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Re:How to Survive in the Tech industry in 2026 by surgical_fire on Monday March 30, 2026 @08:55AM (#47573683)
Neither are yours.

Any talk of new AI datacenters is peppered with its humongous energy needs. A cursory internet search can point to that: https://www.iea.org/reports/energy-and-ai/energy-supply-for-...

> Global electricity generation to supply data centres is projected to grow from 460 TWh in 2024 to over 1 000 TWh in 2030

Just to be clear, 540TWh is the yearly energy consumption of developed industrialized countries. It would sit in between Germany and Canada as of today: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_electrici...

I offered data. You offered vibes.

"Math ain't mathing". The nerve of these pricks.

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Re:How to Survive in the Tech industry in 2026 by hparadiz on Monday March 30, 2026 @11:26AM (#47575522)
I'm quoting directly measured usage and you are making shit up from Wikipedia.
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Re:How to Survive in the Tech industry in 2026 by surgical_fire on Monday March 30, 2026 @11:32AM (#47575609)
The first link I posted is from IEA directly.

The Wikipedia link I posted is not "me making shit up". That page is sourced from https://ember-energy.org/data/yearly-electricity-data/

You, on the other hand, provided no sources. You claim to be quoting directly measured usage. But, unlike me, you provided no sources.

It is clear who is the one making shit up here.

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Re:How to Survive in the Tech industry in 2026 by hparadiz on Monday March 30, 2026 @11:40AM (#47575706)
I've used less electricity on AI this entire year than you've spent on VRChat. Maybe worry about yourself.
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Re:How to Survive in the Tech industry in 2026 by surgical_fire on Monday March 30, 2026 @11:49AM (#47575802)
Then you need to have generated electricity somehow. I've never used VRChat.

Just one more thing you were wrong about. Not that it matters, you being wrong, seemingly, is something that occurs very frequently.

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Re:How to Survive in the Tech industry in 2026 by hparadiz on Monday March 30, 2026 @11:56AM (#47575903)
> Then you need to have generated electricity somehow.

https://i.imgur.com/qv75o9j.png

So where's your 12KW solar array?

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Re:How to Survive in the Tech industry in 2026 by surgical_fire on Monday March 30, 2026 @03:09PM (#47578428)
An hypothetical solar array may generate energy.

Your Grok prompt for lewd anime waifus most certainly don't.

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