Robert Smith

Ugh typo #2 *how many...

Yep, just noticed the typo on post #1, ceś la gere...

That means right now, AI consumes the following resources every year:

432 Giga watt/hours of Electricity
468 million Liters of water
54,000 metric tons of CO2 released into the atmosphere

So the question that comes to my mind is: Is the perceived benefits of "AI" worth the cost?
4/4 #AI

Then I asked Gemini to use those estimates to calculate howany resources AI currently consumes globally on a monthly basis:

36 Giga Watt/hours of Electricity
39 Million Liters of Fresh water
4,500 metric tons of CO2 emitted

3/4 #AI #Conservation #Capitalism

I then had Gemini extrapolate that for how many AI prompts Gemini processes monthly:

3.6 Giga Watt/hours of Electricity
3.9 Million Liters of Fresh water
480 Metric tons of CO2 emitted

Just one month, just one network.

2/4 #AI #Conservation #Capitalism

The cost of AI:

On a whim, I asked Google's Gemini what the average AI prompt for Gemini used in resources:

0.24 Watt/hours of Electricity
0.26 ml of Fresg Water
0.03 grams of CO2 emitted

1/3 #AI #Conservation #Capitalism

I'm watching the Top Gear classic trio Vietnam Special.

And I'm reminded about *why* those three had such magical chemistry together.

#TopGear #Cars

A lovely holiday greeting from POTUS.

Early Xmas gift: Xiao long bao, Spicy Pork & vegetable wonton, & Garlic fried Green beans.
#Taiwanese #Xmas #FindDopmineThruFood

Driving into Shanghai last night from the airport was giving a serious Blade Runner vibe.

Didn't help that the AQI was 155. 😅

Ahoy me matey! Perhaps you might enjoy a life sailing the seven seas?

Thanks. TIL

I mean, it's an honest reposter of the official Instagram account. (See the account bio) I think the official shortform social media is still sadly on Xitter.

Does that mean it is entirely plausible that the US actually lost jobs in this report, based on that confidence interval?

Congratulations @kaine.senate.gov , you inflicted 40 days of pain for ABSOLUTELY NOTHING.

A promise of a vote in the Senate is NOTHING. because Johnson won't bring it to a vote in the house. You coward.

As a blue Texan, who's been voting here since I was 18: THANK YOU California! Y'all showed up, and helped yourselves, & helped me too.

#Election2025 #CAProp50 #California #Democrats #NoKings

I'm sorry, the guy who wrote a pro-republican Biden hit piece book, and carries water for Trump on a MAGA owned news network wants me to pay attention to him?

#ThankYouNext

I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.

certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.

Wrobleski pitches like the Italians play futból.
#Dirty #WorldSeries #BlueJays

I did the thing, and voted early today. You can too!

(And on off year elections, where there isn't a president on the ballot, your vote has even MORE power)

NYC, VA, NJ, & CA y'all have REALLY important races, I hope you get out there and vote. (Before we are no longer able to.)

#2025election

And

2. Sorry noodle, you are a public figure now. And people will use your platform to promote their own agenda.

I think there are 2 items at play here.

1. You are right, social media has devolved discussion into yelling aggressive talking point past one another, and discussion / good faith debate is mostly dead online.

Hey @kairyssdal.bsky.social, have you seen any reporting about the Argentine 20Bil USD bailout to this effect? Because, that seems like worthy economic news, if true.
#Trump #Argentina #Bailout

Cool, cool, cool. So is @bsky.app going to continue censoring Trans voices on the platform or...?

a close up of a man wearing a pirate hat and a ring on his finger ALT: a close up of a man wearing a pirate hat and a ring on his finger

Plex & a NAS are a beautiful thing.

Yup! Part of the very last batch. Rivian canceled the color 24 hrs after my build was confirmed. 😅

Driving back home after a great track day at Laguna Seca with hookedondriving.com!

#Rivian #LagunaSeca #HookedOnDrivng #EverdayDriver #EV

"Fascism begins the moment a ruling class, fearing the people may use their political democracy to gain economic democracy, begins to destroy political democracy in order to retain its power of exploitation and special privilege." - Tommy Douglas

#Fascism #America #Trump #GOP

When I see a new commercial using AI for voice or video, all I think now is: How bad is this company's product that they can't even afford a real marketing budget? (They must be cheap)