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Comment Re:Wrong sovereignty (Score 1) 56

I live in a part of the country with quite a lot of datacenters. The organization I work for owns 3 of them.
Our cost of electricity is pretty damn reasonable. Cheaper than Texas and most of the midwest. Not the cheapest in the country- but well below average.
Price only increases when demand outpaces supply.

I think you'll see datacenter zoning referendums- but mostly from NIMBY fuckwits trying to nuke their own economy.
I think those referendums will mostly fail.

Comment Re:Environmentalists demand we only subsistence fa (Score 1) 56

I do not, because most of such claims presuppose that the environment is static and pristine.

You were doing good, here. There is no such thing as a pristine environment.

The reality is that there is a great deal of change without any human involvement and often times what humans do is insignificant.

You flew off the track, here.
Human involvement is fucking huge in this stage of our development.
We upset the carbon cycle by 60-100 times that of all of the volcanoes on Earth, combined. We are quite literally the largest force of nature on this planet outside of the sun.

While I agree with the goal of protecting humanity's habitat, it ought to be viewed as such - our habitat that should be utilized for humanity's needs.

I'm not sure you really do agree with that, though.
If you did, I don't think you'd be belittling our impact.

Comment Re:Wayland? Who cares. (Score 1) 33

Mouse input in Wayland is handled by libinput.
That includes scaling and sensitivity.

Nobody is forced to implement their own compositor. There is a reference implementation (wlroots)
The model pairs the compositor with the display server, because it makes more sense.

99.9/100 Wayland beefs are based on ignorance and regurgitation of others' ignorance.

btw- how is HDR support coming on your X11 display?

Comment Re:Wayland? Who cares. (Score 1) 33

X11 has a global DPI.

You say it works just fine, but how it actually works is like shit.
You've got the DPI set to something reasonable for your small screen, and you need a microscope to read it on your 4K screen.
And that's ok- people have a right to like the pile of shit they're daily driving.

Comment Re:Not Taiwan, China Cries Censorship (Score 1) 9

Ah yes, the good ol' vilify your political opponents. Accuse them of treason and espionage.

Study this map.
When you're done, ask me what the blue parts are.

The KMT being pro-peace with the mainland isn't treason- and the majority of the population don't think so.
Perhaps people who think like you can take a page out of the KMT's book and kill all of the people who disagree with them.... for treason, of course.

Comment Re:Was it a Russian drone? (Score 1) 139

I don't think it should change your position either.
That is, again, a projection you placed on me, presupposing my position.

I think one of the best things that could happen in the world for its stability, is Russia collapsing into a failed fucking state and giving Glasnost another shot.
I also think white washing the ill deeds of those we support because everything has to be fucking black and white is exactly the kind of stupid shit that leads to shit like the Putlers of the world.

Comment Re:Was it a Russian drone? (Score 1) 139

Do you care to explain how I'm wrong?

lol. You really are just the most pathetic fucking thing.

See for example Jordan Waddy who was charged for the injuries to bystanders shot by the police.

The article clearly demonstrates that he was not.
He was never charged for any harm that came to the bystanders.
He was charged with 4th degree assault for an assault the police witnessed before they approached, and being a felon in possession of a weapon.

As I said, compare those charges, with teh charges against the officer:

One of the three officers who fired, Brandon Ramos, was indicted by a Denver grand jury on 14 counts in January of 2023. The indictments included two counts of reckless second-degree assault, three counts of third-degree knowing or reckless assault, three counts of third-degree assault with negligence using a deadly weapon, one count of prohibited use of a weapon and five counts of reckless endangerment.

Seriously, go crawl back under your fucking rock.

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