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Iran's IRGC Publishes Satellite Imagery of OpenAI's $30B Stargate Datacenter

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Re: Iran's IRGC Publishes Satellite Imagery of OpenAI's $30B Stargate Datacenter

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Post by idiotsecant »

kjellsbells wrote: post #4
maxbond wrote: post #2

I don't know much about geopolitics so tell me if I'm off base but it seems to me if they're making threats it's because the facility is not a high enough priority to actually strike? If they wanted to and had enough ordinance to overwhelm whatever defenses, then they just would right? But they can't/won't so they're hoping to gain advantage without actually spending ordinance? Regardless, it is grimly interesting to…

Noone would be remotely surprised if Iran attacked a nominally American target, so it's puzzling why the Iranians would talk about it instead of just doing it. They would also need to be careful not to cross the line between pressuring friends of the US administration to lean on Washington and pushing so hard that those friends double down on their commitment to the US. It's not like the Gulf states are simpatico wit…

You are puzzled why Iran threatens the destruction of assets of powerful American oligarchs if policy changes aren't made? Allow me to point out that political leaders rely on the patronage those oligarchs and are strongly incentivized to do what they say.

Its exactly the right play for Iran to threaten but not do and hope that corporate greed panic does the work for them.

Re: Iran's IRGC Publishes Satellite Imagery of OpenAI's $30B Stargate Datacenter

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Post by AnimalMuppet »

maxbond wrote: post #2

I don't know much about geopolitics so tell me if I'm off base but it seems to me if they're making threats it's because the facility is not a high enough priority to actually strike? If they wanted to and had enough ordinance to overwhelm whatever defenses, then they just would right? But they can't/won't so they're hoping to gain advantage without actually spending ordinance? Regardless, it is grimly interesting to…

It's not a military target. It's a very expensive target with ties to some people that might have some influence on the Trump administration.

Trump is threatening to destroy Iran's infrastructure. This is a counter-threat: "You've got infrastructure that we can destroy."

Re: Iran's IRGC Publishes Satellite Imagery of OpenAI's $30B Stargate Datacenter

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Post by away0g »

kackerlacker wrote: post #20
fakedang wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Fertilizer shortages worldwide resulting in massive famines all over the developing world, energy shortages that are affecting critical utilities supplies in the developing world... Sounds good, amirite?

Is it better to have no upset at all until we are past the point of no return for global warming based extinction?

Correct

Re: Iran's IRGC Publishes Satellite Imagery of OpenAI's $30B Stargate Datacenter

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Post by [deleted] »

HWR_14 wrote: post #3
maxbond wrote: post #2

I don't know much about geopolitics so tell me if I'm off base but it seems to me if they're making threats it's because the facility is not a high enough priority to actually strike? If they wanted to and had enough ordinance to overwhelm whatever defenses, then they just would right? But they can't/won't so they're hoping to gain advantage without actually spending ordinance? Regardless, it is grimly interesting to…

There is no reason to just strike it. The point is it is a threat and they want to raise the cost of continuing to bomb them. If they can strike and destroy $1 trillion worth of things it would be very dumb to do that right away. Then they will have used up all their valuable targets and they will have less leverage going forward. Instead they would want to destroy $50 billion a day until they get what they want.

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Re: Iran's IRGC Publishes Satellite Imagery of OpenAI's $30B Stargate Datacenter

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Post by audunw »

fakedang wrote: post #18
sriram_malhar wrote: post #16

Oracle and OpenAI centers getting hit, oil shortages forcing the world the move away from fossil fuels ... my cynical ass feels hope.

Fertilizer shortages worldwide resulting in massive famines all over the developing world, energy shortages that are affecting critical utilities supplies in the developing world... Sounds good, amirite?

The upshot is it could accelerate the development of smaller local fertiliser factories running on solar power. There’s a few that have been built and demonstrated. If we start to build them in large numbers hopefully the costs will become reasonable.

That’s for nitrogen. Sulphur is another matter. I suppose in the long term we should just adapt food production to what can actually be sourced sustainably and locally.

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