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Re:Carbon footprint of unwanted data use by smartphones by p1necone on Wednesday September 14, 2022 @05:44PM (#32843821)
There seems to be a lot here that doesn't pass even a cursory sniff test. Just thinking about the power consumption of the networking equipment involved and doing some quick napkin math should have at least made them suspicious of their results.
Re:Carbon footprint of unwanted data use by smartphones by philipkglass on Wednesday September 14, 2022 @06:33PM (#32844344)
You can spot-check a lot of claims with freshman level knowledge of the natural sciences, unit conversion, and arithmetic. But this combination of simple, powerful skills is less common than I would like.