humanspiral
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- Comment on AI Data Centers in Texas Used 463 Million Gallons of Water, Residents Told to Take Shorter Showers 1 day ago:
Not all “water use” is the same. Agriculture returns it to environment through drainage into acquifiers and rain cycle, though the rain can fall outside of community. Showers go through sewage system, and treatment recycles it. Fracking destroys water by polluting and sequestering it. Data centers cooling requirements do not need any treatment before returning water back to community’s clean water supply, afaiu, though certainly if treatment were needed, the data center should implement it.
We can/should be angry about datacenter electricity use if that makes electricity more scarce for the rest of us, and uses climate terrorist energy to do so. But water use should not be a problem.
Article suggests that “evaporative cooling” means an open cooling cycle that releases steam. AFAIU, computer/data center cooling uses closed loops.
- Comment on AI Data Centers in Texas Used 463 Million Gallons of Water, Residents Told to Take Shorter Showers 1 day ago:
in practice…houses already have a “regular” water connection running to them. in order for this to be practical, you’re talking about having to run plumbing for a 2nd hot water connection. to every house.
many places, get their heating from such a 2nd pipe carrying NG to their house. While water needs a bigger pipe, it is low pressure, and can be thinner using less metal (or plastic) overall.
- Comment on get sum 2 days ago:
I interpret the results as men between 18 and 29 who’ve never had sex. I’d answer at least 1 if I had sex at 17.
- Comment on get sum 2 days ago:
OP is saying gay sex being excluded, iiuc. Trend seems extreme since 2008, and it would be nice to see the spikes to 16% or so 3 times between 1989 and 2008. The spikes could be corelated to rising stock market bubbles for all I know. Seems over double the 1989-2008 average that I guesstimate at 12%.
Maybe gay men used to experiemnt with women to “find out”? Maybe harsher economic inequality keeps men home? It’s not obviously internet porn, which became available in late 90s, though 20 years later would get a lot of under 30s.
- Comment on Public transit in Chengdu, China versus Toronto, Canada 1 week ago:
Interstate highway is oil. Interstate highway is love.
- Comment on Public transit in Chengdu, China versus Toronto, Canada 1 week ago:
I do think there needs to be a shift in how the government invests in this country, but the answer isn’t “let’s go authoritarian”.
In the end, its more about getting things done, and investing in society, rather than how strongly you can shout your opinion about transgender folk. A government that invests in society is one not focused on either enriching itself, or cutting all social spending to fund tax cuts for oligarchs. When the only acts we/society/rulers ever implement is giveaways to their sponsors, you could think about your programming that tells you your rulership is the best system of all.
- Comment on Solar powered personal umbrella with battery? 1 week ago:
It’s a better product idea than you make out.
It does require industrial design, and tooling for flexible panel manufacturers to make umbrella patterned panels, as cheaply as rectangular patterned ones.
Flexible panells top out closer to 25% efficiency than 20%. 200-250w is a lot of power. The umbrella itself needs just a hook for a battery rather than coming with one. Solar or USB (up to 240w at 48v power) interfaces. This can power a mini pc with a couple of large monitors with power left over. 1kwh per day/m^2^ is enogh to cover a high power laptop, electric cooking, or if it were a beach parasol, keep a drink fridge cool, and boom box TF out of the place. Because you need an ebike to lug all of the crap to the beach, it can charge it back up. Besides beach use, a parasol would allow supplementary power for van/RV or even a house, when not beach party boomboxing.
- Comment on Why did AT&T think "Eye of Sauron" was the way to go? 1 week ago:
Palantir contract helping them “protect Americans” by spying on them.
- Comment on 1 week ago:
heat up anyone enough, and they will glow in visible spectrum.
- Comment on Panama Proxima 1 week ago:
Scandinavia south of Paris.
- Comment on Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier says criminal “geoengineering and weather modification activities" could have played a role in recent Texas floods 2 weeks ago:
The level of stupidity in Jewish Space Lasers being to blame for every US catastrophe is Zionists control the US already, as always. Even Soros loves Israel and Ukraine, and would attack their enemies instead. The only other alterative is Trump/Hegseth killing Texans now for unknown reasons.
Global warming is settled physics. While it makes more frequent intense storms, storms happened prior to global warming too. There is zero need to politicize physics. Only hair brained conspiracy theories needed to politicize attacks on physics.
- Comment on How come nobody does anything about North Korea? 2 weeks ago:
Holy hilarious nerve hitting, Batman. Superman is the American way/might that simplistically pretends to side with truth and justice.
- Comment on How come nobody does anything about North Korea? 2 weeks ago:
We all see and hear what goes on over there
First, the ROK unfiltered propaganda on DPRK is as believable as Ukrainian propaganda. We all know “the pure unvarnished truth” as the complete trust in that propaganda.
The US’s unjustified war on Korea was to overthrow a democratic unification election in which the less corrupt North party won. Ever since, an oligarchist duopoly has been propped up by the US, and standard of living is determined by the isolationism imposed by US/ROK alliance.
DPRK is aligned with winning future alliance, and ROK is being canibalized, like other colonies, by its master. DPRK has always been the stronger military side, by necessity, and the future is likely better for them. In your example, “why not do something about the US for actual verified first hand threats to citizens not cheering enough for Trump”?
- Comment on Anon has standards 2 weeks ago:
human behaviour, and big time sensuality were top 40
- Comment on Bitcoin investor moves $8 billion worth of crypto after 14 years, originally bought for less than $210,000 — 80,000 BTC transferred from Satoshi-era wallet 3 weeks ago:
OP doesn’t know purchase cost. Wallet deposit on that date doesn’t mean it was purchased 1 hour before.
- Comment on unfortunate news 4 weeks ago:
Thank you to all who refrain from posting twerking videos on shitpost. Sadly, I can imagine a thematic concept for it.
- Comment on bork bork bork 4 weeks ago:
Nope. Too many people making skynet. The dogs and goggles will do nothing.
- Comment on bork bork bork 4 weeks ago:
100% effective dragon and vampire repellant too.
- Comment on Chickenslap 4 weeks ago:
What if I wanted to cook the chicke through friction, by say inserting an object 3 fingers or so thick in and out of its cavity as fast as athletically possible? … so um… how long should I keep fucking my chicken?
- Comment on no way right 5 weeks ago:
FYI, Israelis aren’t allowed to leave Israel now, because playing the victim card requires using them as human shields. 9/11 was greatest US empire boost over Americans in history, and DNC firmly backs war and empire enslavement of Americans.
- Comment on MAGLEVs Are Quite Terrible, Actually - Adam Something 1 month ago:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maglev#%3A~%3Atext=Compared….
There are some advantages, but 350kph might be fast enough for anybody, and it is a very expensive comparison.
- Comment on *pat pat pat* 1 month ago:
If risky to put dick in mouth, why make it friend sized?
- Comment on How bad is it that Israel has attacked Iran? 1 month ago:
70/30 this is right. Too many in middle east are friends to US to side too hard with Iran. Only Russia is a strong enough ally to destroy Tel Aviv, but most of US approaches to Russia have involved US statements that “Russia agrees that Iran should never have nuclear weapons” which means it is their primary concern with Russia discussions, even though Russia never mentions it in their statements.
Tolerance for Israel seems high, and world seems to have bigger priorities.
- Comment on PLASTICMAXXING 1 month ago:
You can download a car… but are you allowed to “steel” (get for free) the filament???
- Comment on Russia is at war with Britain and US is no longer a reliable ally, UK adviser says 1 month ago:
The US joined the war in Europe as a war on USSR. To limit their gains. Colonizing the western part.
- Comment on Russia is at war with Britain and US is no longer a reliable ally, UK adviser says 1 month ago:
It’s Britain who has been at war with Russia for 80 years. Ironically, the only reason was to stay on the good side of its colonist emperor, and be its favorite. That British society is entirely programed to CIA/MI6 Russophobia doesn’t stop when Daddy slaps them. Just got to work harder for daddy’s love, is only political position in Overton window instead of pursuing best relations for citizens.
- Comment on If we replace most plastic with a non plastic alternative and would that really be better? 1 month ago:
Plastic is not a climate problem. Ocean pollution is mainly fishing nets. There is a garbage problem that automation can help with recycling. Making fishing nets out of cotton instead of nylon would be a big improvment.
Wood and paper is a renewable resource that could be used more. Global warming is especially a threat to vast northern forests with fire that are paper sources, while also permitting more/bigger tree growth in the regions. Harvesting trees is a solution to fires, and more demand an incentive to prevent fires.
Manufacturing with compressed sawdust could be a cost competitive alternative to plastic, but the binder could make the wood product less recyclable.
- Comment on What games are just objective master pieces? 2 months ago:
Nethack
- Comment on i broke 2 months ago:
Your misery cannot possibly be the result a structurally oppressive society, look at how well I’m doing. Now go kick your mom in the vagina and suck dick for therapy fares, and come back next week.
- Comment on Smoke Bomb 2 months ago:
anthracene
clean coal apologists.