Oh man so much to unpack here.

First things first, you aren't shielding solar panels from radiation, you're shielding the computing components from the radiations. I don't know how much you know about microprocessors and silicon engineering, but I can promise you they do NOT like ionizing radiation or most other high energy sources of EM radiation, especially while energized. In space, this is a lot of heavy plating that is effectively dead weight and at best can be used as a secondary heat sink, but that's highly unlikely since it would also be absorbing heat energy while in sunlight.

Additionally, as I pointed out, you'd want to or at least be highly encouraged to pair these lunar data centers with long term colonies, at least as long term as you'd want the data center active. Any unmanned data center is going to fail within 6 months, be it in space, on the moon or some remote valley here on Earth. And while it's not cheap to sustain life on the moon, it's even less cheap to do so in orbit when you examine the effects of micro gravity on the human body as well as what it would cost to build a suitable shelter in orbit. There is a reason scientists talk about building long term colonization projects on the moon or Mars, not just putting up orbital space habitats like some gundam series. Earth Orbit may be closer but it's probably the least hospitable long term to any form of human habitation.

It's funny to me because the moon would be a much better choice, if latency wasn't an issue. Don't get me wrong, if your aim is uptime, reliability and ease of upgrades/use then terrestrial based is your only option.

But if your goal was off Earth, the moon has a number of advantages that free floating in orbit lacks. You can place the servers themselves underground in lavatubes or excavated caverns as well as install heat-sinks (or even seal a cavern, pressurize it and use what ever gaseous medium for extra heat capacity and thermal transfer) then place a series of solar on the surface with battery support (remembering that lunar nights are 2 weeks long) to generate all your power needs, as well as take advantage of the moon's tidally locked nature to have your transmission and receivers always pointed at the Earth, or relay satellites in orbit.

Such a project could coincide with NASA or other agencies or enterprises looking to establish settlements on the moon for research or mining purposes, so you could have short or long term settlements with technicians on hand to troubleshoot any problems that arise or even get semi regular (every 18-24 months) deliveries of components for repairs and upgrades for your system, something that long term would be a lot simpler logistically and more stable than attempting a satellite or constellation of satellites any Earth orbit.

The plan is nonsensical for a number of reasons, namely the cost and long term dedication, but it makes a hell of a lot more sense than trying to put an energy intensive project in orbit and hope the lowest bidder parts last more than 6 months.

Good luck dumbfuck, tell me how easy it is to service, maintain and repair them when you inevitably overheat them, or don't have the proper shielding so components burn out or degrade beyond useful parameters.

Mars is all red, maybe you want to restart those plans and take your flock of sheeple with you as soon as possible?

Texas tax your billionaires and use that fucking money to regulate and fix your fucking power grid, please.

A few discords I'm on for games have a lot of people crashing out. It's pretty cathartic after seeing all the sewage they've been posting for the last few years.

Send him to Kentucky next. They deserve it.

The only way Trump gets removed from office is if a significant number of Republicans flip on Trump and try to distance themselves and the party from MAGA and his policies leading up to 2028 election. With the current state of things that seems highly unlikely though things could change over the next 18 months that would push the GOP distance themselves enough the current admin to support his removal. Though if the last 10 years have been any indication, there isn't anywhere near enough backbone for them to turn against the far right.

It's exactly what the co-pilot does. Communicating with the ATC, reading instruments and any relevant checklist to the pilot. During an emergency like this, the pilot's primary job is keep both hands on the stick and do everything in their power to get the plane under control and either land safely or return to a safe altitude until they can land. The co-pilot is the one who takes a step back from controls and gets all relevant information to the pilot and ATC in the tower.

If you've ever watched the movie Sully, it's a decent example where the senior/veteran pilot is attempting what he can with the controls that are responding while the co-pilot goes through the emergency checklist and attempts to restart the engines.

As much as I'd love to see them made illegal, I don't remember the last time I saw an SUV or oversized pickup truck make a 20 foot crater.

I demand more. MANY MORE.

Yeah really is down to the only platform that isn't repeatedly shooting itself in the foot is GoG and their no DRM policy has a lot of major publishers saying no deal.

In all other cases it's less what Valve does right, and more what everyone around them is doing wrong.

Strange thing to say given how much his boss gets paid by the Saudis.