining is that her life is still going to suck. Publicly throwing cash at an idiot usually has humorous results as evidenced by countless lottery winners.
  13. I had to check if "Crapo" was derogatory. Nope, someone actually became a Senator with that tag. Good for you, Senator Crapo. Now stop being so shitty. Politico article on the Crapo bill. I love how it makes sure that people who can't afford healthcare in the first place are herded into plans that will bankrupt them should shit happen.
  14. My bad. You watched a video of someone calling a black couple n*****s, and your first thought was "I certainly hope people don't overreact to this. Let's make sure we get the full story." I'm sure you think that makes you the reasonable person in this discussion, which is something else you have in common with the Cinnabon lady.
  15. My guess it's because your first reaction to seeing was the video was to speculate what the black couple did wrong. So, yeah, fuck you you racist piece of shit.
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