Mastodawn

What the fuck? Why the hell do we want a fucking AI data centre here?
https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-03-04-sas-biggest-data-centre-monster-set-to-consume-25-of-durbans-electricity/

SA’s biggest data centre ‘monster’ set to consume 25% of Durban’s electricity

Durban is pressing ahead with plans to build a massive 400MW artificial intelligence data centre in partnership with a South Korean power consortium. It would be South Africa’s biggest digital data centre, burning up the equivalent of a staggering 25% of the city of Durban’s current electricity supply.

Daily Maverick

Paul Mason Mar 5

It appears that Microslop have stopped adding any new features to VS Code unless it's related to AI Slop generation. Maybe it's time they change its name to VS CodeSlop...

Paul Mason Feb 21

A new season of Scrubs is starting on Disney+ on Thursday, with all the same actors! 😱

Paul Mason Feb 20

So commoner guy Andrew was arrested for "misconduct in public office" and not for being a pedophile? 🤔

Paul Mason Feb 18

Let me get this straight - a slop PR submitted by an AI agent doesn't get merged, it gets morged? Did I get it right?

Paul Mason Feb 17

The retro pixel art aesthetic in video games is so last year - the new in thing (according to me, so it's legit) is the segmented LCD style, like the early Nintendo Game & Watch handhelds.

Paul Mason Feb 16

OMG - Lemmings is 35 years old. 😲

Paul Mason Feb 16

Listen idiots - if you don't like web components don't use them and move along. If you're a framework author you don't have to support web components if you don't want to; just move along and stop whining about it.

Paul Mason Feb 15

Sneak Peek!

Paul Mason Feb 14

It's interesting how nobody really cares about Pluralsight anymore...