bluGill

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A data center drained 30M gallons of water unnoticed — until residents complained about low water pressure⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  You can get just enough energy for a science fair demonstration. Which scaled up to a data center size is a lot of energy. What the science fair misses is how much energy goes into making the system - You can generate what looks like a lot of power until you realize that the generators and such needed more energy to make than you will get back.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Used EVs break records while sales of new EVs plummet⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I bought a used EV, and the loan is massive and more than I can afford (but I didn't have a choice - my area is car dependent and I go many places too far for my bike)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Majority of CEOs report zero payoff from AI⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  That depends. AI replaces consultants that just make up slop that feels good. Consultants that annalyze things in depth can't be replaced by ai slop though. I've seen both.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Kohler Wants to Put a Tiny Camera in Your Toilet and Analyze the Contents⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  What can they figure out? If they can detect cancer when it is easy to treat I'd pay much more than that.

  i don't think they can detect anything useful, but if they can.