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A Boring Dystopia

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The world we live in isn't just dystopic, it isn't just stupid, trying to describe all the ways it sucks just makes for a really boring story.

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A rocket was just fired into space containing the first data center to land on the moon, which is both incredible and incredibly corporate in equal measure (www.pcgamer.com)
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[–] AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

It's a single SSD. That's a far cry from being a 'data centre'. By that logic and criteria, voyager is now our first interstellar data centre. This is just falling for marketing bs

[–] MsPenguinette@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago

I do think the distinction that they are selling storage space on that SSD is a pretty import distinction

[–] magnetosphere@fedia.io 3 points 1 week ago

I like the author’s attitude and tone

[–] RizzoTheSmall@lemm.ee 3 points 1 week ago

Coming soon: the new planetary redundancy offering from Microsoft Azure. Ensure the resiliency of you application and data in the event that one or more heavenly bodies is wiped from the solar system.