jeremy parsons
@buzzard.bsky.social
turning and turning in the widening gyre, the desolate world of efficiency worshippers whose lust for power would reduce us all to dull unthinking human automatons
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It’s amazing how much energy is used on computation and data storage for “artificial intelligence” projects, plus privacy violating commercial data collection.
It’s amazing how much energy is used on computation and data storage for “artificial intelligence” projects, plus privacy violating commercial data collection.
AI Is Wreaking Havoc on Global Power Systems
New artificial intelligence data centers are coming online so fast that the electricity demand is straining global power grids and threatening clean energy goals.
www.bloomberg.com
June 27, 2024 at 4:50 PM
www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
It’s amazing how much energy is used on computation and data storage for “artificial intelligence” projects, plus privacy violating commercial data collection.
It’s amazing how much energy is used on computation and data storage for “artificial intelligence” projects, plus privacy violating commercial data collection.
wtf is goin on today, why so many posts in love with red light and speed enforcement cameras? y’all makin nazis on twitter look kinda chill by comparison
June 17, 2024 at 7:34 PM
wtf is goin on today, why so many posts in love with red light and speed enforcement cameras? y’all makin nazis on twitter look kinda chill by comparison
shit is fucked up and bullshit
I’ve been lurking in car forums for the last few months and saw reports from drivers of General Motors cars that GM was selling their driving data to LexisNexis. It was resulting in their insurance going up. Can that be true, I thought.
Reported it out. Yes. True.
www.nytimes.com/2024/03/11/t...
Reported it out. Yes. True.
www.nytimes.com/2024/03/11/t...
Automakers Are Sharing Consumers’ Driving Behavior With Insurance Companies
LexisNexis, which generates consumer risk profiles for the insurers, knew about every trip G.M. drivers had taken in their cars, including when they sped, braked too hard or accelerated rapidly.
www.nytimes.com
March 11, 2024 at 9:39 PM
shit is fucked up and bullshit
every time i see or hear “no more number 2 pencils,” i think to myself “great, i always hated writing in dookie”
March 8, 2024 at 7:08 PM
every time i see or hear “no more number 2 pencils,” i think to myself “great, i always hated writing in dookie”
forced-induction and hybrid powerplants wtf
March 7, 2024 at 10:04 PM
forced-induction and hybrid powerplants wtf
equating anti-zionism with antisemitism is a great way to increase antisemitism
October 30, 2023 at 7:31 PM
equating anti-zionism with antisemitism is a great way to increase antisemitism
peanut butter on a hard boiled egg kinda day
October 23, 2023 at 5:36 PM
peanut butter on a hard boiled egg kinda day
do not buy a new vehicle
It’s Official: Cars Are Terrible at Privacy and Security
All 25 car brands we researched earned our *Privacy Not Included warning label – making cars the worst category of products that we have ever reviewed
foundation.mozilla.org
September 14, 2023 at 4:10 PM
do not buy a new vehicle
i like to think of junk email as junkie mail
September 11, 2023 at 7:16 PM
i like to think of junk email as junkie mail
it seems like “cognitive dissonance” is only used anymore to mean roughly the opposite of its original meaning. has the definition actually changed?
August 31, 2023 at 9:44 PM
it seems like “cognitive dissonance” is only used anymore to mean roughly the opposite of its original meaning. has the definition actually changed?
proponents of autonomous vehicles mostly talk as if the defining standard of good driving is merely navigating from one place to another without a collision.
and i can’t imagine how anyone could be a good driver if that’s their whole notion of good driving.
and i can’t imagine how anyone could be a good driver if that’s their whole notion of good driving.
August 23, 2023 at 4:51 PM
proponents of autonomous vehicles mostly talk as if the defining standard of good driving is merely navigating from one place to another without a collision.
and i can’t imagine how anyone could be a good driver if that’s their whole notion of good driving.
and i can’t imagine how anyone could be a good driver if that’s their whole notion of good driving.
if a slow driver is fuckin up the passing lane, it’s sure to be someone in a nice car playing terrible music. every. single. time.
August 11, 2023 at 7:14 PM
if a slow driver is fuckin up the passing lane, it’s sure to be someone in a nice car playing terrible music. every. single. time.
i once believed in things — even thought i knew some things. now people like that just bewilder me.
August 10, 2023 at 5:35 PM
i once believed in things — even thought i knew some things. now people like that just bewilder me.
“snitches get stitches” is generous, dunno why y’all kooks take it so negative
July 31, 2023 at 4:17 PM
“snitches get stitches” is generous, dunno why y’all kooks take it so negative