yetAnotherUser

Oh, you're right. I used the Wikipedia article as source and it said:

Distribution of this use among sectors was: thermoelectric power generation 66.2%, manufacturing 13.6%, residential 9.0%, agriculture 4.7%, commercial and institutional 2.7%, water treatment and distribution systems 2.3%, mining 1.1%, and oil and gas extraction 0.5%.

Yet the previous sentence said this was about Canada. Whoops.

Though in Europe and North America, where a big chunk of data centers are typically built, agriculture tends to have a lower share with industry (including but not limited to power generation) having a bigger one:

https://ourworldindata.org/water-use-stress

Typically? Maybe in some arid climates without humidity but try using evaporative cooling during a thunderstorm and you'll find your data center shutting down from overheating.

~~70%~~ A large part of water usage in industrial nations comes from electricity generation. That's where data centers consume most of their water.

Edit: 70% is only true for Canada, globally agriculture consumes more. The US for example has ~40% each for agriculture and power generation.

They don't use that much water through cooling. Or rather, evaporative cooling is rarely used because it's unreliable outside of dry, desert climates.

Rather, most of the water footprint comes from electricity generation (e.g. coal, gas, nuclear) which evaporate freshwater to spin turbines.

Normal radiators are the goto option to cool down heated water which can then be re-used.

Look. I'm not media illiterate and know the difference between a game telling a story, simulating something, and promoting something.

Hearts of Iron IV is not a nazi game despite a lot of them playing it.

The Yakuza/Mafia series do not encourage people to join their respective, still existing, criminal organization.

Plague Inc does not advocate for the destruction of humanity.

Plantation Simulator however does not criticize anything about skavery. It's nothing but a mockery. An equivalent would be if KZ Manager was about providing free housing and labor opportunities for various Holocaust victims.

If you make fun of historic crimes against humanities, your game is designed for those who support that crime.

I believe (not a lawyer or expert in that field) that this does not cover covert and targeted filming.

I'd argue it's there to allow TV to make background shots and perform interviews without trouble.

Yeah, isn't that the point of the lawsuit? That this exact clause is challenged in court?

I don't think I need to go into detail how those two games differ, right?

It's just about the same difference as between the games "Prison Architect" and "KZ Manager".

But surely KZ Manager just dresses up systemic mass murder with a bunch of innuendo. It's just some silly satire!

https://steamdb.info/app/4495510/

They allowed this game on their platform for two weeks and only removed it because the developer requested the removal lol

Plantation Simulator is a simple farming simulator where you motivate friends with kisses to pick your crops! Maintain a beautiful farm by repairing fences to keep friends focused. Choose multiple crops to grow and enhance upgrades to maximize your success!

Slavery simulator is an allowed genre on Steam.

Well yeah, inbreeding is what I meant. Didn't actually know there was a difference.

Still, I've read that many animals prefer not to fuck/breed with relatives. Except some pigeons in cities apparently, they prefer their relatives if Wikipedia and my memory of that article is to be believed.

Better phrasing would've probably been "Lack of sexual interest in family".

Can you explain why a bird bonded to you from early childhood would also be sexually attracted to you? To humans in general I could understand but why to you, the "parent"? Are birds less opposed to incest?

Yeah, it has the same vibe as:

"Bernie Sanders proposes bill to give US-Americans 50% stake in military contractors."

Many countries do or did something like that already though? Like Peking -> Beijing, Ivory Coast -> Cote d'Ivore, Turkey -> Türkiye and so on.