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New comment by SirFatty in "New Gas-Powered Data Centers Could Emit More Greenhouse Gases Than Whole Nations"

SirFatty — Tue, 28 Apr 2026 12:56:45 +0000

"First most of the data center build out is happening in areas that have had little other opportunity"

Speculation presented as fact...

New comment by SirFatty in "Iran war has drained U.S. supplies of critical, costly weapons"

SirFatty — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 14:30:43 +0000

"Trump says XYZ so XYZ is bad!!!"

That might have to do with the fact that Trump is a conniving, deceitful, lying piece of shit? Just maybe.

New comment by SirFatty in "How to be anti-social – a guide to incoherent and isolating social experiences"

SirFatty — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 11:37:44 +0000

Ever heard the phrase "pick your battles"?

New comment by SirFatty in "Scores decline again for 13-year-old students in reading and mathematics"

SirFatty — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 19:50:03 +0000

I know the talking heads have been saying that as well, but my bet is on social media and phone use being the majority stakeholder in this failure.

New comment by SirFatty in "A mad undertaking: An undefinitive guide to the Aadam Jacobs collection"

SirFatty — Tue, 21 Apr 2026 11:56:00 +0000

Yes, it's called Internet Archive.

https://archive.org/details/@aadam_jacobs_collection

New comment by SirFatty in "German Dog Commands"

SirFatty — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 20:20:05 +0000

TIL: Phooey is actually a german word, Pfui.

New comment by SirFatty in "Viral victory: Iran is beating the land of tech bros in the social media wars"

SirFatty — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 11:43:07 +0000

Well I guess the propaganda worked for you.

New comment by SirFatty in "Why weekends are under threat"

SirFatty — Sun, 12 Apr 2026 13:50:52 +0000

"This is such an American problem. I moved from the EU to the US "

So move back.. problem solved.

New comment by SirFatty in "Artemis II is competency porn"

SirFatty — Sat, 11 Apr 2026 12:26:03 +0000

Read what you typed and think about how absurd it sounds.

New comment by SirFatty in "Study found that young adults have grown less hopeful and more angry about AI"

SirFatty — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 16:47:10 +0000

People that I speak with often conflate LLMs with AGI (or at least what they thing AGI is).

New comment by SirFatty in "US and Iran agree to provisional ceasefire"

SirFatty — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 17:20:00 +0000

Israel would not be doing this if not for the continuous attacks from those jihadist groups (well funded by Iran). But you know that.

New comment by SirFatty in "US and Iran agree to provisional ceasefire"

SirFatty — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 12:42:02 +0000

Has Hamas or Hezbollah?

New comment by SirFatty in "Tesla Is Sitting on a Record 50k Unsold EVs"

SirFatty — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 12:41:43 +0000

What changed is that he doesn't have a publicist filtering his nonsense anymore.

New comment by SirFatty in "Show HN: I built a frontpage for personal blogs"

SirFatty — Fri, 03 Apr 2026 13:08:57 +0000

Did you use Frontpage to create your frontpage?

New comment by SirFatty in "Tor Alva: The Tallest 3D-Printed Building in the World"

SirFatty — Fri, 03 Apr 2026 12:04:50 +0000

"A building or edifice is an enclosed structure with a roof, walls and often windows, usually standing permanently in one place."

New comment by SirFatty in "George Goble has died"

SirFatty — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 18:47:20 +0000

He was great in "The Birds and the Bees".

New comment by SirFatty in "March heat in American west has left snowpack at record-low levels"

SirFatty — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 17:05:30 +0000

Ah, but "stuns" gets the clicks!

New comment by SirFatty in "Men are ditching TV for YouTube as AI usage and social media fatigue grow"

SirFatty — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 11:54:01 +0000

"UK adults’ media and online lives revealed"

Adults are the focus here, not men.

New comment by SirFatty in "Ukrainian drone holds position for 6 weeks"

SirFatty — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 18:56:55 +0000

Not a drone...

New comment by SirFatty in "We Built It with Slide Rules. Then We Forgot How"

SirFatty — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 17:25:47 +0000

You're wrong.