What awaits your kids & grandkids as climate extremes intensify

Babies born today will grow up in a world where climate change is part of the background of everyday life. Their summers will be hotter, their cities will look greener and more high-tech, and their schools, homes, and health systems will be redesigned with extreme weather in mind.​

The Queen Zone

"We need a whole department of full-time IT specialists to keep our Windows workstations running & pay oodles of cash in licensing but if replacing them with Linux isn't instantly flawless & free we're against it"

"We spend billions upon billions on oil & gas infrastructure but if the green transition costs as much as a used car we're against it"

We need to get this kind of thinking out of decisionmaking, stat.

#future #capitalism #environment

Queensland Museum accused of misleading teachers and children about the cause of climate change

Education program sponsored by Shell’s Queensland Gas Company is ‘climate obstruction dressed up as education’, advocacy group says

The Guardian

Interested to see the growth of the AI-rights counterculture over the course of my lifetime

Will we be the racist grandparents of AI/robot/droid rights activists?

And then the inevitable "retro AI" counterculture who will use old models because they "feel more natural" or are "more true to the idea of AI"

There's never been a period of time where this didn't happen, so there's no reason to assume it won't happen now

#Technology #ArtificialIntelligence #AI #Future

AI should only run as fast as we can catch up · Higashi.blog

#Guide to #forming a #company in #HongKong – The first and most important #step is to decide the type of #corporation to #form in #HK. You can decide this depending on #future expectations, nature of #business #operations, and #capital availability. https://cnbusinessforum.com/guide-form-company-hong-kong/
Guide to form a company in Hong Kong

To open a new company in Hong Kong, you need to register it with the Companies Registry and obtain the required permits for operations. Once the company becomes a legal entity, you have to register it

China Business Forum

New ETH proposal: lock in gas fees ahead of time? ⛽

Vitalik Buterin suggested an on-chain gas futures market to help users avoid sudden fee spikes. We explain how it could work here: https://auriccrypto.com/eth/new-ethereum-proposal-aims-to-make-gas-fees-more-predictable/

#Ethereum #Crypto #Future #Gas

New Ethereum Proposal Aims to Make Gas Fees More Predictable

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has proposed a new onchain mechanism that could allow users to lock in gas prices ahead of time. The idea is to create a

Auric Crypto News
The end of the world only looks profitable if you belong to the few percent that actually own stock and will be able to afford such luxuries as drinkable water and clean air. For everyone else, it's looking pretty bleak out there.
#AI #future #profit #governance
https://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/Why-Does-the-End-of-the-World-Look-So-Profitable.amp.html
Why Does the End of the World Look So Profitable

The massive consolidation of wealth and political power into the hands of a few tech billionaires is transforming the state into a privatized service, shifting costs and risks onto the public while centralizing profits and control.

OilPrice.com