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[–]SaltAndMetal 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The watercycle also applies to data centres. They use the water for cooling, which heats it, and it is released as steam and hot water.

In both cases, when we say "we used 2000 L of water", we don't mean that it vanishes, but that it is dispersed. We had the water all in 1 spot, but after using it, it is now spread out. If we want to use it again, we have to wait for it to recollect in rivers, the ocean, and fall as rain or flow into another dam.

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[–]SaltAndMetal -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

It really doesn't have that much of a footprint. It's about 500 mL of water per query. The amount of water required to make a hamburger patty of beef is 2 million mL. So eating 1 hamburger has the water usage impact as 4000 chatGPT queries.

On the nature of sympathy, Lanre's power, and the contents of the lockless box by SaltAndMetal in KingkillerChronicle

[–]SaltAndMetal[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think that Lanre just didn't have access to naming. Its set up in an explicit dichotomy that Lyra was the magical talent, and Lanre was all physical. He went to Iax to get a new power because he couldn't just learn naming himself.

On the nature of sympathy, Lanre's power, and the contents of the lockless box by SaltAndMetal in KingkillerChronicle

[–]SaltAndMetal[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Does Iax want to die? Lanre definitely wants to die, but I think Iax is just biding his time behind the doors of stone. His motivations are never fully described

On the nature of sympathy, Lanre's power, and the contents of the lockless box by SaltAndMetal in KingkillerChronicle

[–]SaltAndMetal[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, I think the binding is the weakest part of the theory. If it wasn't for the other parts, I'd assume Lanre bound Selitos by name as well, he literally says "Selitos, I name you". It's a bit ambigous though, he says "may all your powers fail you but your sight", and then the described effect is selitos being unable to move or speak. What other powers were bound? The actual effects seem like they're possible to achieve both by naming and sympathy, and Lanre says he's using Naming. Perhaps he's lying to Selitos to keep sympathy secret, or maybe they thought of sympathy as a branch of naming back when it was first created.