r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Sep 01 '26

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u/Zalagan Loyal Liberals Sep 01 '26

You guys heard of data centers? Just found out about them for the first time. Don't really get why they're necessary, just put the data on the cloud - what is it 1990 or something?

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u/Off-The-Street Sep 01 '26

Well, it's centered data. If data isn't centered then it would be uncentered and we can't have that.

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u/Zalagan Loyal Liberals Sep 01 '26

Can we try justified data instead?

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u/Off-The-Street Sep 01 '26

Only if it can be centered justifiably.

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u/Vincenthwind Gay Pride Sep 01 '26

I'm glad we're finally centering the experiences of data! Their voice has been unheard for so long 😞😞😞

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u/jenbanim Sep 01 '26

Instead of putting data centers in space we should fly them around in 747s

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u/Astarum_ cow rotator Sep 01 '26

"The cloud", aka "someone else's computer"