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  • 5 second AI video for 3.4 Mega Joules of energy

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  • I generally get skeptical when people go out of their way to use weird units. I don't disagree with the message, just the way it's conveyed whether it's this or giving the price in Zimbabwean dollars (outside of Zimbabwe, of course). If something is weird, one should ask why. And I wish this headline didn't make things weird leading people to ask why.

  • 5 second AI video for 3.4 Mega Joules of energy

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  • @Cort@lemmy.world spoke for me perfectly. When you make things weird, I have to start by assuming malice or incompetence - both of which should be red flags.

    No doubt AI is sucking a lot of electricity and that presents loads of problems to consider. But instead of (for example) 5 seconds being converted to an hour running a microwave (because who even does that?) how about 3 minutes being about as much as a typical American home uses in a day? Or something like that?

  • 5 second AI video for 3.4 Mega Joules of energy

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  • But they don't use that either in the context of real-world electricity usage. Maybe in the middle school classroom setting, when you can make up the numbers you work with, but when I'm trying to quantify how much energy something uses at home I multiply how many watts it uses by now many hours it's running. Divide that by 1000 for kilowatt-hours, and multiply by $.11 to know the cost to do it at home. If I need to do a multiplication/division of 3.6 million when nobody else is, something's not right.

    Similarly, a meter is a standard unit for length, but we don't use it when measuring the distance to different galaxies because light-years are more practical at that scale. If you start using meters you'd get some funny looks, just as I'm feeling for joules instead of kilowatt-hours. But you know, "almost a kilowatt-hour" makes for a pretty boring headline.

  • 5 second AI video for 3.4 Mega Joules of energy

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  • Ok, but when it comes to electrical energy nobody uses "watt seconds" in the real world. Devices use hundreds of watts, and run for minutes and hours. Dividing by 3.6 million isn't exactly easy mental math to get the unit (kWh) we all see on our electric bills.

  • 5 second AI video for 3.4 Mega Joules of energy

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  • Thank you for the conversion. We have a common unit for electrical energy already, and megajoules is not it. Trying to make it sound like a bigger number by changing the unit only muddies the waters and honestly makes me slightly less sympathetic to the issue.

  • Designed a sticker to slap on IRL AI bullshit

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  • To whose detriment?

  • Designed a sticker to slap on IRL AI bullshit

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  • Ehhh, I kinda get it. I like humanity; it's pretty neat. I don't like slurs denigrating certain groups of humans. I don't like AI being pushed to replace human things and being personified in its own way. This is one of the rare times that a slur is used against a non-human AND was simply declared to be intended as a slur from the beginning, rather than having some history driving it.

    To your point about the motivation being important: what of the motivation do you see as a problem? I see a resistance to AI replacing important characteristics of humanity. That's a pretty good one, I'd say.

  • Designed a sticker to slap on IRL AI bullshit

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  • My understanding is that it was a word created to have a similar usage/meaning to the n-word, but towards not-actually-sentient computers. It was never used against any class of people, to my knowledge.

  • Better thermos than a Stanley?

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  • Another thing to check, do you pre-warm the bottle? If not, it will absorb the heat of (ie, cool down) the coffee as soon as you pour it in. But if you get scalding hot water from your faucet or a kettle, pour it in, wait a minute, and dump it you will have a warm bottle that won't feel the need to take as much heat from the coffee.

  • White House privately asks Republicans to stop talking about ‘mass deportations’ as public opinion turns on ICE

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  • focus on the deportation of violent criminals

    Just as ICE has been doing, right? All those people charging their cars in Minneapolis without the right skin color - all of them were suspected violent criminals when ICE started asking for their paperwork?

  • This chili oil is apparently very Calorie dense

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  • Grams are a measure of weight (well, mass if you want to be really specific). Tablespoons are a measure of volume. In order to do a proper comparison you need to know density.

    Because metric plans things nicely, a gram is one milliliter of water. 4 tbsp is 59.15ml. So... Yeah, pretty damn close to 60, but again that's when working with water. I would imagine chili flakes are a little less dense and might throw that calculation off a bit.

  • How ICE Plans to Put 8,500 Immigrants in This Georgia Warehouse

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  • Why the fuck does the floor plan include a gun range?

  • This chili oil is apparently very Calorie dense

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  • And 4 tbsp would be triple 4 tsp, or 54 grams. Similar ballpark at least.

  • Do RICH people of color ever get harassed by ICE?

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  • For what it's worth, off duty cops who aren't white were getting harassed by ICE in the Minneapolis area. Little different than class, but still something.

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    YSK that coffee is healthy. Starbucks is not real coffee. It's trash.

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  • Some people need to find bad habits in others to feel better about their own

  • Indonesia will quit Trump's Board of Peace if it does not benefit Palestinians, Prabowo says

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  • Oh good, as long as they're safe!

  • Who are your country's and cultural neighbors?

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  • Don't forget about Tobler's first law of geography.

    Everything is related to everything else, but near things are more related than distant things

    Cultural patterns will generally follow migration of people, which will largely be localized, but of course there are exceptions in which case you can get some interesting blends.

  • Indonesia will quit Trump's Board of Peace if it does not benefit Palestinians, Prabowo says

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  • And when it all crumbles within the first year, what will happen to the billions of dollars charged for admission?

  • Avocado. Is it really so untasty or I am doing something wrong?

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  • At least in the Americas, you don't buy avocado for sweetness. It's basically a replacement for fat (with fats of its own). Think turkey bacon avocado, for example: turkey is a leaner meat, avocado supplements that, and bacon adds flavor and saltiness.

    If you must get something sweet out of it, I've had good luck mixing it with a sprinkle of sugar, a splash of lime juice, and a little hot sauce if you want to be frisky.

  • Mildly Interesting @lemmy.world
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    Saw 3 cars in a row with the same letters on their license plates, one of which was from an entirely different state

  • 3DPrinting @lemmy.world
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    Ender 3 V2 has gap on right side of bed, even with auto-level

  • homeassistant @lemmy.world
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    YAML Newbie, stuck on what should be an easy question (using state attributes instead of numeric value)