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31·2 days agoThey just added a fee so that AWS can’t copy it without paying. What’s the big deal.
Batteries.
They can use backup generators or consumer power for emergencies. Almost never happens in practice.
41·2 days agoIt’s behind a paywall
It’s from solar and wind power. It’s not the same thing.
They buy power plants and run it themselves. It improves reliability. For example, Google owns its own solar and wind farms.
People are downvoting because they want to hate AI. And hating AI is valid. There are many reasons not to like AI. Environmental and power reasons are not one of them.
Can we stop with the AI misinformation? AI is not slurping up consumer power. All major tech companies use privately generated, non-consumer power.
Bitcoin is still causing these power grid issues. It has been since 2019.
Edit: to the brainturds downvoting without even looking into it, read it from the source
223·4 days agoA few of these are not red flags though… Yellow at best
11·5 days agoMore details from the article:
- In the 1920s, many Mexicans were fired from their jobs due to intense anti-immigrant racism and the great depression.
- Private and city local agents would show up at some people’s door with train tickets in hand, and say “pack your bags and get on this train.”
- Hence the air quotes around “deported”.
- At first, most American Mexicans left “voluntarily”:
- They wanted to escape racism and find work.
- The Mexican government promised them free land, as well, further pushing many to leave.
- Many of the American citizens that left were the children of non-citizens, whose parents made them leave.
- It wasn’t until later the federal government got involved, and comparatively fewer (90k, still a lot) were deported forcibly.
Interestingly, this is a common trend when we look at anti-immigrant action. The federal government is rarely the actor that does most of the damage. Most of the action comes from extremely racist MAGA-type populists going around burning property and attacking people en masse. See also the Chinese Exclusion Act.
1410·21 days agoRegarding the cognitive dissonance required to A) value decentralization of power, and also B) support the CCP: 🤦
It’s simple: People who gain from misinformation create platforms that empower bots and sockpuppets.
Some random Chinese company: does something jenky
Blogger: “The entire country of China is doing this jenky thing!”