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Google thinks the grid can't support AI, so it's spending on solar for future datacenters

Rui Mae
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Re: Ballpark power comsumption figure anyone?

Thanks for that!

So around 25kW per rack.

All I need to know now is how many 'racks' there are in a typical AI DC

I did manage to find one academic source which mentioned - as an aside - firgures around 7MW/hr for an AI DC - which, to me, seems surprisingly low.

I guess I shouldn't be surprised to find out how hard it is to, umm, find out.

Given the embarrassment it might cause.

Anyone in the industry care to let this MW cat outta the bag?

Go on, I dare you.

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Rui Mae

Ballpark power comsumption figure anyone?

Does anyone happen to know a ballpark power comsumption figure for a 'normal' sized datacenter running a run-of-the-mill AI system?

I keep asking Micro$oft's Copilot, but it won't tell me.

I asked it if it had guardrails around the answer, and it said 'yes' (in a roundabout way).

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Mozilla Foundation crumbles as third of staff cast off

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Re: Crumble? Wallow morelike

Yes, the, ahem, 'safebrowsing' setiing, if enabled, will send *all* your tyoed URLs directly to Googoe - for, ahem, 'checking'.

If you disbable it, then *some* of the contacts with Google will stop.

If you use 'about:config' and seach for 'goo' you'll see all the URLs which firefox uses to contact 'em.

At least you might be forgiven for thinking so. As I mentioned, if you disable 'safebrowsing' and remove every single Google contact URL, it will *still* contact them. (with whoever knows what detalls -- hard to tell, 'cos they're encrypted)

If you want to see FF's voluminous outgoing connections, you can use 'about:networking' (with the auto-refresh option enabled).

No, really, privacy my ears.

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Rui Mae

Crumble? Wallow morelike

As many have noted, Mozilla is awash with cash.

They have a tsunami of $$$ flowing into their accounts every year from Google.

They are, in effect 'sales reps' for them.

Just for fun, I went through every single URL linkout to Google in Firefox's about:config setup.

There are dozens of 'em, and I deleted and nulled every single one.

Try it why don't you.

Firefox *still* connects to them.

'Privacy' my ears.

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That position you just applied for might be a 'ghost job' that'll never be filled

Rui Mae

Sadly, this is as old as the hills

It's very common to see very high profile jobs, like, say ummm, something like, Director General of the BBC, advertised when there is absolutely no chance whatsoever of any outside applicants being accepted. In fact, many a high-powered job-op. has already been allocated to aparticular individual *before* the ads even appear.

Of course that should be made illegal. As should be the practice of making people apply for their own jobs as part of 'restructuring'. That's as old as the hills too.

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