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

elomnusk — Fri, 11 Sep 2026 19:19:45 +0000

We usually have had less than 30% participation for the local Democratic primary in off years (Republican primary in off-years is not much better). The complete lack of civic-mindedness is why the only strategy that works at the general election is "vote for the lesser evil." Note: that only include 2 viable candidates, a third party will never win the Presidential election without elimination of the parties themselves or implementation of rank-choice voting by a majority of states to counteract the anti-democratic (that's small "d") bias of the Electoral College.

New comment by elomnusk in "DeepSeek v4.1 Flash"

elomnusk — Fri, 11 Sep 2026 13:15:16 +0000

All the AI has to do is attack power generation/distribution nationwide, water treatment, etc., and wait a week.

New comment by elomnusk in "Wendell Berry has died"

elomnusk — Thu, 03 Sep 2026 13:28:12 +0000

Is that the fault of mechanization or the fault of capitalistic greed?

New comment by elomnusk in "How Universities Should Prepare Founders"

elomnusk — Tue, 25 Aug 2026 13:43:32 +0000

Universities need to get better at rounding out one-dimensional tech bros so they have some semblance of a conscience, ethical backbone or creativity. How many more slimy purveyors of disinformation bot farms do we need run by billionaires intent on killing the internet, "disruptive" businesses that break laws and destroy jobs until their ubiquity makes them de facto quasi-legal and yet more AI slop served to us in a subscription web app?