Tech journalists have been largely just pr mouthpieces for a long while now. I’m sure the reason they keep using rogue in this instance is because that’s what the companies want the public to think. Rogue is both cool sounding and implies these actions can be done out of the box. At the same time it is also putting forward the lie that was acting on its own behalf for both legal reasons and to imply agency within itself.

Should be corporate death penalty for that. Won’t be, but it absolutely should.

Kind of amazing that every bad action that happens nowadays, one of these ai bros comes out and says ‘yep, that was us.’ Like, they’re either lying, in which case what the fuck. Or they’re telling the truth, in which case what the fuck arrest them.

Taking care of biodiversity is already our biggest concern. If everything dies, so do we.

Jfc, that’s a lot of casualties considering they haven’t even stepped foot on Iranian soil.

I believe I only got the email and no in app message. But I also probably didn’t open the app or the computer launcher in that time period, only using my steam deck. Funny because I was checking it every few days, worried that I’d miss it and then have just had a bunch of other stiff going on the last week.

Yeah, I was fully expecting to go to the back of the line. Got a quick response of ‘your purchase window has been reopened for 72 hours.’ They absolutely deserve the goodwill directed their way.

Deep cut bringing back the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act. Here comes the Greater Depression.

Personally, I never got the vibe that he was repentant. Every time something came up, he would do his best to deny it and then downplay it, followed by his swearing that this was the last thing. It absolutely sounded like a cheater getting caught and then trying to keep the relationship going. He never actually put in the work for any of it.

I think a lot of people wanted to believe in him, so much so that they put their blinders on to what were very clear issues. And then sunk cost fallacy set in and people started to really dig in about protecting ‘their guy.’ I said it months ago, but I really do see a similarity to him with Trump, in that people hear what they want to hear but also that as more things come out about him, it actually becomes harder to ditch than easier. People stuck with him after the first thing, then the second thing, and so on until there is just a litany of reasons to bail but it’s ever harder to finally get that breaking point.

Even now, look how many people are still trying to frame this as a hit job by some woman instead of a credible story of sexual assault. Far too many people out there have not responded to this latest accusation as you have. Ken Klippenstein is out there trolling people over this, which side note, that dude is absolutely going to be writing articles for the right in five years.

Well, if people had taken the fifty other red flags seriously, there wouldn’t now be a scramble to find a replacement. Had a Nazi tattoo, covered it up with a nazi adjacent tattoo, guard at abu ghraib, blackwater mercenary, ‘joined the army because I wanted to have an adventure and kill some people,’ rape apologist, ableist, had a kik account, accusations of impropriety, accusations (and admittance) of locking a woman in a closet during an argument, accusations of sexual assault.

A single one of these is enough to bail on this rich failson, and yet we have all of these and more (with I’m sure more to come out) and people are still out here acting like he’s somehow the victim in all of this.

Say what you will about Macron, but getting Trump to sign what is essentially a surrender treaty in Versailles is some top-tier trolling. A+, no notes.

I don’t know why, but I always kinda got the libertarian vibes from him. His clip show or however you’d describe it just seemed off to me, like he was trying to sell people something.

From the makers of Spreadsheets: The Game comes a new hit Office: Spreadsheets Evolved.

And will still claim the ceasefire holds.

Yeah, he wanted to take over the country by just demanding it.

? OP was claiming that the majority of data centers use closed loop/refrigeration systems and I was pointing out that US data shows the vast majority use evaporative cooling. They posted a few comments pushing that idea which is why I refuted that. I’m not sure what the point you’re trying to make is in regards to those two statements. I’m not disputing the accuracy of what you’re saying, just unsure of where you’re going with it.

Got any info to back that up? Here’s a screenshot from page 39 of the US Data Center Energy Usage Report, which shows the use of closed loop systems (which they call dry cooling) as one of the smallest percentages of cooling types used. Pretty sure you’ve got it completely backwards on the types of cooling used, and I know for a fact the massive Amazon data center out in Oregon uses evaporative, because you can’t drink the water there as a result.

Thanks for the extra info, I never paid much attention the last time it cropped up (because fuck all parties involved), so I had thought it was Spotify going after him as opposed to what sounds like them turning a blind eye to the situation. I guess for them, any amount of perceived usage of their product is a win. I wish the either the courts or congress would do something about arbitration clauses in terms of service, they are highly anti-consumer.

Wasn’t he just caught pumping his numbers on Spotify like six months ago? My first thought when I heard this story was that it was that all over again, but apparently this time Spotify is also involved? Bailed on them years ago, constantly reminded that was the right call.