While youâ(TM)re not wrong in an ideal sense, consider the targets in this case: small town public utilities. Iâ(TM)m sure some are stupid or uncaring, but many probably want good security but canâ(TM)t afford it.

As to why public facing network connections, in a water or sewer system there are many distant sensors and actuators where it is impractical or even functionally impossible to string a wire for a closed intranet. They could maybe use a closed wireless setup but see funding problems i already identified.

i said nothing of the sort, you ignorant clod!

I said it is pointless to try to hide using technology, because you will fail. Your (not you personally, necessarily, mind you) very attempt to mask your fingerprint is a fingerprint. If you desire privacy, the only way to achieve it is by acting almost, but not quite, perfectly normal.

Everyone is known and traced today by multiple actors using multiple technologies. The only way to go off grid is to live off mushrooms in a cave, and maybe not even then. Better practice to hide is discipline in activity, behaving almost but not quite perfectly normal.

AI slop!!

Holy scientific ignorance and ethics failure Batman!

I donâ(TM)t think itâ(TM)s fair to disparage us plebs. We are facing smart, motivated, and well-resourced neoliberal forces that have been very effective at reducing interpersonal trust and preventing community formation.

And who is staking nvidia's debt? Round and round we go . . .

Also, comparing a single datacenter to population-wide consumption is meaningless.

And the US stood on the backs of Nazis, who stood in the backs of Jews who stood on the backs of English who stood on the backs of Italy who stood on the backs of Arabs who stood on backs of Greeks who stood on backs of Egyptâ¦

caught the attempt. They have at least one sharp clerk on staff.

The constitution only ever means what you and four friends on scotus say it does. Itâ(TM)s only a sacred document to the extent that most of us honor it that way.

cftc *was* the financial regulator with the most integrity. Iâ(TM)m sure many good folks remain, and they are spending their income on trauma therapy.

This is not about this particular ban. It is about empowering individuals and constraining bad behavior of large organizations that have an outsize influence on marketplace accessibility.

Ownership had always been a law defined, state/sovereign enforced concept. And, since both thog and grog first wanted the same rock, disputes have been decided by any means available.

> There's educational value in occasionally being forced to learn a new platform

I came here tonsay the same thing. especially in an educational setting, exposing students to multiple environments should be part of the goal. Not just computing environments, but cultural, social, language and pedagogical environments should be as varied as possible to bring forth flourishing humans. Of course this small-l liberal pipe dream is completely anathema to modern neoliberal hyper capitalism; such education is only for the very rich.