eupolicy.social is one of the many independent Mastodon servers you can use to participate in the fediverse.
This Mastodon server is a friendly and respectful discussion space for people working in areas related to EU policy. When you request to create an account, please tell us something about you.

Server stats:

197
active users

#wastefulcomputing

0 posts0 participants0 posts today
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://23.social/@SchreibeEinfach" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>SchreibeEinfach</span></a></span> ja und nein.</p><ul><li>Ich kann garnicht soviel Energie verballern wie <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WastefulComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WastefulComputing</span></a> alla <em>"KI"</em> kostet.</li></ul><p>Es geht hierbei typisch <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Sp%C3%A4tkapitalismus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Spätkapitalismus</span></a> um immer extremer <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Umverteilung" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Umverteilung</span></a> von unten nach oben!</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>Like Margaret Hammond and Grace Hopper would be shaking their heads in agony, 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> 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 marketing lies.</li></ul>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p>One thing that really pisses me off personally is the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/regression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>regression</span></a> in terms of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Messenger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Messenger</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Apps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Apps</span></a>. </p><p>My personal distaste and dislike for <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/proprietary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>proprietary</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SingleVendor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SingleVendor</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SingleProvider" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SingleProvider</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/services" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>services</span></a> like <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Signal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Signal</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/@kkarhan/114234551915193036" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">¹</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/@kkarhan/114935952643402592" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">²</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/Discord" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Discord</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/@kkarhan/114865723904157014" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">³</a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WhatsApp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WhatsApp</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/@kkarhan/114873895410403238" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">⁴</a>, <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>, etc. aside: </p><ul><li><p><em>WHY</em> is there no <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CrossProvider" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CrossProvider</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Messenger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Messenger</span></a> to handle that shite?</p></li><li><p><em>WHY</em> does everyone of these shitty providers think people want to download their <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/bloated" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bloated</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WebApp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WebApp</span></a> that takes up triple digit Megabytes if not entire Gigabytes and will gobble up all the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/RAM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RAM</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CPU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CPU</span></a> each of them can??</p></li></ul><p>This problem ain't new and <em>already got <a href="https://infosec.space/@kkarhan/114862619013462466" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">solved for corporate social media</a> ages ago!</em> (Not to mention actually good messengers!) </p><ul><li><p>And no, <a href="https://toots.ch/@dalai/114862754556459439" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">bridges</a> <em><a href="https://swecyb.com/@troed/114862774972645542" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">don't</a> count</em>! </p></li><li><p>I mean <code>API 0</code> - <a href="https://digipres.club/@foone/112685423773959519" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">style</a> access because obviously <a href="https://digipres.club/@foone/112685414638522984" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">none of the platforms</a> will <em>allow, endorse or support such an endeavour</em> and <a href="https://digipres.club/@foone/112685441496803574" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><em>actively fight the developers and users</em></a> !</p></li></ul><p>So yeah, consider this a call for a <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@gajim" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>gajim</span></a></span> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Gajim" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gajim</span></a> or <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@pidgin" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>pidgin</span></a></span> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Pidgin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pidgin</span></a> <em>for garbage platforms!</em></p><ul><li><p>Cuz back in the day we had <em>way worse messengers</em> yet people actually made <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AIM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AIM</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ICQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ICQ</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/MSN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MSN</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/QQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>QQ</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/IRC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IRC</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/XMPP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>XMPP</span></a> work just fine from one single <em>"phat" client</em>!</p></li><li><p>Can we please get that back? Cuz <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WastefulComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WastefulComputing</span></a> pisses me off!</p></li></ul><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/api0" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>api0</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><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://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://federate.social/@mattblaze" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>mattblaze</span></a></span> and that's why anyone who even mentions <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> gets kicked off premises by me.</p><ul><li>Cuz people on <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/LSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LSD</span></a> are way more respectful, less nosy and quieter than all the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/LLM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LLM</span></a> bs that is just <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WastefulComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WastefulComputing</span></a> and that are worse than <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Cleverbot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cleverbot</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DuckDuckGo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DuckDuckGo</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/InstantAnswers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InstantAnswers</span></a> combined)...</li></ul>
Kevin Karhan :verified:AI Label... what would you want it to say?
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mas.to/@squads" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>squads</span></a></span> no they ain't - they are <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WastefulComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WastefulComputing</span></a> at best if not <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/exploitation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>exploitation</span></a> with <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/clickworkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>clickworkers</span></a> who have no other means to make ends meet!</p><ul><li>Stop shilling <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/garbage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>garbage</span></a> that only <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TechBros" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechBros</span></a> who have 0 skills beyond swaying even more <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TechIlliterate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechIlliterate</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/VCs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VCs</span></a> into burning money get excited about!</li></ul>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@nerdherz" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>nerdherz</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@koehntopp" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>koehntopp</span></a></span> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/KI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KI</span></a> ist bestenfalls <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WastefulComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WastefulComputing</span></a>!</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:USpol, AI
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mas.to/@sj" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>sj</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@florenciocano" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>florenciocano</span></a></span> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/NotLegalAdvice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NotLegalAdvice</span></a> but I still think <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://ohai.social/@senficon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>senficon</span></a></span> is correct in his analysis because <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/copyright" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>copyright</span></a> is way more stringent than say <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/patents" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>patents</span></a>.</p><ul><li>Otherwise <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/UnisonAudio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnisonAudio</span></a> would have <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Copyright" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Copyright</span></a> on anyone using some <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50m2Q7wPUFg" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">shitty basic chords</a> that got them 83% bad rating on <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TrustPilot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrustPilot</span></a>, which on it's own is so flooded with <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/bots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bots</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PaidReviews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PaidReviews</span></a> that it's laughable as a measure to quality on it's own...</li></ul><p>Don't get me wrong, I think <em>wannabe "<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a>"</em> is still <em>bad</em> as in <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WastefulComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WastefulComputing</span></a> of the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Shitcoin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Shitcoin</span></a> kind (i.e. <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Bitcoin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bitcoin</span></a>) and that the very few useful applications are overshadowed by <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/grifters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>grifters</span></a> wanting to <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/scam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scam</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/VC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VC</span></a>'s off their money.</p><ul><li>So yeah, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CryptoBros" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CryptoBros</span></a> ruined <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Blockchain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Blockchain</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/NFTs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NFTs</span></a> because <em>before that</em> their <em>"virtue-signalling"</em> that they are <em>literally "horny for money"</em> burned that tech for the very few use-cases where it could've been an option, and are now busy with the next <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DumpsterFire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DumpsterFire</span></a> aka. <em>"AI"</em>...</li></ul>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mas.to/@sj" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>sj</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@florenciocano" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>florenciocano</span></a></span> because <a href="http://felixreda.eu/2021/07/github-copilot-is-not-infringing-your-copyright/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">that's not how copyright works</a> unless you'd also be perfectly fine with being a perpetual debt peon to the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Contentmafia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Contentmafia</span></a>...</p><ul><li>Regardless of the fact that most wannabe-"<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a>"* is <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WastefulComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WastefulComputing</span></a> <em>at best</em>...</li></ul>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@mhoye" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>mhoye</span></a></span> <em>pressing X for doubt</em><br><a href="http://felixreda.eu/2021/07/github-copilot-is-not-infringing-your-copyright/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="ellipsis">felixreda.eu/2021/07/github-co</span><span class="invisible">pilot-is-not-infringing-your-copyright/</span></a></p><p>Regardless of the fact that <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WastefulComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WastefulComputing</span></a> is just bad...</p>
George Macgregor<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.space/@kkarhan" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>kkarhan</span></a></span> <a href="https://code4lib.social/tags/Blockchain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Blockchain</span></a> is similarly <a href="https://code4lib.social/tags/WastefulComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WastefulComputing</span></a> -- though at least there appears some greater recognition of this nowadays.</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://code4lib.social/@g3om4c" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>g3om4c</span></a></span> <a href="https://infosec.space/@kkarhan/112529325113862104" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">to me</a> that's <em>criminally "<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WastefulComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WastefulComputing</span></a>"</em>...</p><p>Also wasting the very <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/finite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>finite</span></a> nuclear fuel to boil water to make a turbine go brrr and churn out electricity is not only insulting to the universe in terms of wastefulness but also a bad application for said resources that could be used more efficiently in more pressing matters of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>technology</span></a>.</p><ul><li>It is the technological equivalent of buying a car just so one can charge their smartphone off it's 12V socket in the dashboard.</li></ul>