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@dalias @anthropy @mirabilos @Em0nM4stodon

I do so myself too, in terms of power efficiency, and even green energy percentage, that scores really low compared to actual datacenters.

Most of the energy expenditure in a computer is in its fabrication. Datacenters with their short hardware lifecycles are absolutely horrendous for that.

They consider it an externality and disregard it.

Also, the old hardware can be a lot more efficient in use if we get rid of the server-centric always-online model of interaction and opt for message-centric or distributed models.

Those latter models are inimical to capitalist & state control, which is exactly why they have been heavily incentivized against & marginalized. Can't have user agency & autonomy.

This is also the reason why we have such garbage (operating) system architectures instead of far more efficient and secure capability systems. The priority for top-down hierarchical control & structure overrode everything else.