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@ExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.com

2026-10-30 18:04 UTC

From an efficiency POV it absolutely is significantly better to concentrate compute power in data centers, because when you’re not using it then somebody else can. When those resources are in your private computer, it sits idle most of the time with all it’s potential wasted. that being said, he can go eat a hot ball of lead. Fuck him for wanting to take away peoples free access to compute power.

Replies (4)

  • @Daft_ish@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2026-10-31 04:56

    People…dont want access to ai tho…

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  • @cenzorrll@piefed.ca 2026-10-30 18:37

    This isn’t necessarily true. You can have your AI machine doing other things or turn it off when you aren’t using it. It could probably increase efficiency if people were affected by how much energy it uses to write their emails, they might only use it for when they actually need it.

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  • @Venator@lemmy.nz 2026-10-30 18:42

    It’s way less thermally efficient though… Individual computers in people’s houses running lighter workloads don’t get as hot, and when they do, they don’t need to stay operating for as long: they can just shut down or slow down after the heavy workload, or finish it more slowly. So they don’t need as much cooling, and will produce less waste heat due to the temperature coefficient of resistance.

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  • @liuther9@lemmy.world 2026-10-31 06:05

    And if many people want to use at same time? Less efficient? E waste wise less efficient too. Cooling wise less efficient too as you have to move all cooling tools to one place from many places, the setting has to be perfect too.

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