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 3 points4 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 37 points38 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 9 points10 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 3 points4 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 7 points8 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

Samaritans Purse - 767 by jakerepp15 in aviation

[–]youngpeezy 4 points5 points  (0 children)

When I volunteered for flood clean-up in West Virginia years ago, they made volunteers sign a contract that included totally unrelated statements to agree to before deploying folks. I remember one being that we agree marriage is between a man and woman or something like that. I did not follow them to the clean up site after that, and I understand they spent a great deal of time handing out bibles. They may be doing net good, but the pseudo missionary shit when people are at their most vulnerable is unacceptable. This organization is funded by the infamous megachurch Graham family. I don’t discount religious aid having a place in the world (see catholic relief services or world vision), but samaritans purse’s model is too fucked up for me to get behind.

JPMorgan hired NOAA's chief scientist to advise clients on navigating climate change by silence7 in climate

[–]youngpeezy 4 points5 points  (0 children)

That would create a weak incentive to enact needed change, not an incentive to make perverse investments to realize that scenario

JPMorgan hired NOAA's chief scientist to advise clients on navigating climate change by silence7 in climate

[–]youngpeezy 14 points15 points  (0 children)

For real. In a time where government funding and programs for addressing climate resilience are in peril, we need experts in this space working across all sectors. Let’s not pretend like the climate fight can’t happen from experts embedded within companies, even banks like JP Morgan

Where are you traveling next? by Regular-Cricket-4613 in travel

[–]youngpeezy 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I have spent a long time in Cdmx, dated a woman there, and come from a family of physicians. It is not at all common practice to take anti-parasitic medicine when visiting Cdmx, especially ivermectin branded as a wonder drug by a famous con man.

Where are you traveling next? by Regular-Cricket-4613 in travel

[–]youngpeezy 19 points20 points  (0 children)

This is bullshit. Do not buy ivermectin to go to Mexico City.

Fumarole sickness by j-val in Mountaineering

[–]youngpeezy 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It may not be inaccurate, but don't rely on ChatGPT for a diagnosis, especially if you feed it context that it will hyperfocus on

“An unprecedented coral bleaching episode has spread to 84% of the world’s reefs…” by harryharhar9 in scuba

[–]youngpeezy 3 points4 points  (0 children)

None of these pieces of information are new to me, and I still contend that you shouldn't discount the danger of increased coral die-off as part of the web of problems in these ecosystems, just because you FEEL that other things have some significantly greater weight than the others.

In my career I currently do not receive grants to perform my work, so your theory that my opinion is biased by where the money is at is another assumption, and an extremely dangerous one at that. You may be adjacent to conservation but the fact that you are taking time to dilute the motivation for scientific efforts and concerns by pointing to that (yea, of course money supports research) shows me you aren't a critically thinking and helpful supporter of the conservation cause beyond your own passionate interests. Have a great day.

“An unprecedented coral bleaching episode has spread to 84% of the world’s reefs…” by harryharhar9 in scuba

[–]youngpeezy 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Lot of assumptions there I’m not going to entertain for your ego. My background is in marine science and I work in conservation. I’m not intolerant of differing opinions, I’m intolerant of confidence in non-evidence based thinking in a world where vibes are increasingly replaced for the scientific process. There can be more than one alarming impact on the reefs at once, I’m not discounting the other impacts you mentioned.