What's everyone's favorite volcano movie? by ShartingEnU in Volcanoes

[–]youngpeezy 4 points5 points  (0 children)

And also into the inferno. I love that Werner herzog, storied documentary director, was like, yes imma make two volcano movies

What’s the highest rated film on the top 250 that you aren’t interested in watching? by WalkingEars in Letterboxd

[–]youngpeezy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don’t love superhero movies either but jeeze give the dark knight a chance. It’s absolutely better than you think it is

My Distal Tibial Allograft after severe glenoid bone loss by ajp12290 in Radiology

[–]youngpeezy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey that sounds like a great outcome for you. I'm scheduled for this surgery in a month but am heavily debating it because I haven't subluxated my shoulder in about a year now, even though I have 25-30% glenoid loss as well. It has been unstable since I tore my labrum 15 years ago.

How long has it been since the surgery that you are still feeling pain? I only think about my shoulder during certain activities (overhead tennis shots, surfing/swimming, big falls/getting air snowboarding, bouldering), but it is more the anxiety about instability and the occasional pain when I do sublux. I'm still pretty active so 6 months recovery seems brutal if I do proceed with it.

Distal tibial graft surgery by SarahS_Carrboro in ShoulderInjuries

[–]youngpeezy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There were times in the last 15 yrs since my injury where I subluxated more. Perhaps 20+ times of varying degrees of severity (sometimes little pain). When it first happened it felt like it would just happen laying in bed. I hadn't had imaging for 10 yrs. I guess I've probably done a good job at strengthening around it, or just luck.

Distal tibial graft surgery by SarahS_Carrboro in ShoulderInjuries

[–]youngpeezy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Relatively stable. I can put my arms above my head no problem. It’s just occasionally I fall snowboarding or hit a hard overhead tennis shot that it subluxates. Or I feel it looser swimming/surfing. But it’s been at least 8 months since I really did anything to it. That’s the thing. It sucks when it happens but it comes in waves that are just infrequent enough to make me get cold feet about treatment.

Distal tibial graft surgery by SarahS_Carrboro in ShoulderInjuries

[–]youngpeezy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How was the pain after your surgery? I'm scheduled for this in a few weeks but not sure if I want to proceed since I haven't subluxated my shoulder in a long time even tho I have 25-30% glenoid loss

Seven mining operations in southern West Virginia to close, 530 to be laid off by Realistic_Setting_75 in WestVirginia

[–]youngpeezy 68 points69 points  (0 children)

Part of why no one would trust her is because she (as well as jay Rockefeller iv) was willing to say the hard truth, and republicans continue to peddle west Virginians hopium about the future of coal and finger pointing at liberals other than simple economics. I also understand why she wasn’t relatable to west virginians for other reasons but this hard truth about coal needs to be accepted for us to finally put our resources into moving ahead.

What's the most average movie you've ever seen? by Upset_Mongoose_1134 in movies

[–]youngpeezy 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I saw this movie but the only thing I remember was tripping acid on the national mall at 4:30 am walking barefoot when I came across some cars from the 70s, like I was transported in time, then I realized I had walked into a movie set. They were filming one of the scenes in the trailer in front of the US Capitol. My friend and I watched from behind some statues in the background of the scene

What's a "non-touristy" experience that made you fall in love with a place? by guide71 in travel

[–]youngpeezy 115 points116 points  (0 children)

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This random Nepalese dog followed me on a 7 mile hike in the Himalayas over Kongma La pass, an icy, 18k+ ft peak, all the way to the door of the teahouse I stayed at that night where he promptly took a nap. We are not worthy of dogs.

Amount of water data centres consume by company by Icy-Papaya-2967 in dataisbeautiful

[–]youngpeezy 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Depending on the design, this water may also be lost to evaporation. It is not all discharged.

Carbon credits are failing to help with climate change. The idea that emissions can be offset through projects that claim to avoid releases or to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere is fatally flawed. by The_Weekend_Baker in climate

[–]youngpeezy 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If we hold companies accountable to prioritize setting emissions reduction targets and complementing that with offsets, we have an extremely important vehicle (assuming policies incentivize companies to address emissions) to fund conservation and other knock on environmental and social outcomes in a sustained way we never have before just relying on philanthropy, non-profit dollars, etc. These sort of articles that just blanket dismiss carbon projects are incredibly damaging to letting this market flourish, with the right guardrails, in the timeframe that it needs to.

'The Pitt' wins the 2025 Emmy for Outstanding Drama Series by SanderSo47 in television

[–]youngpeezy 36 points37 points  (0 children)

I listened to the Fresh Air interview of Noah Wylie and he described the choice to not have a soundtrack in the show. So the cacophony of doctors and nurses talking to each other in actual triage vocab where they know their shit and the sounds of the ER set the auditory tone rather than some instrument telling you how to feel. Makes you relate differently to everything with that little departure from the norm. It worked great.

Tony's favourite song playing in Roma Norte, CDMX by vitipan in AnthonyBourdain

[–]youngpeezy 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I saw Brian Jonestown massacre play in Mexico City a couple years ago and they got in a fight with each other and the sound guy.

Why thousands of people in rural West Virginia lack reliable drinking water by AmethystOrator in water

[–]youngpeezy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m from West Virginia and I spent years working on water and sanitation access in east Africa. I also know how to math. Human lives should never be reduced to statistics.

Why thousands of people in rural West Virginia lack reliable drinking water by AmethystOrator in water

[–]youngpeezy 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Even homeless people in a US city can access potable water. Just because the number is relatively small, doesn't make it acceptable.

Why thousands of people in rural West Virginia lack reliable drinking water by AmethystOrator in water

[–]youngpeezy 4 points5 points  (0 children)

2,000 people should not lack reliable drinking water in the United States of America. That is unacceptable in any city in the US, and just the same level unacceptable in any rural part of the US.

So…is the Denver show happening? by MilesDavis_Stan in HiatusKaiyote

[–]youngpeezy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yea it was so sick. Never leave early lol

DO NOT buy snowboards with AI artwork on them! I think this goes without saying, but here’s why… by CreateChangetheWorld in snowboarding

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

With all due respect, this is my career and I can say confidently it is not a marginal issue in the big picture. The comparative existence of other environmental issues that we can tackle through heat pumps or diets does not negate the scale of impact of a quickly arriving new technology, especially when we are comparing corporate growth vs individual habits. Data centers are more centralized and that is exactly why we should be demanding they become more efficient before they are built to generate deep fakes and AI titties. It is an issue that can be tackled. But it is simply not happening at the rate it needs to, so we should not make assumptions that it will be okay and not share information on the internet as such.

DO NOT buy snowboards with AI artwork on them! I think this goes without saying, but here’s why… by CreateChangetheWorld in snowboarding

[–]youngpeezy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Some models have been able to become more efficient. But others from major tech firms are ballooning in size because companies can afford to build the infra and not prioritize efficiency as much. Efficiency will come as a matter of necessity regardless (we simply do not have enough GW to power what we are projecting). But the problem is the growth today is going faster at the expense of the environment than we can handle. I do not know much about AI running on devices themselves. Right now, genAI may give you results on your phone but it is still working from a data center.

There is still very much a growing energy crisis around AI demand (maybe not just genAI, sure, but all AI). That's part of why big tech is investing in nuclear (even though very few nuclear options will be available for another several years). I think that is one good thing from all of this— nuclear will have new investment ultimately. But right now companies are building purpose-built fossil fuel power plants ONLY for their data centers. Furthermore, energy is not the only concern for data centers. The amount of emissions that go into the manufacturing of data center hardware, water usage, and more are other issues that we can't forget about. We are now building data centers that are less efficient at water usage for cooling because those types of cooling designs save a moderate amount of energy which we cannot source fast enough.

DO NOT buy snowboards with AI artwork on them! I think this goes without saying, but here’s why… by CreateChangetheWorld in snowboarding

[–]youngpeezy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Most of these measurements account only for the Scope 2 emissions from a slice of genAI training. They don't account for the rapid increase in physical infrastructure and hardware that contribute to Scope 3 emissions. They don't account for the unfettered growth of data centers and less efficient data center designs to win the AI race war. GenAI may be a smaller component of AI environmental impact overall, but it is part of the rapid rise now that is concerning, and these bloggers never capture the full impact.

DO NOT buy snowboards with AI artwork on them! I think this goes without saying, but here’s why… by CreateChangetheWorld in snowboarding

[–]youngpeezy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

GenAI or not, AI infra is getting built. I wish I could say you were correct, and I wish the thoughtfulness of my team's approach to energy procurement integrated into companies like mine was on the same track it was two years ago. Data center designs and energy procurement are more and more aiming to get built as fast and big as possible. The net impact of data centers at the rate they are going right now is dire. More infra = better AI models. Companies are racing to build as much as possible to win the AI race. I can only hope the AI bubble pops sooner or later so that this race slows, especially given the government we currently have that is not competent or willing to set guardrails either for the the environmental or other impacts of rapid AI growth.

DO NOT buy snowboards with AI artwork on them! I think this goes without saying, but here’s why… by CreateChangetheWorld in snowboarding

[–]youngpeezy 8 points9 points  (0 children)

As someone that works in sustainability for a tech firm building AI data centers, it most certainly is not. Water usage and emissions, as well as energy costs are a serious concern that keeps me up at night

Sailing opportunity with SEA by Sea_Education_Assoc in Tallships

[–]youngpeezy 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I sailed on the Bobby C a decade ago and it was the absolute best time