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Cake day: July 7th, 2023

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  • I see what you’re going for but of all the insane things the USA wastes money on, this at least has scientific value and human interest.

    The cost of this mission is $4.1 billion. The USA defense budget is $997 billion.

    The next highest defense budget is China at $314 billion.

    The Artemis mission could be a rounding error compared with how much we spend on our war machine. I personally think there is a lot more room for criticism of the US military adventurism and all of its costs than something like Artemis but that’s just me.










  • There is also this.

    Tl;dw is that these data centers produce a ton of inaudible low frequency infrasound (think that feeling in your chest from a subwoofer) which can have health effects, especially with prolonged exposure.

    Basically this guy recorded sound and infrasound and tested the neighborhoods around data centers vs. West Texas where all of the oil drilling and fracking activity is vs. normal places. The data centers were producing massive amounts of infrasound 24/7 and neighbors were really pissed. Multiple reports of health concerns from it. It was more than the areas of drilling and fracking in TX.

    One of my favorite moments of the video is when he is at someone’s home near the data center and discussing the situation and he lays the camera down on the floor and the video feed begins to visibly vibrate.