parakletos.bsky.social
economics, data, charts, housing, politics, rock climbing. “If not me, then who? If not now, then when?”
👤 Joined on 15 November 2024
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@parakletos.bsky.socialThe reality is this: progressives have an affective hatred of data centers because they don’t like the companies associated with them. Because of that they feel obligated to argue, absurdly, that the extremely substantial tax revenues from data centers are somehow poisoned or undesirable.
Show Postcount on max to have the extremely sensible YIMBY land use take :)
Show PostAlright, because this has 60 gazillion likes and keeps getting quoted at me: The decibel meter has a reading of 60 db. That's the same level as a window air conditioner. I'm not sure what's going on with the sound in the video but it sure doesn't SOUND like 60 dbs.
Show PostBut, ALSO, the video seems pretty clearly edited in a a misleading way. Deafening, shrieking machine sounds aren't really compatible with what he's showing us. It seems like the sounds have been amplified for shock value, which is a common tactic in these videos.
Show PostAnd that's not surprising since the immediate source of this video appears to be a clickbait news aggregation channel on Instagram, with effectively zero standards of any kind.
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