You want the *proof*? Ok.
There have been NO breakthroughs, stuff that literally came out of nowhere, in the last century and a half. We *know* where every bit of math and engineering came from.

So, no, we have neither seen or contacted them.

Drank the Kool-aid, didn't you?

1. They bring in outside contractors to build the datacenters.
2. Once running, they only employ *maybe* three DOZEN people - not thousands, not hundreds. (And, btw, I have worked/been in the moderate datacenter at the NIH, so yes, I know wtf I'm talking about, and you don't.)
3. In 3-5 years, they'll shut them down, and either rip out all the server racks and replace them, or just call it a day, and call them obsolete.

The locality will NEVER make back the tax breaks.

Well, instead of being bombarded by right-wing propaganda (with a lot of money coming from the US), some of it literally stolen and colorized from 1930's Nazi propaganda, now they've had ten years of dealing with the results, and they're NOT happy.

You know, where they keep raising the price of electricity, and use if for ROI rather than the FUCKING MAINTENANCE THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING.

The electrical infrastructure needs to be *nationalized*. No megabuck CEOs, only GS salaries.

In other words, like me, he has a flipphone. Oh, Ghu, why not just call and leave yourself a voicemail?

When I was still working my day job, I sent myself a ton of emails on the current WIP.

for anyone to explain the "value" of bitcoin, excluding tap-dancing around "money laundering, tax avoidance, and illegal purchases".

None of the "AI" companies have any path to profitability, other than a stock market full of suckers.

Meanwhile, we have neither observed nor been contacted by aliens, and the proof is incredibly easy... presuming you've actually taken and paid attention in science class when you were in school.

the students walking out in protest, like the pics I've seen?

You are utterly unable to put the damn mobile down and look at other people around you. You're one of those complaining on the London tube that about people who, you know, sit and look around, without only staring at their mobile...

When was the last time you read they were investigating death threats against politicians? Maybe under Biden? I mean, now the FBI is on the side of the death threats.

Meta and google and others read cross-site cookies on your machine, and based on what they think you might be interested in, they won't dump targeted ads, they fire off a chatbot to buy for you, and the first you'll know is when crap arrives at your door, and your card is maxxed out.

Why am I reminded of the Bloom County strip where Opus falls asleep in front of the tv, listening to infomercials, and discovers in the morning he'd ordered everything from them...?

Ok, so explain to us why you, personally, love coal.

1. It ain't jobs (in 1977, there were 778,000 coal miners. By 2018, there were 78,000. All the rest gone - no deep pit mines, surface removal and giant trucks).
2. You, personally, I say - here's a fiver - do not live near a coal plant. (When we were together, living on the Space Coast of FL, just over 20 years ago, my late ex would go up on the roof (ranch-style), and bleach the siles, which had gone from light gray to very dark gray, due to *two* power companies' power plants, about a mile or two in either direction.)
3. You sure don't have stocks in coal companies - they are *not* big returns.

So, yeah, tell us why you love coal.

Spotted the ignorant idiot MAGAt (but I repeat myself), anonymous coward attacking someone with an actual ID.

Miss my dearly beloved departed 1986 Toyota Tercel wagon. Yes, I did a) change my oil; b) clean and gap the plugs; c) set the timing (and yes, I do still have my timing light, that looks like a ray gun)., and, oh, yes, twice a year pull the top and replace the seal and gap the lifters.

And it got 35-36 mpg highway.