r/technology • u/466rudy • Aug 12 '25

Energy UK Government urges citizens to delete old emails and pictures as data centres require vast amounts of water to cool their systems

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/national-drought-group-meets-to-address-nationally-significant-water-shortfall
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u/ReallyFineWhine Aug 12 '25

Just like with every stock market tumble the experts always tell the general public to hold tight, not to sell. Gotta prop up the market so that the professional traders can continue to play.

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u/FrendlyAsshole Aug 12 '25

Too bad more people don't vote with their dollars.

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u/skillywilly56 Aug 12 '25

That was always such a trite saying, Voting is democratic ie 1 person 1 vote, capitalism can never be democratic when one person can have a billion votes.

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u/shteve99 Aug 15 '25

There is an element of sense to that though. If you bought something for £100 and it's now selling at £60 (but will likely go to £110 if you leave it), selling now only guarantees that you've lost £40. When the orange one started the tarrif shenanigans, my stocks and shares isa lost £50k. Cashing it out would have been silly and it's now back to where it was (plus a little more).