> Almost half of the US data centers planned for this year are expected to be delayed or canceled.

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https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2026-04-01/us-ai-data-center-expansion-relies-on-chinese-electrical-equipment-imports
archive: https://archive.is/chEEI

TIL Marie Curie is the only person to win Nobel Prizes in two different scientific fields.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Curie#Nobel_Prizes
#til #todayilearned
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1scuhrb/til_marie_curie_is_the_only_person_to_win_nobel/

"I used AI. It worked. I hated it." by @mttaggart https://taggart-tech.com/reckoning/

This is a really good blogpost. And I"m sure it'll make some people unhappy to read whether they're pro or anti genAI. What's good about @mttaggart's blogpost is he talks honestly about how using Claude Code did actually solve the problem he set out to do. It needed various guardrails, but they were possible to set up, and the project worked. But the post is also completely clear and honest about how miserable it was:

- It removed the joy from the process
- If you aim to do the right thing and carefully evaluate the output, your job ends up eventually becoming "tapping the Y key"
- Ramifications on people learning things
- Plenty of other ethical analysis
- And the nagging wonder whether to use it next time, despite it being miserable.

I think this is important, because it *is* true that these tools are getting to the point where they can accomplish a lot of tasks, but the caveat space is very large (cotd)

I don't want the #Fediverse to grow because I see "growth" as an intrinsic good.

I want the Fediverse to grow because I see commercial social media as a major threat to the long-term survival of human civilization. Thus, we need to replace it - and right now, the Fediverse seems to be the best alternative we have.

RE: https://mastodon.social/@voteinorout/116343001877841067

allegedly, quite a number of NYPD retired or quit because of Mamdani. i would bet that's why crime is down.

historically, cops who would quit because their new boss is a muslim man born in Africa of Indian parents, are the type of people who become cops to cover up their crimes.

NYPD has a looong history of cop gangs.