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Showerthoughts

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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.

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[–] runner_g@piefed.blahaj.zone 11 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Data centers needed for AI are driving up electricity costs to surrounding residents, they use ungodly amounts of water to cool the systems and dump that now hot water back into the ecosystem, causing ecosystem collapse or into the municipal wastewater process, overloading treatment plants, children are using it to do their homework, potentially harming their ability to critically read and write (this is still being studied, and most evidence is anecdotal or still in review).

Electrical and water usage - Penn State U

https://www.psu.edu/news/research/story/ask-expert-are-data-centers-driving-my-electricity-bills

Other electrical effects of AI and water demand - DW

https://www.dw.com/en/the-hidden-environmental-cost-of-ai-data-centers/a-78789889

Deep dive into water usage by data centers - University of Georgia

https://fieldreport.caes.uga.edu/publications/TP121/how-data-centers-impact-surface-and-ground-waters/

[–] Daft_ish@lemmy.dbzer0.com -2 points 1 day ago

Wowo interesting, describe to me how a closed loop cooling tower works.