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Me, an idiot: “So, kids, by setting the thermostat a little lower and eating less meat, we’re doing our part to make the world more sustainable”

VCs, very smart: “We just raised $100 billion dollars from the sovereign wealth funds of three petrostates to build the world’s largest AI supercomputer. It uses as much power and water as Guatemala and the primary use case is for management consultants to autogenerate powerpoints for justifying mass layoffs.”

Good God. He wants $7 trillion to build an AI-driven biz. That is more than Microsoft & Google (throw in their Apple, too) market cap. What does this tell us? It is just not sustainable. It has a high cost. The craziness of replacing human labor with machines is priceless, tho. I now ask if this AI buzz can cure cancer and other critical illnesses. Can this free everyone to do art or travel and provide free housing and healthcare via UBI? This is pure madness.

@GrapheneOS
I'm struggling to decide what device to buy to flash Graphene.

Today, and only today (11/11), there's an offer for the Pixel 8 for 623€ (175€ difference here that it usually costs 800€), and the 7a is on sale for black friday for 459€ (out of 509€).

I need that is lasts at least 5 years for my uni degree. What would you recommend? I'm price sensitive so I can't afford something more expensive than 620€ (and even this is a lot for me).

Programming in 2023 be like … 😒
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Comparing and contrasting app privacy policies for Threads, Bluesky, Twitter and Mastodon:
Ask Microsoft: Are you using our personal data to train AI? https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/campaigns/microsoft-ai/ I have a good guess: Microsoft will use your personal data to train AI, even if you use an alternative OS. We are doomed with big tech now. Please boost for reach. #privacy #security
Ask Microsoft if They Plan to Use Our Personal Data to Train AI

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