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				Culture War Roundup for the week of August 3, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
What else can they really do? There's roughly zero surplus hydropower sitting around waiting for a customer, and everything else has a lead time of double digit years or is even worse in terms of nuisance (E.g., massive diesel gensets).


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of August 3, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Typically the local tax revenue is via property tax, to which the end usage of the datacenter is irrelevant.  It's assessed based on the fair-market value of the land and improvements.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of August 3, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Hmm.  A palatial botanical conservatory with orchids in the dead of northern winter at least sounds like a civic use of waste heat.  Maybe Milwaukee should relocate the Mitchell Park Domes to Mount Pleasant?


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Weekly Finance Thread - 2026-08-01
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
You could easily find a local church and donate to their benevolence fund, or similar targeted fund. These are often very efficient, usually run by volunteers who donate their time to allocate funds to where they will offer real help to those who need it. But it does violate the EA precept of non-locality: a benevolence fund is much more likely to help someone local with a utility bill than save a few children on the other side of the planet.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Small-Scale Question Sunday for August 2, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
As a Wisconsin resident I'm obligated to tout the virtues of the brandy old-fashioned, but since it's already obvious I will raise awareness of the Brandy Alexander, a delicious brandy drink that also incorporates dairy, for a Midwestern twofer.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Friday Fun Thread for July 31, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Played the pre-release game The Crust for several hours.  It's a more-or-less standard factory/exploration game, set on the Moon.  I'm a Moon exploitation enthusiast, so I enjoy the fantasy.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of July 27, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
As RJ Fletcher wisely advised, never call chicks broads.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of July 27, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
That's forbidden by copyright law.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Small-Scale Question Sunday for July 26, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
It's any time a Republican is President.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of July 20, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
In the Usenet days so long as some users were willing to contribute positively, all you had to do was ignore the flames. Now with the mods as gatekeepers, those useful contributors are also chased away and the flamers are all that is left.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of July 20, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
No I wouldn't, I was just saying they would be unlikely to survive as corporate R&D efforts.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of July 20, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Real value in this context means that it produces return on investment in a straightforward way. Legitimate research reveals new facts about material reality.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of July 20, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Doubtful - things that provide real value will be continued elsewhere, in corporate R&D labs if needed. The real losers would be expensive but legitimate research with no practical application, like particle physics or astronomy.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Small-Scale Question Sunday for July 19, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Yes, a knife with a blade for a handle. I severely chastise people I see using an open scissors as a knife.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Friday Fun Thread for July 17, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
I agree that Nolan is overrated, but I think it proves how desperate audiences are for solid filmmaking craft, which is something that Nolan does really well.  He builds big sets and shoots on location and performs real stunts, and at least makes an effort to utilize the power of visuals.  I don't plan to make a special effort to see this movie, as I'm just not a mythology enthusiast to begin with, but I'm willing to believe that it's much better than the usual theatrical dreck.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Small-Scale Question Sunday for July 19, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Bottle opener.  I do live in Wisconsin though.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Small-Scale Question Sunday for July 19, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Since nobody seemed to mention it yet, I'll toss in GTAV.  It's still technically impressive, good-looking, funny, and welcoming to just screwing around with the world.  Lowbrow, perhaps, but it was not the incredible long-lived success it has been for no reason.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Small-Scale Question Sunday for July 19, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					


Is there anything I as an individual can do to push back against Flock cameras or broader mass surveillance in the US?




The most effective thing you could do is advocate for massive increases in human policing.  A cop on every corner, with DA's willing to charge all plausible cases, and judges willing to seriously hold people accountable, even juveniles and minorities.  Reopen the asylums and confine the mentally ill who serially refuse to take their meds.


Flock cameras are tolerated or even desired almost entirely due to the (often accurate) perception that too much crime goes unpunished.  Once we're all living in a low-crime high-trust society again, people will be much less willing to trade their public anonymity for security.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of July 13, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Jedi? Space me! Say what you like about the tenets of Galactic Imperialism, dude, at least it's an ethos.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of July 13, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					


That was pretty much my first thought. If you sign up for surrogacy, by all means keep the baby even if they're gonna be half-braindead, but don't expect to be paid for the job.




Disagree.  The surrogacy is the service that was induced by the promise of the payment, and it's not reasonable to expect a warranty on a baby unless explicitly agreed to.  She should get the money no matter what, but they should be able to refuse delivery.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of July 13, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					


There's a couple solutions here. The namespace solution is the obvious coder one: r.games.ffxiv. and r.games.ark., throw a page that lists them with some sort capability (and maybe allow management of that page by moderators for the recognized community), done.




I like this, it's like reinventing USENET.  Arguably the overarching vision here is exactly USENET, but on the web.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Small-Scale Question Sunday for July 12, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Goo Gone


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Friday Fun Thread for July 10, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
After years away, jumped back in to Diablo III latest season to get a Crusader set I never tried.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of July 6, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
It doesn't matter much for inference, which is what the satellites are for. Heck, you can run inference at home on your PC if you want to fork out for the hardware.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			
			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Wellness Wednesday for July 8, 2026
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Amazing!