RE: https://mstdn.social/@stshank/117162806916390598
This is of course where the private equity bros are pivoting to next, to hide their stolen loot (once the data centre bubble pops).
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@cstross
I'm less angry about that. Some physics and engineering may come out of it.
Whereas using staggering amounts of energy to produce BS...
@iinavpov This is a complete 180 from my position a very few years ago, but right now I don't believe we need another nuclear power source. Fusion isn't inherently clean, can be used to breed plutonium for weapons, and relies on large centralized generators—heavy industry, in other words, with its toxic political and economic side-effects.
@cstross I have a friend who works for CFS and I have learned about so maybe different ways that welding two pieces of metal can go wrong in the past couple years. I also learned about the Massachusetts Board of Boilers, which I think would be a great name for a villainous organization in a novel (not to tell you how to do your job)
