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I suspect many HN commenters would be surprised to learn just how much the general public are on the side of these activists, condoning if not outright applaudi
by namuol 3mo ago
I suspect many HN commenters would be surprised to learn just how much the general public are on the side of these activists, condoning if not outright applauding their actions.
- skeaker 3mo agoYep. Even in very red areas like Texas, isn't the public opinion something like 95% opposed? City councils keep allowing it despite this, clearly due to bribes. Whole situation sucks.
- holbrad 3mo agoI mean bribes can be good. Sure you can build a data center near me, if your going to fund a new swimming pool and library with the taxes you pay. Also I get reduced local taxes? Even better! Infrastructure building would be a whole lot easier, if people could directly tie it to tangible benefits.
- water-data-dude 3mo agoIt would be great if it worked that way, with the people living nearby getting concrete benefits from the new data center. Instead, they typically just see an increase in their utility bills.
- skeaker 3mo agoIf you think bribes are at all going to the constituents, you don't understand what a bribe is. This is a very different thing from them paying taxes back into the city.
- inigyou 3mo agoYou can even heat the swimming pool with the waste heat.
- holbrad 3mo ago[flagged]
- mghackerlady 3mo agoOh FFS no it isn't chinese propaganda or whatever, people are just fed up with slop
- Sabinus 3mo agoAttacking random datacentres is not going to even fractionally help with the issue of low quality AI use.
- mghackerlady 3mo agoNo, but people aren't that smart. They're angry and need a sacrifice
- inemesitaffia 3mo agoIt's Chinese propaganda
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- TiredOfLife 3mo agoSame with anti vaxxers, 5g truthers and Trump voters