Oh yes, the satellites that were tracking the melting were retired forcefully so now we just don’t see it happening anymore. Surprise!

That’s fucking kidnapping.

Sounds trashy.

That’s a great question…

Why am I getting the vibe that was a bad idea on Russia’s part? They’re about to get wiped off the map.

It’s hard to have a sense of community in a sub-industry of IT that tends to be run by single individuals.

Probably because we don’t have a ton of ways to make new friends anymore due to our tendancies to isolate at home.

Yeah, I’ve worked in data centers a fair amount in my day and I can’t believe they allowed Musk to do any of that to begin with. Every data center experience I’ve ever had was met with a thousand rules that were meant to keep the customer safe and I cannot believe they were authorized to do this in any fashion.

It’s not about whether they owned the equipment or not, it’s about the fact that they violated policies and procedures that were put in place to safeguard other clients and the privacy of their data. Total bullshit if you ask me and I’d be suing the data center afterwards if I was one of their primary clients for the breach of trust.