From now on, in any war, datacenters will be taken out first

As the Dutch say...

Wie een kuil graaft voor een ander valt er zelf in.

I'm curious to see how much damage was done to those data centers. Did the whole thing burn down, are only some crucial elements shutdown and most importantly, will the compute units be recyclable? Usually they have pretty effective fire supression systems. But they're probably not designed to withstand bombings.

On one hand, Slava Ukraini.

But on the other, online piracy is gonna be a bit more difficult for a while.

Well, well, well, if it isn't the consequences of their own actions

When a data center goes up in smoke, it's sort of moving to the cloud isn't it?

During this digital collapse, maybe the surveilance state also loose some control.

Time to rise up against your opressors maybe.

Seems pretty typical of the Russian mindset, no?

They escalate, threaten nuclear armageddon if the Ukrainians retaliate, the Ukrainians retaliate, and the Russians get caught with their pants down.

I’m not sure if the (obvious) blowback of Russia’s escalatory moves is being measured into their decisions: they seem to be caught off-guard every single time this happens.

Which is worrying because it demonstrates a lack of strategic and tactical insight that can only lead to more escalation. The Ukrainians are right in this respect: Russia will only stop, if it is forced to stop.

The kremlin clown show continues.