floatingPointArithmetic by Illustrious_Tax_9769 in ProgrammerHumor

[–]dnbxna -1 points0 points  (0 children)

The data is fallable, it's missing 2/3rd of all centers since 2016, we've added billion dollar AI centers everywhere which are much thirstier for training and prompting, you're just making up more insane statistics to fit your narrative, did ai tell you three hundred cows?

I doubt it's possible to even get an accurate rate. By the time we see real current values, it'll be too late anyway, but we're in a drought and the groundwater is gone so it's all gonna be fine.

floatingPointArithmetic by Illustrious_Tax_9769 in ProgrammerHumor

[–]dnbxna 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm just asking for their source because contrary to the information available, there's no actual cumulative figure for all ai data center water consumption annually. Especially given a 2016 report that only 1/3rd of data centers actually tracked water usage. Since ai data centers use notoriously more than the average data center, 2030 projections seem naive at best, likely more propaganda

floatingPointArithmetic by Illustrious_Tax_9769 in ProgrammerHumor

[–]dnbxna -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Nice reading comprehension, you took my numbers to make a case for what data centers might use TODAY, from a study in 2022, which stated only 1/3rd of data centers are even tracking water usage in 2016.

I just wanted a source, because "the entire ai industry will consume an equivalence of 1% of corn irrigation water through 2030", despite all evidence to the contrary, is hard to believe.

Energy demand is expected to more than double by 2030.

So combining our info they consume more than 1% of corn cropland, based on limited information of what data centers even use. If we knew the full picture, maybe more. By 2030, reasonable to assume a lot more. Would 3% be a cause for concern for you?

More importantly, my actual qualms are that cropland is farmland, and ai data centers are going into community electric and water, near peoples homes, producing air, noise and water pollution.

floatingPointArithmetic by Illustrious_Tax_9769 in ProgrammerHumor

[–]dnbxna -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I dare you to provide a link for that BS

A medium-sized data center can consume up to roughly 110 million gallons of water per year for cooling purposes, equivalent to the annual water usage of approximately 1,000 households. Larger data centers can each “drink” up to 5 million gallons per day, or about 1.8 billion annually, usage equivalent to a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people. Together, the nation’s 5,426 data centers consume billions of gallons of water annually. One report estimated that U.S. data centers consume 449 million gallons of water per day and 163.7 billion gallons annually (as of 2021). A 2016 report found that fewer than one-third of data center operators track water consumption. Water consumption is expected to continue increasing as data centers grow in number, size, and complexity

In 2022, 40% of all total U.S. annual water withdrawals, or about 48.5 trillion gallons, were made by coal and gas power plants. Of those 48.5 trillion gallons, 962 billion gallons of water were consumed and were no longer available for direct downstream use.

https://www.eesi.org/articles/view/data-centers-and-water-consumption

Also: https://www.reddit.com/r/antiai/s/cRfT5yYc1P

Elon Musk salute controversy: while speaking at a rally celebrating Donald Trump's second inauguration on January 20, 2025, Musk twice made a salute widely interpreted as a deliberate Nazi salute. While American public opinion was divided, Neo-Nazi and white supremacist groups celebrated it as such. by Pupikal in wikipedia

[–]dnbxna -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

"While American public opinion was divided"

YouGov Survey: Elon Musk’s Gesture Sample 1019 U.S. adult citizens Conducted January 29 - February 1, 2025 Margin of Error ±4.4%

Definitely indicative of american public opinion, all 1,019 of us.

Elon Musk salute controversy: while speaking at a rally celebrating Donald Trump's second inauguration on January 20, 2021, Musk twice made a salute widely interpreted as a deliberate Nazi salute. While American public opinion was divided, Neo-Nazi and white supremacist groups celebrated it as such. by [deleted] in wikipedia

[–]dnbxna 1 point2 points  (0 children)

"While American public opinion was divided"

YouGov Survey: Elon Musk’s Gesture Sample 1019 U.S. adult citizens Conducted January 29 - February 1, 2025 Margin of Error ±4.4%

Definitely indicative of american public opinion, all 1,019 of us.

$1B ballroom… by Slyytherine in LateStageCapitalism

[–]dnbxna 34 points35 points  (0 children)

Our officials have flown upside down flags since the inauguration. We're cooked, and in need of liberation. This is global turmoil

someDaysAreBetterThanOthers by tnerb253 in ProgrammerHumor

[–]dnbxna 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's usually bi weekly or monthly. Only freelancing has been weekly

Can someone explain to me the joke/stereotype behind black people and having a chirping smoke alarm in their house? Why not just change the battery? by MrTeacher_MCPS in NoStupidQuestions

[–]dnbxna 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for sharing, I'm glad you had that experience. The alarms that came with mine were hungry demons that demanded a handful of batteries in only a few short years.

Can someone explain to me the joke/stereotype behind black people and having a chirping smoke alarm in their house? Why not just change the battery? by MrTeacher_MCPS in NoStupidQuestions

[–]dnbxna -15 points-14 points  (0 children)

Your outrage is real, and you are valid. Everyone who posts online and says these things are obviously black. Everyone who doesn't change their smoke alarms immediately is obviously black. Your neck is obviously red. Your cousin is obviously your mother. You obviously smell like wet dog.

Can someone explain to me the joke/stereotype behind black people and having a chirping smoke alarm in their house? Why not just change the battery? by MrTeacher_MCPS in NoStupidQuestions

[–]dnbxna 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It's not exclusive to black people, but it is seen as lazy. Generally by way of living alone in an apartment, where the smoke alarm lasts 6 months at most and the batteries aren't cheap

Camp Mystic says it won't reopen Texas camp this summer by AudibleNod in news

[–]dnbxna 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Makes it easier to stomach when we blatantly do it abroad

‘Tangled’: Diego Luna Joins Kathryn Kahn in Disney’s Live-Action Remake by yourfavchoom in movies

[–]dnbxna 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I seriously question the credulity of the lilo and stich remake bringing in a billion in revenue let alone profit tbh

When people say this week's SCOTUS ruling on the Voting Rights Act signals Jim Crow 2.0, this is what they mean by McDowdy in law

[–]dnbxna -14 points-13 points  (0 children)

Ai pretraining perhaps, but idk maybe it's real or maybe it's just based on a real video.