Neil Brown
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George Ellenburg (he/him/his)
@gme@bofh.social  ·  activity timestamp last week

I don't manage a lot of infrastructure on the #Internet, but I manage quite a bit, and I am almost finished with #blocking the entire #UK over #OSA. I have no choice. The way the #law is written anyone who doesn't (and I don't believe in age-verification services as I find them a privacy mine field and nightmare) runs the #risk of an 18 million pound fine.

If you have a server on the Internet you are a fool for not blocking all UK #traffic.

Full stop.
George Ellenburg (he/him/his)
@gme@bofh.social  ·  activity timestamp last week

I don't manage a lot of infrastructure on the #Internet, but I manage quite a bit, and I am almost finished with #blocking the entire #UK over #OSA. I have no choice. The way the #law is written anyone who doesn't (and I don't believe in age-verification services as I find them a privacy mine field and nightmare) runs the #risk of an 18 million pound fine.

If you have a server on the Internet you are a fool for not blocking all UK #traffic.

Full stop.
tante
@tante@tldr.nettime.org  ·  activity timestamp last month

Google's emissions are up over 50%, Amazon builds huge data centers powered by 75% natural gas.

Remember all those posts telling us that "AIs climate impact isn't that bad" supported by some really funky math/perspective and/or numbers Sam Altman invented?

Here's the actual impact.

"AI" is a fossil fuel technology.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/24/technology/amazon-ai-data-centers.html?unlocked_article_code=1.SU8.2JRa.e3Ju6r_pL1Im

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jun/27/google-emissions-ai-electricity-demand-derail-efforts-green
Professor Charles Haas
@ProfCharlesHaas@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp last month
@tante @Nonya_Bidniss
The internet was construction to be resilient to failure of any node, with many pathways. How is building a (small number) of mega-data centers contributing to resilience. Do these not represent a small number of single points of failure?
#resilience#AI #datacenters #risk
Anthony
@abucci@buc.ci  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago
Driving with a case of COVID raised the odds of having a car crash about as much as being at the legal threshold of DUI or running a red light, according to an analysis of pandemic-era public health and transportation records from seven states.
From https://www.axios.com/2025/04/24/driving-covid-higher-crash-risk

#driving #risk #DUI #COVID #COVID19 #COVIDIsStillHere #COVIDIsNotOver #MaskUp