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kristovtoday at 3:45 PM5 repliesview on HN

It's nice to hear tradespeople getting paid well with lots of work. I'm happy for them :-)


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willis936today at 4:01 PM

Yes, that's good. It also prices out a lot of other better uses for their labor. Projects I work on have seen prices soar. I don't consider building the things everyone hates because they promise concentration of wealth and an attack on labor at the expense of building literally anything else to be somehow a big W for labor because a few people get a slightly higher temporary paycheck. Ask the Wagyu cows how they feel about the hand they are dealt.

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fl4reguntoday at 5:51 PM

just don't forget these are temporary, eventually there will be "enough" data centers, and none of these jobs will exist, so if you are planning a 20 year + career, don't count on this being the norm.

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Theodorestoday at 6:08 PM

Allegedly many an American 'believes' that Jesus will be back some time right about now. They are serious about this belief, however, it is never explained as to how he waves a magic wand and fixes the many, many entirely man-made problems we have.

But now I see the light. Jesus was a carpenter, right?

I am imagining that Jesus, with his carpentry skills, is driving right now in his Chevy truck to the job site, to help erect that data centre for one of our billionaire overlords.

Just saying, it could happen, and is probably needed to happen, if this data centre build out is to get anywhere near completion.

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emsigntoday at 4:11 PM

Oh, so you are happy for them? You do realize that home owneer and landlords don't get any contracts anymore and prices skyrocket for normal people? That makes you happy, huh?

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goodpointtoday at 4:04 PM

For the next 6 months until they get all replaced by robots

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