This reminds me of the Georgian Svan towers. These towers were also used as defensive fortification for families.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svan_towers

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What anti-poaching laws? At most this would violate non-compete clauses that may exist, but those generally aren’t enforceable anyways.

That article doesn’t make a fair comparison.

It compares murders (intentional, not legally justified killings) in the UK, to homicides (any and all killings) in the US.

If you owe the bank $100, that’s your problem. If you owe the bank $1.1 trillion, that’s the bank’s problem.

Unfortunately since these are single pane windows most of the thermal performance issues will be due to the glass. Sealing this gap will help some, but it will be just a drop in the bucket.

Replacing the windows with insulated glass (two pane) windows is ideal. However that will be expensive.

The easiest/cheapest option will be the temporary cling-film type kits you can buy–you won’t be able to operate the windows, but that probably won’t be an issue in the winter. Properly sized/installed storm windows will help some too, and be significantly cheaper than new windows.

It’s a bit hard to tell in the pictures: is this a dual pane vinyl sliding window?

If it’s single pane (or single pane with a storm window) there isn’t a ton you can do. Most of the sound (and cold) will be coming though the glass. Anything you add will have a marginal improvement.

Assuming this is dual pane, there probably aren’t many place you’d be able to add weatherstrip that don’t already have some. So replacing any crushed/worn weatherstrip is one of the best things you could do.

Have you pinpointed exactly where drafts are coming through? You can use a candle/lighter to see where air is intruding. Oftentimes drafts are due to poor installation, and not necessarily the window construction.

Is this picture from the exterior? I’m guessing this is a fixed vinyl (as opposed to wood) window?

If it’s the exterior, that gap might be for water drainage. If it’s the interior it might be for equalizing interior and exterior pressure. I’m doubtful either is the case though.

Filling the gap is likely okay.

That’s fair to say for lunch. Not for breakfast though, unless one makes the argument there should also be a breakfast break.

Regardless, with the existing status quo it’s not a good financial decision to eat out for breakfast and lunch everyday.

I totally agree. There’s no reason anyone needs to consistently purchase breakfast and lunch if they work in an office.

If you don’t do it at home, why would you do it at the office?

To be fair, there’s no reason someone needs to purchase coffee and lunch when working in an office. Both can be easily packed from home.

Although many workers have to commute by car, which would offset a portion of those savings.

That’s not true at all. There are multiple copies of the original film. Only one of the original copies was damaged by Life.

If you want to talk about water treatment capacity, then sure. Treatment capacity is used for cooling.

That’s not what I’m talking about though. I’m talking about the mass of water being consumed (i.e., removed) from the watershed. The water removed from the river for cooling is returned. There is no net loss of water.

Not really. At least not in the sense that it’s a net loss of water downstream.

It’s not like irrigation or bottling, where water is entirely removed from the system and not returned.

Pretty much, unfortunately.

Nobody wants to talk about all the wind energy used to run these data centers either, because that won’t generate any outrage.

The water isn’t being consumed. It’s going through the same process all the water in the city is going through.

Pulled from the river, cleaned, used for cooling at the data centers, and returned to the river via the waste water system.

The only loss is the energy/resources to treat the water.

I live here and people are getting priority over AI?

Iowa isn’t like many states where there is water scarcity. This cooling water isn’t even being consumed. It’s used for cooling and returned to the waste water system.

I’m simply stating depleted uranium munitions have health risks for everyone in response to the comment above me seemingly implying they’re only a risk to Russians.

Depleted uranium munitions aren’t just a risk to Russians. They’re a significant heath risk to everyone where they’re used–Russian soldiers, Ukranian soldiers, and civilians.

From the article:

Romania has rejected Kyiv’s version of events and BBC Verify says it cannot authenticate the image.

Sounds kind of like the Poland missile situation.