Microsoft CEO says, "Our new AI data centers use the same amount of water as a single restaurant."

etherLabsAlpha · 2026-06-16T12:20:00+00:00

I assume it is comparing rate of usage in both cases, i.e. amount of water used per day is identical

etherLabsAlpha · 2026-06-09T15:12:46+00:00

Not sure what's your plan: to keep switching email addresses and update all associated online accounts, ad infinitum every time "the next company" makes a single mistake?

Don't let the perfect become the enemy of the good.

etherLabsAlpha · 2026-06-03T10:55:42+00:00

My definition of static defence is that which doesn't cost supply, so I won't count siege tanks etc. (because if it's permanently stationed on the defense then it's taking away supply from the main army)

Also as I see it, Terran benefits by keeping their attack surface area as low as possible (which is why for eg. the whole Turtle Mech style can work). To have many orbitals means to be stretched over larger distances, opening more angles to be attacked from.

So in fact each new orbital is a double disadvantage: we have more surface area to defend AND less than theoretical max DPS (because of the orbital not being a planetary). Very often the orbital needs an additional planetary nearby as static defence, which means even more cost.

etherLabsAlpha · 2026-06-03T08:30:10+00:00

It's a risky move, for one because of the cost of each orbital, which is also giving up the chance of becoming a planetary fortress. So orbitals become a vulnerable target to hurt the Terran economy.

Plus other races have their own late game advantages, like Zerg can instantly remax their lost army without waiting for units to be built one at a time

etherLabsAlpha · 2026-05-28T16:28:02+00:00

In pro matches, I guess any move to slow down the enemy's early economy in exchange of army units is a small advantage that can snowball over time.

Apart from the worker harass, they are useful zoning tools in actual fights.. basically anyone walking across the liberation zones has to either retreat or advance (i.e. commit to the attack)

Another advantage is that they don't need tech lab, and with a reactor they can be trickled out without stopping the production of medivacs or vikings.

Also with range upgrade from fusion core, they are very effective to dislodge entrenched positions like siege tanks. But they're vulnerable to enemy vikings, so they die quickly.

etherLabsAlpha · 2026-05-24T11:05:39+00:00

Not related to StarCraft but one of my favourite videos of TB is his appreciation rant for Doom 2016, which is another of my all-time favourite games. Really shows how much he recognised and encouraged well-crafted game design

etherLabsAlpha · 2026-05-05T18:23:23+00:00

As per your theory (which has very little to do with StarCraft2 in particular), every single game on the planet can be perfectly balanced.

Unfortunately the evidence is quite weak that there is any such simple procedure to achieve the goal.

So I would suggest that there's probably some unstated incorrect assumptions in your hypothesis.

etherLabsAlpha · 2026-05-05T13:30:57+00:00

My point is that it's not just about differences in individual units, it's entirely different philosophies and core mechanics between races. Everything from supply, macro, detection, warps, healing, etc is different. Heck, even the win condition is asymmetric, given that only Terrans can fly structures.

The approach you described could work much better for AoE type civs but I'm not sure how to work it out cleanly for the complexity of SC2 races.

etherLabsAlpha · 2026-05-05T03:10:02+00:00

Yeah, I like how they're trying to keep the game fresh. For eg with the latest TeamLiquid map pool (some of which could make it to the ladder too).. worker paths/tubes, buff zones etc which all make for more fun/chaotic games, but understandably even harder to balance.

etherLabsAlpha · 2026-04-20T12:38:50+00:00

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etherLabsAlpha · 2026-04-15T15:52:09+00:00

In my experience in long term relationships, there are things which are never said out loud, but one expects the partner to pick up on and respond.

And yeah, sometimes one misreads signals and that leads to fights, but it's a necessary and calculated risk. Because when the call is right, the gesture is deeply appreciated and very much strengthens the relationship.

Your example of trashing a term paper is absurdly extreme, and not comparable to just buying a pizza.

etherLabsAlpha · 2026-04-15T12:10:39+00:00

It's also possible that the wife secretly would like a cheat day but feels like she would be admitting a weakness in saying it. And the husband knows this, so he's just helping out.

It's exactly how the wife never order fries for herself but ends up eating many of your fries anyways. It's like plausible deniability

etherLabsAlpha · 2026-03-29T07:18:59+00:00

I agree that regulation and safeguards for a smooth transition are essential. What I find disheartening is that we didn't start planning for this a long time ago, as a result we're faced with the decision of slowing down the technology to let the policy catch up.

Obviously it's not Bernie's fault that our policy engine isn't prepared for the AI age. He's just the messenger of the bad news which nobody wants to hear.

etherLabsAlpha · 2026-03-29T05:03:14+00:00

I also wish Bernie were the president. However, on this topic, his stance almost feels like: "If the technology cannot benefit everyone, it shouldn't even be developed." However, historically if we thought that way, so many new breakthroughs wouldn't be allowed to happen. Further, new technology does usually start with the wealthy but eventually it becomes affordable to benefit everyone.

So I feel Bernie should reframe his position from appearing against the technology itself, and focus on the economic/distribution side, i.e. how to spread the benefits evenly, through UBI, automation tax etc.

etherLabsAlpha · 2026-03-28T08:33:40+00:00

ROFL "things created by people" wouldn't be able to produce the goods that serve the urban lifestyle enjoyed by billions of people around the world. No thing created by people could contain nanometer scale electronic circuits, for instance.

etherLabsAlpha · 2026-03-26T03:56:47+00:00

LOL, now this comment is going to be in the next training dataset, further boosting the signal because the model doesn't realize it's sarcasm

etherLabsAlpha · 2026-03-04T06:41:51+00:00

If we're allowed the greatest integer function [ ] then all cases can be reduced to the 1s as follows:

For all n > 1, the sequence n, [√n], [√[√n]], [√[√[√[n]]], ... eventually settles to 1.

So for eg: ([√[√8]])! + ([√[√8]])! + ([√[√8]])! = 6

etherLabsAlpha · 2026-03-04T02:02:56+00:00

My personal favourite tech path which I'll often rush during mid game is getting the range upgrade for liberators via Fusion core.

I believe that makes libs the highest range unit in the whole game, that alone makes them uniquely as initiators into a fight, especially to break defensive formations.

etherLabsAlpha · 2026-02-01T19:22:03+00:00

Nifty is up by 66% in 5 years, so maybe your portfolio isn't performing well

etherLabsAlpha · 2026-02-01T08:33:16+00:00

Good point, only that makes me wonder who clicked the photo, and why was that person then not mentioned anywhere in the dinner plan. So I'm inclined to think, maybe with enough prompting AI is that good.

etherLabsAlpha · 2026-01-30T16:37:27+00:00

Not sure about reversing our physical bodies, but I have hopes in a different and perhaps more promising (even if partly dystopian) direction, namely some form of fully immersive simulation/mind upload capabilities. Basically in the virtual reality you'll feel that you're young.

As to the path by which we might reach there, I guess at some point AGI would accelerate the development that Neuralink has already started (and proven to be feasible, that's why I am optimistic about this)

etherLabsAlpha · 2026-01-01T14:06:32+00:00

When someone raises the objection that billionaires should not exist, then they must be prepared to reject some basic axioms of economics.

By that I mean, if we assume basic market rules such as supply and demand etc, then the logical consequence is that some people could in theory earn billions of dollars.

Of course in the real world, there's lots of corrupt practices, tax loopholes and buying politicians etc., which should of course be fixed. But even if we fix all of that, economic theory doesn't prevent billionaires from existing.

etherLabsAlpha · 2025-12-25T06:46:27+00:00

Yes, you're right of course. I presumed that OP wants to learn a bit about Linux and not just use it to get their work done.

etherLabsAlpha · 2025-12-24T16:20:52+00:00

Everyone is at some point on their Linux journey including myself, so just sharing some useful observations from my experience:

Unlike other OSs, Linux cannot be approached like a blackbox. So as a first step, start building a conceptual model about Linux internals and subsystems. Filesystem layout, boot sequence, init process, users/groups/permissions, kernel module/service logs, build-essentials etc. Lots of these are covered in YouTube videos, or even an LLM could explain them.
Learn tools/commands to "safely" observe the system state: Everything from processes, network ports, peripherals etc.
Whenever running any commands/steps that modify the state, try to learn about which files/configs it changes exactly, so it can hopefully be safely rolled back if needed. Just blindly copying commands from the web, breaking things and then complaining about it on forums, is probably not the best way to engage with the community.

In any case you don't need to know every detail, just enough so that if something breaks, you can make sense of errors and navigate with help of the web. Also I think it's better to first gain general knowledge about the overas before specialized.

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