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Alpha71@lemmy.world to Fuck AI@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months ago

'It's like we don't exist': Nearly 50,000 Lake Tahoe residents face power loss as utility redirects lines to data centers | Fortune

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'It's like we don't exist': Nearly 50,000 Lake Tahoe residents face power loss as utility redirects lines to data centers | Fortune

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Roughly 49,000 Lake Tahoe residents could lose 75% of their power after their energy provider said it's directing energy to neighboring data centers.
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      ಠ_ಠ

      is that AI slop?

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        The image I posted? It’s just a photo from the page trying to sell them. The actual product? No idea, but those types of stickers have been around well before the bullshit generators we’re calling AI, so I’d guess no.

        I’m not seeing any red flags… what about this one caught your attention?

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        Doesn’t look like slop. Not everything on the internet is AI slop. Yet.

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    are there laws in the u.s. against an area crowdsourcing funds for creating a grid of solar panels / wind turbines / etc and providing the service that a nationalised electricity supplier should’ve already been providing? asking for a friend 🤔

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      If there aren’t, I’m sure they’re going to pass them, as soon as people start doing this in any number.

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        Electric cooperatives are a thing

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        Yep. Just like they did when people started making community fiber ISPs

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        probably. best to get everything organised & built asap while it’s still possible, so!

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      If you want to be on the grid, absolutely. If you can be fully independent… still probably.

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      Lookup Hydro-Québec.

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      i mean a few towns over they made it a law to put solar on every primary residence unless there was a financial exemption. they literally made a solar grid. they still get charged by the damn utility. line maintenance, etc. still has expenses. don’t ask me, i am not running the books.

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    We’re going to need people like The Fox again.

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    50,000 people with grudges and whatever tgey can find at home (remember they’re Americans)

    Vs

    One databoi

    Who wins?

    I guess it depends on who is going to burn more easily.

    Could always drag some power company execs around with horses and electric bikes. That will certainly send a message.

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      Don’t forget the police will protect the corpos

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      1. one can freeon
      2. one road flare
      3. one roll of ductape
      4. one power pole
      5. 50,000 people

      one bad night for any lineman.

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    Without paywall

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    Paywall.

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      https://www.removepaywall.com/search?url=https%3A%2F%2Ffortune.com%2F2026%2F05%2F12%2Flake-tahoe-data-center-49000-residents-power-source%2F

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      The title pretty much says it all.

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        Very rarely.

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    The slop must flow!

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    Most of those counties voted red. Giving all these billionaires consequence-free abilities to take everything. Leopards having a snack.

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