As resentment towards datacenters grows in the US you might even see increasingly creative acts of vandalism and other attacks in places that are not considered war zones. A pipe bomb tossed it the vents of AC units ups the game of "basic physical security". And you don't have to get that crazy. A $100 drone can drop a bag of BBs.

Basic physical security is already way above basic at ordinary datacenters in seemingly safe locations.

I think more precise language is important here. It is my perception that a small faction that currently controls the federal US government is hostile to Ukraine. A large majority of the general population of the US seems to support Ukraine.

You might argue that this distinction doesn't change the reality for Ukraine's prospects, but I disagree. The small anti-Ukraine faction in the US is becoming increasingly unpopular within the US. It is doubtful its dominance of the US executive branch will survive the next general election in two years. Its total control of the US government may not survive another month.

The willpower of Ukraine has been underestimated throughout this conflict. It seems a cinch it will hold strong for three more weeks. Then the US campaign for President begins in earnest and it would not be surprising for many US politicians to press against the anti-Ukraine faction in a bid for control of the US Presidency. The US Congress may try to remove itself from under the thumb of the current president and you might see sweeping changes in as little as three months. Or you might not.

Take courage. I think Ukraine's resolution to survive will outlast the influence of Putin fans who happen to have an outsized influence in US politics at the moment.

Sometimes you can help somebody find their smart by sparking their interest. Their smart was there all along. They just needed the right motivation to find it. They can learn all sorts of smart things as long as you relate it to kites, or Napolean, or horses, or whatever they find interesting.

It would be spectacular if you predicted the next 10 NBA champions with 50% accuracy. It would be much less impressive to predict the next 10 NBA champions will be from the Eastern Conference with 50% accuracy.

Should "The Ox-bow Incident" be required reading in high school?

If it doesn't sound like something in the control of a single individual company, perhaps you have something distorting your hearing.

I appreciate the analysis and following a string of thought. But sometimes you eliminate so much reality to follow a thought that the string becomes kinda pointless.

Amodei is worth several $billion, right? He could simply walk away today. There is no Nash equilibrium for him. Nor for his replacement, nor their replacement. And it is not illegal for people to collude in quitting their jobs.

There are two obvious arguments for not quitting. 1. If the well-intentioned person quits they will be replaced by a non-well-intentioned person. 2. There is no real belief in a hazard and you would be giving up unbounded income for no reason.

If the actions and behaviors of a supposedly well-intentioned person who is afraid of a hypothetical non-well-intentioned person are indistinguishable from those of a supposedly non-well-intentioned person... don't we really just end up with a really long sentence with a lot of gibberish + the outcome of having a non-well-intentioned person in power?

There will always be those who try to leverage people's human frailties into political advantage. Sometimes it's a real challenge to live a principled life. Indeed, it seems rare to meet people who hold to principles even when the principle appears to work against their own self interest in the moment.

Obviously, moral agency in the extreme can lead to anarchy. Libertarians must always thread the line of figuring out the minimum amount of regulation that protects society just enough without infringing on the individual too much. If you want a libertarian to vote for your law, you have to convince them that it prevents a serious threat to enough important individuals to matter. You have to tip the scale on the contradiction in their brain.

Alabama is one state that requires the ACT. The mean score in Alabama is below 18/36. Wisconsin is another. Its students score on average about 1 point higher than the national average of 19.4/36.

If you prefer states that require the SAT, the mean SAT score of students from Delaware is less than 980/1600, about 50 points below the national average.

I'll leave it to others to argue about whether these exams are rigorous.

I suspect super fast delivery is only a differentiator when all else is equal. At $6+/gal diesel, I'll take the cheaper item delivered by bicycle in a week. (A bit of a joke, but you get the point.)

Most everyone can understand the utility of monitoring their own doorstep. They might even think it useful to start tracking the patterns of traffic on their doorstep. I expect that most people could not articulate the line between acceptable and unacceptable surveillance.

How utterly stupid any individual action is will be a matter of discussion for decades. But the pace has moved towards urgent for at least half a dozen prominent countries.

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