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New comment by RankingMember in "The EPA is planning to scrap public review rules for data center pollution"

RankingMember — Sat, 12 Sep 2026 18:23:12 +0000

Not a surprise at all, but our laws aren't written in stone and can be amended.

New comment by RankingMember in "The EPA is planning to scrap public review rules for data center pollution"

RankingMember — Fri, 11 Sep 2026 19:46:44 +0000

Not all of your neighbors seem to agree

https://wjla.com/news/local/data-center-noise-fumes-create-f...

Material wealth is only part of the picture. I'd rather have a Honda Civic and a quiet, clean place to live than own a Ferrari and have to pick and choose when I can go outside so I avoid the noise and particulate pollution from a nearby data center.

New comment by RankingMember in "The EPA is planning to scrap public review rules for data center pollution"

RankingMember — Fri, 11 Sep 2026 19:37:57 +0000

It's like we're on a 100 year cycle over here, gilded age part 2 and a return to letting those who aren't rich eat straight industrial pollution so the rich can keep getting richer.

New comment by RankingMember in "The EPA is planning to scrap public review rules for data center pollution"

RankingMember — Fri, 11 Sep 2026 19:36:03 +0000

The people that treat political parties like sports teams are awful and a big part of why we're where we are today, but with the current state of affairs and the choice being between essentially fascism (Republicans) and 1990s conservatism (Democrats), it's not a hard choice. I couldn't agree more with what I think you're implying though, which is that this is a shit state of affairs where we're constantly voting for the lesser of two evils. We need ranked choice and open primaries, imo.

New comment by RankingMember in "The EPA is planning to scrap public review rules for data center pollution"

RankingMember — Fri, 11 Sep 2026 19:31:46 +0000

The people in power are making a lot of mistakes right now. You ignore popular will at your peril. The more the bought-and-paid for Supreme Court and politicians weaken the power of the individual voter through shit like Citizens United and gerrymandering, the further they push people towards "uncivilized" methods.

New comment by RankingMember in "The EPA is planning to scrap public review rules for data center pollution"

RankingMember — Fri, 11 Sep 2026 19:28:27 +0000

We need ranked choice like yesterday. It's not a magic fix-it solution, but it is a giant step in the right direction. I'm so tired of the whiplash between these two parties.

New comment by RankingMember in "The EPA is planning to scrap public review rules for data center pollution"

RankingMember — Fri, 11 Sep 2026 19:27:34 +0000

It's about numbers. A small group isn't going to do anything directly to the data center, but it can raise awareness that other people do indeed care. This, in turn, can slowly (over multiple demonstrations) grow the size of the demonstrations to a critical mass that cannot be ignored.

New comment by RankingMember in "iPhone Duo"

RankingMember — Wed, 09 Sep 2026 19:52:22 +0000

Yeah I fully admit I'm yelling at clouds here. I have looked at Garmin and they're likely to be be what I eventually settle on. I have my own issues with their design philosophy, or more particularly, the design philosophy of their operating systems and back-end UX, but they're a far sight better aesthetically to these eyes. The watches by "nothing" are also pleasing to the eye but don't seem to be really be good at doing what i want (responsive heart rate monitoring, sport features).

New comment by RankingMember in "iPhone Duo"

RankingMember — Wed, 09 Sep 2026 19:48:09 +0000

Ha, she's a beaut. I actually had one way back in the day. Still remember that cute little beep for the alarm/adjustments.

New comment by RankingMember in "iPhone Duo"

RankingMember — Wed, 09 Sep 2026 19:15:16 +0000

Yeah, nah, this isn't anywhere near an iPhone mini in usability. I can appreciate it as a design exercise, but as an actual daily driver? Hell no

New comment by RankingMember in "iPhone Duo"

RankingMember — Wed, 09 Sep 2026 19:14:01 +0000

To go on a different tangent, I want a round Apple Watch. I know it's not the most efficient use of space, but dangit I don't want the weird little (but constantly-growing) square! If I have to have something on my wrist all day, I want it to look nice and not like a brick.

New comment by RankingMember in "Getting your hands dirty is good for you"

RankingMember — Tue, 08 Sep 2026 19:16:09 +0000

> as a species we've spent the vast majority of our existence sleeping on the literal ground

This isn't true, though. For the majority of human history, humans set up grass and leaf bedding atop campfire ash, using animal furs for additional insulation when needed. Ash and leaves are electrical insulators.

New comment by RankingMember in "DaVinci Resolve 21.1"

RankingMember — Tue, 08 Sep 2026 14:19:11 +0000

If we can get the environmental impact of this stuff ameliorated (a big if), this is the real benefit of this kind of AI assistance imo- it transforms everyone into a director and frees them from being a surrogate for a director.

See also: 3D modeling. Autodesk Fusion's interface is truly awful and people put years into learning it to do complex things. The MCP server functionality they added, though still in its infancy with Claude and what it can do, vastly lowers the barrier to entry for people just looking to get into making basic things. They can focus on the actual creative process rather than fumbling with the awkward tooling.

New comment by RankingMember in "My Feed, My Way"

RankingMember — Tue, 08 Sep 2026 14:10:25 +0000

Social media companies are also telling you what to do in your free time- they're just doing it in a much more subtle, pernicious way that goes straight to our dopamine pathways.

New comment by RankingMember in "Getting your hands dirty is good for you"

RankingMember — Tue, 08 Sep 2026 14:02:10 +0000

This study had no control group and they didn't check for a placebo effect. Pretty big red flags.

New comment by RankingMember in "Sanders introduces bill to ban artificial superintelligence and pause AI"

RankingMember — Thu, 03 Sep 2026 18:25:28 +0000

Nah, we just don't want AI's reins to be held by oligarchs.

New comment by RankingMember in "Aging brains blend memories together instead of just forgetting them"

RankingMember — Wed, 02 Sep 2026 20:22:27 +0000

What a beautiful little habit to have with a parent

New comment by RankingMember in "Just Bury Your Trash"

RankingMember — Wed, 02 Sep 2026 14:08:21 +0000

They were also so damn cheap that clerks would bag EVERYTHING without asking, so they not only covered the streets like you describe, but often after offering no actual utility to begin with.

New comment by RankingMember in "Introducing Ad Blocker for Firefox on iOS"

RankingMember — Wed, 02 Sep 2026 14:01:25 +0000

Nope- the only reason uBlock Origin Lite exists is because iOS's browser limitations make full uBlock inoperable there.

New comment by RankingMember in "American Airlines mechanic Azriel “Al” Blackman has died"

RankingMember — Tue, 01 Sep 2026 14:53:08 +0000

The man clearly found the right job for himself. Happy for him and his long career.