To be fair, the AI companies are more realistic about nuclear power than government agencies. So letting them build their own power stations is probably a good thing, so long as they are not allowed to use oil or coal.

We already have a progressive tax system in the USA. The top 1% pay about 38% of all federal income taxes, while earning around 22% of all income. The bottom 50% pay about 3% of all federal income tax, while earning about 12% of all income. States with income taxes show similar trends.

Companies move to low tax cities too. Look at the various companies moving 12 miles, leaving Seattle and relocating in Bellevue

You sure its not already done, using the "Commy" AI writing agent ...

"Hey Commy!, Please summarize this historical event stylistically, and consistent with, 1970s Soviet propaganda and revisionist history. Please substitute millionaire with billionaire since too many useful idiots are now millionaires."

In more ways than one. Did anyone explain that the phrase "Bending Spoons" represents a con, not magic, not "paranormal science", etc?

No, that's Facebook :-)

Not merge, that is too dangerous. The author of slop should not have merge permissions.

The problem with the AI generated code is that the human involved is likely not a competent reviewer. Such low quality submitters are trying to offload their self review and cleanup of code to others. That is negligent and likely wasting project resources.

Then they probably also have problems putting their ideas into reasonably structured code.

Using AI generated summaries may be permissible if one is translating to another language they are not an expert with.

I've used AI to spell and grammar check summaries. Never to rewrite for style or tone.

Those that have reviewed and debugged AI generated code are the ones who are banning it.

Competent and professional software developers only use AI for boilerplate code. Ie extremely well known algorithms. UI layout code, and other such things that are extremely professionally well documented and somewhat menial. They know to stay away from more complex or novel problems.

Nope. You misrepresent coal burned to produce electricity with total coal use.

China burned over 10 times the coal as the USA.

Google: "In 2025, China burned approximately 4.95 billion tonnes of coal across all industries, representing roughly 55% of global demand. The USA burned about 473 million tons (521 million short tons) in 2025, accounting for about 5% of global consumption."

When BBK, the parent of Oppo, came up with the OnePlus phone, pretty much anyone outside of China never heard of Oppo. Then they have Carl Pei develop a "start up" that is so pour, they won't be able to produce enough phones, so you need an invite to buy one. Come up with a phone that was nothing more than a knock off of the Oppo Find 7, minus a feature here and there, sell it DIRT CHEAP, call it a flagship killer and it created a feeding frenzy online. (remember?). By the time it was discovered that OnePlus was owned by Oppo/BBK electronics, the phone had taken off and they released another model, then another model building a base of users OUTSIDE of China. Of course they increased the price to the point now it's not worth being a "flagship" killer for what you get. I had 3 of their phones. OnePlus 1, 5, 7 but after that, I switched. Price, the OS, updates (lack of)... From a budget standpoint, since Oppo is more well known, makes sense to drop OnePlus IF people will switch to the Oppo. That also means figuring out a way to get approval (I'm talking USA here) from the FCC to get them to function properly on the cellular networks. The other problem, is since the Apple/Samsung duopoly probably has deals with the the carriers/government/politicians to KEEP out the competition, and carriers probably won't allow outsiders on their networks, unless you know how to wrangle some of these phones, they may not work on the networks. And, since a LOT of American consumers still continue to "buy on contract" with "free upgrades", walk into a carrier store and you pretty much see nothing buy Apple, Samsung, Google, Motorola and maybe one or two others.

Or soon will be!

Nope. ""[2026 March 26] Despite being a renewables superpower, China continues to permit and build new coal-fired power plants at a rapid pace. Analysts say the nation’s new five-year plan will ensure further coal plant expansion and jeopardize China’s ability to deliver on its climate promises."

I think satellite data centers are colossally stupid, but I suspect the larger problem is the public's gullibility for big lies.

Now, which things ARE lies and which aren't has been delightfully co-opted by politics; what one puts on that list is *instantly* translated into political affiliation.

I can think of 3 big lies that would immediately get me labeled "stupid maga fuck".
I can think of 3 others that would likewise get me labeled "woke fag".
Amusingly, putting all 6 in a list would be cognitively negatively filtered; each "side" would only see and respond to the ones they DISagree with, in most cases as if the others weren't even present.

I think data centers in space will be inevitable WHEN WE LIVE THERE and some research to address the (large) physics challenges the context poses are a good idea. Anything above research trial scale today is dumb. But that's all noise compared to the bigger problems, this argument is only a symptom.

I have a home full of expensive electronics and live in a rural county in the US Midwest where weather is an issue. I'd much rather have the external feed trickle-charging batteries that steady-supply my home, than be vulnerable to the spiky local power during weather events.

I sort if wonder in a complete amateur sense if this might herald a "ac for distribution, dc microgrid in homes" evolution.