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« Based on TECHNICAL MERITS, the Unicode Technical Committee concluded that the proposed character, with that alternative name, is a valid candidate for encoding.

However, UTC also recognized that the character is associated with some geo-political controversies and so should be given careful consideration by SC2 member bodies. »

(here is a source for that last bit: <https://www.dailydot.com/debug/ephrata-washington-fastest-internet-us/>)

for a while Ephrata, WA (tiny town in the middle of nowhere) had the fastest internet in the country measured as average speed available to individual households, because Grant County P.U.D. simply gave everyone a publicly owned fiber hookup because what else are they going to spend the money on

another important piece that they don’t mention is that the profit from all of this electricity usage goes to the Public Utility Districts, nonprofit cooperative entities which were set up because rich people didn’t want to sell farmers power

those utility districts have been spending that money on public infrastructure like fiber, without which none of this would be possible

for the record people were flocking there for the cheap electricity prior to A·I, including:

• silicon manufacturing
• carbon fiber plants
• unmanned aerial vehicle testing and manufacturing
• and yes, bitcoin miners

wild to see new york times doing a piece on central washington https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/25/technology/ai-data-centers-electricians.html?unlocked_article_code=1.kE4.ZTQZ.eXmmXjcNivCI&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

is it really dating if it’s been months and you haven’t kissed

plural of house

the reason the internet is so shit right now is that the job expectations of your average hobbyist website maker have been steadily increasing for the past two decades and nobody has time to maintain an interesting resource on the web for free anymore

i also had a dream that @aescling had strongly held beliefs about tagging. i didn’t quite agree with them so i spent some time browsing the internet for an essay i remembered reading previously. this involved looking at a couple of personal homepages with great design and lots of interesting thoughts and content, the sort which don’t really exist anymore in reality. alas, we have lost our way

had a dream there was a fox and raccoon who travelled together to commit crimes on houses with large yards and quiet streets

if this X·M·L file winds up a whole half meg i’m gonna riot

get her off
get her dressed
and give her a world she can marvel in