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   Deniz Opal (selzero@syzito.xyz)'s status on Sunday, 13-Apr-2025 05:34:49 JST Deniz Opal

   We should use paper straws though 😭

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     Rachel Rawlings (linuxandyarn@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 13-Apr-2025 05:39:07 JST Rachel Rawlings

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     @selzero WhyTF would anyone use AI to pretty print JSON when jq can do it in seconds on the desktop?

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     Deniz Opal (selzero@syzito.xyz)'s status on Sunday, 13-Apr-2025 05:39:07 JST Deniz Opal

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     • Rachel Rawlings

     @LinuxAndYarn

     I know

     I know

     I knnoowwww 😭

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     Deniz Opal (selzero@syzito.xyz)'s status on Sunday, 13-Apr-2025 07:16:20 JST Deniz Opal

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     • Hermannus Stegeman

     @hermannus can't tell if you are being sarcastic or not 🤔

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     Hermannus Stegeman (hermannus@stegodon.nl)'s status on Sunday, 13-Apr-2025 07:16:22 JST Hermannus Stegeman

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     @selzero cut the crap, wildlife and marine life harm because of plastic straws is way to great. So stop whining about straws.

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     Deniz Opal (selzero@syzito.xyz)'s status on Sunday, 13-Apr-2025 07:46:36 JST Deniz Opal

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     • Hermannus Stegeman

     @hermannus all of our consumption is a problem.

     Including plastic straws.

     My problem is that for some reason, that is all we do, and it stops there.

     Everything else gets a pass.

     Global flights, AI, Crypto etc etc. we don't care. We only care about straws.

     It has become a performative action.

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     Hermannus Stegeman (hermannus@stegodon.nl)'s status on Sunday, 13-Apr-2025 07:46:37 JST Hermannus Stegeman

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     @selzero no, i'm not. Love your posts, but not this one. Loads of examples to ridicule the massive amount of energy AI consumes.

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     Deniz Opal (selzero@syzito.xyz)'s status on Sunday, 13-Apr-2025 09:07:11 JST Deniz Opal

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     • Hermannus Stegeman
     • Paul Martin

     @nowster @hermannus 👏👏👏

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     Paul Martin (nowster@fedi.nowster.me.uk)'s status on Sunday, 13-Apr-2025 09:07:13 JST Paul Martin

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     • Hermannus Stegeman
     @selzero@syzito.xyz @hermannus@stegodon.nl A "straw man" perhaps?
     
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     Deniz Opal (selzero@syzito.xyz)'s status on Sunday, 13-Apr-2025 17:42:46 JST Deniz Opal

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     • Hermannus Stegeman

     @hermannus here in the UK we started putting shit in the rivers directly after Brexit and now we are talking about eating chlorine washed chicken from the US 😭

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     Hermannus Stegeman (hermannus@stegodon.nl)'s status on Sunday, 13-Apr-2025 17:42:49 JST Hermannus Stegeman

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     @selzero I beg to differ. I see a lot of change, also in industry, travel, energy and don't forget agriculture. But the countermovements are very loud and thus influential. Trump etc turning all the positive action around could be a blessing in disguise. It's devastating but also the biggest wake-up call ever

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     Deniz Opal (selzero@syzito.xyz)'s status on Sunday, 13-Apr-2025 18:52:51 JST Deniz Opal

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     • Freek Bomhof

     @freekbomhof @hermannus there are so many factors. For example the GenAI is producing the pollution at centralized locations, which becomes more difficult for nature to counter, in that way it is worse than a simple gas car, in fact in this regard gas cars are better than electric cars, and when you factor in the production of new cars and the cost of trashing old cars, the so called electric car revolution is not as beneficial as we assume, even in the medium term.

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     Freek Bomhof (freekbomhof@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 13-Apr-2025 18:52:52 JST Freek Bomhof

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     • Hermannus Stegeman

     @selzero @hermannus it seems that only very visual or simple actions attract attention when we think about energy use and/or climate. My issue is that we do not actually look at the real quantitave impact and put it in perspective.

     For instance, take GenAI. One query generates some 5 grams of carbon. That is the same as 25 meters driving in an average traditional car, which most people don't even think about. But using GenAI draws so much more attention. Like a straw puppet, indeed...

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     Freek Bomhof (freekbomhof@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 13-Apr-2025 20:32:38 JST Freek Bomhof

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     • Hermannus Stegeman

     @selzero @hermannus there are too many dimensions here, indeed. In terms of local particle matter exhaust, electrical cars are then better...

     The true pricing movement tries to calibrate all nefarious effects into money, but this probably also very debatable.

     We just have to wait for AGI to help us out 😂

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     Deniz Opal (selzero@syzito.xyz)'s status on Sunday, 13-Apr-2025 20:32:38 JST Deniz Opal

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     • Freek Bomhof

     @freekbomhof @hermannus 🤣🤣🤣