icwtyjj
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Comment · 4 months ago
Maybe humans are not the best electricity generator, but slavery is far from obsolete. In fact, there are more slaves today than ever before in history although it's difficult to define exactly what a slave is (https://history.stackexchange.com/questions/41684/is-it-true...). Humans may not be so efficient but they sure are cheap, in some places as little as $90 (https://socialinnovation.blog.jbs.cam.ac.uk/2015/03/17/moder...). The sole reason slavery is not as widespread at least in the developed world is because of laws caused by some people having a conscious. When profit is in question unfortunately people will go very very far to minimize cost.
Comment · 5 months ago
A lot of discussion surrounding the ram shortage seems to imply that it will recover, but AI companies slurping up ram for training hasn't gone down and probably won't ever. Is there any signs that the situation is improving or is this just the new normal?
Comment · 7 months ago
> What recourse would Illinois (!) have against open-source operating systems?
None but them corporations sure do. And with a little cash in the right place I'm sure they can push recourse onto people of power. We really need to end political lobbying one of these days
Comment · 7 months ago
Firstly the at least according to the article the car was not even part of her "presentation" of herself. She was rejected because she ticked a box online saying her car is too old.
Also even if she did show up in something you would consider a bad mode of transport not sure I understand how could that impact her ability to be a property manager in any way?
Comment · 7 months ago
I think there’s a pretty big difference though. Linux is open while windows almost certainly will remain closed so even if corporates start bloating up Linux users can rely on the gpl to give them choice while windows users are stuck
Comment · 7 months ago
Sorry i was referencing "Balloon grade H is the least pure at 97.5 percent." from the diving article
Comment · 7 months ago
https://www.bocgases.ie/files/balloon_grade_helium_factsheet... says 95% helium and 1% oxygen while https://dan.org/alert-diver/article/helium-gas-purity-what-i... says 97.5% helium but very unlikely for it to be as low as 80%
Comment · 7 months ago