If you sample several points along the way, you may be able to take these changes into account. For example, let's say the magnetic field shifts by a couple of miles (is that typical?), it may also get distorted and you might be able to compute the amount it shifted, by using the distortion. The article has very little information about how it works.

This slashdot story is simply a poll to determine who reads only the story titles, and who actually even looks at the summary or the original article. I wish some AI could summarize the results.

In some other municipalities you get a small trash bin, a large recycling bin, and a large organics bin. If you put everything in the trash bin, it will not fit, or you'll have to pay more for a larger bin.

When client-side-scripting in the browser was invented, the alternative way of running client-server code was to download an executable, typically a malware infested .exe. Javascript in the browser provided much better security. For example, a script from a webpage cannot read any of my files, as far as I know.

Modern smartphone OSes provide a controlled environment for applications similar to the sandbox that a browser provides to webpage scripts, perhaps more secure, as you say. But a smartphone browser is one of these apps, and it can download and run arbitrary javascript. So are apps really more secure than webpage scripts?

Aside from that, a smartphone app is specific to a smartphone OS. Unlike client-side scripting, which runs on most OSes, an app runs only on a specific OS.

Client-side scripting makes a lot of things possible, including surveillance. But downloadable apps are worse. At least the browser can be a gatekeeper for client-side scripting. A good browser for the user would be one that gives us control on what things the scripting is allowed to do. For example, I would like to allow only specific sites to save persistent cookies and site data locally (my data). I can do this with Firefox for the desktop, but not with Firefox or Fennec for Android. It is as if Big Tech (which funds Mozilla) specifically demands from Mozilla to cripple their browser on Android, in order to force people to not use the browser (and use apps instead).

No, you don't need a 3rd LLM (but if you find some use for it, go ahead). All you need is some test data. The 2nd LLM is quality assurance for the first LLM. Only the first LLM output is published, so that's the only output you need to check.

How would you feel if you find out that if I order an Uber for the exact same ride as you, I may get a better price, because Uber's algorithm has decided that you are willing to pay more than me. Same with the drivers.

Or how would you feel if an online store would show me better prices than you, because it figures out that you are willing to pay more than me.

According to the article, this is what Uber does:

Uber says ‘we know more about driver and rider behaviour, so we can figure out who is willing to pay more [as a passenger] or accept less [as a driver].’

Manned sailboats don't have such fins, but they have canvas sails. Perhaps the fin helps with the aerodynamics of a rigid sail?

I would also like to know how they handle special sailing situations. How do they handle very high winds? Can they move the sail out of the way somehow? For example, move a weight up inside the sail and turn the boat 90 degrees to its side, or upside down)? How would they avoid running aground when they are near land and there is no wind? Can they drop anchor? Do they have a propeller?

Well do they? Do the energy providers build new power plants without increasing emissions? Apparently not, or else we wouldn't be having this discussion.

Home builders in California are required to build solar roofs on new houses. Why should houses be required to build their own solar power plants but data centers get off the hook?

I don't care who builds the renewable power plants, as long as they get built. But the U.S. government doesn't think that emissions are a problem, so it won't even look for a solution.

You should not be responsible for any emission changes after you make the contract. Also the original article should take into account the increase in electricity consumption, not for changes in the emissions per kWh.

But when you make the contract, you should build the renewable energy power plant to provide this power (or pay someone else to build it). Regulatory authorities should monitor that these power plants get built and used.

It's very simple: Data centers should be built together with renewable power plants to power them.

Yes, but the calculations are interesting, so why should I let dead people stop me?

First of all, the "indirect emissions" term is misleading. Obviously tech companies mostly consume electricity, and all purchased electricity is classified as indirect emissions (as opposed to electricity from backup generators that the companies own).

But yes, indirect emissions is fair. You can't blame electricity companies for the emissions caused by the additional electricity you buy from them, just like we can't blame only fossil fuel companies for the fossil fuels that we consume.

All consumers of energy should be forced to pay for clean electricity generation of every additional power that they add to the system. That would be fair. If you build a 1 kW house, pay for 1 kW of new wind/solar. If you build a 1GW data center, pay for 1 GW of new renewable energy power plants. Basically, don't increase your "indirect emissions".

Each person radiates 100W of heat (2000 calories per day), so according to my calculations, the sphere of all people would radiate 261 kW/m2. Let's bring this down to the dimensions of a toaster oven, roughly 20x20 cm, then the radiation is about 10 kW per toaster-oven, which is plenty to cook the surface.

But this is the steady state solution, which might take a long time to reach (days, months, years?). In the meantime the people would be dead and stop radiating heat. So I don't think the people would self-cook. Conversely, if you heat the surface with such power, it might take a similarly long time (days, months, years?) for the whole sphere to cook, while the surface would be incinerated. Don't do this folks... We don't have the technology yet to cook such a large meatball.

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