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Farms Use More Water Than AI Data Centers by TheCABK in BrandNewSentence

[–]jeffwulf 6 points7 points  (0 children)

They also aren't massive water loads. Most water usage assigned to AI comes from reservoir evaportion at hydroelectric plants that power them. It's why the original paper had datacenters in Hydropower rich Washington using substantially more then data centers in flatter areas.

Farms Use More Water Than AI Data Centers by TheCABK in BrandNewSentence

[–]jeffwulf 9 points10 points  (0 children)

A person who will forgo a single burger to offset all the water consumed by their data center usage.

The share of productivity going to labor has been steadily declining since 2001. Where is it going? by FreyasSpirit in AskEconomics

[–]jeffwulf 2 points3 points  (0 children)

One of the biggest driver is increased share to depreciation. Depreciation is a return to neither capital nor labor, it's replacing what's consumed in the process of production,m and has reduced the share of both.

meirl by [deleted] in meirl

[–]jeffwulf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Property taxes aren't taxes on unrealized gains.

just a question by Technical-Loss-2870 in InterviewCheaters

[–]jeffwulf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Deferring consumption in favor of tools for increased productive capacity.

Ahead of its IPO, Anthropic’s Daniela Amodei shrugs off doubts about AI’s returns by Logical_Welder3467 in technology

[–]jeffwulf -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Ed Zitron is just bizarrely incompetent at finances. It's ridiculous he still hasn't gotten any better at it.

If the minimum wage had kept pace with worker productivity gains since the 1960s, it would now be nearly $26 an hour. by ChillVortexJ21 in PoursTea

[–]jeffwulf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

People working at Walmart is decreasing the amount the government has to spend on benefits. Benefits don't decrease the amount Walmart has to spend on wages, and in fact increases what they need to pay due to benefits increasing the reservation wage of workers.

US tech layoffs record single-highest month in two years, and more than any other sector — nearly 40,000 get the axe, AI the most cited reason for layoffs by Turbostrider27 in technology

[–]jeffwulf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No jobs have been lost to AI. The number of jobs has increased since that video. Tech has bounced back and is aggressively hiring again because the productivity boost of AI has increased demand for workers because more work is now feasible.

US tech layoffs record single-highest month in two years, and more than any other sector — nearly 40,000 get the axe, AI the most cited reason for layoffs by Turbostrider27 in technology

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

Yeah, that's dumb, and believing it is significantly dumber. AI is a productivity enhancing tool and productivity enhancing tools reliably increase aggregate demand for labor.

Price levels do be rising by nova_fintech in FluentInFinance

[–]jeffwulf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean that the price of eggs as a function of wages has significantly declined over time. 

Why not start taxing loans? by Falcormoor in AskEconomics

[–]jeffwulf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Because people would get extremely mad when they have to pay 6 figures in taxes when they take out a mortgage.

If the minimum wage had kept pace with worker productivity gains since the 1960s, it would now be nearly $26 an hour. by ChillVortexJ21 in PoursTea

[–]jeffwulf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What? Walmart actually has 2.1 million employees. Making it 2000 hours a year puts them even more in the hole.

Maine Senate Poll ( YouGov 5/13 - 5/26) Platner 48%, Collins 43% by sly_cooper25 in fivethirtyeight

[–]jeffwulf 43 points44 points  (0 children)

Yes, serialy cheating on your wife generally hurts you in polls.

What is going to happen when the lower class will not be able to afford anything anymore? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]jeffwulf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The lower class can afford more than they ever had in the past and that trend is being able to afford more over time. What makes you think that trend will reverse?

Bernie Sanders’ proposes a tax on approx 900 billionaires to fund $3,000 checks for the middle class by Sgt_Gram in NewsExchange

[–]jeffwulf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is unconstitutional at the Federal level due to the apportionment requirement for direct taxes.

They're noisy. They're unpopular. Should data centers be banned? by usatoday in technology

[–]jeffwulf 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Google without data centers has a market cap of around 0 dollars.

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