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- Comment on Google CIO Calls Trump Admin’s Climate Denialism “Fantastic” | Ruth Porat called for data centers to be powered by coal, gas, and nuclear 1 week ago:
I agree with you and I think she was taken somewhat out of context, though it’s not exactly fake or making things up either. My interpretation is that she is agreeing with specific parts of Sec. Burgum’s statements. The headline of the article (calls Trump admin’s climate denialism “fantastic”) is sensationalization. They do link to the source video though and to Google’s whitepaper.
Her remarks are at around 9hr 5m. She says “fantastic” and then talks specifically about nuclear, grid permitting & modernization. She focuses on the “AI arms race” and the need to act quickly on energy policy. She does not make any statement on Burgum’s climate denialism.
Most of what she is saying is in line with what’s in the whitepaper (of which she is an author). And in my view, the whitepaper outlines an energy policy that both achievable in the current administration and reduces emissions. It is certainly not perfect, and I wish the conversation was different, but there’s some good stuff in there.
I have been a volunteer advocating for climate policies at the federal level for the past few years, and we have had a lot of conversations around nuclear, geothermal, clean energy tax credits, permitting reform (NEPA exemptions, transmission). I was happy to see mention of the Energy Permitting Reform Act of 2024 in Google’s whitepaper – we lobbied pretty hard for that. It definitely would have reduced emissions.
I don’t personally like that Google is advocating for natural gas, even if they talk about carbon sequestration and satellite based emissions monitoring in the same breath. Natural gas is definitely part of the current state of climate / energy policy conversation, and we’d rather have natural gas than coal. In my advocacy work, I don’t demonize natural gas, but I try to shift towards talking more about geothermal and nuclear to cover base load power needs.
Burgum’s comments are around 47m and there is definitely a lot of denialism in there. But he also talks about decarbonization, sequestration, cleaner sources of base load power (hydro). A few years ago, Republicans were not using any of this sort of language, and we’ve been part of helping to change that. Our strategy has included a strong focus on common ground around energy, and side-stepping the climate change debate entirely.
If the end result is a reduction in emissions then personally I don’t really care as much about ideological purity. The article to me seems more focused on purity and less on the full context.
- Comment on Lemmy.zip Server Update July 2025 1 month ago:
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- Comment on Lemmy.zip Turns Two! 🎂🎉🥳 2 months ago:
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- Comment on Welcome to Lemmy.zip 2 months ago:
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- Comment on [deleted] 2 months ago:
Thank you for this. I have been struggling the last few days more than ever before. Someday I’ll get through it. But that day isn’t today.
- Comment on Lemmy.zip Server Update June 2025 2 months ago:
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- Comment on (Technology Connections) Closed captions on DVDs are getting left behind [33:46] 2 months ago:
Thank you for your service.
- Comment on [deleted] 3 months ago:
It would be pretty easily though, if anyone starts to think that it’s important.
- Comment on Google Says iPhone Adoption Of RCS Has Led Users To Share 'More Than A Billion' Messages Daily, Yet SMS/MMS Still Reign Supreme In The U.S. 3 months ago:
Best we can do is silently block your messages if you fail Play Integrity.
- Comment on Site Maintenance: Thursday 14th May 12:00 UTC 3 months ago:
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- Comment on OpenBSD 7.7 released with updated hardware support, 9Front ships second update of 2025 3 months ago:
I dunno, but I would think BSD shares a lot of the same ethos.
- Comment on OpenBSD 7.7 released with updated hardware support, 9Front ships second update of 2025 3 months ago:
He posts a lot of his art on Lemmy.
- Comment on Lemmy.zip Server Update April 2025 4 months ago:
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- Comment on Google To Allow Double Serving Ads. 4 months ago:
I think I remember being able to switch to anonymous user with it.
- Comment on Google To Allow Double Serving Ads. 4 months ago:
DV is difficult to get working properly on PC, and last time I tried to set up an HTPC I ran into tons of remote control issues and it wasn’t simple enough that I could just hand the remote over to a guest (or my spouse).
2019 Shield has plenty of issues sure, but it still seems like the best option for me, personally.
Agree about disable network on the TV itself.
- Comment on Google To Allow Double Serving Ads. 4 months ago:
SmartTube
- Comment on Microsoft Outlook servers down, reports say 5 months ago:
I see a lot of comments in here against the cloud and saying that on-prem is better. My question is, why would on-prem uptime would be any better? Or is it more about a loss of control in moving to the cloud?
- Comment on Lemmy.zip Server Update 5 months ago:
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- Comment on Lemmy.zip updated to 0.19.9 6 months ago:
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- Comment on Lemmy.zip Server Update - January 2025 7 months ago:
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- Comment on Lemmy.zip Updated to 0.19.6 9 months ago:
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- Comment on How did we move from forums to Reddit, Facebook groups, and Discord? 10 months ago:
Even with a free forum host, it’s difficult to keep things running for a long time.
Awhile back I was unsatisfied with how quickly my (new) furniture was degrading, and found a furniture forum run by a guy in the biz. So much knowledge on there about different furniture and how to actually find quality stuff that will last decades.
The owner retired this week, and he had been paying for an IT contract to do basic maintenance / upgrades on the forum (I think he started on a free host, but as it got bigger he eventually had to move it). He needed IT help basically to apply security patches and do upgrades. He’s stated that he no longer plans to pay for the maintenance contract. I’m guessing the forum will disappear soon.