Xaphanos

@Xaphanos@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why does it feel like protesting isn't as "extreme" as it used to be?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Your first 3 all seem to be on target to me.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨When the AI bubble bursts⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  After a few months, I’d get laid off and have to look for other data center work.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How Much Energy Does AI Use? The People Who Know Aren’t Saying⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Well, I work at an AI hyperscaler. I can tell you how much my facility uses, and how much each rack uses, but don’t have any way to determine what the customer is doing on that server. Or even which servers a given customer is using. Is it being used heavily for queries? How many? Of what kind? We don’t know. Only what the rack/row/pod/hall is consuming.

  Also, does the network gear overhead count? How do you apportion that?

  We have no visibility into the customer workload. Some of our customers use our systems for scientific research. Drugs, etc. How do you tally that?

  I’m not saying that it is impossible, just that if the customer won’t pay for that report, we’re not going to spend money to build the systems to produce it.

  Do I agree? No. But I’m just a grunt.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How Much Energy Does AI Use? The People Who Know Aren’t Saying⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  A problem is that the information is not in the hands of the company selling the AI. The actual hardware is often owned by service providers and independent data centers.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Republican National Convention sued for sending unhinged text messages soliciting donations to Donald Trump’s campaign and continuing to text even after trying to unsubscribe.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I received a bunch of these texts

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If AI was going to advance exponentially I'd of expected it to take off by now.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  A major bottleneck is power capacity. Is is very difficult to find 50Mwatts+ (sometime hundreds) of capacity available at any site. It has to be built out. That involves a lot of red tape, government contracts, large transformers, contractors, etc. the current backlog on new transformers at that scale is years. Even Google and Microsoft can’t build, so they come to my company for infrastructure - as we already have 400MW in use and triple that already on contract. Further, Nvidia only makes so many chips a month. You can’t install them faster than they make them.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨IT’S THE FEDS!⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  US

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨You have been in a prison of bone for your entire life⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I really like that.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I probably interact with people who are at the pinnacle of their chosen skill but I'd never know because that skill isn't something that generates fame.⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  My neighbor was the head judge for skiing at the Olympics. The most important person in skiing in the world.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨We did the math on AI’s energy footprint. Here’s the story you haven’t heard.⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  NVL72 will be enormously impactful on high end performance.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I have never met a woman named after her own mother⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh yeah.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I have never met a woman named after her own mother⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  My wife’s g-grandmother was Mary. Her daughters were Mary Margaret, Mary Agnes, Mary Elizabeth, and Mary Alice. Newfies.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[Opinion] Unending ransomware attacks are a symptom, not the sickness⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  It already works like this. Audits perform this function. Failing a mandatory audit generally goes very poorly for financial companies. The unintended result is falsified audits - something my former company did (still does?) every year. The banks and the Fed never found out.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Good pens and good paper.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m in IT and do prefer to write for many tasks. When all I need is “Room, Rack, and U” to work on a system, a small scrap of paper is better than putting the laptop on the floor. I expect the role matters more than the industry.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The US is Collapsing Like the USSR – So What Comes Next⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Those who do not learn to love one another will die.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How would you run a society?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I’d aim for Annares as a model. From 'The Dispossessed". Syndicalism/Anarchism.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Okay, who had Trump loyalty pins for Apocalyptic-Bingo this Sunday? Games just getting started, stay tuned!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  And Christianity.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨BACK OFF FELLAS, SHE'S MINE⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  FIVE!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨DOGE Plans to Rebuild SSA Codebase in Months, Risking Benefits and System Collapse⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  My mom is over 80. Little old suburban white lady. She already volunteered - “Just get me close.” She’d be super-thrilled to have her shot with a suicide vest.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨DOGE Plans to Rebuild SSA Codebase in Months, Risking Benefits and System Collapse⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  If SS payments stop, there will be hundreds of thousands of people with nothing left to lose.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Dark-sky site?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Elon Musk-led group makes $97.4 billion bid for OpenAI, CEO refuses and offers to "buy Twitter for $9.74 billion"⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  How long before this type of behavior gets you thrown out of a window?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's Never too Late⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  youtu.be/0sYK2RwH5E8?feature=shared

  Like crocodile but not spelled that way.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The extremely rich would rather not have another Einstein unless they knew they could control them and it wouldn't hurt the bottom line.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This is a major plot point of The Dispossessed by Le Guinn.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do I plug this in? Old Black & Decker Hedge Trimmer.⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It looks like there is a lever that will spread open for access to the plug. ?Squeeze or twist? Those tabs might slide out of the way and then grip the cord once it’s connected.