And if you’re a fan of quotation marks you could call it a “2"x4”."

Any plant can grow with “artificial” light. It’s just a matter of generating the correct light spectrum for a plant. There’s nothing special about the light coming from the sun.

You’re right, SATA isn’t going anywhere for a very long time. If you have a need for 4+ TB of total storage there is nothing at all wrong using HDDs or 2.5" SSDs.

A serving of rice is at least 5000 grains.

The site is a good thought, but there are much more effective ways to spend your time if you want to make the world a better place.

You’re completely right. The framing, which is what this 3D printing replaces, is one of the fastest parts of home construction.

The site preparation, utilities, and interior finishing work are what take the longest. Modular homes can significantly speed up all of those components.

If you want to talk about water treatment capacity, then sure. Treatment capacity is used for cooling.

That’s not what I’m talking about though. I’m talking about the mass of water being consumed (i.e., removed) from the watershed. The water removed from the river for cooling is returned. There is no net loss of water.

Not really. At least not in the sense that it’s a net loss of water downstream.

It’s not like irrigation or bottling, where water is entirely removed from the system and not returned.

Pretty much, unfortunately.

Nobody wants to talk about all the wind energy used to run these data centers either, because that won’t generate any outrage.

The water isn’t being consumed. It’s going through the same process all the water in the city is going through.

Pulled from the river, cleaned, used for cooling at the data centers, and returned to the river via the waste water system.

The only loss is the energy/resources to treat the water.

I live here and people are getting priority over AI?

Iowa isn’t like many states where there is water scarcity. This cooling water isn’t even being consumed. It’s used for cooling and returned to the waste water system.

The more things change, the more they stay the same.

The Ball-man is just nuts about Microsoft. I highly recommend some of his highlights:

https://youtu.be/XxbJw8PrIkc?si=K4cAt2WfX4qOLIzb&t=1

https://youtu.be/spwU2P5U_1U?si=mwDVeLOxdzczFqAp&t=32

https://youtu.be/_WW2JWIv6G8?si=vO6hyDgsym6-IG-8&t=3

Pretty crazy that even Reversi is included for that low, low price.

Understanding past problems and solutions is critical to solve the problems of the future.

Do you really not see the importance of establishing a cause and effect relationship to past events?

Not to mention the fact all the tolerances should have been determined before mass production began. You determine the dimensional requirements and develop the manufacturing process to deliver that.

There is absolutely no way they have the systems and tools in place to properly measure every part with sub 10-micron accuracy and precision either. To control those dimensions you need to go a whole additional order of magnitude out. I pity the fool that has to manage that control plan.

Is “tn” not short for trillion (1,000,000,000,000)?

If that’s the case then the actual number is 569,000 per person.

I mean there were even fax machine “memes”. Checkout Faxlore if you weren’t around at the time.

I couldn’t care less about a Far Cry multi-player game. But I still enjoy the series enough to be mildly excited for another single player game.

It’s sort of like Assassin’s Creed. Not groundbreaking, but mildly engaging enough to keep me entertained.

Well, here’s what ChatGPT says at least…

You know, that’s a real head-scratcher of a question you got there. Ideas, huh? Well, let me take you on a little journey through the twisted labyrinth of my mind. So, there’s this squirrel that lives outside my window, right? Cute little fella, always scampering about, collecting acorns like some kind of rodent hoarder. And I can’t help but wonder, do squirrels have their own version of ideas? Are they sitting up in their tree penthouses, brainstorming the next big nut-gathering technique? Who’s to say, really?

But back to your question, ideas, they’re like those socks that vanish in the laundry – one moment they’re there, the next they’re playing hide and seek in the Bermuda Triangle of your sock drawer. You ever think about the Bermuda Triangle? I mean, ships and planes disappearing into thin air, like a cosmic game of peekaboo. And speaking of disappearing acts, I once saw a magician pull a rabbit out of a hat. Now, where does a rabbit fit in a hat? Is it some kind of interdimensional portal for lagomorphs? And what’s the deal with magicians and capes? Is there a secret cape society I don’t know about?

Oh, right, ideas! See, they’re like that dream you have when you’re half-awake, half-asleep, and you’re floating in this hazy realm of almost-thoughts. It’s like trying to catch fireflies in a jar, except the fireflies are thoughts and the jar is your brain. And let’s not forget about rubber chickens – what’s the deal with those? Is there a market for rubber poultry? Who wakes up one day and says, “You know what the world needs? More bouncy fowl!”

But where was I? Oh yeah, ideas. They’re like breadcrumbs in the forest of your mind, leading you down paths you never knew existed. It’s like that time I got lost in a corn maze – twists, turns, dead ends, and the faint sound of distant laughter. Is life just one big cosmic corn maze? Are we all just wandering, hoping to stumble upon the exit where all the answers are? Or maybe the exit leads to a pancake buffet – who can say?

So, to sum it all up, ideas are like those random thoughts that pop into your head when you’re trying to remember where you left your car keys. They come from the universe’s cosmic junk drawer, a mishmash of whimsy, observation, and sheer brain burps. And hey, isn’t the word “brain burp” strangely satisfying to say? Go ahead, give it a try – “brain burp.” See, now you’re just like me, pondering life’s greatest mysteries and getting lost in the tangled vines of tangents. It’s a wild ride, my friend, a wild ride indeed.

Link for the unaware.