Not only do data centers have high energy demands, but they also need a good backup power supply when there are brownouts or blackouts. These aren't as easy to produce and maintain. It's becoming clear that the AI dream isn't going to come about as easily as some might have hoped. And it's going to compete with cryptocurrency interests, and all the government efforts to get everyone to drive EVs.
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Scientists in Beijing have discovered a new particle, which may be the elusive glueball. Here's the paper, if you can read it. There's no shortage of authors, that's for sure.
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Look at the sudden increase in miscarriages since 2021. What could be the cause? I think I know. 🙄
Try it yourself. This is Google today:
The current powers that be are very much like those that our founding fathers were fleeing. We've come full circle. The tree of liberty needs watering.
Macrolones might be a powerful new class of antibiotic. This is early stage, so I'll reserve my excitement for now.
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People are overdosing on the injectable weight-loss drug, Wegovy. Because they can't follow instructions? Or are they just impatient?
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WinCo customers can't have nice things. Stores on Washington and Oregon are removing self-checkout stands. Call me unsurprised.
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DoorDash sends a message. Seattle needs to roll back the minimum wage law, or they'll add an increased delivery fee. Then people won't be able to afford DoorDash, so Seattle will increase their pay even more, rinse, repeat.
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As this ronin gets older, he might need these exoskeleton pants to keep on hiking in the Pacific Northwest. Hills seems to be getting steeper.
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van Eck phreaking is real! Hackers can monitor wireless electromagnetic radiation coming from an HDMI cable and interpret the video by processing it with AI to read what you type on the computer.
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Discover new music at the Cosine Club. I suppose it finds similar music by looking at the cosine similarities of vector space representations of musical pieces.
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