Norm MikotoAug 20, 2023
Devs should really grab an old netbook from ebay with an atom cpu and 1-2GB of ram and see how well their new React app works on that
Show threadPanopticola

@mikoto
Maybe we devs should incur some kind of responsibility for the energy inefficiencies of our code. A memory leak or sloppy sort or calling obsolete resources can be ignored and deployed because it isn't very noticeable, but multiply by millions and you are burning things up.

I stopped playing with the sparkly chatbots unless I really feel it's useful, due to the energy and water waste.

Aug 20, 2023 at 7:06pmWeb
Show threadRealGene ☣️Aug 21, 2023
@Panopticola @mikoto
Years ago I attended a workshop given by TI on the MSP430, which at the time was one of the lowest-power consumption microprocessors on the market. These were going into lots of battery-powered devices, and the presenter said, "Every line of code is a little bit of battery power you will never get back."
Show threadHaelwenn /элвэн/ Aug 21, 2023
@Panopticola @mikoto chatbots is like the one thing that typically makes me close the tab and never return, specially ones that gratuitously open-up themselves taking more space than clippy used to on a 600×800 display.
Show threadPanopticolaAug 21, 2023
@lanodan @mikoto Ah, well, I was glibly referring to the massive energy and water consumption when I log on to Large Language Models like ChatGPT, AKA stochastic parrots etc, but everyday dumb spammy website bot interruptions are a bounce for me too, and I try to do it the second a chat window pops up so the analytics sends a message to anyone checking.