mysharona1987:

animepopheart:

★ 【ノリシオ】 「 愛野美奈子 」 ☆
✔ republished w/permission
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bewitchingbimbo:

“slut era,” she whispers, knowing she commits herself to one crush at a time like a lovestruck fool

sybilvimes:

tumblr is a period tracker app if you use it right

queeranarchism:

fruityshirts:

phildumphy:

So it turns out that ChatGPT not only uses a ton shit of energy, but also a ton shit of water. This is according to a new study by a group of researchers from the University of Colorado Riverside and the University of Texas Arlington, Futurism reports.

Which sounds INSANE but also makes sense when you think of it. You know what happens to, for example, your computer when it’s doing a LOT of work and processing. You gotta cool those machines.

And what’s worrying about this is that water shortages are already an issue almost everywhere, and over this summer, and the next summers, will become more and more of a problem with the rising temperatures all over the world. So it’s important to have this in mind and share the info. Big part of how we ended up where we are with the climate crisis is that for a long time politicians KNEW about the science, but the large public didn’t have all the facts. We didn’t have access to it. KNOWING about things and sharing that info can be a real game-changer. Because then we know up to what point we, as individuals, can have effective actions in our daily lives and what we need to be asking our legislators for.

And with all the issues AI can pose, I think this is such an important argument to add to the conversation.

I often think issues like this are a result of “The Cloud,” and by that I mean the propagation of this notion that data and the internet exist out in the ether somewhere and not like…on someone else’s hard drives which are housed in hundreds and thousands of huge warehouses which require climate control.

Most humans already have a LOT of magical thinking about computers, and I really wish we spent more time teaching not just basic computing skills (how to navigate an interface), but basic INFRASTRUCTURE knowledge. When you think of it as chatting with Jeff Bezos’s huge garage full of nerd hardware, it’s easier to make the logical leap to say “hey i wonder what kind of resources it takes to keep all these hard drives from overheating…?”

We need to systematically think of internet usage, data centers and computer processing as things that emit CO2, use water and are dependent on dirty mineral mining for chips and batteries. Higher resolution streaming? More cloud storage? More AI? That all means more CO2 emission, more water consumption and more mining. This kind of ‘progress’ means the world burns faster.

In the coming years we might see a rising awareness of this at the individual level (”don’t leave your music streaming when you leave the house” etc) and while that’s not entirely useless, it’s important to remember that the problem is systematic. Tech companies are deliberately obscuring the pollution of their products from us, driving our ecosystems towards mass extinction for a profit in the same way other industries are.

mymarifae:

i love this tweet very much

charlottan:

why dknt we let the girl who sucks and is bad at everything have a try

2eepy:

hi yall. so um. today has been a really really rough day. first i had a really stressful doctors appointment and then when i went to walmart to pick up some things i dropped my phone trying to get my wheelchair out of the uber and lost it. its very likely in the uber but the issue is that now i have a $19 outstanding uber balance on TOP of the $20 return fee. and i cant get my phone back unless i pay both.

um so basically i need like $41 to include the transfer fee. if yall could help itd be great, my phone is my only device and im pretty much housebound so i dont have much to occupy my time + i need it to keep up with my medical appointments. using a roommate’s spare computer rn but im really hoping to be able to get my phone back tomorrow if i can

my payedpal is here. just gonna give that for this post since i cant access my other apps cuz no phone

kosmogrl:

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oliverthestrange:

creativepromptsforwriting:

I never had people draw fanart for one of my fics or write something based on it, but I just know that that is such a high honor and show of love. I once had someone ask me if they could translate my fic in Chinese and I was like, wow, they love it enough to want to put time and effort into it to show it to more people.

harperillustrates:

That’s rough buddy…