These renewables, however, are intermittent sources of power, while data centers need a steady supply to run all the time. The tech companies are currently reliant on the grid whenever the wind isn’t blowing or sun isn’t shining.

Gee, if only if they could have, say, containers of substances that could hold an electrical charge: perhaps—if you will—a “battery” of such containers.

That was during minority government.

Thanks to Trudeau our Canadian dollar is a weak as fuck,

wp:Canadian dollar

Accounting for approximately 2% of all global reserves, as of January 2024 the Canadian dollar is the seventh-most held reserve currency in the world, behind the U.S. dollar, euro, yen, sterling, renminbi, and Australian dollar.[5] The Canadian dollar is popular with central banks because of Canada’s relative economic soundness, the Canadian government’s strong sovereign position, and the stability of the country’s legal and political systems.[6][7][8][9][10]

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https://www.google.com/finance/quote/USD-CAD

CD$1.3820 = USD$1

https://www.google.com/finance/quote/CAD-USD

USD$0.7237 = CD$1

Why does Canada love coins so much? | Ivan Decker

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdzL86rW78U

2:24

I made it as the POV of a fictional Trump supporter.

maybe make a deal with Trump.

Trump Chocolate

“I never tried them, but I hear they taste real good.”

Does that include your Wal-Mart stores? because that would be great. 🙂

I live here in Toronto.

When I go to a store, I pay with cash.

I pay with Canadian money, because I’m a Canadian who buys from stores in Canada.

That was easy to do in Ontario Wal-Mart stores.

But then they put up self-check-outs that only accepted credit and debit cards—maybe because they’re in cahoots with the banks and the NSA/wp:CSEC.

Then I had to use a cashier.

So I went to Wal-Mart fewer times as I didn’t like to wait (as well as the increased prices during and after Covid-19).

Now they have a person at the self-checkout who will scan my stuff and accept my cash.

It seems that Wal-Mart adapted—somewhat—to people like me: people who pay with cash.

Still, I do more purchases at Food Basics and Dollarama because their self-check-outs accept cash, including pockets full of loose change that I purposely carry when I go there.

It’s possible the name might be related to some TV series that’s been largely un-watched by flyover state boomers who spend 1000s of hours a year listening to MW and SW radio.