As a local resident to that area this is spot on. And as an example of one of the "problems" is the proposed Plaza 500 data center that is SIFTY-SEVEN FEET from a residential neighborhood!

https://www.ffxnow.com/2026/08... there is no context with-in which siting a data center at this location makes any sense.

No idea why you're down voted. this was both a solid deep cut quote and highly relevant.

I grew up in a time juuuust before so for me turning my cell phone off and leaving it in a locker wasn't a big deal and, "Yeah I'm not carrying something around that can be used to target me while deployed" was good common sense.

Now the smoke break has been replaced by the phone break. On my walk to and from my car, from the badge scanner to the end of the covered walkway, is LINED with people on their phones. It's hilarious honestly.

I leave as an exercise for future scientists to decide if social media addiction had a bigger health impact than cigarettes.

"A Modest Proposal"

I resemble this remark.

The thing that finally sealed the deal of dropping DishNetwork in 2020 was a home renovation that meant the dish had to come down. Rather than relocate it to a sub-optimal location (permanently or temporarily) I decided to wait until the renovation was done so I could put it back to the best location; but also as a test to see how bad we missed it. It took us 1 week to realize, "yeah we really don't need this anymore".

For us the biggest concern was the loss of DVR functions because I am epipen-level-allergic to commercials. Luckily there were enough affordable no-ads subscription options to make us forever cord cutters.

Broadcom: We are altering the deal. Pray we do not alter it further
T-Mobile: Fuck you we're leaving
Also T-Mobile: We're cancelling all legacy phone contracts despite promising we wouldn't.

harder daddy

Why did I have to scroll this far for this comment.

The answer is land cost, power access and cost, tax incentives, zoning. In no particular order.

Or said another way, until recently the impact of water-over-use was an external cost in the decision process. Just like power over-use was. Now they both are being factored into permitting requirements and that means cost have the costs finally.

By costs here I don't mean the rates they negotiate for consumption of either water or power. I mean the cost of scaling production and distribution to prevent everyone else having to pay more because a data center was allowed to come in and spike demand without and investment in supply growth / demand efficiency.

You're absolutely right! And the power company has a duty to all their OTHER customers not to let a few shitty ones ruin it for everyone, so they get to choose who is their customer based on them not putting the rest of us at risk for failures.

Funny how that logic spins around so easy when you're not sucking the dick of data centers. And no I don't love the power companies either; but they are doing their JOB by ensuring no new, or existing, customer can ruin it for the rest of us. THAT is how they are "doing it right"

ding ding ding we have a winner. Sad I had to scroll this far for this comment.

You intentionally don't keep them at 100% charge so they can absorb power when the need arises and then give it back.

Why should all the other customers have to pay for it?!?! Also that's not how grid load balancing works.

It is a problem specific to the large user and that same large user should be held responsible for being a responsible part of the community.

Then you don't know anything about how difficult search and rescue can be in a contested environment. Pilots don't carry Starlink, and anything with even one-tenth the powerful is still like sending up a literal red flare for the enemy who's then gonna start a foot race to your ass with a huge head start vs friendly forces. It becomes a literal cat and mouse game.

Combat SAR is one of the military's most difficult challenges.

If you mean that question honestly; they do. The problem is actually making contact in such a way that the enemy can't find the source of the transmission. It's somewhat easier in an urban setting to high amongst the noise. In the wide open "RF silent" desert? NFW am I openly transmitting if I'm isolated. The enemy doesn't have to decode your signal, just detect it and triangulate. Being alerted to, communicating with, finding, and recovering an Isolated Person (IP) is one of the most difficult challenges for the military.