• username_1
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    16 days ago

    destructive costs

    YouTube storing shitillions of dickabytes of cat videos “costs” much more while being completely useless. But those are funny cat videos. Hands off of those videos. Yes?

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      16 days ago

      If that’s what it takes to stop the excessive destruction caused by unregulated data center construction and operation, yes.

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      15 days ago

      You may think you’re being clever, but that is hardly a reasonable comparison while also ignoring the glaring corporate irresponsibility underlying both.

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      16 days ago

      I don’t care what you do but keep your hands off those videos. I need them for things.

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      15 days ago

      If AI is just like a video data center, why did data center energy usage stay stable before AI? Why has data center energy usage doubled since 2010 if videos and AI are equivalent in energy usage?