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2 days agoOn top of that, even the server setup they talked about wouldn’t actually cost that much energy to run, because that’s not all that will be running on it. That physical host will likely have dozens or even hundreds of servers running on it, and the small menu serving webserver will account for hardly any of the power draw from the hosts.
Oh, and I almost forgot: the company is going to have a website anyway, what company today serving the public doesn’t? Adding a page or two isn’t going to raise the power consumption in any measurable way if at all.
We very, very much wish it were just a joke. Diseases that were basically eliminated in the US are making a comeback. And we just appointed an antivaxxer as our health secretary, who also has proposed sending people on antidepressants and ADHD drugs to work camps for years to “re-parent” them.
It’s fucking terrifying here right now, at least for anyone paying attention.