We are literally destroying our planet and the water ww drink to feed AIs, not to help us cure all diseases, educate our population, help us develop clean way to power our present and our future, but to wank to Louis Griffin. Literally something many of us have been able to do quite succesfully for many years without the assistance of AI.
I'm not trying to support AI but I'm pretty sure the water that is "lost" to data centers is due to evaporation, which would return it to the water cycle. I think the rest of the water use is "closed loop", so minimal losses.
The problem is that datacenters are using potable water and/or water in areas that aren't flush with the stuff. For example, datacenters in Texas where rainfall ia sporadic at best.
I think in the long term AI is going to save the planet via mechanisms exactly like this; reducing the population level to something the planet can support not by culling existing humans but by preventing new humans from being born in the first place! This is the most gentle of all apocalypse, the one where humanity just packs it in and stops messing with the planet.
Side note, it's great that Lemmy has so many other choices. Any other platform you'd be stuck with the ads. But now that they've exceeded my threshold for tolerance, I can drop the whole app and still get all the features I want.
I use sync too; though I'm running it through proton VPN (largely due to my govs increasingly authoritarian stance on internet freedoms, but that's neither here nor there), which has built in ad and tracker blocking, so I don't see any of the ads in sync.
Switch to a better app like voyager. The sync dev isn't great (I admittedly have an axe to grind) and I thought I saw they were abandoning the project.
But either way, grab an app that isn't trying to monetize you like they do. And don't pay for the app, they will eventually rug pull it (they did it to me with the reddit app years ago)
Yeah I'm aware of syncs controversy; the app hasn't seen any updates in a year or so. But using an adblock to circumvent the ads isn't supporting the dev, and it works well enough for my needs. I definitely wouldn't pay for a premium account; feels very anti-fediverse in nature.
I did start to use voyager on my Linux phone, though it doesn't seem to connect to my home instance. Admittedly that's via the web app, so perhaps there's some issues with connectivity there rather than voyager in general; but that experience sort of solidified me on sync on my android. I setup a second account on db0 and it worked with voyager, but I'm generally pretty happy where I am.
Feddit.uk have setup a blorp frontend which I may just convert to a web app for use, but I just haven't got around to it.
I switched from Sync to Boost and it's been a pretty good experience so far. I used to love Sync, but the developer has obviously given up support for the app. I paid for a year subscription, but when I got a new phone I couldn't sync my purchase, so I was still getting obnoxious ads. Posted in the community and reached out to the developer directly... and nothing. Cancelled my subscription and I'm never going back.
I have an always on VPN to my pihole. Boost only has ads when I fuck something up and have to disable the VPN. Which is every few years, and the experience with the internet in general makes me so thankful for pihole.
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BadJojo@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 99 pts · 317d
We are literally destroying our planet and the water ww drink to feed AIs, not to help us cure all diseases, educate our population, help us develop clean way to power our present and our future, but to wank to Louis Griffin. Literally something many of us have been able to do quite succesfully for many years without the assistance of AI.
tgirlschierke@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 67 pts · 317d
hey peetah i finally got top surgery
Turret3857@infosec.pub · 8 pts · 316d
KSPAtlas@sopuli.xyz · 2 pts · 316d
I have no idea why but this made me laugh uncontrollably
I rarely do that for things online so
Binzy_Boi@piefed.ca · 16 pts · 316d
SuperNovaStar@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 9 pts · 316d
Sounds like you need to develop your imagination more
Binzy_Boi@piefed.ca · 8 pts · 316d
SuperNovaStar@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 3 pts · 316d
Yeah, I don't know how to make those so I just accept the alternate reality you are proposing despite knowing it's fictitious :/
kieron115@startrek.website · 3 pts · 316d
I'm not trying to support AI but I'm pretty sure the water that is "lost" to data centers is due to evaporation, which would return it to the water cycle. I think the rest of the water use is "closed loop", so minimal losses.
BadJojo@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 14 pts · 316d
The problem is that datacenters are using potable water and/or water in areas that aren't flush with the stuff. For example, datacenters in Texas where rainfall ia sporadic at best.
kieron115@startrek.website · 3 pts · 316d
That's definitely less than ideal.
Vile_port_aloo@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 316d
Move them all to Scotland.
tankfox@midwest.social · 1 pts · 316d
I think in the long term AI is going to save the planet via mechanisms exactly like this; reducing the population level to something the planet can support not by culling existing humans but by preventing new humans from being born in the first place! This is the most gentle of all apocalypse, the one where humanity just packs it in and stops messing with the planet.
also https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXTSrC1_7QQ
RaoulDuke@fedia.io · 48 pts · 316d
recklessengagement@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 316d
I started getting these ads on my Lemmy app (sync). Anyone got a reccomendation for another app that also does keyword blacklisting?
brbposting@sh.itjust.works · 43 pts · 316d
Voyager!
recklessengagement@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 316d
Tried voyager, doesn't seem to have keyword filtering/blacklisting... Maybe I need to be logged in for the option to show up?
Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 7 pts · 316d
I use Voyager and I have tons of communities, users, and keywords blocked. It is account-dependent.
brbposting@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 316d
Settings > Filters & Blocks:
(while logged in at least)
Options options!
somerandomperson@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 14 pts · 316d
Sync has ADS?!
How are you still tolerating ads?
recklessengagement@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 316d
Momentum, I guess.
Side note, it's great that Lemmy has so many other choices. Any other platform you'd be stuck with the ads. But now that they've exceeded my threshold for tolerance, I can drop the whole app and still get all the features I want.
Not a lot of places left where you can do that.
somerandomperson@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 316d
You can do that with the whole fediverse.
taccihcysp@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 13 pts · 316d
recklessengagement@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 316d
Ooh, this looks great, and its got the same filtering options. Thank you!
irelephant@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 8 pts · 316d
https://vger.app/ is great.
javiwhite@feddit.uk · 6 pts · 316d
I use sync too; though I'm running it through proton VPN (largely due to my govs increasingly authoritarian stance on internet freedoms, but that's neither here nor there), which has built in ad and tracker blocking, so I don't see any of the ads in sync.
This is what it looks like behind an ad blocker:
Passerby6497@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 316d
Switch to a better app like voyager. The sync dev isn't great (I admittedly have an axe to grind) and I thought I saw they were abandoning the project.
But either way, grab an app that isn't trying to monetize you like they do. And don't pay for the app, they will eventually rug pull it (they did it to me with the reddit app years ago)
javiwhite@feddit.uk · 2 pts · 316d
Yeah I'm aware of syncs controversy; the app hasn't seen any updates in a year or so. But using an adblock to circumvent the ads isn't supporting the dev, and it works well enough for my needs. I definitely wouldn't pay for a premium account; feels very anti-fediverse in nature.
I did start to use voyager on my Linux phone, though it doesn't seem to connect to my home instance. Admittedly that's via the web app, so perhaps there's some issues with connectivity there rather than voyager in general; but that experience sort of solidified me on sync on my android. I setup a second account on db0 and it worked with voyager, but I'm generally pretty happy where I am.
Feddit.uk have setup a blorp frontend which I may just convert to a web app for use, but I just haven't got around to it.
moseschrute@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 314d
Blorp dev here. We also have mobile apps for iOS and Android! I’d love for you to give Blorp a try, and I’m happy to fix any issues you encounter.
M137@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 316d
Use an adblocker, I use adguard and it works perfectly with sync.
chetradley@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 316d
I switched from Sync to Boost and it's been a pretty good experience so far. I used to love Sync, but the developer has obviously given up support for the app. I paid for a year subscription, but when I got a new phone I couldn't sync my purchase, so I was still getting obnoxious ads. Posted in the community and reached out to the developer directly... and nothing. Cancelled my subscription and I'm never going back.
Randelung@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 316d
I have an always on VPN to my pihole. Boost only has ads when I fuck something up and have to disable the VPN. Which is every few years, and the experience with the internet in general makes me so thankful for pihole.
Actually, I should donate a few bucks.
ayyy@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 316d
Voyager is the best, it’s the spiritual successor of Alien Blue and Apollo.
RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz · 13 pts · 316d
People be horny
Mangoguana@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 316d
Shit man
Donjuanme@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 316d
I wonder how many of your interactions on Twitter are bots already though.... These are just being honest with you
4am@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 316d
Ayo wtf I like AI now
BroBot9000@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 317d
🤮