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Comment: Re:Don't use HVAC? (Score 4, Funny) 154

by Frosty Piss (#43765839) Attached to: Data Center Managers Weary of Whittling Cooling Costs

I like the way Facebook say they don't use HVAC... yet their entire BUILDING is a huge HVAC unit!

Amazon just hires local surfs to peddle bicycles that power belt-driven fans. When a surf drops, they simply hustle them out and replace them with another. Communities are so glad to have such a huge employer, they look the other way...

Comment: Re:Is it in a bunker ? (Score 1) 94

"a secure information-sharing platform called DeadDrop, built by Aaron Swartz shortly before he DroppedDead."

There is that. But also, The New Yorker is not really the first publication that comes to mind when I think of imparting secrets to a "news organization".

I mean, what would I send them? The inner secrets of socialites, dilitants, and various beat arteeests?

Comment: Re:In capitalism... (Score 1) 668

by Frosty Piss (#43710685) Attached to: How Colleges Are Pushing Out the Poor To Court the Rich

The problem is that those people are being replaced by welding robots and tooling machines etching from 3D.

The machine tools for building complex tool and die work may be computer controlled, but in fact humans still run those machines and assemble the complex dies and service / manage / feed the machines. Cars still need to be fixed, HVAC still needs to be worked on, engines (car / generator / other) still require humans to keep them going, elevators are mechanical, toilets flush, computers need service, and robots need oiling.

Comment: Re:In capitalism... (Score 1) 668

by Frosty Piss (#43705357) Attached to: How Colleges Are Pushing Out the Poor To Court the Rich

One problem here is that for some reason we as a society have said *everyone* should attend a four year school and aim for a BA and then perhaps a Masters.

But many people - many who do attend a four year school - simply are not cut out for it. For some reason, we have decided that a skilled "vocation" is down-scale and to be avoided.

Fewer and fewer people study Machine Tool, complex welding, mechanical trades - but these areas can be as well or better paid than many "white collar" jobs, they are needed skills, and fit for many people.

Indeed, I know a number of people with advanced degrees that over time decide that it just isn't worth in, and go back to vocational school to learn a trade.

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