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Imagine not being able to shower, because AI slop generator machines need that water!

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The issue is not the statewide consumption. The Texas water grid is not one unified system. It's a patchwork of local aquifers, municipal supplies, and private wells.

If a datacenter is built in an area with a water grid that can not handle its consumption, people will run out of water sooner or later.
(Especially AI) Datacenters are built in areas with low energy costs, as it is their biggest expense, with no regard for the local water levels:

... about two-thirds of new data centers built or in development since 2022 are in places already gripped by high levels of water stress.

Water is often the last consideration when making siting decisions for data centers because it’s cheap compared to the cost of real estate and power, said Sharlene Leurig, a managing member of Fluid Advisors, ...

- https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2025-ai-impacts-data-centers-water-data/

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Rock-hard (and indeed contains various rocks such as gravel), never goes stale, and is terribly sustaining. A traveller can go for miles, just knowing there's dwarf bread in their pack. A traveller can think of just about anything to eat rather than dwarf bread including their own foot and even pumpkins (see Witches Abroad).

Various forms of dwarf bread can be used as weapons, e.g. battle muffins and drop scones. Fine specimens of dwarf bread can be found in the Dwarf Bread Museum, Whirligig Alley, Ankh-Morpork, open to the public whenever volunteers have time (Feet of Clay).

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Kurzgesagt ist leider nicht mehr die unabhängige Gruppe an Freunden die sie mal waren. Der Großteil an Geldern kommt nicht von den Zuschauerinnen (wie sie in ihren Merch Waren-Ankündigungen gerne behaupten) sondern von großen Firmen und Vereinen. Video dazu

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