They make it worse, artificially or in other cases create it from scratch where there wouldn’t be any without scalpers. In any case they do not add value and are a solution to a problem they either cause or make worse.

I am ever more convinced that the above “article” was primarily by LLM.

I’d even say that depends. If you are using your car almost exclusively for commuting and relatively short rides, like most people do, chances are you just plug it in at home and never even have to drive to a “gas station”. I’d call that more convenient.

They are a symptom, but they are a problem too. Denying that is pure laissez-faire capitalism. Scalpers create artificial supply issues to increase prices while adding zero value. That it pays off because some pay that, doesn’t change any of that.

In this case of course the original price was already high and that scalper price is absurd. I’d be surprised if a lot of people are ready to pay that kind of money for it, but what do I know.

This is actually a lucky incident. By covering it, the plaster actually survived.

The thief cries “catch the thief!”

Odense data center in Denmark https://datacenter.munters.com/resources/case-studies/harnessing-heat-from-odense-data-center-for-reuse-in-district-heating/

That’s why I said it is not the same as in gas power stations. It is perfectly possible though, the cooling loop doesn’t have to have the temperature of domestic hot water. That is what heat pumps are for. They have built data centers doing it already in 2017.

Data centers can be built in a responsible way, but the big ones aren’t, instead they are built with the dirtiest and most resource consuming means possible because that is the only way to build them as fast as possible.

Responsibly built data centers of the future should be obliged not only to use closed loop systems but also actually use their huge amounts of heat instead of merely wasting it. Feeding distributed heating systems (or alternative ways of productively using that heat) should be obligatory. I know the situation is not the same as with gas power plants for example but it is incredibly wasteful not to use all that heat for something productive. We are talking about many MW here. For reference, the fairly sizeable waste incinerator plant Spittelau in Vienna has a capacity of 400 MW. There are currently data centers being built in the US with capacities higher than that and absolutely nothing productive is done with the waste heat.

Strict regulation is needed but not only that. Those gas turbines would be actually already illegal today. Laws are not enforced anymore for the oligarchs in the US. In other countries that nonsense would not fly already today.

Well, to begin with. That isn’t made sure and making it sure will delay the delayed projects considerably… which I am all for and is functionally similar to said moratorium. As this isn’t happening we see huge data centers being illegally built with incredibly dirty emergency gas turbines designed for emergency scenarios.

The main issue is that the data centers are built with monopoly money, which enabled them to suck up all resources, pricing out the real economy from critical materials, and services (especially construction, electricity, cooling, IT infrastructure …). This alone should make you understand why this wave of datacenters is bad, even if you don’t care one bit about the environment but at least a tiny bit about the economy.

Liberux Nexx sounds cool but also a bit like vapourware. I’d be happy to be proven wrong.

Personally, I am giving Sailfish OS a chance. After all, that isn’t a “dumb phone” OS as such. They appear to dumb it down for the Callback. It is not dumbed down for the Jolla Phone. If things work out, we should get real units into our hands at the launch event in July.

Paris and Vienna certainly had a lot going on in this regard since 2009. (Brussels too) I am not talking about the odd pedestrianisation.

A lot of streets have been redesigned, that has often benefitted both, pedestrians and cyclists and added more greenery and trees.

Regarding pedestrian infrastructure. That is just outright false, at least for Austria. Pedestrian infrastructure in big cities has improved substantially and even in rural regions many communities have made improvements. Many of these projects happened also after 2009.

That said, the rise of oversized trucks is likely the bigger factor here. When I was visiting the US in 2010, it was not half as bad as it appears to be now.

Wow, they invented closed loop cooling.

I guess they will be completely blown away when they find out, that one can actually link data centers to distributed heating networks and thereby actually use the primary output of those premium priced electrical heating plants, instead of just wasting it and lots of water while doing so. Of course, for doing so one would have to properly plan those data centers and need more time developing them etc. And then it would take longer than this bubble might last so that is not an option.

Big Trucks and SUVs are much deadlier than proper cars in case of accidents. Pedestrian infrastructure does not exist in most parts of the US or is very dangerous to use and those parts of the US that do are often unaffordable for regular people to live in. People also do not expect pedestrians even if there is infrastructure of that kind. Roads in the US are designed to maximise the danger to pedestrians even if there is pedestrian infrastructure because of car first regulations …

Yes, mass production feature phones. This won’t be a mass production product. You’d be surprised how much that increases costs. The question is of course, if one can make a product under those circumstances that people are still ready to buy. In other words, it has to offer something (can also be non-material) that differentiates it from those mass production feature phones.

Interesting vehicle. The Telo M1 still has a very tall “hood”, but given incredibly short it is (on the brink of not existing) Sight lines appear to be good. That thing also packs a lot more usable space than the Slate car. This is what a no BS pickup truck should look like and all within the size limitations of a Mini (or close to that). I can’t really get behind the look, but then also the Fiat Multipla was … unique, in its looks yet a damn impressive car.

I did have a look at the profile comparison (and therefore also deleted my initial comment as the car does look larger on the image that it apparently is). It is indeed way less terrible than currently popular pickup truck. However, like their huge brethren, it still has a long and tall hood and poor visibility for children crossing in front of it, compared to regular cars. This increases risks towards pedestrians substantially.

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I m trying SailfishOS with the new Jolla Phone. Only a suitable choice for nerds I suppose, but that’s not an issue for me.