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Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy Subject: Re: Lunduke's video on this latest issue Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2024 06:41:01 -0000 (UTC) Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 80 Message-ID: <vdg5hs$2kfl4$3@dont-email.me> References: <%5mJO.22860$MxR.7503@fx47.iad> <vd5chg$jdi1$6@dont-email.me> <hVxJO.220449$FzW1.41428@fx14.iad> <vd7eib$tcgq$4@dont-email.me> <bkfefjlkk4sdre8p930bv290q2fdh6rbdl@4ax.com> <vd9r9i$1d7ti$2@dont-email.me> <hCaKO.165121$EEm7.154465@fx16.iad> <vdc488$1qkcp$5@dont-email.me> <rtmKO.36383$afc4.30329@fx42.iad> <vddhmq$24oap$3@dont-email.me> <w7yKO.414644$_o_3.175108@fx17.iad> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Tue, 01 Oct 2024 08:41:01 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="e6c585f7d8abc9069007f7f5cb6ff168"; logging-data="2768548"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18GfGO3aqnUinTTyscXjm67" User-Agent: slrn/1.0.3 (Linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:bEK0EZLBopUgvTDkT41YPrPu5wg= Bytes: 5429 On 2024-09-30, CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> wrote: > On 2024-09-30 2:50 a.m., RonB wrote: >> On 2024-09-30, CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> wrote: >>> On 2024-09-29 1:54 p.m., RonB wrote: >>>> On 2024-09-29, CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> wrote: >>>>> On 2024-09-28 5:09 p.m., DFS wrote: >>>>>> On 9/27/2024 7:27 PM, Joel wrote: >>>>>>> RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Use your ad-infested, back-door infested Windows crap and enjoy it. I'll >>>>>>>> keep using Linux, thank you. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I got Copilot PLUS!* Kidding of course, this is why I'm feeling so >>>>>>> great about openSUSE. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> * https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/copilot-plus-pcs >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> You want Windows 11/12/13 and CoPilot+ running on an ARM CPU so bad you >>>>>> can taste it. No need to deny it. >>>>> >>>>> Joel needs AI to tell him that he's one sexy motherfucker. So far, AI >>>>> has preferred to commit suicide rather than say such a thing. >>>> >>>> I have absolutely NO desire to have anything AI anywhere near my computer. I >>>> just read today that AI server farms each require more electricity than >>>> whole cities. So much for the "green revolution." Wonder why the Climate >>>> Screechers aren't screeching up a storm about this? >>>> >>>> This is not the article I saw, but it's all I could find with a quick >>>> Internet search... >>>> >>>> https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/09/18/energy-ai-use-electricity-water-data-centers/ >>>> >>>> Even the Woke should like this article as it's printed the Washington Woke >>>> Post. >>> >>> In case you're not already aware, Microsoft is looking to relaunch the >>> Three Mile Island nuclear reactor to power their data center... but you >>> should definitely trust them when they tell you that they're not >>> gathering data on you. >>> <https://www.npr.org/2024/09/20/nx-s1-5120581/three-mile-island-nuclear-power-plant-microsoft-ai> >> >> I became aware of this because of all the AI server farms they're building >> in northern Virginia rural areas. Apparently they think they have the right >> to claim eminent domain on farmland to build the power lines across >> Maryland to power these server farms. The reason this bothers me is because >> part of my childhood was spent in that farmland in Maryland. Beautiful >> country. >> >> It pisses me off that they find a remote area to build these AI server farms >> and then demand that the states bend over backwards to supply power to them >> — which will cause the price of electricity to rise all over Maryland. And, >> of course, the worthless politicians bend over backwards to give them what >> they want, despite what it costs to the average Marylander. >> >> What should be done is that these AI server farms should be built in the old >> rust-belt zones of crumbling cities, like Baltimore. Where the >> infrastructure is already nearby, and it wouldn't require miles and miles of >> new high voltage electric lines. But I guess that's not good enough for >> these entitled bastards who are building these damned AI server farms. > > I guess now we know why it was that Bill Gates bought all that farmland > in the United States. We figured it was to kill off the local farmer, > but it looks like that will just be a secondary consequence. I'll be > honest, finding out that Gates was looking to revive Three Mile Island > and create such massive data centers was enough for me to abandon > Microsoft's software entirely, but I've said that before and I know that > I will eventually come running back. Sadly, I'm getting the impression > that like me, people will eventually swallow this crap and adopt it > rather than fight what is obviously an operating to obliterate privacy > once and for all. I'm glad I'm old. This world is going to hell in hand-basket. But Microsoft is definitely in my rear-view mirror. -- “Evil is not able to create anything new, it can only distort and destroy what has been invented or made by the forces of good.” —J.R.R. Tolkien