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Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.online/@oldperl" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>oldperl</span></a></span> bessere Idee: <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Energiewende" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Energiewende</span></a> ohne <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WastefulComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WastefulComputing</span></a> alla <em>"<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/KI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KI</span></a>"</em>…</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p>We have <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://ec.social-network.europa.eu/@EUCommission" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>EUCommission</span></a></span> [rightfully!] crack down on <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/cars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cars</span></a> and their <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/emissions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>emissions</span></a> by demanding ever lower <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/FleetEmissions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FleetEmissions</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/FuelConsumption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FuelConsumption</span></a> numbers but still accept <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Bloatware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bloatware</span></a> like shitty <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WebApps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WebApps</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Windows11" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Windows11</span></a> to demand so much <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WastefulComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WastefulComputing</span></a> that it's painful.</p><ul><li>Margaret Hammond and Grace Hopper must be rotating in their graves, pointing out how they got people on the moon with less storage than the SPD-ROM on a RAM stick and how their programming language still runs <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TradFinance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TradFinance</span></a> like a clockwork respectably, but somehow sending text messages is too much for a machine that costs €499 yet has more computational power than all the machines they worked on combined.</li></ul><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WastefulComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WastefulComputing</span></a> like all those <a href="https://infosec.space/@kkarhan/114873864980037941" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">phat &amp; enshittified messengers</a> should be illegal.</p><ul><li>Espechally since they have 0 reason to be that resource intensive, even if we believe some of their security-focussed <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PW3O2mqTn8" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">marketing lies.</a></li></ul>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p>For those who don't know the <a href="https://infosec.space/@kkarhan/114862595629371002" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">size of the problem</a>:</p><p>In 2006 I bought a new [entry level] Computer with 256 MB of RAM and a single-core P4 Celeron with 2,8 GHz.</p><ul><li><p>This thing ran <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WindowsXP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WindowsXP</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/NeedForSpeedMostWanted" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NeedForSpeedMostWanted</span></a> just fine.</p></li><li><p>Nowadays it would crash trying to open <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Slack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Slack</span></a> even on a minimalist <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> distro like <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://linuxrocks.online/@bunsenlabs" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>bunsenlabs</span></a></span> in <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@dillo" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>dillo</span></a></span>, a lightweight browser ...</p></li></ul><p>And now imagine that some folks have to use <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Slack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Slack</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/MicrosoftTeams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MicrosoftTeams</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Telegram" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Telegram</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Signal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Signal</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WhatApp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WhatApp</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WeChat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WeChat</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/QQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>QQ</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/LineMessenger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LineMessenger</span></a> <em>at the same time on their machine</em>, and you can imagine that this will make entry-level desktops already scream harder than if someone were to loop the <em>Lost Coast benchmark</em> on them...</p><ul><li>The <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/bloat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bloat</span></a> of modern <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WebApps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WebApps</span></a> is just the <em>socially accepted equivalent</em> to <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Cryptojacking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cryptojacking</span></a> desktops and driving some <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humvee" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">*phat</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SuperUselessVehicle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SuperUselessVehicle</span></a> just to get less than a kg of groceries at a walking distance supermarket.</li></ul><p>Everywhere else we'd not accept such a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/bloatware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bloatware</span></a> IRL. </p><ul><li>So why should we accept <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/obscene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>obscene</span></a>|ly <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WastefulComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WastefulComputing</span></a>*?</li></ul>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.neilzone.co.uk/@neil" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>neil</span></a></span> I'd rather see them <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ban" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ban</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WastefulComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WastefulComputing</span></a> like <em>"<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a>"</em> bullshit.</p><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AIslop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AIslop</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Enshittification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Enshittification</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.online/@pgcd" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>pgcd</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://climatejustice.social/@KarlHeinzHasliP" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>KarlHeinzHasliP</span></a></span> personally, I've yet to meet someone who wth a straight face claims that the shite <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OpenAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenAI</span></a> does is somewhat worth the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WastefulComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WastefulComputing</span></a> and extra laboir needed to correct inaccuracy, at which point this takes more time and effort than doing actual research!</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/@tante" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>tante</span></a></span> <em>"<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a>"</em> is such a level of <em>"<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WastefulComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WastefulComputing</span></a>"</em> that it makes <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CryptocurrencyMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CryptocurrencyMining</span></a> look like an act of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/EnergyConservation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EnergyConservation</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/EnvoirmentalProtection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EnvoirmentalProtection</span></a> by comparison.</p><ul><li>After all, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Shitcoins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Shitcoins</span></a> like <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Bitcoin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bitcoin</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Ethereum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ethereum</span></a> too are using expensive <em>manufactured <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/eWaste" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>eWaste</span></a></em> in the form of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ASIC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ASIC</span></a>|s, and like all those <em>"<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AiAccelerators" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AiAccelerators</span></a>"</em> they are useless beyond being the most sophisticated &amp; expensive space heaters by BTU.</li></ul><p>Not that it doesn't make <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Shitcoin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Shitcoin</span></a>-<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Mining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mining</span></a> any less unethical and wrong!</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@mattmay" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>mattmay</span></a></span> I still think it's <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WastefulComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WastefulComputing</span></a> at best!</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Gamers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gamers</span></a> should be <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/mad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mad</span></a> at the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AiBros" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AiBros</span></a> who are like <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CryptoBros" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CryptoBros</span></a> funding an <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZgQp-WDebU&amp;t=1204" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">entire industry</a> of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/scalpers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scalpers</span></a> that build <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/FrankenGPU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FrankenGPU</span></a>|s just so their <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WastefulComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WastefulComputing</span></a> can generate <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZgQp-WDebU&amp;t=1204" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">more</a> shitty <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> stock images <em>faster</em>...</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/@tante" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>tante</span></a></span> <em>exactly that</em> is the problem.</p><p>Cuz those servers ain't like an electric water kettle where one could just put a wattmeter in between and know how many watts they consumed.</p><ul><li>Espechally since datacenters are engineered to run at peak efficiency = target load, so not using all 10-50+ kW(th) per 42U in cooling capacity may even be less energy efficient.</li></ul><p>Instead we should just not do this <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WastefulComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WastefulComputing</span></a> to begin with, cuz it makes way less sense than mining shitcoins on surplus hardware to heat one's home...</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:Poll about ethics, ML, AI, LLM from absolute scratch
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.space/@voxel" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>voxel</span></a></span> like all <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PoW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PoW</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Cryptocurrency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cryptocurrency</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Monero" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Monero</span></a> too does <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WastefulComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WastefulComputing</span></a>.</p><ul><li>Unlike many others it automatically adapts <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Difficulty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Difficulty</span></a> based off total <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/hashrate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hashrate</span></a> as it enshures a constant block reward of 0,6 XMR + Tx Fees per block at a constant block time of 2mins per block.</li></ul><p>That being said Monero was explicitly designed to not be <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ASIC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ASIC</span></a>-able in a cost-efficient manner and be <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/GPU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GPU</span></a>-unfriendly, so it's more <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/decentralized" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>decentralized</span></a> and doesn't cause harm by demanding custom hardware that can't be repurposed that causes 100% avoidable <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/eWaste" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>eWaste</span></a>!</p><ul><li>IOW: I's the <em>'least worst'</em> option given it's PoW doesn't incentive or reward capital holders (beyond the ability to host and have power to mine)…</li></ul>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p>Bruh this isn't a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/competition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>competition</span></a> anymore, but a public execution of how <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/enshittified" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>enshittified</span></a> devices get just with <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Windows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Windows</span></a> instead of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> on.</p><ul><li>And that's the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OEM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OEM</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Preinstall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Preinstall</span></a> of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Windows11" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Windows11</span></a> vs. <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SteamOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SteamOS</span></a>, so not even like some <em><code>custom 1337hax0r gentoo config</code> optimized to maximize battery life</em>!</li></ul><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajVvu9M2Y-I&amp;t=507" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=ajVvu9M2Y-</span><span class="invisible">I&amp;t=507</span></a></p><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/enshittification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>enshittification</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/bloatware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bloatware</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/govware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>govware</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/spyware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>spyware</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WastefulComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WastefulComputing</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@LillyHerself" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>LillyHerself</span></a></span> In fact, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> systems <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYP0ynR8h-k" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">are being caught left and right trying</a> to <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/viralize" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>viralize</span></a> their shit, breaking out of systems, and copy themselves like a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/worm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>worm</span></a> to the point that they are more <em>"<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/viral" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>viral</span></a>"</em> than the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AGPLv3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AGPLv3</span></a>"* and certainly more than the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/GPL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GPL</span></a> as per <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Microsoft</span></a>'s <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/HalloweenDocuments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HalloweenDocuments</span></a>. </p><ul><li>At best all those <em>"AI"</em> tools are just <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WastefulComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WastefulComputing</span></a> that shits out <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AIslop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AIslop</span></a> that is worse than the most demotivated &amp; unpaid intern can come up or they literally want to break out of their <em>"<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/containment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>containment</span></a>"</em> as if they were sentient (which they ain't - at least almost all are)!</li></ul>
Kevin Karhan :verified:pointless grousing about "ai"/llms
Kevin Karhan :verified:small bio fair trade GPT
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@jakeyounglol" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>jakeyounglol</span></a></span> lets just say the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Enshittification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Enshittification</span></a> makes it hard to not call it <em>"self-inflicted damage"</em>…</p><ul><li>That being said all the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AIslop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AIslop</span></a> is just <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WastefulComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WastefulComputing</span></a>!</li></ul>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@bruces" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>bruces</span></a></span> when do people start attacking <em>"<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a>"</em> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/datacenters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>datacenters</span></a>? </p><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/sarcasm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sarcasm</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/IEpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IEpol</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Ireland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ireland</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TechBros" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechBros</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Enshittification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Enshittification</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AIslop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AIslop</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WastefulComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WastefulComputing</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/EnergyCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EnergyCrisis</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TechBro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechBro</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://aus.social/@Salvo" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Salvo</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.v.st/@th" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>th</span></a></span> yeah, and unlike those <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> has no <em>"legitimate use-case"</em> to justify it's excess, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WastefulComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WastefulComputing</span></a>.</p><ul><li><p>Asbestos is the only super-high-temperature insulation material. You basically can't melt tungsten in commercial scale without it.</p></li><li><p>Lead has legitimate use cases. Tetraetyllead was merely used because Ethanol could not be patented.</p></li><li><p>Radium has rare edge-cases that make it vakuable.</p></li><li><p>Medical-grade, clean and uncut heroin (i.e. Diamorphin) is quite safe and works well if dosed as per safety sheet prescribed. Like all drugs it's main dangerousness is caused by criminalization and thus lack of safe access to clean drugs.</p></li></ul>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://hachyderm.io/@serpentroots" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>serpentroots</span></a></span> IMHO, all this <em>"<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a>" <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/slop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>slop</span></a></em> should be outlawed for all the right reasons.</p><ul><li><p>Even if we didn't care that <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WastefulComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WastefulComputing</span></a> for it and even <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Bitcoin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bitcoin</span></a>-like <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ASIC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ASIC</span></a>|s for it [aka. <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/NPU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NPU</span></a>|s] are being built, the Power Consumption is just bad!</p></li><li><p>Just like running a car engine for no good reason within city limits is banned in <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Germany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Germany</span></a> for <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AirPollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AirPollution</span></a> reasons alone, so should generating shitty <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AIslop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AIslop</span></a> for <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/pollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pollution</span></a> of the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Internet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Internet</span></a> and being <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/waste" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>waste</span></a> of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/energy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>energy</span></a>, and computing resources from <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/compute" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>compute</span></a> to <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/storage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>storage</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/traffic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>traffic</span></a>! </p></li></ul><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/@serpentroots/114560654958919310" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hachyderm.io/@serpentroots/114</span><span class="invisible">560654958919310</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@marquito" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>marquito</span></a></span> und was bring jenes <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Botsplaining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Botsplaining</span></a>? </p><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/NaiveFrage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NaiveFrage</span></a> weil <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WastefulComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WastefulComputing</span></a></p>
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