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OTD 1986 (40 years!) - #SunMicrosystems "Car in Office" April Fool's Day stunt.
Recreated in 2008 at Google - but they didn't have to move and replace walls.
OTD 1951: Census Bureau accepts the first UNIVAC system - with 59% uptime.
Now Meta has bumped up their $1.5B data center plan on the other side of El Paso to an insane $10B plan.
A.I. buildout bullshit - $165B Project Jupiter outside of my hometown El Paso.
As wealthier areas are pushing back against huge A.I. data centers, speculators are pitching places like Doña Ana County, N.M., on their vision. Local officials are eager for a deal — even if they don’t quite know the terms.
Good book from 2021 about how the huge public/private infrastructure deals are usually just short term gain for politicians and long term financial pain for the affected communities.
Think about all the BS AI infrastructure deals recently announced.
Excellent takedown of the AI data center hype.
https://www.wheresyoured.at/the-ai-industry-is-lying-to-you/
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