Hyperrealist Datacenters and Potemkin Mcribs
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The article discusses how datacenters and tech products can be presented in a misleadingly perfect or 'hyperrealist' way, hiding their actual complexity and flaws, much like the concept of Potemkin villages or the marketing around limited-edition products like the McRib.
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