• XLE@piefed.social
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    2 days ago

    Only 35% of voters now say they would be comfortable with a new data center in their community, down from 69% in 2023. Support for state tax breaks for data centers also fell from 61% to 37% over the same period.

    37% of people still support what now?

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      22 hours ago

      The boomers can’t hear the infrasound, and don’t care about how Altman says it’s gonna take everyone’s jobs because they’re retired and stonk go up

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        Yes. And they desperately need stonk go up, because their life savings has been plundered by the Epstein class, multiple times.

        But they’re too busy trying to stay afloat to think critically and do something real about it. Or too brain damaged by lead additives, in some cases.

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      22 hours ago

      Those supporting numbers look familiar. What’s the venn diagram of AI data center supporters and Trump supporters look like?

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        20 hours ago

        Yes. It’s pretty close to a circle. The shared trait is getting suckered by a fast talking abuser.

        Although - The giant trump yard sign in my community fell into disrepair.

        Every time I see (what is left of) it, I’m guessing which demographic the owner is it, that Trump finally hurt badly enough to wake them up.

        It could be anyone, really.

        It’s wild to me that anyone ever thought a politician could be on their side, of anything, in this millennium. But I guess I’m glad that random ex-sucker is woke now.

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      That 37% hasn’t been near one. Promise 0 % that live near one enjoy having it there.

      Especially when they have no water, the noise level is terrible and all thier electric bills went up three times.

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        I work at and live near one. I have zero objection. I love that my commute is short enough to get to work by bicycle.

        We use less water than an average lawyer office - mostly the toilets. All of the generators added together make less noise than a landscape crew working on my neighbors house. Our building construction actually added electrical capacity to our county.

        I accept that many other companies do it wrong. We do not. The industry is not monolithic. There are some bad actors that make us look bad.