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can they please just go ahead and add the actual phone features alreadyy
October 22, 2025 at 3:19 AM
can they please just go ahead and add the actual phone features alreadyy
remember how expensive ENS names got to purchase outright?
October 22, 2025 at 3:17 AM
remember how expensive ENS names got to purchase outright?
I appreciate your having pulled that, but it's not actually what I'm reacting to and what I'm working to emphasize - even if water use is lower than perceived, you don't win people over by telling them that they are wrong; you win them over by listening to where the problem actually lies
October 22, 2025 at 3:12 AM
I appreciate your having pulled that, but it's not actually what I'm reacting to and what I'm working to emphasize - even if water use is lower than perceived, you don't win people over by telling them that they are wrong; you win them over by listening to where the problem actually lies
right, so I think it's important to address the social issues rather than dismiss the reason an argument for negative externalities is being made, though.
It doesn't strengthen compassion to tell people that their reasons for feeling wronged are invalid. That handwaves away their issues.
It doesn't strengthen compassion to tell people that their reasons for feeling wronged are invalid. That handwaves away their issues.
October 22, 2025 at 3:09 AM
right, so I think it's important to address the social issues rather than dismiss the reason an argument for negative externalities is being made, though.
It doesn't strengthen compassion to tell people that their reasons for feeling wronged are invalid. That handwaves away their issues.
It doesn't strengthen compassion to tell people that their reasons for feeling wronged are invalid. That handwaves away their issues.
surprising no one with this trajectory
excited to see what you come up with there!
excited to see what you come up with there!
October 22, 2025 at 3:07 AM
surprising no one with this trajectory
excited to see what you come up with there!
excited to see what you come up with there!
I've sort of recently realized that write-only is a little bit the only way to survive the current hellscape
October 21, 2025 at 1:29 PM
I've sort of recently realized that write-only is a little bit the only way to survive the current hellscape
oop, I responded to the thread itself, but feel free to answer here rather than there if you'd rather have better fidelity of discussion:
bsky.app/profile/spla...
bsky.app/profile/spla...
i see why you'd approach it like this, but averaging use variability and its impact across the affected aggregate is the wrong resolution imo: sentiment and affects are felt at the local household level, which is why any statistical argument has to start there (and why there's no way to win)
October 21, 2025 at 1:24 PM
oop, I responded to the thread itself, but feel free to answer here rather than there if you'd rather have better fidelity of discussion:
bsky.app/profile/spla...
bsky.app/profile/spla...
the thing is that it is not entirely wrong; the issue is social:
does building "AI data centers" (even the few that there are) in places where the index of AI use is comparatively low meaningfully benefit those affected by their construction?
the water use is only a part of what is being expressed
does building "AI data centers" (even the few that there are) in places where the index of AI use is comparatively low meaningfully benefit those affected by their construction?
the water use is only a part of what is being expressed
October 21, 2025 at 1:20 PM
the thing is that it is not entirely wrong; the issue is social:
does building "AI data centers" (even the few that there are) in places where the index of AI use is comparatively low meaningfully benefit those affected by their construction?
the water use is only a part of what is being expressed
does building "AI data centers" (even the few that there are) in places where the index of AI use is comparatively low meaningfully benefit those affected by their construction?
the water use is only a part of what is being expressed
couple this with local instances of what it feels like to have a giant square block take up the landscape around local households without any increase in local opportunity index, and an argument for relative impact will always be used
October 21, 2025 at 1:20 PM
couple this with local instances of what it feels like to have a giant square block take up the landscape around local households without any increase in local opportunity index, and an argument for relative impact will always be used
e.g. if I live in Memphis and I am low-income + have low opportunities due to locality, I am going to feel disproportionately wronged when at the local level a giant data center is given financial/local investment priority above my well-being
October 21, 2025 at 1:20 PM
e.g. if I live in Memphis and I am low-income + have low opportunities due to locality, I am going to feel disproportionately wronged when at the local level a giant data center is given financial/local investment priority above my well-being
i see why you'd approach it like this, but averaging use variability and its impact across the affected aggregate is the wrong resolution imo: sentiment and affects are felt at the local household level, which is why any statistical argument has to start there (and why there's no way to win)
October 21, 2025 at 1:20 PM
i see why you'd approach it like this, but averaging use variability and its impact across the affected aggregate is the wrong resolution imo: sentiment and affects are felt at the local household level, which is why any statistical argument has to start there (and why there's no way to win)
Would gladly love to read this work you mention!
While he does link to usage stats that compare relative impact to other industries at the local level, he then uses tax rev to justify their use, when the impact of water usage at a local level is not a purely financial nor proportional argument.
While he does link to usage stats that compare relative impact to other industries at the local level, he then uses tax rev to justify their use, when the impact of water usage at a local level is not a purely financial nor proportional argument.
October 21, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Would gladly love to read this work you mention!
While he does link to usage stats that compare relative impact to other industries at the local level, he then uses tax rev to justify their use, when the impact of water usage at a local level is not a purely financial nor proportional argument.
While he does link to usage stats that compare relative impact to other industries at the local level, he then uses tax rev to justify their use, when the impact of water usage at a local level is not a purely financial nor proportional argument.
bsky.app/profile/cwar...
Timely!
Most likely, I think in photography, what we will see is more people aiming toward the unexpected and impossible to imagine, rather than the perfected image.
More punctums please!
Timely!
Most likely, I think in photography, what we will see is more people aiming toward the unexpected and impossible to imagine, rather than the perfected image.
More punctums please!
Hi. I wrote an essay about AI slop: How it feels like an invasive species for the internet. How its boosters describe building a future that’s devoid of craft. How frictionlessness can be nihilistic & how this stuff seems to leach part of our shared humanity out of the world. I hope you'll read it.
AI’s Invasive Species
The slop is winning.
www.theatlantic.com
October 20, 2025 at 11:34 PM
bsky.app/profile/cwar...
Timely!
Most likely, I think in photography, what we will see is more people aiming toward the unexpected and impossible to imagine, rather than the perfected image.
More punctums please!
Timely!
Most likely, I think in photography, what we will see is more people aiming toward the unexpected and impossible to imagine, rather than the perfected image.
More punctums please!
Nah
there's nothing that priceless in that one
there's nothing that priceless in that one
October 20, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Nah
there's nothing that priceless in that one
there's nothing that priceless in that one
At this point all but an inevitability
October 18, 2025 at 8:35 PM
At this point all but an inevitability
give me a recipe for ham salad
October 18, 2025 at 2:14 AM
give me a recipe for ham salad