Massive water use

Huge electricity demand — electrcity network upgrades, increased electricity prices for all. Constant demand 24/7.

Combined means higher utility bills for local households

Pollution risk — Backup generators and construction equipment

Noise pollution, 24/7 — Constant hum from cooling systems and periodic backup generator tests.

Industrial look & feel — Large, windowless warehouse buildings clash with residential or rural aesthetics,

Traffic & construction disruption —

Limited long-term jobs — very few local long-term positions are created.

Tax incentives - Benefit companies, not locals.

Property value decrease.

Lack of transparency - deals made behind closed doors. Compute could be used for war crimes.

The call is coming from inside the house.

And salt. Watch Gordon Ramsey season every single step.

your biggest problem here is simply time management and finding a willing partner.

Can I progress on a diet of 95% bouldering and indoor centres?

Let’s say I learn CAD.

• What do I do to make it more than a trinket printer.

• Why should I get a printer.

• Should I skip the owning part and just use commercial 3d print shops?

https://bluffball.ai/

used as an external internet

It seems to send messages p2p, not provide broad web access.

Ironically I’ve just uninstalled the guardian app because it wouldn’t let me circumvent the number of articles I could read per month.

Oh. So it should be called Onesync?

I’m saying that case by case, person by person there are alternatives (software and/or processes). E.g.

• If you want features A,B,C then use alternative X

• If you want features C,D,E then use alternative Y

• If you want features A,D,F then use alternative Z

But if your team needs A,B,C,D,E & F then we come to your point that there is no alternative.

I just didn’t want people reading this thread to automatically jump to the “must use excel” conclusion.

There are lots of Excel alternatives.

There is nothing that matches every single feature of excel in 2026.

I saw about 20 hours of very watchable TV. I did enjoy it. But in terms of progress towards something it just felt, empty. Mysteries that were set up had not yet paid off, and I felt no closer to any answer.

I’ve been burned before with Lost and Heroes. I decided to wait until it had concluded before picking it up again.

I saw up to season 3, maybe 4. I stopped because nothing happened.

• Dragon lady was still in desert towns.

• The wall was still snowy with no sign of zombies.

• Someone tried to take over a town but failed, so nothing changed.

• Lots of people got murdered at a wedding without any effect on the plot.

The small girl training to be an assassin was interesting, but done better in Hanna or Leon.

Then your area is better served. Large companies typically sign 10-15 year deals so my point remains relevant. Residential customers get slightly worse pricing, but much shorter deals.

Big customers lock in deals for a fixed price of Y for X years.

Smaller customers can also get similar deals but retail customers (normal people) rarely can lock prices for more than 1 year. Most pay spot prices.

Jewish religion and ethnicity are often co-mingled. I’m covering both with my response.

Saying X is against genocide does not mean that people who believe X can’t commit genocide.

There are plenty of murderous Christians despite the rule “thou shalt not kill”.

The act of commiting genocide neither changes someones religion nor ethnicity.

Are you deliberately trying to increase confusion?

I tried British tea served from a machine in a hot can before it took off.

Still waiting for it to take off.

My friend went to Cambridge when Hawking was there.

He tells a story about walking behind his wheelchair on the towpath next to the river Cam. Hawking would pretend to veer into the water then turn back, then veer towards then turn away multiple times.

Pissed him off because he felt he had to watch him safely to his college and he didn’t want to have to jump in the river if Stephens dangerous driving went wrong.