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Powderhorn@beehaw.org 1 week agoI didn’t post because I think all is fine and dandy, but what I’m gathering is the issue is local moreso than aggregate. People are up in arms in Temple over planned bit barns.
Quexotic@beehaw.org 6 days ago
Wait… are they trying to rebrand datacenters as… Bit Barns?
I get that they think rural people are dumb, but that’s pretty insulting.
Powderhorn@beehaw.org 5 days ago
Nah, that’s just the term The Register uses derisively.
Quexotic@beehaw.org 5 days ago
Total rag, that, and you can’t even use it for toilet-paper, unless you’re creatively un-hygenic!