ooh, Electrical Engineer here, I can answer this one!
No.
how did you find out? you shouldn't be sabotaging at work
Ah, the EA games argument.
How do you know this game is crap when it’s not even out yet?
Sometimes, you know.
Electrician here, please no.
As an industrial engineer it’s obviously industrial sabotage that’s the solution
Pardon me, but the qualification to answer this is if you're lonely or not. Not whether you're an electrical engineer.
I mean there is some overlap there, but we don't know your situation.
If I built a catapult and fired a big arse log into the tower things wouldn't it look kick arse and make cool sparks and shit?
I feel like I would need some Bros to help make and manoeuvre the catapult obviously.
Attempted electrical substation sabotage is an easy way to fix your loneliness forever. And also all of your other problems.
I, personally, prefer to sabotage major data centers, such as the Switch data center in Vegas. Their HVAC units are a particular weak point since they entirely lie on the outside of the buildings they cool. Plus the facility is so big, they'll never even know you were there!
Thanks for the pro tip!
Lmao that place looks like a supervillain fortress complete with ominous red glow and super high walls with aggressively angled wrought iron.
It also has fully kitted out paramilitary-looking security that don't screw around. They don't just have like, one sad Securitas agent dinging the perimeter while catching up on How I Met Your Mother lol.
But seriously, chances are a lot of good data goes through there too. Don't shut off our connection to the outside world it kinda sucks here. :( :( :(
I seriously wonder what kinda data flows through there though. Boggles the mind to fathom.
You are posting this on a website. How do you think that works? The internet relies on data centres around the world. Unless you actually know what's being hosted on that data center, this is an unfathomably stupid move.
Probably like Pokemon Go or something, I say it's a safe target /s
No please! Electric substations are necessary to transmit power, and we actually need more of them if we’re going to build the amount of renewables we need.
If you’re looking for parts of the electrical system that I feel less positively about, that would include data centers (especially for AI and crypto mining) and coal-fired power plants.
Of course, industrial sabotage is a crime, and with all the high voltage and current going around, it’s a particularly dangerous one at that. Would not recommend
It’s so funny to me that people will unironically bitch about data centers while posting to a website from their computer or phone. You do know that data centers do literally everything in your modern life, they aren’t just used exclusively used for one stupid type of generative AI you dislike.
Until they're replaced by other generators, those coal-fired power plants are supporting everyone just like the substations are.
I hear that, but I think we need to be phasing out coal as fast as possible. Nuclear for base load and renewables plus storage for the rest is our best path forward to decarbonize ASAP
You rely on data centres to post this message.
I have legit had people arguing that because it's decentralised that it doesn't need a data centre. Not realising that many lemmy instances are hosted on public cloud, and that all of them need network infrastructure housed in data centers.
Go to prison. Get a cell mate. No more loneliness
No one is lonely in cell block 8 🧖♂️🧼
don't fuck with substations. you'll kill yourself and cause a power outage. this doesn't help us. it might also put lives in danger like those who are in hospitals.
Best workplace safety sign I ever saw was a high voltage lockout that said to the effect of "not only will this kill you, it will hurt the entire time you are dying". Death is not always a sufficient motivator
I really don't get why someone would do this other than to play out some sort of sick fantasy. No one good ever destroys public utilities.
I thought it was catalytic converter theft. The goalposts are just moving constantly
No, that's a cure for meth loneliness.
It's actually wrecking the property of the capitalist elites and their supporters.
Except it's not, because potentially hundreds of thousands of people, who are most definitely not "the elite", actually rely on them for, y'know, power? You're not fucking over "the elite" by fucking with public infrastructure. They have backup generators and batteries and plenty of other ways to run their houses. Not only that, with something like a substation, they'll probably cry to the government for help with an emergency outage and it'll just be more public funds going to the.
don't engage with an obvious troll, just block and move on.
I tried to make this argument about the economy as a whole during the first couple weeks of the Lockdowns, and was accused of wanting to sacrifice people's lives to the DOW
Unironically yea.
True
Oh let's introduce you to the concept of "Find out":
Suspects arrested in plot to attack power stations with goal of destroying Baltimore: Prosecutors
I'm still waiting for the 'find out' phase of this one..
Unsealed warrant provides closer look at NC power grid attack investigation
Documents reveal new details in Moore County electrical substation attacks
There's a rabbit hole here......
All dem illegal immigrants flooding south from across the border, ruinin' our good country! /s
You should probably look at stats before creating strawmen, since I don't recall "ONLY illegals commit crime" being a common statement, even though CA has a major problem with crime by illegals.
Oh no
Yeah not a "list" I want to be on lol
Prostate stimulation.
I recently learned that the attacks on substations thing is an idiotic attempt to trigger a race war of some kind in cities, which is "where the [slur] are."
I don't think they've ever heard of a cascade failure.
Edit: fixed typo
Let bro cook
Literally. If bro isn't careful those transformers might cook them
Original article was pickleball for anyone about to look it up
I'm glad they changed it, I'm tired of Big Pickleball out here trying to loneliness-shame me
Not really interested in the type of loneliness cure that would provide
Asking for a friend...
Nope, it's suicide
Thanks Danny
They didn't find any bodies at those substations in North Carolina.
Will it cure your loneliness? No. But it certainly makes it easier to bear for awhile.
Are you a Domstation? Then yes, the substation wants you to fuck with it.
Otherwise, no. Just look around you, participate in society.
counterpoint: what if I reinvent phrenology to explain why nobody's fucking my pasty bloated hikikomori ass, then add in a TON of mysogyny to my racism to bolster my ego? that sounds way easier. plus, I don't have to go outside ever again.
Hey thats my line!
All I'm saying is it worked for The Iron Giant.
And Be Kind, Rewind.
Be Kind Rewind
Make all the jokes you want but we still don't know who took a few shoots at the US power grid
It isn't just a few shots. There was one a really big, well-publicized attack a couple few years ago in the PNW somewhere, and the energy sector has been warned to take protective actions (but think of the shareholders now). There have been several dozen smaller events across the country.
Social science graduates keep coming up with the craziest titles.
Only if you're a lorry driver in Scotland.
For those not in on the joke, it's an episode from Still Game, probably the funniest, and most consistently funny sitcom I've ever seen. As in frequently makes me laugh out loud, even now after seeing the entire series 3 times.
It may still be on Netflix. You'll
wantneed subtitles, as the Scot accent is quite thick (intentionally so).
