Latest Posts by dododecalogist - Page 3

I struggle to accept being a bug.

discord has ruined my ability to effectively communicate without using my :true: emote and being able to react to absolutely everything with :true:

i can no longer function like a normal human being in conversation without this little, horribly-photoshopped picture of morgan freeman above some default font that says “True…” to express everything i can say on a matter

Today's Seal Is: The Noble Unicorn

Today's Seal Is: The Noble Unicorn

I Let All My Dandelions Be - Unidentified

Swedish

Pastel , 82 x 57 cm.

Y'all I know that when so-called AI generates ridiculous results it's hilarious and I find it as funny as the next guy but I NEED y'all to remember that every single time an AI answer is generated it uses 5x as much energy as a conventional websearch and burns through 10 ml of water. FOR EVERY ANSWER. Each big llm is equal to 300,000 kiligrams of carbon dioxide emissions.

LLMs are killing the environment, and when we generate answers for the lolz we're still contributing to it.

Stop using it. Stop using it for a.n.y.t.h.i.n.g. We need to kill it.

Sources:

The Conversation

AI’s excessive water consumption threatens to drown out its environmental contributions

Artificial intelligence promises revolutionary solutions to global challenges, but the water costs to produce and power AI hardware and infr

Nature

The carbon impact of artificial intelligence - Nature Machine Intelligence

The part that artificial intelligence plays in climate change has come under scrutiny, including from tech workers themselves who joined the

nature.com

Generative AI’s environmental costs are soaring — and mostly secret

First-of-its-kind US bill would address the environmental costs of the technology, but there’s a long way to go.

Everyone say thank you american indigenous people for cultivating corn, potatoes, peppers, tomatoes, cacao, pumpkin, squash, and anything i missed. Makes life more meaningful globally

“Call Me Maybe” with every other beat removed

i think we should be talking about the semi-recent advancements in cystic fibrosis treatment like all the time every day. there hasn’t been a drug like this since AZT medications for HIV infection it is truly fucking miraculous and very important

generative AI literally makes me feel like a boomer. people start talking about how it can be good to help you brainstorm ideas and i’m like oh you’re letting a computer do the hard work and thinking for you???

romance is lame and overrated i love mentor/mentee relationships in fiction and especially when theyre sort of fucked up

By now, you all must have seen the news that Gaza had officially run out of food, as one of the main aid suppliers in Gaza, World Food Program, had announced that their stock has been completely depleted, leaving just a few days for community kitchens to function.

This comes after more than 50 days (and counting) of Israel's complete closure of the borders, preventing food and medicine, among other life essentials, from entering Gaza. There are children crying out of hunger with trucks loaded with over 100,000 tons of food mere minutes away from them, which Israel continues to prevent from entering besieged Gaza.

This also comes after Israel had deliberately destroyed swaths of farmlands in Gaza, specifically targeting them with bombs and chemical weapons that destroy the chance of growing crops. Israel also made sure bakeries are destroyed as well as water sources.

Diabolical is an understatement when it comes to the Zionist entity.

There are still things you can do. On top of raising awareness and protesting when possible, independent organisations like APN are working directly with farmers in Gaza to rehabilitate the agricultural sector and restore local food systems to combat famine, counter the blockade and build food sovereignty. You can donate to their Revive Gaza's Farmlands initiative here.

Additionally, keep in mind that this means whatever food supplies remain available in Gaza now costs astronomical amounts of money, so keep sharing and donating to individual fundraising campaigns. Gazafunds is a good source if you're not sure where to start. Remember that your donations and shares are often the only source of hope for these families.

my chicken &yup i vaporized him

.. okay well, if you Do have a labyrinthian torture dungeon built beneath the neighbourhood I am going to have to bring it up at the next HOA meeting

Hey sorry weird question but like do you torture people in a vast subterranean dungeon beneath your castle? Because me and the other neighbours have been hearing some howls of torment at night and when Leslie tried to renovate her bathroom the other day the floor collapsed and she fell into this ancient maze inhabited by various unholy beasts and ghouls. You know, chimaeras and wraiths and such. Yeah she had to slay a great serpent and best a seven-headed jackal in chinese checkers before being allowed to leave. Yeah no im asking you because she emerged from your garden shed this morning

so Leslie slew my great serpent is what you’re telling me

My friend asked me what if a computer was a girl. Its 1 am.

Uncharismatic Fact of the Day

Bush dogs are living proof that team work makes the dream work! When these small canines hunt half of the pack will pursue their prey over land, while the other half waits in water for the target to try to swim away. Bush dogs are particularly adapted to this style of hunting, as their partially webbed feet make them excellent swimmers.

(Image: A bush dog (Speothos venaticus) by Josh More)

Uhhhhhhhh that seems bad

cbsnews.com

RFK Jr.'s autism study to amass medical records of many Americans

The autism study is planning to link confidential data "with broad coverage in the U.S. population" in one place for the first time.

it really is insane how little you hear about "america has the world's highest prison population by such a significant margin that it would be seen as excessively over-the-top if it was used in fiction"

wikipedia no longer being anywhere near the top of search results when looking up anything feels eviscerating

This is unethical you shouldnt teach the children forbidden techniques. theyre forbidden

im starting a foundation to introduce underprivileged children to forbidden techniques

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