California "still has limited visibility into what data centers are doing. Attempts to require more transparency stalled this year amid tech industry opposition. The only measure that became law gives regulators the authority to determine whether data centers are driving up costs — but stops short of requiring environmental reporting."
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Data centers for AI could nearly triple San José’s energy use. Who foots the bill?
San José and PG&E are preparing massive grid upgrades, but AI demand could nearly triple the city's energy use.Alejandro Lazo (Los Angeles Times)
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Right now, I'm reading a lot by Kai Butler. (Who is not on Mastodon, alas.)
She writes MM romance, but while there is some spice, it's mostly about the adventure and problems the MCs have to solve.
If you want to start with a stand-alone, I can recommend Smoke and Mirrors. I even wrote a Bookwyrm review for it.
Ritter Sport warnt vor einer „Schokoladenkrise“: Der Kakaopreis hat sich fast verdoppelt, Klimafolgen treffen Tropenprodukte hart – die 100g-Tafel wird teurer, billiger wird’s wohl nicht mehr 🍫📈
Mehr dazu: n-tv.de/wirtschaft/Ritter-Spor…
#RitterSport #Schokolade #Inflation
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"Haben die Welt kaputt gemacht": Ritter-Sport wird durch "Schokoladenkrise" teurer
Innerhalb kurzer Zeit verdoppelt sich der Kakaopreis - viele Schokoladen werden dadurch deutlich teurer. Die sogenannte "Schokoflation" erreicht auch den Hersteller Ritter Sport. Der Chef des Schokoladenriesen nennt die Gründe für den Preisanstieg.n-tv NACHRICHTEN (ntv NACHRICHTEN)
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EAM Jaishankar meets Belgium Deputy PM Prevot on sidelines of Sir Bani Yas Forum
External Affairs Minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar on Sunday held a meeting with Belgium's Deputy Prime Minister Maxime Prevot on the sidelines of the Sir Bani YasBYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
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perhaps the answer is not an either/or issue but both?
Regulate Big Tech & regulate use?
A social media ban on children is an awful idea that is impossible to implement without dramatically reducing online safety for those same children.You will never stop people finding ways to communicate, just drive them to less visible, less secure, and less safe ways of doing so.
Regulate the companies, not the users. Castigate billionaires, not teenagers.
Regulating companies is a horrible idea! It will drive small ones out of business, and fortify the position of american and chinese social media companies, completely wiping out any future european ones.
On top of that, age verification, is just a slippery slope towards more authoritarianism and control of EU and australian citizens.
It amazes me that we're heading towards a soviet style society, and only competent technologists and libertarians see it.
The solution here is twofold:
1. Put the responsibility on the parents.
2. Don't sell smartphones and data enabled cell phone plans two anyone under the age of 16.
In fact, 2 is already the law in most EU countries, so if that law was followed, and if parents were not so stupid as to buy smartphones with data plans to their children, the problem would not even exist.
But there is hope. Very few parents buy cigarettes and alcohol for their childrne, and if they do, there are heavy fines.
So adopting the same measures for parents who buy smartphones to their children should solve the problem pretty quick.
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CFL to launch direct Luxembourg-Libramont service from 14 December
From 14 December, national train operator CFL is expanding its rail services, with the arrival of a direct link between Luxembourg and Libramont as a majorBYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
#52wochenfotochallenge by @norberteder #vergänglich
The color fades first… and by the time winter has passed, the whole plant will have disappeared. A quiet reminder of how temporary beauty can be.
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How we unlocked the secrets of Denmark’s oldest plank boat – with the help of an ancient fingerprint
Around 2,400 years ago, before the emergence of the Roman empire, a small armada of boats approached the island of Als off the coast of southern Jutland inBYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
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