Half of planned US data center builds have been delayed or canceled, growth limited by shortages of power infrastructure and parts from China — the AI build-out flips the breakers
https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/half-of-planned-us-data-center-builds-have-been-delayed-or-canceled-growth-limited-by-shortages-of-power-infrastructure-and-parts-from-china-the-ai-build-out-flips-the-breakers?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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Floating point madness.

How floating point can drive you crazy. Covers lots of topics like NaN , Infinity and when working with numbers with vastly different magnitudes.

Well worth a watch :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tw99HxpONws

#programming #math #floatingPointArithmetic

In 1991, a subatomic particle traveling *just* under the speed of light — and I do mean "just" — slammed into Earth's atmosphere with the energy of a major league basebal pitch!

But... where did it come from? And how?

A thing I wrote:

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/where-did-the-oh-my-god-particle-come-from/

A green energy future is possible. Don’t let Big Oil and warmongering autocrats tell you otherwise.

Ending dependency on oil and gas is critical for resilience, security and survival.

Wind and solar is the way to go.

#Renewables #Peace #NoWar

Hello fediverse!

Today some of the most innovative creators & podcasters are launching social websites that will bring millions of their fans to the social web:

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https://decoder.surf.social
https://versionhistory.surf.social
https://vergecast.surf.social
https://wired.surf.social
https://404media.surf.social
https://poweruser.surf.social
https://ShutdownFullcast.surf.social
https://FilmFeed.surf.social
https://AllNet.surf.social
https://DefectorSports.surf.social
https://Oregonian.surf.social
https://TheTea.surf.social
https://RollingStonePolitics.surf.social
https://TheMMQB.surf.social

Today we're also opening https://surf.social on the web to let anyone surf the whole social web including over 130K feeds that bring together people, podcasts, YouTube channels, newsletters, blogs and images for whatever you're into.

I've been looking forward to today for 2.5 years and am so grateful to be a part of building the social web. Thank you to all who have helped and inspired us.

You can learn more at: https://about.surf.social/surf-launches-surf-social-websites/

Press release: https://about.flipboard.com/press/surf-launches-social-websites-a-new-model-for-social-media/

Yes. Yes, it will.

https://www.ft.com/content/bc95584a-f5d9-4a59-9ca7-d0ea8c3ae103?accessToken=zwAAAZ1OTjVxkdO8lVhK9dlKWdOcp9DqjDrhAw.MEQCIGhFDe9LQ_viTW6DCbAqY1duq7Selmi2-wIEIz2pnlqMAiAUsMrE12Snl4KtTIgDbQAAowQ_iCFlxCkiskX-sY9dGg&sharetype=gift&token=73a6b5b4-fbf4-403b-8233-ba5564e58b15&syn-25a6b1a6=1

#oil #iran #us #climate