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NNadir

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2. Within some limits, I can be excused from being a member of the set described herein as "everyone."
Sat Jun 6, 2026, 09:50 AM
Jun 6

I believe that computational power is desirable for many cases beyond running Ebay, Amazon, Meta and Google. In the last case, Google can be a force for good as well as evil.

The candidate for whom I voted in the recent 12th district of New Jersey's Democratic Primary, Sam Wang (he came in third out of 13) recognized this balanced approach; like most technologies computer power can be used wisely or it can be used perniciously.

DU itself is a wise use of computational power and it relies on a data center to operate.

It is feasible, or will be feasible, to avoid fossil fuels to generate electricity. I would note that electricity itself can be used for pernicious reasons; most weapons systems rely on electricity to operate.

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