Aaaaaaaaaaaaand I’m a sneak archer.

Chinese peace prize.

I don’t necessarily think it is regional. I think it’s contextual. Within the party someone might be told “we need you to toe the line” if that person has been known to go rogue. It depends on what the line being toed is and the speakers thoughts on that line.

Does it address water use? I’m aware spacecraft have thermal management systems. But also with the chief complaint of data centers being water use, are these thermal management systems able to dissipate the same energy? You don’t need that much water for earth based data centers without an underlying massive amount of heat to get rid of. I’d wager that heat is much higher than what spacecraft typically have to get rid of. It’s the actual quantity that I’m questioning.

But it’s also OK to seek more information about a topic you were incorrect about. We shouldn’t chastise what seems to be genuine curiosity.

The big question to me has become, can you toe a line in a positive way?

Yes. People within the party think it’s positive to “toe the party line”. Anyone conforming to what you think is positive is “toeing the line” in a way you’d find positive.

This is vastly different than my understanding of the phrase. I understand it to mean something similar to “fall in line”. As in conform to some standard. I think it was supposed to have originated in the military where they would have a literal piece of tape in the ground at the foot of your bunk. When a drill sergeant or officer would come through you were expected to “toe the line”. Meaning stand at attention with your toes exactly touching the line.

I’d pick camo for the reasons in the first paragraph. Both options are equal with regard to sound but camo is superior with regard to breaking up your outline. Even if it’s barely an advantage, it’s still an advantage. That being said if my only option was non-camo, I wouldn’t be worried.

It’s all about stimuli. I’m sure most hunters have sat for hours without seeing a thing only to absent-mindedly stumble on a deer while noisily walking or riding back home. Deer might react to a stimulus, but they won’t react to nothing… obviously right? I’ve had deer snap their heads straight to me because of a slight movement I made. While others have just kept an eye on me while they continued whatever they were doing. The point is to give them as little to react to as possible while actively trying to hunt.

Another aspect is that’s simply what is available. I’ve got nice warm camo bibs because they are made with soft quiet fabric. My buddy who ice fishes has warm bibs as well that are not camo but noisy as hell because fishermen don’t need to worry about noise. There’s almost no options for warm and quiet clothing that isn’t camo.

Isn’t one of the big complaints against data centers is the massive demand on water used for cooling? How are they going to cool these in space which is notoriously hard to cool things down in?

You only make peace with your enemies.

I’ll siphon millions of gains of water myself then. Then I can sell it to the data center at a premium markup! It’s foolproof.

Inevitably in a few weeks/months, “concepts” of a plan.

At least once more. As always.

Alternative ceasefire

Not to go on a separate tangent, but that’s the entire point of guns. They are supposed to kill. That’s not meant to be some crazy conservative defense of them or opposition to regulating them. Just pointing out something that seems to get lost in conversations.

Thanosdidntgofarenough?

“Be yourself. And then make sure “yourself” is someone people want to be around.”

That’s my kink.

But do you know how much FREEDOM^TM we have?!