But interestingly, not personal gain

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The only changes I’ll let AI make to my job is to make it easier for me. I’m not going to work the same hours if I’m expected to use AI.

My output is the same.

Fuck AI. I’m not going to drive my community’s electric rates up so that a chef can get immediate feedback on how dogshit they did at microwaving their Sysco horsemeat that’s labelled as beef.

You should consider getting a real job with real skills.

I’ve been on Pokopia all summer, really since it came our. Baby has been going through sleep regression this week, so I’ve only been playing this game from the F-droid app store…

Its called BIM! You’re a silly little prince boy and you have to drop a bomb on the other silly prince boys in the yard. Simple mechanics, alpha stage, not too many powerups. But there’s a barrel that you can wear so that you can get bombed once. I don’t think it was the creators intent, but there’s a short time after you lose your barrel where youre fully immune. It feels exploitive of the rules, but its really fun, because you can infinitely drop exploding bombs, allowing you to blitz your opponent by blasting your way through the board or even hunting them down and blowing them up.

I hope the creator embraces the exploit and introduces a foil/counter to it. Because its a blast!

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Nah. I’m agreeing with you that AI data centers aren’t as much of a problem in Canada because it appears that they are regulating them.

I’m just going to leave the quote from the first key article take away (the second full sentence after the headline) to justify my use of the word “we”

Sixty planned US data centers will emit 101.5 million tons of CO2 annually once operational.

As someone that has worked in data centers and now is working adjacent to data centers (and I make a higher salary because of data centers), greenhouse emissions isn’t so much the problem.

The bigger problem is that planned data centers are are demanding more power than exists on the grid. This is setting us back from our plans to greenify the grid, like the article mentioned, it’s causing coal plants to remain open.

While there will be a need for data centers, and even AI data centers, the reality is that we are in an AI bubble right now. While probably near every data center in existence right now, will probably continue to be operated, many of the data centers being built in the next 5 will not. Understanding where the data center industry will be in 5 years is key to understanding how we should maintain and improve our grid. Right now we are on a path to rolling blackouts, and that will increase emissions too, and generally make life worse for everyone.

Failed humorous attempt at relating to technology. Because honestly, I’m just as lost as you on its relation.

I also have no idea what this has to do with technology.

My dick is a MACHINE

Adaptive cruise control generally sucks, it slams on the brakes when someone merges.into your lane and gets you going 20 under regularly. I’m shocked by the claim that 75% of people use it.

Lane assist is great though.

I find the electric usage one to be strong. If you have a lot of data centers near, your electric will go up.

Similarly, if you have a data center near you, your water bill will go up, and your well may dry up.

Data centers are demanding incentives from governments across the country with promises of lots of jobs, but they just need the people to supplement their low usage of utilities.

Thank you for that! Turns out this organization received a $5 million+ grant from Google, after operating under $5000 for like 4ish year.

https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/300100369

The image can be found in the filings…

I wonder what the organization did so successfully in their first few years to warrant Google giving them $5 million.

For something as sensitive as typing in a license plate that can be identified to you, and potentially label you as a domestic terrorist, this article is garbage.

The lazy reporter did not do any research or reporting on who funds the website.

Have no fear, I’m pooping at work and have time, as I am more curious than journalist hack Matthew Benton.

HaveIbeenflocked.com appears to be funded by an organization called:

https://altnewsfoundation.org/

They fund quite a few smaller local publications, with a focus on LatinX publications. Notably they do not fund any queer focused publications.

Their board appears to be 3/4 white. And their directors appears to be 50% white.

I cannot find where most of their funding comes from, the average, or the median donation size.

HaveIbeenflocked.com does claim they get their data from public access requests, which I find to be believable. They do not make clear that they dont save who has searched for a license plate number. They also don’t share how they save any search history.

My assumption is that they are saving every license plate search on their servers unencrpyted. Even if they aren’t malicious actors, they are not protecting your data from malicious actors.

Tl;Dr: Use this site with caution. Maybe dont use it at all. I don’t think I will.

DAMION: Security via obsolescence

Shit article. Doesn’t even explain what data collectives and cooperatives look like.

But sure theyll save the world.

I’d understand your argument more if it was an American company.

How? The opinion portion of the comment youre replying to is perfectly valid. It’s why any time there’s looting (BLM protests, Katrina, etc) the foil to the argument about lawlessness/looting is that the looting is almost always necessities (food, bedding, etc)

If you think the commenter is wrong for having stated that it wasn’t a mistake by Trump to pocket the tariff money, then youre wrong.

A small blue brick with a strange marking on it was found, “NØKÍÁ”. When a button was pressed a screen lit up with a young blond female and pink hyroglyphics “HANNAH MONTANA LINUX FOR NOKIA 2026”. On it, an instance of Minecraft with a library unlocked keys to the past as archeologists roamed a pixelated landscape as an avatar named Rahul.