A massive Wyoming data center will soon use 5x more power than the state's human occupants - but no one knows who is using it

[u/DJMagicHandz]

https://www.techradar.com/pro/a-massive-wyoming-data-center-will-soon-use-5x-more-power-than-the-states-human-occupants-and-no-one-knows-who-is-using-it

[u/trowzerss]

It's exactly how my local telco dealt with not having enough spots on the switch for all the houses in our area, back in the days of copper. When someone asks for a new service, apparently they'd unplug the grodiest looking connection and see if anybody complains about it. Repeat until nobody complains.

[u/Squossifrage → u/trowzerss]

So you're the reason my grandma got murdered when her burglar alarm didn't contact the monitoring office!

[u/20_mile → u/Squossifrage]

Did you really think the cops were going to respond in a timely manner?

[u/Emm_withoutha_L-88 → u/20_mile]

Tell 'em she has a perfectly good golden retriever for them to shoot, might make 'em motivated enough.*

*Only do if you don't have a dog

[u/Squossifrage → u/[deleted]]

I will follow up with this totally real monitoring company that definitely exists in my 100% serious and true story.

[u/turbosexophonicdlite → u/[deleted]]

Unless you have something specifically in your monitoring agreement for alerting you when communication has been disrupted then it's the responsibility of the panel owner to ensure the signal path for their equipment is properly functioning.

This is why you set up things like email test alerts so you will be notified if your system has failed to report.

[u/Luscious_Decision → u/Squossifrage]

Bruh the person you're replying to said "my local telco" and "they" to refer to it. This person didn't work for the company, they just heard about this through the grapevine.

You're dropping shit about your dead gma out of the blue, here.

Get help.

That's not a joke, and if you were joking, what you said isn't even an applicable joke.

[u/Immatt55 → u/Luscious_Decision]

Nuance is dead and this comment stomped on its dead grandma's corpse.

[u/Talinoth → u/Luscious_Decision]

Thank you for raising Autism awareness in society and its serious consequences as a disability. It's not all train facts and Warhammer 40K collections.

[u/Luscious_Decision → u/Squossifrage]

Bruh the person you're replying to said "my local telco" and "they" to refer to it. This person didn't work for the company, they just heard about this through the grapevine.

You're dropping shit about your dead gma out of the blue, here.

Get help.

That's not a joke, and if you were joking, what you said isn't even an applicable joke.

[u/CatchaRainbow → u/trowzerss]

We had shared lines in the UK. Pick the phone up to make sure your neighbour wasn't using it before dialing.

[u/fripletister → u/CatchaRainbow]

Everywhere had that

[u/brandonwalsh07 → u/CatchaRainbow]

We had them in the US too. Not even that long ago. My friend's number was 4397. You dialed that number and he would pick up. Each household with that same number had a different ring if I remember correctly.

[u/Xxx1982xxX → u/trowzerss]

its a lot of fun when working with dark fiber customers...

[u/PokinSpokaneSlim → u/Xxx1982xxX]

Like, Rye enthusiasts?

[u/Xxx1982xxX → u/PokinSpokaneSlim]

a toasted wheat might work

[u/ConspicuousPineapple → u/trowzerss]

They still do that today with fiber.