@unabomber I remember when Bush came through to the same location for a speech. I was in high school. We had little warning, and Blackhawk helicopters were circling the area. It was strange to see them during gym class. Not long after the students lined up by the road to try to get a glimpse of him as the caravan drove past. I think half of us flipped them off.
Cops were everywhere, including the school parking lot because it was right at the edge of the highway.
It was nerve wrecking because myself and several of my friends had guns in their cars. One was particularly worried because he had a handgun (under 21!! ) in his truck.
[We used to hunt and shoot at the quarry after school]
They seem mostly focused on the EU where... *surprise* ... they are concerned about energy for heat in the winter because of Russia's aggression and their dependence on Russian energy. We'll see how this plays out.
> If a datacenter is generating appreciable amounts of noise pollution, something is wrong with it.
The old ones are pretty good, but it seems like the new ones are cutting lots of corners and nobody's regulating it. The zoning is far too lax on noise pollution.
@jima@gerrymcgovern@onepict few places have the diesel-electric train engines as the generators the datacenter, but have you heard the ones they have at DF-CH1? Holy FFFFFFF nooooo I do not want to be near there when those are all running. Even hearing one during maintenance is bad enough.
@jima@gerrymcgovern@onepict the noise pollution is bad. It can be significantly worse for a crypto mining operation or an AI datacenter, but it's still very very unwelcome.
For a bitcoin mine -- here's one where people can hear it buzzing 24/7 from miles away. That's more extreme, but every massive datacenter I've been to is not a place I would want to live anywhere near. Especially if you're sensitive to certain frequencies. e.g., I can hear high voltage lines buzzing if I'm near them and it drives me *insane*. I would never be able to sleep near them.