but the "dark side" of the moon is sunlit for half of every month?
On Thu, Mar 28, 2024 at 11:33 AM glen <geprope...@gmail.com> wrote: > Bandwidth might be a problem. But the dark side of the moon seems like an > option ... assuming you can negotiate with the aliens that live over there. > The best thing about coral is you don't have to negotiate for their "land". > You can just take it and let them die like the stupid little creatures they > are. > > > https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/22/asia/south-china-sea-philippines-coral-reef-damage-intl-hnk/index.html > > On 3/28/24 10:17, Marcus Daniels wrote: > > It's not really my thing, but I noticed there were several very large > exhibits at Supercomputing 23 for cooling technology. Even immersive > cooling solutions. I think that could be improved a lot. Without > superconducting processors, I don't see how energy use can be dramatically > reduced though. For that there will just need to be new generation. > Could put these near large off short windfarms.. > > > > > https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/china-deploys-1400-ton-commercial-underwater-data-center/ > > > > I suppose there are some that would say gentrification is genocide -- a > slow coerced displacement. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Friam <friam-boun...@redfish.com> On Behalf Of glen > > Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2024 9:49 AM > > To: friam@redfish.com > > Subject: Re: [FRIAM] death by ubiquity > > > > Maybe. But way before that happens, it will(has) force(d) the > disaffected (people, animals, plants) of any such region to die, move, or > adapt. > > > > In the Gaza kerfuffle, I've heard some describe coerced displacement as > "genocide". I guess the more reasonble term is ethnic cleansing. The > settlers seem mostly fine with their ethnic cleansing agenda. But, by > analogy, how would we describe the coercive adaptation put upon a region by > a massive water-sucking data center? Biology cleansing? If there really > were an AI, would they worry about the forced displacement caused by their > silicon incubators? ... or maybe "incubator" isn't a good word. How about > "galls": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gall Yeah, that might be a good > analogy. The machines are parasitic. They hijack the iDNA (information > generators) of the local biology to form galls within which they grow and > thrive. > > > > On 3/28/24 07:51, Marcus Daniels wrote: > >> It will force innovation on energy-efficient microarchitecture (e.g. > Groq) and on renewable power generation near data centers. > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Friam <friam-boun...@redfish.com> On Behalf Of glen > >> Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2024 7:09 AM > >> To: friam@redfish.com > >> Subject: [FRIAM] death by ubiquity > >> > >> > >> As we frivolously replace meatspace conversation with obsequious > chatbots, the world burns. > >> > >> The industry more damaging to the environment than airlines > https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2023/05/30/silicon-valley-data-giants-net-zero-sustainability-risk/ > >> > >> > https://www.asce.org/publications-and-news/civil-engineering-source/civil-engineering-magazine/issues/magazine-issue/article/2024/03/engineers-often-need-a-lot-of-water-to-keep-data-centers-cool > > > > > -- > ꙮ Mɥǝu ǝlǝdɥɐuʇs ɟᴉƃɥʇ' ʇɥǝ ƃɹɐss snɟɟǝɹs˙ ꙮ > > -. --- - / ...- .- .-.. .. -.. / -- --- .-. ... . / -.-. --- -.. . > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Fridays 9a-12p Friday St. Johns Cafe / Thursdays 9a-12p Zoom > https://bit.ly/virtualfriam > to (un)subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ > archives: 5/2017 thru present > https://redfish.com/pipermail/friam_redfish.com/ > 1/2003 thru 6/2021 http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/ >
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