Powderhorn
@Powderhorn@beehaw.org
Editor and tech enthusiast
At some point, I have to admit neither is true. Let’s see …
Wage slave and vandweller.
- Only half of US datacenter capacity planned for 2026 is actually under constructionwww.theregister.com ↗Submitted 2 days ago to technology@beehaw.org | 0 comments
- Exclusive: OpenAI Losses Increased Nearly 8X in 2025, With Spending Hitting $34 Billionwww.wheresyoured.at ↗Submitted 4 days ago to technology@beehaw.org | 6 comments
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- Comment on When it comes to total water use, AI data centers are a drop in the bucket 5 days ago:
Nah, that’s just the term The Register uses derisively.
- Comment on When it comes to total water use, AI data centers are a drop in the bucket 6 days ago:
I chortle at your attempt to teach a two-decade newspaper editor “media literacy.” I’m fine with – and agree with – your point through “less significant” … but you aren’t backing up your “greenwashing rag” conclusion. It appears to be pure opinion, not analysis.
- Comment on When it comes to total water use, AI data centers are a drop in the bucket 6 days ago:
Amazon provides their own numbers, and the rest is reported. The hed is not Amazon’s. It’s called sourcing.
Look, I’m not a fan of “AI,” but I do care about the quality of reporting, and Kyle is solid. I know it’s en vogue to immediately bash anything that’s not flaming vitriol, but learn some media literacy instead of just having a knee-jerk reaction because Amazon is a source. That’s going to happen when covering Amazon. Where else do you expect to get those data?
Let’s say this is total horseshit, which it may well be. Do the other figures provided still tell the same story assuming Amazon is understating water use by an order of magnitude? Yep. If all you care about is water use, railing against golf courses and calling for an end to lawn watering is going to be more effective.
If all you care about is AMAZON BAD, then your response makes sense.
- Comment on When it comes to total water use, AI data centers are a drop in the bucket 1 week ago:
I didn’t post because I think all is fine and dandy, but what I’m gathering is the issue is local moreso than aggregate. People are up in arms in Temple over planned bit barns.
- Comment on When it comes to total water use, AI data centers are a drop in the bucket 1 week ago:
I tend to trust Ars. Consider the source. Though I fully expected a response like this.
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- Comment on AI Economics for Dummies 1 week ago:
I totally forgot about McSweeney’s. Good to see it’s still up. Also, great piece.
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- Comment on Any good indie games on steam? Can be any genre. 3 weeks ago:
Months is just trying to optimize your first run. Then, you discover mods.
- Comment on Any good indie games on steam? Can be any genre. 3 weeks ago:
If you have your life affairs in order, you could try Factorio. Your friends and loved ones won’t see you for months.
- Amazon Prime’s NBA playoff coverage was an alienating, strangely visionary experiment in anti-TVwww.theguardian.com ↗Submitted 4 weeks ago to technology@beehaw.org | 0 comments
- Meta is rapidly reorganizing its workers’ jobs around AI: ‘Transfers aren’t optional’www.theguardian.com ↗Submitted 4 weeks ago to technology@beehaw.org | 9 comments
- Comment on Europe built sovereign clouds to escape US control. Then forgot about the processors 4 weeks ago:
We can’t all be Avis. (Orville references welcome.)
- Comment on Utah tells porn sites to take the P out of VPNs, and it's their fault that they can't 4 weeks ago:
I’d counter that I trust my data going through Sweden ahead of letting an American conglomerate gain access.
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- Comment on Utah tells porn sites to take the P out of VPNs, and it's their fault that they can't 4 weeks ago:
I would counter that I’m saving $1,500 a month by living in a van. As a cost, the VPN is a rounding error.
- Comment on Utah tells porn sites to take the P out of VPNs, and it's their fault that they can't 4 weeks ago:
I mean, I’m using Mullvad. I don’t have the hardware to host my own VPN in a van, so this is my best approach. Could I host Wireguard locally? Sure. With access to alternating-current power.
- Utah tells porn sites to take the P out of VPNs, and it's their fault that they can'twww.theregister.com ↗Submitted 4 weeks ago to technology@beehaw.org | 19 comments
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- Comment on Students Are Learning Less and Getting Higher Grades Because of AI, Study Finds 5 weeks ago:
The dek gives the game away. The “future of the workforce” is all that matters. Why had we been doing all this gaining of knowledge in college all this time?
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- Comment on What do I need to know about GrapheneOS? 5 weeks ago:
Damn. Well, thus ends this excursion. At least I didn’t end up in Iran first.
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