@58008@lemmy.world I recently read a developer compare AI to lead pipes or asbestos... something that seemed cost effective at the time, but ended up being a REALLY bad idea. Communities are already realizing that the power and water required for this are not compatible with human life in the same place and the market reflecting the cost of increasing electric production.

Being "off grid" was something only peppers did, but as connection fees increase and battery technology improves, it makes less financial sense to keep residential homes connected to subsidize data center consumption.

Elon's work around for the lack of cheap electricity for his data centers has.been methane. While the US is a top methane producer, the next 3 countries are Russia, Iran and China. The cost of methane is impacted by global conflict the same way gasoline prices are.

While the efficiency of data centers will increase, so will awareness of the impact these facilities have on the places they are built and the toxic ewaste they generate driving up their costs.

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Google is perversely incentivized to send traffic to sites using their ad placement services creating demand for what they are supplying.

Sending someone searching for information to sites without ads enshitifying the experience breaks the business model Google depands on.

Now scraping the content to use in "AI summaries" without attribution? That seems likely.

@zachimusprime44@lemmy.world invisible bird people can intervene in your life if you ask to speak to their supervisor

@OrganicMeatbag@sh.itjust.works Zoom Meeting Barbie - dressed for work waist up. Still in stained PJs and slippers waist down. Hair looks good from the front, but back of her head is a rats nest.

@Abraxas@feddit.uk Never banned. Started exploring alternatives during API changes. Staying on federated because it makes more sense.

Everyone understand how ridiculous it would if you could only email people on same email service, but for some reason we accepted that limitation as normal for social posts for many years.

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@return2ozma@lemmy.world That's a pretty short sighted view considering just ~150 years ago the Democrats were the party against abolishing slavery. Times change, but American politics really don't.

Limiting the choice to the lesser of two evils only benefits one of the classes in the real fight. As Alaska (since 2022) and NYC (this week) have shown, RCV allows voters to select who they really want to lead regardless of whether polls say they are "wasting" their vote.

@RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world you are correct. After researching this for just 5 minutes, I was definitely mis-informed. It's shocking that so many brands sell very expensive versions of this like https://www.kohler.com/en/products/bathroom-accessories/shop-bathroom-accessories/bottle-trap-1-1-4-x-1-1-4-9033.

@RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world based on the image, I think a bottle trap would work and be to code most places.

https://tapron.co.uk/blogs/news/bottle-trap-vs-p-trap-choosing-right-plumbing-component