Category: Opinion
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2027/2028 Computer Buyers Guide
Image courtesy of NVIDIA The pundit will tell you not to buy a new computer in 2026 because prices are inflated. In large part this is due to the companies that are building AI & cloud data centers. So. Welcome to your definitive 2027 Computer Buyers Guide. Put simply, the hyperscalers (Google, Microsoft, etc.) are…
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Part 5: Where I (Currently) Stand (Desert Data Centers)
Index Part 1: Socio Technical Assessment of a Desert Data Center Part 2: How Much Do I Care About The Future of My Local Community Part 3: Support or Fight Part 4: Economic Reality of Rural Data Centers Part 5: Where I (Currently) Stand by Shane Coursen with assistance from Google Gemini When you strip…
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Part 4: Economic Reality of Rural Data Centers
Index Part 1: Socio Technical Assessment of a Desert Data Center Part 2: How Much Do I Care About The Future of My Local Community Part 3: Support or Fight Part 4: Economic Reality of Rural Data Centers Part 5: Where I (Currently) Stand by Shane Coursen with assistance from Google Gemini When looking past…
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Part 3: Support or Fight (Desert Data Centers)
Index Part 1: Socio Technical Assessment of a Desert Data Center Part 2: How Much Do I Care About The Future of My Local Community Part 3: Support or Fight Part 4: Economic Reality of Rural Data Centers Part 5: Where I (Currently) Stand by Shane Coursen with assistance from Google Gemini When weighing whether…
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Part 2: How Much Do I Care About The Future of My Local Community (Desert Data Centers)
Index Part 1: Socio Technical Assessment of a Desert Data Center Part 2: How Much Do I Care About The Future of My Local Community Part 3: Support or Fight Part 4: Economic Reality of Rural Data Centers Part 5: Where I (Currently) Stand by Shane Coursen with assistance from Google Gemini The irony is…
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Part 1: Socio Technical Assessment of a Desert Data Center
Index Part 1: Socio Technical Assessment of a Desert Data Center Part 2: How Much Do I Care About The Future of My Local Community Part 3: Support or Fight Part 4: Economic Reality of Rural Data Centers Part 5: Where I (Currently) Stand by Shane Coursen with assistance from Google Gemini Balancing the Grid,…
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AI Data Center Map
Because of the business sector that I’m in, I use AI. So on one hand, I can appreciate AI. On the other hand, I don’t necessarily want an AI Data Center situated in my town. There are so many developing arguments by the talking heads both for and against AI. I hear AI will result…
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The Quovandrel of the Mind: Why We’re Looking at AI Conciousness All Wrong
by Shane Coursenwith assistance from Gemini AI We’ve all seen the headlines. A new AI model debuts, and the internet immediately splits into two camps: those convinced it’s waking up and those dismissing it as a fancy calculator. Usually, these debates get bogged down in two big words that people tend to use interchangeably: Sentience…
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Two Worlds, One Conversation: Bridging the Communications Divide in the Age of Information
[Editor’s Note: This article was originally published on Sep 4, 2025 and is intended as a philosophical commentary on the information divide, not a direct response to recent tragic events.] By Shane Coursen with assistance from Gemini As a web developer and designer, a programmer, and computer security enthusiast, I’m constantly solving problems. But sometimes,…
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You Spent Thousands on a Website. Now Watch It Get Hacked
by Shane Coursen with assistance from Gemni Most web designers are too busy talking about “user experience” and “brand identity” to tell you the truth: they’ve just built a target on your back. They hand over a shiny, new website, collect their check, and then disappear. But as a cybersecurity engineer, I see what happens…
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The Hidden Cost of “Free”: When Supporting Google Becomes a Losing Game
From Shane: I’ve been running into more and more people who are losing their Google business listings due to some policy violation or another. While I do my best to help get them out of their predicament, it’s impossible to give any guarantee I will be successful. This started with a simple prompt asking why…
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Forever mouse?
“Faber noted that Logitech was not “necessarily super far away” from making the forever mouse a reality, but added that the high price for its extreme durability may require the company to add a subscription model to help make it profitable.” If you ask my opinion? In my 40 years working in the computer industry,…
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