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Matthias Scheutz, Karol Family Applied Technology Professor, compared this inefficiency to everyday AI tools. "These systems are just trying to predict the next word or action in a sequence, but that can be imperfect, and they can come up with inaccurate results or hallucinations. Their energy expense is often disproportionate to the task. For example, when you search on Google, the AI summary at the top of the page consumes up to 100 times more energy than the generation of the website listings."

As AI adoption accelerates across industries, demand for computing power continues to climb. Companies are building increasingly large data centers, some of which require hundreds of megawatts of electricity. That level of consumption can exceed the needs of entire small cities.

 

 

Here’s what to look for: larvae that is visible in wounds, the nose, or the ears, as well as egg masses in or around wounds. Keep an eye out for any wounds with a thin, watery discharge with an odor of decay, or that enlarge or deepen over time. Additionally, if you notice any behavioral signs of irritation - like head shaking or rubbing against trees - or signs of pain - like depression, irritability, and isolation - you should take that animal to the veterinarian immediately.

 

The song is from his 1976 album Thirty Three & 1/3. It was released as the first single from the album and reached number 25 on the American pop charts but failed to chart in the UK.

[–] RegularJoe@lemmy.world 16 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

So apparently he pocked about 26 million according to this article from Dec 09, 2019:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/sami-bebawi-snc-lavalin-1.5383469

The prosecution is trying to prove SNC-Lavalin transferred about $113 million to shell companies used to pay people who helped the company collect money and secure contracts in Libya, beginning in the late 1990s.

What remained in the accounts after the kickbacks were paid was split between Bebawi and Riadh Ben Aissa, a former colleague, the Crown alleges, with Bebawi pocketing $26 million.

So even if he spent some of it, he should have considerably more than $100K.

[–] RegularJoe@lemmy.world 25 points 5 days ago (1 children)

For clarity the platform is called Snowflake.

While numerous cloud storage and SaaS vendors were targeted using the stolen tokens, BleepingComputer has learned that the majority of the data theft attacks targeted the cloud data platform Snowflake.

The headline is not calling the customers snowflakes.

[–] RegularJoe@lemmy.world 9 points 5 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

When I grew up there was a company that said "Wednesday was Prince Spaghetti day".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_spaghetti

[–] RegularJoe@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

It appears to be trying to walk the role of mediator.

Iran and Oman are reportedly drafting a protocol to monitor ship transit through the Strait of Hormuz, Iranian state news agency IRNA reported on Thursday, citing an official.

https://www.wionews.com/photos/iran-and-oman-draft-protocol-to-monitor-strait-of-hormuz-traffic-reports-1775144034617


A New Route Through Hormuz Sees Three Omani Vessels Slip Past Iranian Waters. The southern coastal route contrasts with the usual northern path running near Iranian waters

https://www.ibtimes.com/new-route-through-hormuz-sees-three-omani-vessels-slip-past-iranian-waters-3800812


These require subscriptions to read in full.

Oman grapples with its national identity as a neutral mediator after Iran’s attacks

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-oman-neutral-mediator-iran-attacks-national-identity/


For Oman, the Strait of Hormuz is a windfall and a burden

https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2026/03/30/for-oman-the-strait-of-hormuz-is-a-windfall-and-a-burden_6751959_4.html

[–] RegularJoe@lemmy.world 79 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

The Document Foundation's official reply came from Italo Vignoli, a founder Collabora lists as having already exited TDF membership.

He has kept it short, confirming that the removals happened, pointing to TDF's recently adopted Community Bylaws as the basis. Those bylaws include a clause requiring anyone affiliated with a company in an active legal dispute with TDF to step down from membership.

Link to those bylaws from Jan 15

https://community.documentfoundation.org/t/vote-adopt-version-1-of-community-bylaws/13472

Quote from that link [bylaws] above

Members involved in legal claims for endangering the Foundation, eg. by means of putting the charitable status at risk, or misusing TDF’s funds, or by damaging any of TDF’s assets, or by attempting to do any of these must relinquish their membership by means of notification to the MC. If the legal claim, in relation to the mentioned matters, involves a company/organisation then also their affiliated members must relinquish their membership.

Back to the original linked article:

The stated rationale is that past situations saw people put their employer's interests ahead of the foundation's, and the clause exists to stop that happening again. The specifics of the legal dispute between TDF and Collabora are not mentioned by either party.

TDF also makes clear that a membership revocation is not a ban from contributing, with the project remaining open to anyone, and expects Collabora to keep contributing "when the time comes."

So without details, all the article really details is that this happened. The why is murky. It seems the TDF is trying to protect itself, but there's no description of Collabra or TDFs legal dispute.

[–] RegularJoe@lemmy.world 25 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (9 children)

https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-your-weight-change-when-you-fart/527684

https://www.thenakedscientists.com/articles/questions/does-internal-gas-affect-your-weight

https://fartsound.net/blog/does-farting-make-you-weigh-less

"Technically, yes, you do weigh less after farting. When you expel gas from your body, you're removing mass, which means your weight decreases. However - and this is a big however - the amount is so incredibly tiny that it's essentially meaningless for weight loss purposes."

[–] RegularJoe@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

You can be bored to death and amused to death, too.

[–] RegularJoe@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

You mean this one?

Nick Cannon

@NickCannon

Trying to save a hater is like trying to teach astrophysics to a wino! LOL Chuuuuch!

4:37 PM · Jul 31, 2009

https://x.com/NickCannon/status/3058784302

[–] RegularJoe@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)
[–] RegularJoe@lemmy.world 21 points 2 weeks ago

Here's a quote from that article

Galvin says the facial expression is a subtle cue from a digital-native generation raised on screens, fast content and online communication. “For many Gen Zers, constant eye contact doesn’t always signal attentiveness the way it might for older colleagues,” he explains. “What a Boomer or Gen X manager may perceive as checked-out might actually be Gen Z’s version of active listening.”

Sujay Saha, president of Cortico-X agrees. “Gen Z entered the workforce in an era defined by screens, social distancing and remote communication, and companies must now close the experience gap with empathy-focused onboarding and support, not judgment,” he told me.

[–] RegularJoe@lemmy.world 11 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

Forbes has an article from a Ph.D. who claims it's real.

The ‘Gen Z Stare’: What It Means And Why Employers Can’t Afford To Ignore It

By Bryan Robinson, Ph.D., Senior Contributor. author of Chained to the Desk in a Hybrid World: A Guide to Balance.

Jul 16, 2025, 06:43pm EDT Jul 21, 2025, 04:07pm EDT

https://www.forbes.com/sites/bryanrobinson/2025/07/16/the-gen-z-stare-what-it-means-and-whats-underneath-it-at-work/

He was born in 1945 according to Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bryan_E._Robinson

That puts him in the Silent Generation, as Boomers don't start until 1946.

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