Re: Environmental impact of Debian's AI usage

On Thu, Aug 20, 2026 at 04:32:07PM +0200, Matthias Urlichs wrote:
> I'm mostly in the same boat as you, in that my home AI system runs on nice
> happy solar power in the summer (and on sunny days in winter, when the heat
> pump is unable to supply my house with enough thermal energy, but that's a
> different problem). The typical data center however is unlikely to shut down
> at night, or when the days are shorter.
 
and there are maaaaaybe 1 mio little datacenter like yours, while
4 billion people use hyperscalers. 

this is like comparing a sling with the death star. yes, both are weapons,
and the sling is very green. go team sling!

i also wish this thread to end but some claims here are ridiculous.


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its crazy that civilization is ending in like 20-30 years and were just here
working jobs. (@RobDenBleyker)

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