Hey it’s the mascot for that one angry youtube review of This is How You Lose the Time War.
Sometimes, there’s no real explanation for the low pressure warnings in your life.
And sometimes there’s a super obvious, gigantic fucking bolt in your tire.
In my case, this is not a metaphor.
So it turns out that ChatGPT not only uses a ton shit of energy, but also a ton shit of water. This is according to a new study by a group of researchers from the University of Colorado Riverside and the University of Texas Arlington, Futurism reports.
Which sounds INSANE but also makes sense when you think of it. You know what happens to, for example, your computer when it’s doing a LOT of work and processing. You gotta cool those machines.
And what’s worrying about this is that water shortages are already an issue almost everywhere, and over this summer, and the next summers, will become more and more of a problem with the rising temperatures all over the world. So it’s important to have this in mind and share the info. Big part of how we ended up where we are with the climate crisis is that for a long time politicians KNEW about the science, but the large public didn’t have all the facts. We didn’t have access to it. KNOWING about things and sharing that info can be a real game-changer. Because then we know up to what point we, as individuals, can have effective actions in our daily lives and what we need to be asking our legislators for.
And with all the issues AI can pose, I think this is such an important argument to add to the conversation.
I often think issues like this are a result of “The Cloud,” and by that I mean the propagation of this notion that data and the internet exist out in the ether somewhere and not like...on someone else’s hard drives which are housed in hundreds and thousands of huge warehouses which require climate control.
Most humans already have a LOT of magical thinking about computers, and I really wish we spent more time teaching not just basic computing skills (how to navigate an interface), but basic INFRASTRUCTURE knowledge. When you think of it as chatting with Jeff Bezos’s huge garage full of nerd hardware, it’s easier to make the logical leap to say “hey i wonder what kind of resources it takes to keep all these hard drives from overheating...?”
Higgledy-piggledy
unparliamentary
green parrots quarrel
outside in the trees
Squawking out epithets
uncomplimentary
Squads of unmannerly
Oversized peas.
i open and close tumblr like it’s a fridge
ALT"The private agencies are taking advantage of the fact that our health-care system is a meat grinder for nurses.”
Nurses working for these temp agencies can earn more than double the wages of staff nurses doing the same jobs in the same hospitals, with full control over their work schedules, according to those in the industry.
Really can't blame people for bailing when they're drastically underpaid and overworked but can essentially be re-hired for the exact same job at twice the salary and fewer hours/more control of the hours they work.
Or course the private agencies collect fees and whatnot, but this goes to show what happens when you under fund, under value, and demand unhealthy work hours. It also shows that it's possible to pay those wages after all and there's no reason for a (private) middleman when the government is perfectly capable of the pay and better hours after all despite its claims otherwise.
How did they manage to privatize unions.
Honestly, the complicated series of chunky analogue switches you have to flip on startup doesn't actually do anything – it's just there to make sure you're sober enough to pilot the giant death robot.
Robin, the most emotionally intelligent caveman
Robin, the most emotionally intelligent caveman
Streaming companies are the landlords of media. You will rent in perpetuity, and never actually own anything.
✨🏴☠️ PIRATE AND DOWNLOAD YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA IMMEDIATELY. PIRATE AND DOWNLOAD YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA IMMEDIATELY 🏴☠️✨
1. Download Firefox
2. Add the following extensions: uBlock Origin, AdBlocker Ultimate, Privacy Badger, Privacy Possum, minerBlock (ClearURLs and Don’t track me Google also recommended but not necessary for this)
3. Go forth brave soldier
god. the number of people who see "self publish original fiction" and are like. "but you can just write as a hobby! it doesn't have to be a job! publishing isn't for everyone!"
did you know: you can self publish whatever you want for free and for fun and it's fine actually. you don't even have to edit if you don't feel like it. stick a chapter at a time on your neocities website. upload a word doc to smashwords. export to a pdf and put it on dropbox. i don't know what youtube channel making fun of ebook covers got to you, but you don't actually have to meet a wordcount minimum or wait until you can afford to pay a cover artist. write 20k about your OCs kissing and make a cover in canva and upload it literally anywhere. you have self published original fiction! upload it somewhere with a tipjar or a pwyw option and be shocked by how many people will give you a dollar for something they could have just had for free. you are the only one stopping yourself.
Tag yourself I’m Jesus Christ Love Butcher
The Addams Family (1991) dir. Barry Sonnenfeld