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A Boring Dystopia

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[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 63 points 2 days ago (2 children)

In hot areas with water scarcity.

[–] ToastedRavioli@midwest.social 18 points 2 days ago (1 children)

And an electrical grid held together by duct tape and chewing gum

[–] 0x0@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 days ago

Ok, if MacGyver did it then it'll hold for ages.

[–] Silic0n_Alph4@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago

Well, yeah. If you put it somewhere cold like the Arctic it’ll melt the ice caps and make global warming worse. Better to let the cold places stay cold and put the hot data centres somewhere that’s already hot! Sorted - no more global warming (just some localised warming I guess)

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