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You know it’s hot and you own an old, inefficient home when the AC can’t keep up with the heat.

What’s the perfect American hot dog?

“My favorite hot dog EVER is the humble Costco hot dog,” says Tzeng, who says she has eaten them at Costcos around the world. “This is the hot dog of the people, the great equalizer.”

Hell yea.

Using Copilot – my company’s preferred AI supplier – to compare and do analytics on 2 large sets of data. I tried using my excel knowledge, but needed a double check. I’m not happy nor proud of it, but here we are.

My opinions on AI and massive data centers still stand.

I think we can slow down a bit of flavor science.

I don’t know what it is about this season specifically, but the Orioles are such a disappointment. Maybe it was the 100-win seasons and division wins just a few seasons ago. Regardless, this team is just bad. ⚾️

I used to enjoy class with the lights off, but not for this.

County With 37 Data Centers Asks Schools to ‘Conserve Electricity’

The absolute balls of the County Manager, John Vithoulkas, to say this with a straight face:

“To mitigate the impact of higher electric costs, I am asking that we, collectively, make slight adjustments to conserve electricity across our individual workspaces,”

It’s usually been common for business to build out infrastructure to support expansion prior to moving forward with said expansion. It just makes sense–you need to know that what you are building will be able to operate. This crazy AI data center explosion has turned all common sense norms upside down in the chase for market share, government contracts, and profits. Allowing billion 1 dollar companies to essentially steal or steeply subsidize their energy needs and costs on the communities.

Vithoulkas’s email said these small changes may seem insignificant but that they add up. “Each dollar we can save by conserving electricity is another dollar the county can reinvest into staff and the services we provide our residents,” it said.

I’m sure the companies building and operating the data centers are sharing the same mindset…

  1. Billion dollars on paper, but in reality burning through cash at an astronomical rate and only being held up through investor’s hopes, dreams, and fear of missing out. ↩︎

Went down to the harbor to see the tall ships and saw the Corch Fock from Germany.