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lolcatnip ,

That particular model makes my wrist hurt almost instantly.

lolcatnip ,

Sorry, the great prophet Jobs (pbuh) has decreed that one button is all you need.

The ugly truth behind ChatGPT: AI is guzzling resources at planet-eating rates (www.theguardian.com)

Despite its name, the infrastructure used by the “cloud” accounts for more global greenhouse emissions than commercial flights. In 2018, for instance, the 5bn YouTube hits for the viral song Despacito used the same amount of energy it would take to heat 40,000 US homes annually....

lolcatnip ,

If someone wants to pay that much for energy and it's priced at a level that makes it sustainable, who are we to say it's not worth it?

The main argument I've seen against higher prices for things energy and water is that it would place an undue burden on low-income people, but that's one of the many problems that could be eliminated in its entirety by a universal basic income program. Even if it's just a bare-bones program that only covers the cost of an average person's water and energy needs, such a system would give everyone an incentive to conserve when possible, and it would do it without burdening people who can't afford it.

lolcatnip ,

Someone else explained how a carbon tax is different than carbon offsets, but I'll go a step further and say we should be using a cap & trade system. It would go something like this (at least in my egalitarian version):

  • Require "carbon credits" to be spent to legally generate carbon and other greenhouse gasses (GHGs).
  • Have a GHG treaty where signatories collectively decide on a GHG budget, i.e. an acceptable total level of GHG emissions.
  • Issue an equal amount of credits to each individual such that the total amount issued equals the total GHG budget.
  • Let people buy and sell carbon credits in a market system.
lolcatnip ,

with the odds being good the same data could be served at 1/20th the cost today

Gotta nitpick you there. According the Moore's law (really more of a rule of thumb), the price of the silicon used to serve those videos should be 1/16 of what it is today. I'm not aware of any corresponding law that describes trends in energy consumption. It's getting better for sure, but I'd be shocked if there was a 20x improvement in 6 years.

lolcatnip ,

Quit being so dramatic. Nobody is forcing you to use those things. Lemmy in particular is full of people who talk in detail about how they've replaced products and services from companies like Google and Microsoft with alternatives they find more consumer-friendly. And I guarantee you major brands are gonna offer ways to turn off AI features, because turning them off saves a lot of money in data centers and improves battery life in consumer systems.

lolcatnip ,

They have Project 2025 and it's horrifying.

lolcatnip ,

I want to see who upvoted this comment so I can block them.

lolcatnip ,

Might want to edit your comment to mention Trump by name, because "he" was Biden in the last two comments.

lolcatnip ,

You picked a funny time to start criticizing.

lolcatnip ,

It would be nice but that's not what's being decided in this or any other presidential election.

lolcatnip ,

It's a losing strategy politically because people are too fucking dumb to vote against someone holding a gun to their head unless someone else is promising them a unicorn, but as a potential voter, it's an exceptionally good reason to get off your ass and actually vote for a candidate who can win.

lolcatnip ,

It's not a "conspiracy theory" when there's an actual well-documented conspiracy.

lolcatnip ,

The what?

lolcatnip ,

https://reddthat.com/pictrs/image/99f342de-218d-4f4a-b37a-b84094856c5c.gif

lolcatnip ,

Not even democracy per se; it's a basic requirement for a society that functions at more than a medieval level.

lolcatnip ,

Some cats have a way of cleaning themselves that is the most passive-aggressive thing I've ever seen. Like, they'll do it when another cat is trying to play fight with them as a way of telling the other cat to back the fuck off.

lolcatnip ,

Is that supposed to be a bad thing?

lolcatnip ,

Boycotts are almost impossible to pull off successfully. This kind of thing demands legal action. IANAL but the facial recognition company putting her on a list of shoplifters is a claim that she's a criminal, which sounds like textbook defamation to me.

lolcatnip , (edited )

They've essentially created their own privatized law enforcement system. They aren't allowed to enforce their rules the same way a government would be, but punishment like banning a person from huge swaths of economic life can still be severe. The worst part is that private legal systems almost never have any concept of rights or due process, so there is absolutely nothing stopping them from being completely arbitrary in how they apply their punishments.

I see this kind of thing as being closely aligned with right wingers' desire to privatize everything, abolish human rights, and just generally turn the world into a dystopian hellscape for anyone who isn't rich and well connected.

lolcatnip ,

But it's Russian.

lolcatnip ,

I see nothing wrong with defrauding conservatives. They're gonna find some grifter to give their money to, so it may as well be you.

lolcatnip ,

You hear so much about the people Jeffrey Dahmer murdered, but never anything about all the people he didn't murder!

lolcatnip ,

I see you've decided to be condescending, and also made a falsifiable claim. This is the part where you bring some actual data or STFU.

lolcatnip ,

What a freak. When I lived close enough to work to bike there, I would sometimes have to bike home in the rain. It totally sucked without appropriate rain gear. And if it was raining when I left home, I would just drive to work that day.

lolcatnip ,

What do you need 5G for on a dumb phone, anyway?

lolcatnip ,

Sounds like you need to set better boundaries with people you know. Or block their texts.

lolcatnip ,

So maybe they could just...not use apps that bombard them with ads? How hard is that?

lolcatnip ,

Most people can port anything. And most of the ones who can have better uses for their time.

lolcatnip ,

I'm taking about people spamming him with messages when it's not an emergency.

lolcatnip ,

So do it, then.

lolcatnip ,

This smells like sour grapes to me, just like when people say to boycott Starbucks and then in the same breath say their coffee sucks. These companies became behemoths because people find a lot of value in the products and services they offer. Failing to acknowledge that truth just makes you sound out of touch.

lolcatnip ,

I don't know how you think that's relevant to what I said.

lolcatnip ,

Sometimes it has to be a hard delete to comply with a user's request to remove data.

lolcatnip ,

My goodman, you sound like a Red pretending to be a Gold.

lolcatnip ,

If they want to criticize someone's grammar, who are you to say they can't? Stop being so prescriptive!

lolcatnip ,

When you have that much money, running a business is just a game to you. And it's apparently a pretty entertaining game considering how popular is is with people who have "fuck you" money.

lolcatnip ,

It shouldn't take so much effort. I really wish there was an automated way to share block lists with like minded users, and to discover those users based on similarity in who we've blocked.

lolcatnip ,

Monorepos are cancer. Too bad I have no choice about it at work.

lolcatnip ,

That's exactly how it works.

lolcatnip ,

Do you have a source for Israel admitting it? That Wikipedia article is long!

lolcatnip ,

Any more so than, say, fingerprints, DNA, or accounting records?

lolcatnip ,

Are they all literal sociopaths?

Yes. Just pick one and pay attention to what they do and say for a little while.

lolcatnip ,

99.9% of those people have no power to change anything of consequence, and most of the ones who have the power think their money will protect them.

lolcatnip ,

Looks a lot like a BMW prototype I saw almost 20 years ago. I kept hoping they'd bring it to market, but I guess it's safe to give up on it by now!

lolcatnip ,

Yeah but was it any good for killing head crabs?

lolcatnip ,

You pay for them through taxes.

Google Search is getting even worse for independent sites (www.theverge.com)

In February, HouseFresh managing editor Gisele Navarro called out publishers like BuzzFeed and Rolling Stone as some of the culprits that publish content about air purifiers despite a lack of expertise — but Google rewards these sites with high rankings all the same. The result is a search results page filled with SEO-first...

lolcatnip ,

How else are you supposed to pay for it?

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