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@feddit.deEnforcing DRM has a big downside: it paints a massive target on the DRM implementation, and it will likely end up getting broken.
Yeah, I'm sure the quote is completely out of context and the guy who's also
called for people to limit the use of “personal care products”, “computers” and “printers” in their homes which he said were contributing to pollution.
isn't just one of those "back-to-monkee, comfort is unnecessary" types.
Bullshit article/study:
These numbers are estimates based on the assumption that the Bitcoin mines run on water-dependent cooling systems typical in large data centers.
So they took the typical datacenter water consumption per MW, applied that to some estimate of Bitcoin power consumption (wouldn't be surprised if they did the usual "use current output rates and multiply with power-per-output numbers of long obsolete hardware", often seen in "studies" "showing" how tech X is horrible for the environment), and assumed that would be it.
All pictures of Bitcoin mines I've seen used (direct) free cooling which doesn't use water. That has changed now, but simply assuming it's the same as for normal data centers is an obviously questionable assumption.
Fun experiment: look up the CO2 intensity of electricity, look up prices for industrial electricity, look up claims of "CO2 emission per Netflix movie streamed", then compare with the cost of your Netflix subscription and wonder whether Netflix would really be profitable if streaming was that power hungry.
(Also, the author misunderstood how this system works: "However, some data centers and crypto mines use a different system that keeps computers cool and cuts down water consumption by immersing them in a non-conductive liquid." Now that DC has a hot liquid, which they could cool in a number of different ways, some using water some not. Which system they use to get the heat from the chip to the cooling system doesn't matter if they aren't freecooling)
Honestly for commercial use $20 is a steal even if it just includes the model license and compute is extra.
I think there is a huge psychological difference between "spending on public good" and "here is some money", and especially where the latter happens, it should be very clear that the money is coming from the state/nation, not the individual leading it.
That may be obvious to you, so the message doesn't look like a problem, but I bet at least 1% of Americans think Trump personally gave them some of his personal cash out of generosity, effectively turning it into a bribe with public money. Which is exactly why Trump insisted that his name would be placed on the check. (The letter that came with it was surprisingly reasonable and clear, which is why I estimated 1% and not 5%).
I don't think the sound itself is freaky (i.e. I don't think it'd be perceived as freaky by people not familiar with it or similar messages at all).
It's the implication. At least I (as a non-American) associate the sound not with "generic public safety message" but firmly with "the president will now say goodbye to the nation and tell everyone to hug their loved ones one last time before the 3000 nukes/an asteroid/hostile aliens wipe out all life on Earth".
I think some movies also used the sound for submarine Emergency Action Messages (aka the thing that makes those 3000 nukes fly).
Honestly, it's kinda icky for a candidate to campaign for himself in conjunction with handing out public money, whether it's done by a Republican (Trump with the relief checks) or a Democrat.
Within Germany, those are typically seen as extremely old-fashioned, "verkrustet". Bad at innovation, not modern in culture, etc.
I have no idea how true that is, but it's a perception that doesn't help them attract talent.
The other issue is that big tech are money printing machines. Google makes a profit of more than $300k per employee (that's already after paying the high salaries!), Bosch less than $5k.
Tech companies are paying much better because they can also afford it, unlike everyone else.
Piped experience: page loaded, play button did nothing. After a large number of taps it finally played, for about 20 seconds, then reloaded mid-play.
Imagine, 100 people trying to load a video from your single hard drive, it’s not fast enough for that.
YouTube 1080p is 8-10 Mbit/s according to what I could find. That'd be 100-125 MByte/s for 100 people. I think my SSD is more than fast enough for that.
Even better, a 1 Gbps connection is also (just) enough to actually upload the video to those 100 people.
And with 100+ people watching, P2P distribution should work really well too.