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The only data centers we should be building (lemmy.nz)

submitted 5 months ago by thal3s@sh.itjust.works to c/fuck_ai@lemmy.world

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[-] Zink@programming.dev 45 points 5 months ago

I think actual digital data centers can have value for humanity. You need to store things like Wikipedia and Archive.org and other worthwhile sites and services somewhere.

What is shit is the explosion in "data" centers that are really more like gigawatt space heaters that spit out fake images and wrong statements on the side.

[-] elucubra@sopuli.xyz 22 points 5 months ago

You can download the entire Wikipedia and use it locally.

[-] littleomid@feddit.org 5 points 5 months ago

Wikipedia and whole of archive.org probably fit on 1 rack full of drives. 99,999% of what’s on datacenters are literal garbage photos, videos and what not that people don’t delete, and their copies in many other locations for high availability.

[-] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 4 points 5 months ago

Kiwix library is a site where you can download wikipedia, project gutenberg, devdocs, and other stuff like that as .zim files, which you can open with the kiwix software and basically browse the sites offline/locally

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[-] mynameisbob@lemmy.ml 23 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

I used to shelve books for a living. I just love being in libraries. I like how quite they are... I love that people there have a purpose and it is noble. I love how it is the number one weapon against fascism. I love libraries. It is no wonder why they are defunding them in the USA. We are a disgusting people. I live in the arm pit of the world.

[-] fisch@lemmy.world 14 points 5 months ago

Have you ever seen a Cybertruck in the parking lot of the public library? Thought so.

[-] FrChazzz@lemmus.org 9 points 5 months ago

I'm half-expecting to see a full-torso apparition in that photo. Maybe some symmetrical book stacking, like the Philadelphia mass turbulence of 1947.

[-] backalleycoyote@lemmy.today 6 points 5 months ago

“Get her!” 👻

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[-] littleomid@feddit.org 7 points 5 months ago

The replies on this thread are absolutely fascinating. How can people be against physical books is a riddle to me.

[-] thal3s@sh.itjust.works 6 points 5 months ago

Right?!

I saw someone post recently that if libraries were invented today they’d never be allowed to exist and I fear that’s correct.

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[-] ghodawalaaman@programming.dev 7 points 5 months ago

disagreed if it weren't for digital media I wouldn't have learned what I know today

[-] potpotato@lemmy.world 10 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Libraries are a lot more than books though.

[-] Hoodoir@lemmy.world 9 points 5 months ago

Library of things gang.

I borrowed a Theramin, garden weasel, and a circular saw all in the same week doing a backyard garden project (the theramin was for fun)

[-] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 9 points 5 months ago

I'd be down with publicly funded digital libraries.

[-] Sibshops@lemmy.myserv.one 14 points 5 months ago

Libby is amazing for anyone who hasn't discovered it yet. It's likely your library supports it.

https://libbyapp.com/

[-] Hoodoir@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

Libby + State library card = access to everything it seems

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[-] Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club 4 points 5 months ago

Furry pr0n digital data centres (non-AI) are culturally important too - and it's just not possible to print out everything, there is way too much stuff.

Won't you think of the poor furries?
Who do you think keeps all the internet infrastructure up & running??

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