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Protesters break into Microsoft data center site in Amsterdam

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39 points by novaRom · 45 comments

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jauco

They broke in to the construction site of a datacenter. Can we make the title a bit less sensational and more truthful? (Not blaming the submitter, this is the title of TFA)

  • Betelbuddy

    Do you think then, they are pro datacenters? And broke in to help finish it faster?

    • hulitu

      Microsoft really needs help to fix bugs in Win 11. /s

      • k310

        I'm waiting for MS to tell me that they need the data center to fix the bugs in Win 11.

        And Win 11 to fix the bugs in the data center.

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ChrisArchitect

Source: https://www.reuters.com/technology/protesters-enter-microsof... (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50391630)

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https://www.at5.nl/artikelen/240894/protest-datacenter-amste...

returnInfinity

I think this is economic anger misdirected at DCs

All the AI Job loss narrative doesn't help, but attracts the wrath.

Datagenerator

Why does a standard European keyboard have two Microsoft keys and zero Euro keys?

  • throw1234567891

    Probably for the same reason a standard US keyboard doesn't have dollar signs on it. My "standard" European keyboard doesn't have Microsoft logos on it.

    • AnimalMuppet

      > Probably for the same reason a standard US keyboard doesn't have dollar signs on it.

      Say what? Shift-4 gives me $, on a perfectly standard US keyboard.

  • yourusername

    Is this the setup to some joke? There is no standard European keyboard. Netherlands uses a combination of ISO and ANSI qwerty, France Azerty, Belgium a special Belgian flavour of Azerty, Germany Qwertz, etc etc.

    • simoesd

      Also, a lot of european-country-language layouts do have a Euro currency symbol, either as modifier+number or as alt+e

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