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andyreagan

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andyreagan··on Erin Brockovich made a map to track data centers around the country
Perhaps comparing the anti-datacenter sentiment with the Luddite movement is being unfair to the Luddites (the more I read about the actual movement).
andyreagan··on Erin Brockovich made a map to track data centers around the country
Fair enough, not a rational response on my part
andyreagan··on Erin Brockovich made a map to track data centers around the country
I'm not sure why but my reaction to this is pretty negative.

This page must be hosted from a data center as well...they could add a star to the map for their own hosting?

How much electricity does their site use, etc? I've seen counters like this before, I think, about the electricity a site uses based on the weight of the page, etc.

andyreagan··on Ask HN: What are you working on? (October 2025)
I love the project. Will be excited to participate when it comes to MA.
andyreagan··on ChatGPT is a blurry JPEG of the web
They lay out the case clearly here...and I agree. This was my one-sentence take back in 2022: https://twitter.com/andyreagan/status/1506294505930203151

> hot take: large language models (looking at you, GPT-3) are just lossy compression

andyreagan··on Replacing a SQL analyst with 26 recursive GPT prompts
> Training these models with extra data turns out to be incredibly expensive and relatively ineffective.

I can see that it's expensive, but have you tried it for effectiveness?

BTW, your approach is very cool here.

andyreagan··on Building an e-ink weather display for our home
what town in MA are you? I'm in Shutesbury, and we're building a new library in the coming years. would be great to do this, and have an example to base from.
andyreagan··on Ask HN: Running pi-hole for a whole town
Oh interesting! We wouldn’t be messing with any bits, but rather responding to dns queries. The opt out or simply setting your own dns server would mean we’re not forcing anyone to use our dns “service”.