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Vlad

I'm trying to start an informal research collective to find ways to reduce the carbon emissions of popular open source software: lowcarbon.software/

I'm looking for strategies for measuring the energy usage of software, to see whether this goal is achievable. Does anyone know of any resources on methods of doing this, beyond e.g. powertop?
3 August at 13:17 | Open on merveilles.town
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At my university there is a research group dedicated at something very much related: software and sustainability: s2group.cs.vu.nl/pages/about/
Maybe you can find some of their research or software useful?

4 August at 8:20 | Open on social.linux.pizza
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Vlad

Google commissioned a study on the impact of AI on jobs, concluding that 61% of jobs would be “radically transformed by [AI]”, as published in the Guardian.

How did the researchers get this answer? They asked an LLM!

Err??? 😂

“Methodology: (...) Used a Large Language Model to classify (...) the likelihood that AI would be able to reduce the time taken to do each [task] by at least 50%”

theguardian.com/technology/art

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Google commissioned a study on the impact of AI on jobs, concluding that 61% of jobs would be “radically transformed by [AI]”, as published in the Guardian.

How did the researchers get this answer? They asked an LLM!

Err??? 😂

“Methodology: (...) Used a Large Language Model to classify (...) the likelihood that AI would be able to reduce the time taken to do each [task] by at least 50%”

25 July at 10:45 | Open on merveilles.town
Vlad

“Since margarine intrinsically appears white or almost white, by preventing the addition of artificial coloring agents, legislators found they could protect the dairy industries by discouraging the consumption of margarine based on visual appeal. If margarine were colored the same as butter, consumers would see it as being virtually the same thing as butter, and as a quasi-natural product. Bans on adding color became commonplace (...)” en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margarin

13 Nov 2023 at 14:33 | Open on merveilles.town
Vlad

youtube.com/watch?v=tMhgw5SW0h

Johnson & Johnson are applying to renew their patent for TB drug bedaquiline, which will cause 6 million people to not have access to it, and therefore die, over the next 4 years. J&J are sacrificing these lives in order to maximise their profits.

Write to them here to demand they allow generic bedaquiline production: ourcredointegrityline@its.jnj.com

My email: paste.sr.ht/~vladh/b2a572c1867

More info: msfaccess.org/msf-demands-jj-g

Boosts appreciated

youtube.com/watch?v=tMhgw5SW0h

Johnson & Johnson are applying to renew their patent for TB drug bedaquiline, which will cause 6 million people to not have access to it, and therefore die, over the next 4 years. J&J are sacrificing these lives in order to maximise their profits.

Write to them here to demand they allow generic bedaquiline production: ourcredointegrityline@its.jnj.com

13 Jul 2023 at 11:52 | Open on merveilles.town
Vlad

I have greatly expanded my page about resources on the philosophy of work. I try to describe what is wrong with wage labour in my own view, then I provide a list of accessible books and essays on the topic along with explanations. I have also included deeper philosophical material for those who are extra keen. I think many people are aware that we have a problematic connection to work, so I hope you might find this useful in inspecting that connection more deeply. :)

vladh.net/wage-labour-resource

I have greatly expanded my page about resources on the philosophy of work. I try to describe what is wrong with wage labour in my own view, then I provide a list of accessible books and essays on the topic along with explanations. I have also included deeper philosophical material for those who are extra keen. I think many people are aware that we have a problematic connection to work, so I hope you might find this useful in inspecting that connection more deeply. :)

10 May 2023 at 13:18 | Open on merveilles.town
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