I don’t want to "download the app" to pay for parking. I don’t want to "create an account" to see a menu. I don’t want to "provide feedback" on a 30-second interaction. I just want to exist in the physical world without a digital leash.
This is your friendly reminder that data centers don't actually need water. They need a cooling system and are using water because it's the cheapest way to do it.
I said this about AI well over a year ago. Using it to diagnose and fire people with medical conditions so they lose their insurance AND their income is somehow even more heartless and evil than I’d predicted.
My favorite nature fact is that somewhere in the world, there's a tree that sprouted the same day you were born and has been growing alongside you ever since.
the concept of donations to a children's charity decreasing for every second that people stay over their allocated time... in a building full of unbelievably rich people...