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Robert Kingett · 10w
Honestly working to banish the word, content, from my vocabulary. It does feel excessively strange now to read "my content" in a statement or something. Now I'd love to know what/who started this tren...
Major Denis Bloodnok profile picture
@nprofile1q... Also "content creator" sometimes seems to mean "sells nudes" and nothing wrong with that but if you're actually a sculptor you might want to avoid confusion on the part of people who want to buy sculptures. Or, indeed, on the part of people who want to buy nudes.
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Robert Kingett · 10w
Uh... never heard that one before! But fantastic points! nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpq4qnucznluuxm7p9hlkm3eh6q20m9f7ut8azztlew75cf3c4zlqhstdcf3h
Ian Campbell 🏴 · 45w
Audiobooks are a 100% valid way of reading, and if it's your primary way, I hear & honor ya. Your irregular reminder that if you enjoy audiobooks Libro.fm is an incredibly good replacement for Audibl...
Major Denis Bloodnok profile picture
@nprofile1q... This is good news (not an audiobook person as a rule but I have yarred one or two where I like the author well enough to buy it if I can not touch Amazon) but I'm kind of curious as to how it can work given Amazon is a rapacious quasi-monopoly. Am I just going to be lining Bezos' pockets by an indirect route?
VessOnSecurity · 47w
nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgu3wwp6kyqpq4qnucznluuxm7p9hlkm3eh6q20m9f7ut8azztlew75cf3c4zlqhsa9yr94 Given the choice of turning off energy production or selling the produced energy at a ...
Major Denis Bloodnok profile picture
@nprofile1q... Given that every power plant in the world is _not_ running full whack, or anything like it, it seems quite often the answer is to turn it off.

I see you've neatly ignored the point that "AI" firms can (and have) set up their own generators.
VessOnSecurity · 47w
nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgu3wwp6kyqpq4qnucznluuxm7p9hlkm3eh6q20m9f7ut8azztlew75cf3c4zlqhsa9yr94 I actually did not say that. But now that you've raised the subject, let me address it...
Major Denis Bloodnok profile picture
@nprofile1q... And since every powerplant in the world is not running full whack (and indeed "AI" companies are quite able and willing to set up their own generators), it is not physically, technically, economically, or politically impossible.
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VessOnSecurity · 47w
nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgu3wwp6kyqpq4qnucznluuxm7p9hlkm3eh6q20m9f7ut8azztlew75cf3c4zlqhsa9yr94 Given the choice of turning off energy production or selling the produced energy at a lower price elsewhere, what do you think a private power producer would do in a capitalist economy?
VessOnSecurity · 47w
nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgu3wwp6kyqpq4qnucznluuxm7p9hlkm3eh6q20m9f7ut8azztlew75cf3c4zlqhsa9yr94 I actually did not say that. But now that you've raised the subject, let me address it: increased demand does not *necessarily* result in increased supply. When does supply not increase...
VessOnSecurity · 47w
nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgu3wwp6kyqpq4qnucznluuxm7p9hlkm3eh6q20m9f7ut8azztlew75cf3c4zlqhsa9yr94 And I am curious as to why you think that I think so. Of course it is. In fact, I explicitly mentioned in another reply that the increased demand from AI could result in increased energ...