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Comment Re:Everyone knows Meta = Facebook (Score 1) 42

... and it feels like a forum for greying people whose greying friends haven't bothered to move on either, or to get the date of the next annual meeting of the bridge club.

That's not entirely fair. I know quite a few young people who... maintain their Facebook accounts so they can talk to their grandparents.

Comment Re:Irony (Score 2) 36

Dear Leader doesn't even read the briefings because they "say the same thing every day" https://abcnews.com/Politics/t...

Yeah, I was gonna say... regardless of my personal dislike for the wireless wiretap law, it lapsing will be more of a problem for the next president - the current one wants his briefings to focus on news clips that mention him.

Comment Re:Was anyone looking to build there anyway? (Score 5, Informative) 32

Was anyone looking to build a data center in Seattle in the first place?

Yes.

According to the Seattle Times, in April "four companies approached Seattle City Light about building five large data centers with a combined maximum demand of 369 megawatts — roughly one-third of what the city uses on an average day".

Comment What I heard is (Score 2, Funny) 123

I heard that the Chinese Embassy on Monday accused the U.S. of "overstretching the concept of national security and making discriminatory lists to go after Chinese companies." It said Chinese companies observe the laws and regulations of the countries where they do business. "The U.S. should stop its wrong practice and create a fair, just and non-discriminatory environment for Chinese companies," the embassy said in a statement.

I also heard that the Chinese Embassy on Monday accused the U.S. of "overstretching the concept of national security and making discriminatory lists to go after Chinese companies." It said Chinese companies observe the laws and regulations of the countries where they do business. "The U.S. should stop its wrong practice and create a fair, just and non-discriminatory environment for Chinese companies," the embassy said in a statement.

Comment Re:If Russia can, they would... (Score 2) 155

the war was won on the Eastern Front where millions of Soviet soldiers died wiping out most of Germany's best forces.

While there is truth in that, you might also want to look further into where much of that "Soviet" weaponry came from.

Stalin thought they would have lost the war if it wasn't for US weapons manufacturing and Lend-Lease.

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